In a troubled economy there are so many questions people ask on a daily basis. How am I going to pay my bills? When will I find a new job? Are you really not allowed to wear white after Labor Day (wouldn’t want to blow an interview due to a ‘wardrobe malfunction’)? With all these different questions being asked, you’d be surprised to find out which ones actually made the top 10 list of questions asked on Ask.com. [Read more…]
2nd Annual Biggest Search Geek Contest
Considering the fact that there are so many contests available today (like the unusual contest for blowing water out from a teapot), it does not come as a surprise to find out there is a contest to see who is the biggest geek in the world of search engine marketing. But unlike many other contests out there, this one is something you can actually make some serious money training for, as well as, from the different clients that you can draw in. [Read more…]
How I Met a Celebrity by Using Craigslist
Over this past weekend, my wife and I had the pleasure of a brief third visit from a real, honest-to-goodness, “household name” celebrity. This time, it was this celebrity’s husband visiting our home. And to think, it all started with a simple Craiglist ad, one that I placed on the Dallas Craigslist about two months ago. [Read more…]
Best Practices for Video Optimization
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I’ve talked a lot about Search Engine Optimization in the past, and even a little bit about Social Media Optimization, optimizing your social media presence. [Read more…]
Amazon.com Shuts Down Amazon Associates Affiliate Program
Amazon.com has “jumped the gun” so to speak and shut down its affiliate program, the Amazon Associates Program, to associates who live in the State of North Carolina. Amazon.com is taking this unprecedented step of shutting down their affiliate program ahead of what they’re calling an “unconstitutional tax collection scheme expected to be passed any day now by the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) and signed by the governor.” [Read more…]
Zuberance Webinar June 24 Shows How to Turn Word of Mouth into Sales
Zuberance, a Word of Mouth marketing company that provides an on-demand platform that enables B2B and B2C marketers to identify and mobilize their Advocates, generating leads and sales, is hosting a free webinar on June 24th (today) 11 AM Pacific Time about how to turn “word of mouth” into actual sales. [Read more…]
2009 TopCoder Open Champions Announced
I have to admit that I really am not a coder or programmer. I’m more of a writer, blogger, search engine optimizer, and shameless self-promoter. As such, I’ve been a real fan of the TopCoder competition for years now. TopCoder has announced the winners of this year’s TopCoder Open. [Read more…]
KeywordSmash Free Keyword Research Tool Launched
As a blogger, online marketer, writer, and a shameless self-promoter, I am always on the hunt for content and ideas for creating online content. I totally agree with whoever coined the phrase, “content is king”. I have to admit that sometimes I get writer’s block or, as I like to call it, “promoter’s block”. Whatever you call it, sometimes you just need a place to start, a place to enter a keyword phrase to get started. I finally found that place, called KeywordSmash!, a free keyword research tool that lets you search every major online keyword research and content source you could imagine. And yes, it’s completely free to use. [Read more…]
WOT Web of Trust Launches New Version
A while back you may recall that I wrote about Web of Trust, the world’s first online tool for reputation rating. Web of Trust has launched a new version. [Read more…]
Mashable Open Web Awards Voting is Open
The Mashable Open Web Awards is the only multilingual (i.e., in several languages) international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in 26 different categories. [Read more…]
Mark Cuban Charged with Insider Trading: Just What Mamma Needs?
The Dallas Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban has been charged today (November 17, 2008) by the SEC with insider trading. Apparently Mark Cuban dumped his shares in Mamma.com right after he confidentially learned about a stock offering from the CEO of Mamma.com. This was back in 2004. [Read more…]
Search Engine Marketing Expert Patricia Neuray Joins Business.com
iCrossing Says General Motors, Chrysler and Nissan Have Most Online Search Visibility
Global digital marketing agency iCrossing has announced their findings of their Vertical Visibility Index: Automotive. They’re saying that Chrysler, General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Nissan are tops when it comes to online search visibility. [Read more…]
Google to Close Dallas Texas Office
Update: October 24, 2018:
It looks like Google has opened up an office in Addison, Texas. The photos show that it’s a Google Expansion, more details on my post here about Google opening a Dallas office.
Update: April 11, 2012
Google has decided to come back to the Dallas area and open up an office in Frisco, Texas (north of Dallas). Chris has more info.
Perhaps it is a sign of the times, but Google is closing their Dallas, Texas location, as well as their Denver, Colorado location. These were primarily sales offices to support their Google AdWords programs. [Read more…]
Carl Icahn Issues Letter to Yahoo! Shareholders; Microsoft Responds
There has been quite a lot of speculation lately about Microsoft possibly purchasing Yahoo!. A deal like this certainly would certainly change the online marketing and online advertising industry, not to mention what would happen to Yahoo! Search Marketing, Yahoo!’s pay per click (PPC) product. [Read more…]
Am I Really Running for President?
A friend of mine just sent this video to me, which is pretty amazing, as I know that I was thinking of running for President, but really. Yes, I guess I am now running for President, as it seems to becoming a viral thing.
>> video removed << If you take a look at the video above, you may think it's just a joke, but really. This is certainly one fantastic viral marketing event.
We Searched for the iPhone 7 Million Times During April 2008
According to comScore, the company that measures searches on the web, we searched seven million times for the Apple iPhone during the month of April, 2008. They also are reporting that Google delivered a disproportionate number of iPhone-related clicks. [Read more…]
Best Viral Marketing Campaign Ever? Carmen Bares All
A friend of mine forwarded a link to me today about a new movie called “Meet the Spartans”. I have embedded a link to an interesting video of Carmen talking about the movie. [Read more…]
Silobreaker Redefines News Search
Silobreaker is redefining news search with the launch of a new service. Relational analysis and graphical search results now provide you With contextual insight into news and current events. [Read more…]
The Google Android and Funambol Impact on Mass Market for Mobile Email
Funambol has released a position paper that discusses Google Android and the Funambol Open Source impact on the mass market for mobile email. The paper, entitled “How Google Android Stimulates the Mass Market for Mobile Email and how Funambol Mobile Open Source Monetizes It”, discusses how Google Android will spur adoption of mobile email by large numbers of people and how Google Android and Funambol can transform the market. Funambol is the leading provider of Mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source. [Read more…]