Internet News and Advice
The personal touch, a variety of feeds from respected and professional Internet and SEO Gurus. Wont go wrong listening to these guys.
Craig Edmonds - Director of one of Spains largest Internet Companies, and master of a variety of trades:
- Blogging is only a pastime for most people. But for an increasing number of bloggers, this cool hobby has transformed into something more: a business enterprise. Like any business venture, you must always be informed about the latest news and evolve your business accordingly. You wouldn’t want to be left behind ignorant especially if this [...] - The idiom “first impressions last” is not just an idle observation. You may also look at it as a warning. One of the many factors that ultimately determine the success of your email marketing campaign is how you compose your introductory email to send to people who, after a lot of hard work from your [...] - Viral marketing is one of the most cost-efficient and the most interactive marketing campaigns that you can execute. The objective is to spend for one execution and have your target market spread the word for you.
The trick is to come up with something that is both striking and relevant to get your market talking about [...] - As the recession forces consumers to tighten their belts, it also forces them to be twice as picky when it comes to buying goods. However, traditional-run businesses prioritise slashing off the marketing and advertising budgets when a crisis happens. Don’t make the same mistake.
With every crisis comes an opportunity. When consumers become extra-careful with their [...] - 1. Write about information related to your product or service
Writing web articles about things related to your product or service is different from writing about your product or service. Most people can’t stand others who constantly talk about themselves. It’s the same thing between the market and your brand.
You have to give people more value with [...] - WordPress is an Open Source project dedicated to make online writing and publishing easier and accessible to everyone. Being an Open Source project, creating and maintaining WordPress depends on hundreds of people around the globe who work on the project for free. The creators are proud to say that WordPress is a creation for the [...] - 1. Determine which sites you must be linked to or linked from
Good publicity is always preferred over bad publicity. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve already established your website, you want to be associated with other sites of good reputation with well-written content that is closely related to yours.
The easiest way to go about [...] - Pay per click (PPC) advertising is an integral addition to your online marketing mix. The key to getting the most out of PPC is to follow an organized process driven by consumer insights and skilful analysis of relevant metrics.
Below are 4 steps you can follow to help you maximize the advantages that PPC offers.
1. Know your [...] - Most online marketers are pleased with the services of Google Analytics. The service is attractive because it is entirely free, and the interface is pretty easy to learn and use. However, seasoned online marketers prefer to use paid services for their tracking and reports or a mix of different analytical tools.
Industry veterans agree that Google [...] - The allure of having just one password for everything is that you can do away with having to write down different passwords for different accounts.
However, having the same password for all your important online accounts jacks up the risk of having them all corrupted and taken over at the same time.
Working with multiple unique passwords [...]
Gary Wolf - One of the original masters of the internet.
- While there were numerous reports of Amazon being one of the few retailers who were positive this holiday season. One of the things that was didn’t receive a tremendous amount of press was the release of Amazon’s iPhone application. This program harnessed the power of the mobile platform, turning a mobile phone into a portable [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
How Amazon Turned a Mobile Phone into a Cash Register
- I was reading Google’s guide to SEO (pdf) , and it’s actually pretty good from a website or business owner perspective. However here’s a quote I found interesting, this is something they recommend NOT to do on social media websites:
involving your site in schemes where your content is artificially promoted to the
top of these services.
For [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
Google Guide to SEO - Are Social Media Links on Death Row?
- Hi there. I suppose since this is a guest post, I should start with a little introduction. I’m Tim Woodin, and I’m going to talk about how to use social media to make money.
Firstly though, let me give you a bit of background info. About five years ago, I created a course on copywriting. I [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
Who Else Wants to Make Money from Social Media?
- Blogher announced they are looking for speakers, looking for ideas for sessions and speaker nominations. I’m not sure why they can’t just say “call for speakers” like everyone else but hey that’s their thing not mine.
