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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

MicroHoo – The Microsoft Yahoo Takeover Offer
The general consensus is Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo will eventually go through. There is a very interesting take on the Microsoft Yahoo deal at Marketplace while CIO has a good overview titled Microsoft’s Bid for Yahoo. A report in the Financial Times suggests Advertisers welcome prospect […]

Before analyzing the process of how to build links, here are a few tips and ideas which will help drive traffic to your site.
1) Add a couple of interesting sites or blogs to your blogroll. The search engines like sites that have good friends. If your friends have high ratings and […]

This is the first of a study of methods to obtain good rankings in Google, Yahoo and Microsoft search engines.
There are really only four ways of getting good rankings, five if you include the most important ingredient of all patience. Staying at the top is an ongoing process, like top athletes if you stop […]

The single most important factor is a good product. No matter how good your site content, SEO or linking if you do not have a good product your business will fail. It does not matter if you are selling a product, service, information or just plain you. Is it sellable?
 
 

 
 
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