How to Plan and Setup a Web Site Part 2
In the first part of this article How to Plan and Setup a Web Site I discussed the first stages in setting up a web site:
Research
Requirements – Features
Site Concept – Graphics design
In this article I will expand on the Site Concept – Graphics […]

Google and the Microsoft Yahoo Merger
The Microsoft Yahoo merger is again receiving interest. A nice article Can Yahoo save Microsoft? in the Los Angeles Times describes how Bill Gates “finds himself facing a network effect more powerful than his own — Google. Google is changing the way people buy, use and pay for software […]

I had a very interesting conversation with Josh, a friend who owns a couple health food stores. Josh has decided to go online and found some friend to setup his web site. (Josh did not consider asking a consultant and was not aware of my involvement with the internet and web marketing). Similar to many […]

A great interview by CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo, take a look at the full report CNBC’s interview with Google’s CEO, Dr. Eric Schmidt.
Here are few quotes:
On Mobile
Schmidt: And most people in most developed countries have a roughly 100
percent coverage of mobile phones……

Over the next three or four years, there’ll be more than another billion or […]

I just came across this article by Joseph Pratt while reading “The Ultimate Guide to Search Engine Marketing”. The article is free for republishing - Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_64157_7.html
The article is dated 16th June 2006 and makes interesting reading in light of the current uncertainty after the deadline set by Microsoft for the merger with Yahoo has […]

The “End” of Yahoo and the Beginning of the “End” for Microsoft?
The Times Online reports on the latest steps in the Microsoft (MSFT) bid for Yahoo (YHOO). The proposed deal has become more interesting with Google GOOG, Time Warner (TWX) and News Corp (NWS) paying attention to Yahoo’s 137 million visitors a month from […]

A very interesting development reported by CNET and Marketwatch is Yahoo will be testing Google (GOOG) AdSense program. “Yahoo will be testing Google’s AdSense for Search service, which will deliver relevant ads alongside Yahoo’s own natural search results. This is only a limited test, and does not necessarily mean that Yahoo will join the AdSense […]

Many site owners have great difficulty in getting the search engines to rank their sites. This is not easy for new sites, especially if the domain name is also new. There are many reasons for low ranking, here are a few:

Age
Content
Linking Building and Link Baiting
Google Sandbox
Competition

Age
The search engines are suspicious of new sites […]

Google have a new outlet for advertising with the introduction of AdSense for conversations, a new type of monetization solution that “puts the ‘context’ in contextual advertising”. Very cool - Introducing AdSense for conversations

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Yahoo shares rose 2% last Tuesday as reports on expected higher Microsoft bid. Yet Search Engine Land reports maybe the US Justice Department will step against the takeover bid, helping Yahoo fight off the bid.

A interesting report by Seeking Aalpha discussing whether Yahoo!, Microsoft: Edging Closer to a Deal?. A report by Reuters says […]