Anywho if you know of someone who you think should be speaking at the Blogher conference or have an idea [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
Blogher 2009 Looking for Speakers
- I’ve submitted more than one reinclusion request over the years, and the process was education in some ways (what you don’t think you can experiment with that too under the proper well planned and thought out conditions?). However I was looking at something in webmaster central recently and was reminded of something that bothered me. [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
Re Inclusion Requests Only For Verified Sites
- So while I was away I made it onto the Most Influential Online Marketers of 2008 list. Not that I don’t appreciate everyone who was nice enought to vote for me, and all the hard work that went into putting a list like that together, but I wonder about the culture we create and want [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
So I Made it Onto Some Silly List
- The Borgle is doing it again - after Google Maps ripping off MapQuest, Youtube is out to jack SoundClick.
Before I got into the search marketing community, one of the first online communities I really got involved with was the hiphop community. I’d seen 8 Mile, loved the ’seize the day’ message in its theme song [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
Mapquest v.2: Google’s Attack On SoundClick.com
- While most of our time is spent online, conferences are the one spot where people are in the same spot, so it’s a perfect spot for interviews. As we all know interviews are perfect tool for shameless ego stroking and linkbuilding symbiotic cross promotion. Here are some recent video interviews I’ve done in the past [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
Michael Gray on Video
- One of the things that a lot of people don’t get about the new Google is the over-reliance on trust in the algorithm. It’s this over-reliance on trust that puts wikipedia at the top of so many searches. However if you have this trust it’s like having a laminated get out of jail free card [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
How Google Treats Trusted Sites Differently With Duplicate Content
- The following is a video from Philip Rosedale of Second Life speaking at TED. From a search engine and information retrieval perspective the video get interesting at about minute 9:00 . He poses the thought that things are going to change that the text web will eventually be replaced by imagery and symbology in virtual [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant.
Philip Rosedale From Second Life on Information Retrieval
Web Distortion Northern Ireland
- It’s been a long time prediction of many SEO’s that Google will start to watch out for bounce rates when indexing sites.. The underlying thought process being that a high bounce rate indicates a site which isn’t as worthy or interesting as a site with a low bounce. I’ve previously explained bounce rates and provided [...] - Side scroller websites have been around for quite some time, but with the penetration now of javascript effects and frameworks, some new sites popping up around the web are really beginning to shine. Some of the following websites show how javascript can be employed to great effect to create eye popping content and imagery. Enjoy [...] - Was having a play about last night with Google co-op, and I’ve went to the trouble of collecting some JQuery plugin sites. So if you are looking for an accordion effect, or Coda popup bubbles, or apple menus or sortable table it’s a one stop shop. There are over 1048 sites being indexed for plugins [...] -
Maybe it’s the time of year, but I’ve got very contemplative and restless recently. I know its not new years just yet but I’ve decided to create a 2009 to-do chart. Hey - if you don’t set target’s you’ll never reach any goals. So in no particular order, here’s what I want to achieve in [...] - Dell makes 1 million on Twitter. Worth it? Interesting debate over on VentureBeat.
Twitter user during a plane crash
Knock off Santa Some awesome papervision 3D work.
It’s that time of year again. an old. Xmas games post
AfterEffects. Talent.
The Mac giving tree.
Grow a Xmas Tree
Narrow Stairs - Death Cab’s new Album on Itunes for £4.74 bargain. (link Launches [...] - Our main domain (www.webdistortion.com). Is currently redirecting here as we’ve been hit by a server side virus that our host (Fasthosts) takes no responsibility for. The default file continues to insert particularly annoying javascript that results in serious site issues (multiple popups) for internet explorer users.
Thankfully this subdomain is hosted elsewhere (Blacknight Solutions), we’ll be [...] - I’ve only started to really hone my writing skills online. Over the past 12 months this blog has grown from a subscriber base of nil - to 200+. So for those of you who are still reading. Thanks.
