January 2011
17 posts
“So what is Camlistore? As the team’s first bullet point notes, it’s “a way to...”
– The Googlers Behind Pubsubhubbub Are Back At It With Camlistore. Open Sync, Store, Share
Fcking hey… another Googly project to speed up indexing. PubSub rocks… Salmon Project was meant to sync up distributed engagement… this has some very interesting uses
Monitoring and Fixing 404 Errors →
The Search Engines Do Not Like Swiss Cheese 404s happen and they can leave your site looking like Swiss cheese when what you and the search engines really want is a nice, authoritative hunk of…
The Wild West: Facebook Advertising Tips 2011 →
Not sure if you should use Facebook advertising? Here are the biggest advantages: Cheaper than Google
Capture fans you can market to repeatedly (like email!)
Expand your sales funnel upwards beyond…
Social Media is Not SEO →
I am starting to get irritated and/or disturbed when I hear/see/read people discussing how Social Media is the same as SEO or Social Media is replacing SEO or that Social Media and SEO are twins. I…
Link Building 2011; what works and what doesn't →
4 Link Building Phenomena Dissected by 3 Phenomenal Link Builders There are two sides to every story. And there are pros and cons to every link building tactic. But there are some methods that raise…
Paging Samsung SEO peeps to the courtesy phone →
Today we have an interesting case of a major corporation/site that may or may not have made an inadvertent mistake. To me? It’s an odd move. It seems they’ve all but BLOCKED EVERYTHING (via…
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Latest regulators! Was a good one!
Whats in a name →
There was an interesting conversation yesterday on the SEO Training Dojo which has acted as the springboard for this post. For a while now we have seen a number of people extol new derivatives and…
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First guest on the New Search Geeks Speak...
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What Tablets Can Do for Marketers
“Because tablets offer so many ways of engaging with content, they represent a huge opportunity for marketers,” said Paul Verna, eMarketer senior analyst and author of the new report “Tablets: New Screens for Marketers.” “Some brands have experimented with the format by advertising in iPad editions of popular periodicals. Nevertheless, many brands are sitting on the sidelines waiting to see how...
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What Shoppers Want from Instore Retail Apps -...
Inside the store, shoppers were focused on ways to get more information about products, use their phone as a loyalty card and find items.
“Companies need to use all of their customer information to better understand how and when their customers want to engage with them, ask them questions or just check some basic product details,” said Janet Hoffman, managing director of Accenture’s Retail...
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What Shoppers Want from Outside of Retail Store...
A fall 2010 survey from Accenture uncovers what shoppers would most like to see in a mobile app, separating the possibilities into apps designed for use in or out of the store. Coupons were considered the most useful app features for any location.
“Other useful features for apps used out of the store focused on giving the customer a reason to go in: The ability to view in-store specials...
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we’re now doing two shows per week;(details...
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Notes on Apps
“Consumers do consider apps a must, according to an October 2010 survey from interface design agency EffectiveUI conducted by Harris Interactive. More than three-quarters of mobile app users said they expected all brand name companies to have a mobile application, and nearly as many said they expected the app to be easier to use than the company’s website.”
Do you think that peoples...
Yahoo Search Patents 2010 →
Over the course of three posts I am going to round-up the various patent awards (of interest) from the 2010. This is a habit I’ve had since 2008 and it is a nice way for me to track things for future…
Under the hood; the SEOGadget Keyword Research, ... →
A Tag-team Review from Level 343 In the SEO world, new tools are a dime a dozen. Some make the grade, some don’t; some are (frankly) laughable, others are worth their weight in gold. Over the past…