David Beckham was one of the first, along with Britney Spears and Donald Trump. Even companies like McDonald's and Puma jumped on the bandwagon.They all were among the nearly 6 million Facebook users who registered a vanity URL with the social-networking Web site over the weekend. At the stroke of midnight Saturday, Facebook allowed its members to sign up for unique names for their profiles on a first-come, firstserved basis. Half a million people signed on within the first 15 minutes, an... Read Full Story
What trends should internet marketers look for in 2009? I've decided to list some of my thoughts on changes in the industry for the coming year, what to expect and emerging marketing opportunities.Social Media Tools - Just as social media marketing has become more popular over the last few years, so has the need for tools to help marketers manage this space. I expect more analytical and management tools for marketers to help make business sense of social media.Closed Networks - Google wil... Read Full Story
While I can hardly believe it’s nearly 2009, I’m prepping for a fabulous year - and I hope you are too! My plans have much to do with a few trends that I see as becoming even more prevalent in the coming year, and I wanted to share them with you. So, with no further delay - my 2009 Internet Marketing Predictions! MAKE MONEY ONLINE GETS BIGGER The idea of making money online or earning some extra money from the internet will only become more appealing to the masses in 2009. The economy is do... Read Full Story
Google recently brought its Suggest feature out of Labs and onto the main .com search page. Google Suggest has not yet been introduced on Google.co.uk, but it's likely that it will be if the feature works in the US, and it could have a few implications for search marketers. Unlike the search suggestions you get when typing terms into your Google Toolbar, Suggest will give you options for keywords and phrases based on the overall popularity of these terms, not your own browsing habits.... Read Full Story
For online marketing efforts, search engine optimization is key. Here?s something to try: go to a couple different search engines and type in search terms that people would use to find the products or services that your business offers. Does your company show up in the top 10 or 20 results? Do your primary competitors?The role of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts is to guide web-based businesses on choosing proper keywords to boost traffic and ultimately sales. Basic SEO errors can har... Read Full Story
Google presents a prototype of a large-scale search engine which makes heavy use of the structure present in hypertext. Google is designed to crawl and index the Web efficiently and produce much more satisfying search results than existing systems. To engineer a search engine is a challenging task. Search engines index tens to hundreds of millions of web pages involving a comparable number of distinct terms. Apart from the problems of scaling traditional search techniques to data of this magn... Read Full Story
Link Building is considered by many people to be one of the most useful and effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) technique to achieve high ranking on the search engines. Actually, if you have not done or started doing any link building yet, you should seriously consider doing some now or at least contact an SEO company that would do the link building for you.One of the most important ingredients in a good SEO link building campaign is link building. It can also be one of the toughest. S... Read Full Story
There are many internet marketing online affiliate programs online today. Some will offer you nothing but your link, others will offer you everything but are no where to be seen once it's pay dayAn affiliate program is probably the best option you have to earn cash through the internet. Although there are various options to conducting business and generating income in the World Wide Web, the fact remains that advertising and affiliate programs are the internet entrepreneur's main sour... Read Full Story
Commandment 1: There are No Rank Guarantees. Search Engines alone control their indexing and ranking algorithm. Do not try to trick Search Engines. The only way to improve your search engine rank is by obeying by the rules. And the rule is very simple: make it logical and structural. Web content is primarily for the site visitor and not crawlers. read more Read Full Story
