I have been running workshops on Social Networking, talking primarily about Twitter Blogs and Facebook. Once of the questions I am asked is which of these are most important, what should they focus on first. As usual, there is no definitive answer, but it becomes more about : What you want to achieve from social […]
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Will it be Binghoo or Yabing? With the announcement that Microsoft and Yahoo collaborating on search for a 10 year license term, one of the key outcomes is that Yahoo search will now be powered by Bing, the new Microsoft \”Decision Engine\” After Xtra ditched MSN and went to Yahoo, Microsoft is back in the
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This is a real winner, Google is providing $75 worth of free advertising on Adwords for NZ businesses that have not used Adwords before. Google Adwords Offer As a response the the current economic climate, the campaign is titled \”Google Business Stimulus Offer\” and is available till the end of August. I recommend people take
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With the launch of Bing and some of the responses by Google, Collecta is a new small player, that could actually be a forerunner for Real Time Search. Using Google, Yahoo or Bing, finding social content has been difficult. Twitter, Facebook and other social sites have not been well indexed. People often use Twitter for
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I love the video section at Webpronews, they have plenty of interviews as they travel the conferences including PubCon and the most recent being SMX Advanced in Seattle. This video is one of the better ones as Rand Fishken covers off some really key findings from data collated on factors in ranking high in the
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Well Bing is here. What is Bing? Well it is the new Microsoft search engine. Technically replacing Live as their search engine. There have been plenty of blogs and articles today about the premature launch (it was supposed to launch on the 3rd of June), but came out a little early. To the point where
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People use the internet for all sorts of things: Entertainment, Shopping, Information. Their path through the internet may seem at times random, taking funny turns from topic to unrelated topic. However, at all times, people are open to opportunity and things of interest. I know there are times that I realise I am a long
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I had an enquiry for a client about an email they received, as soon as I saw the content and who it was referring to, it was obviously a scam I blogged about earlier, and with SEDO here. The ones I received, were sent directly to my email address, supposedly from the WHOIS record of
CNBC IT Co. Limited are at it again – More Domain Scams Read More »
In my SEO courses, one of the key things I talk about at the start is the need to do good research. Having resources at your disposal to find information related to your business and your website. Doing business online is a bit like shooting blind without the right information, you know there is something
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Google is expanding the Google Account to become profiles. Logging into the Knol section of Google (a kind of knowledgebase) allows you to create your profile. Here are a couple of links to instructions on how. Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineLand Barry Schwartz at Search Engine Round Table (Update : 23 Apr – Be aware that
Google Profiles – Another Great idea or breach of Privacy? Read More »