However in that space of time I’ve had to relearn how to write for the web, and think [...] - In the words of the mighty Bob Dylan. The times they are a changin’. Or correction - ‘the times they have a changed’. There are a many traditional industries that wish the internet had never happened, as their business models have been severely affected by it. Give it a couple of years and there will [...] - The recognition of your brand online is connected extremely closely to your site design. In fact I’d go as far as to say that your brand is your design. It’s never been more important to look good, in order to attract customers / visitors. The bar has been set high - look at the site [...] - From my own (limited) experience in dealing with e-commerce retailers, it seems the old adage of “if I build it they will come” with them still seems to hold true - especially for the bricks and mortar indies. The internet is seen as a quick way to make a fast buck, and a way of bolstering [...]
Problogger- for the professional blogger in all of us.
- This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, author of the new best-selling book, The Power of Less.
If you’re like most bloggers, you probably want to grow your readership as quickly as possible, but don’t have much time.
Unfortunately, blogging usually takes a lot of time — writing blog posts takes up a [...] - Last week on Twitter I had a discussion with a number of followers about landing interviews with other bloggers as a way to generate interesting content for your blog. One of the responses I had via a direct message from a follower was:
“I’m too shy to approach big bloggers for an interview - do you [...] - In this post Mara Rogers of http://www.SecretsForMoney.info shares a reflective exercise to help you grow your blog.
To be objective about his or her blog tends to be a challenge for most bloggers.
Often bloggers are in love with the ‘idea’ of their blog, so taking an impartial look at the overall ‘health’ of their blog is [...] - “I’m the number 1 blog in my niche but I’m not getting much traffic - do you have any words of advice?”
This question hit my inbox earlier today and I thought I’d repost part of my reply here as I think it could be relevant to more than the blogger concerned. Here’s most of my [...] - Moving a Blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org is something I’ve had a lot of questions about - today Jeff Chandler shares tips on how to do it.
Everyday it seems like I find a story or two from a cities local online newspaper which delves into the topic of blogging and what it’s all about. The [...] - I really like this post by Chris Brogan - What’s in a Name.
“You worry about names. You think long and hard about titles. You put boxes around what you’re doing, if that suits you.
I’ll be over here just doing. Thinking, planning, doing, and observing my results.”
I’m always amazed by the debate and chatter that can [...] - Over the last two months I’ve had a sidebar poll running here at ProBlogger that asked readers to tell us how much their blog earned in October of 2008.
This is an annual poll that we’ve run for a number of years now so it is always interesting to see the results.
As usual - the poll [...] - It is New Years Day here in Australia so I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a Happy New Year. Thanks for your readership in 2008 - I’ve really enjoyed continuing to develop ProBlogger and have appreciated your continued support and involvement in the ProBlogger community.
As we move into 2008 I thought [...] - With the end of 2008 hurtling towards us many bloggers are beginning to cast our minds forward into the new year ahead to set goals, make resolutions and come up with strategies and plans to grow their blogs in 2009.
While looking forward and planning to improve your blog is something well worth putting time aside [...] - Alisa Bowman from projecthappilyeverafter.com shares some tips on writing fast.
So you haven’t quite monetized your blog. That means you’re still working 8 or so hours in the non-virtual world for that paycheck. You may also have many other time commitments. They are called marriage, parenthood, friendships and Twitter.
With all of these variables vying for the [...]
A selection of reports and articles from the “larger” corporations around the world who may or may not have their finger on the pulse. Makes for an interesting read regardless.
BBC Technology
- Apple has announced at Macworld that music on its iTunes store will now be DRM free. - More than 130,000 people are expected to travel to Las Vegas for the giant Consumer Electronics Show. - The micro-blogging site has to deal with both a phishing scam and a hack of some very high profile accounts. - Steve Jobs, head of Apple, has disclosed in a press statement that he is being treated for a hormone imbalance. - Northern Ireland is to be linked to an underwater transatlantic communications cable for the first time. - The Home Office has signed up to an EU suggestion allowing police to remotely access computers without a search warrant. - More than 50,000 people are expected at the Macworld show this week for the final year that Apple will take part. - The proposed space elevator project could be powered by a simple new approach, demonstrated using a broomstick. - The E-library in Nepal proves a hit with children unfamiliar with computers.
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CNN Technology - Removed as its CRAP.
