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I’m not talking about them selling the company, (although there are rumors) I’m talking about their integrity and their overall credibility as a search engine, by appearing to sell the number one organic search result to the highest bidder. Yesterday I attended the Internet strategy conference in Portland, and one of the speakers was Cammie Dunaway, the chief marketing officer for Yahoo. |
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I was looking for particular type of audio file to use on a website, and wasn’t having much success with Google. Finally, it occurred to me that maybe there’s a search engine devoted to sounds, and sure enough there is. It’s called Findsounds.com - and not only can you preview the sounds without ever leaving the search results, but you can also “see” them. |
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When you search for things, would you rather look at advertisements to subsidize the service, (like you do now) or might you prefer to earn points to win prizes? There’s a new company called Irazoo, that combines the “top search results from major search engines” (their website didn’t say exactly who), and then shows them to you, asking you to vote on the results. |
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Someone e-mailed me today, asking me what Stompernet really is, besides another Seo forum and a lot of hype about making millions. Since I had a post half completed that I started two months ago, I figured I would answer here… |
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Today is the day that the one dollar trial offer for Stomper simple goes into effect. Earlier in the month, I posted about Stompernet having its reopening, but this is a pretty incredible offer. Andy Jenkins and Brad Fallon have created something called Stomper Simple and for just a dollar, they are giving full access for 30 days. |
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If you are a beginner at search, or you are your own webmaster in a small business, then you’ve undoubtedly heard that adding content to your site on a regular basis is critical to your continued success. For SEO beginners, I have a few tips in my SEO101 area, and I’ve just added an article with tips for adding relevant content. Enjoy… |
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Google keeps adding things all the time, and with this one, they’ve made an excellent addition that can be very helpful. You should use it to identify weakly “linked to” areas of your website. Go to your Google Webmaster tools account and log in Notice there’s now a fourth option tab called “Links” between the “Statistics” and “Sitemaps” tabs. You’ll see two options there, “Internet” or “External”. |
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The largest search marketing event to ever take place in Oregon is coming next month, called Searchfest, and it’s going to be good. I’m on the events committee for SEMpdx, and we’re in the process of finalizing all the plans right now. The speaker and presenter schedules are almost ready to make public, and we’re getting final commitments from people outside of the SEMpdx board. |
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Although Google Base has morphed from Froogle, and it’s still in Beta, Google is displaying results at this moment for real estate with a drop down box. I noticed it just now for “real estate Los Angeles”, and then trying a couple of other cities kept bringing up the search box. Is this permanent? If so, it seems like a winner for Google, and maybe for the home buyer too. |
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I first read the Guerrilla Marketing Handbook in 1997, and I read it in one “sitting”. I started the book while on a trip, in my hotel lobby before leaving for home, and I finished on the parking lot shuttle bus back in Portland. I really can’t think of a single other book that’s had such a major influence on the direction my life was taking. |
So, I’ve added another article to my SEO-101 section. It’s called “Header Tag Tips” and I think it’s worth a read. As always, any thoughts, comments, or criticism are welcomed here… |
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I watch and listen to more than my share of online tutorials, both in audio and video format. I listen on my pc, and I take some for later on an Ipod, and there’s nothing I hate more than being unproductive. |
