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adCenter Cooks Up a New Community Site
2008-03-17 23:25:00 What do you get when you mix ˝ cup of paid search with Ľ cup of blogs, Ľ cup of videos and a dash of user profiles? The new adCenterCommunity .com is fresh out of the oven and it is a new PPC cake with Social Media icing. adCenter has created one home for marketers, developers and ... More About: Search Engines , Site , Cooks
Craigslist Ruling: Does This Extend To Our Paid Ads?
2008-03-17 23:25:00 A recent ruling in Craigslist ’s favor may let our paid ad suppliers rest a bit easier, as they are all advertising conduits. Google already states that it’s not liable for ads it serves, and this ruling provides ancillary support. On Friday, a long-standing case against Craigslist came to a close when the U.S. Appellate Court ... More About: Search Engines , Paid , Ruling
Preparing Company Ad Brochures
2008-03-17 19:25:00 Advertising brochures are always been a good medium of advertisement, especially with the development of high-grade color printing technology. When prepared well, they help any business by making deep impacts on customer minds. Here are some tips for preparing a good ad brochure. Develop a color scheme and layout for your brochure that corresponds to your ... More About: Management , Company , Tips
Apple Launches 802.11n Mobile Base Station
2008-03-17 19:25:00 Apple is keeping up with the wireless times. On Monday, the company updated its AirPort Express mobile base station with 802.11n, the latest standard approved by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The new model delivers up to five times the performance and twice the range of the previous model, according to the ... More About: Technology , Mobile , Apple , Station , Base
Best Web Site Traffic: PPC vs. SEO (Search Engine-Optimized) Sites
2008-03-10 12:25:00 How does your PPC traffic compare to natural search traffic and direct navigation? New York Times reporter Alex Mindlin reveals The Best Kind of Traffic for Web Site s. Mindlin highlights a study by Engine Ready, a San Diego-based search marketing software firm, that analyzed 18.7 million visits over two years to 500 or so Engine Ready client ... More About: Search Engines , Search , Search Engine
SEW Experts: Every Picture Tells a Story: Non-text Contextual Ads
2008-03-10 12:25:00 Like contextual text ads, image ads must distract the user and sell a product quickly In today’s Content Advertising column, “Every Picture Tells a Story : Non-text Contextual Ads,” David Szetela gives four examples of image ads that accomplish this with varying degrees of success. More About: Search Engines , Experts , Text
SXSW Keynotes - Graphic Recordings
2008-03-10 01:25:00 One of the coolest things about attending the keynotes sessions at SXSW is watching Sunni Brown and Marilyn Martin graphically record the proceedings - quickly, compellingly and more succinctly than many of the journalists or bloggers in the vast session rooms. They manage to get words, images, portraits and the whole flow of the hour-long conversations. Click ... More About: Internet Marketing , Graphic
Wiki-ize Your Intranet
2008-03-09 18:25:00 “What if you could let anybody talk to anybody in an organization?” asked Forrester’s Charlene Li at her talk at SXSW today, entitled “Social Strategies for Revolution.” Charlene proposed a perfectly simple idea and thoroughly smart idea for fostering communication within organizations — with minimal investment: throw out your Intranet and replace it with a ... More About: Internet Marketing , Wiki
Great Inspiration Articles 10 Mar 2008
2008-03-09 10:25:00 Here are some of my favorite blog posts from around the web this week. Uncommon Leadership Lessons: Know and Yes David Zinger over at Slacker Manager recently posted about unusual and strange ways managers learn. Have a look at the post and see David in his socks, holding a broom and sharing his strange learning! 10 Tips for Great er Work - ... More About: Articles , Management , Inspiration , 2008
Jason Calacanis TechCrunched in Techmeme: Deathmatch at SES New York
2008-03-08 22:25:00 Jason Calacanis has owned the front page of Techmeme–the world’s most influential technology and Web 2.0 news aggregator–for the past 18 hours and counting. Another Civil War in Silicon Valley? Well, it’s war anyway–even if not civil. Aussie Duncan Riley of TechCrunch fame bodyslammed Jason after his Calacanis.com post on how to run a startup. ... More About: Search Engines , New York , York , Jason Calacanis , Jason
What You Can Learn From Me, Sam, A Border Collie
2008-03-08 10:25:00 David Zinger over at Slacker Manager recently posted about unusual and strange ways managers learn. Have a look at the post and see David in his socks, holding a broom and sharing his strange learning! David’s post got me thinking, so I commented and replied to the post. So I thought I would share and expand on my reply here ... More About: Management , Learn , Collie , Border Collie
Mortgage Market Woes Gather Steam and More Victims
2008-03-08 01:25:00 The US housing and mortgage crisis has mushroomed into a new level of adversity. When will this bleeding subside and ultimately come to an end? Is the market near a bottom yet? Are there any upside opportunities? Will the bank, thrift and mortgage industry’s pain turn into someone’s gain? More About: Finance , Market , Mortgage , Gather , Steam
Prometheus, please bring the credit unions fire!
2008-03-08 01:25:00 Considering the current fall-out in Commercial Lending with the big banks (most of which were deservingly so), such as Wachovia, Chase, and Bank of America, the Credit Union field has such great opportunities to grow their market-share if they just decided to move into the 19th Century, instead of living in the past, with forgotten ... More About: Finance , Fire , Unions , Credit Unions
Microsoft CEO Sees Yahoo as Key to the Future
2008-03-08 01:25:00 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a gathering of Web developers in Las Vegas that he sees the company’s proposed acquisition of Yahoo as the key to successfully competing with Google. Online advertising is currently “all about Google, Google, Google,” Ballmer told former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki during a MIX08 on-stage interview. “We have real commitment, ... More About: Technology , Microsoft , Future , The Future
Pentagon Bars Google Street Views as Security Threat
2008-03-08 01:25:00 The Pentagon says the Street View feature in Google Maps can compromise military security. It has banned Google vehicles from entering any military installation after detailed images of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Tex., appeared on Google Maps. “We don’t have any issues regarding Google and their products, which are very useful tools,” said Gary ... More About: Security , Technology , Views
Sony May Let Rival Microsoft Put Blu-ray on Xbox
2008-03-08 01:25:00 Microsoft is talking to rival Sony about the possibility of adding Blu-ray technology to the Xbox , according to The Financial Times. Sony Electronics U.S. President Stan Glasgow acknowledged talks with both Microsoft and Apple about adding Blu-ray drives to their hardware. Microsoft and Apple have been pushing the digital-distribution model, which analysts believe will eventually ... More About: Technology , Microsoft
Obama SEO Wins and Losses
2008-03-08 01:25:00 Apparently a lot of people want to know whether Barack Obama is a Muslim. So they Google things like, “Barack Obama Muslim.” At Wednesday’s Politics Online Conference in Washington, D.C., search marketing consultants discussed how SEO can be used to counteract the barrage of negative results appearing in such searches. One way the site could ... More About: Internet Marketing , Losses , Wins
Greener Marketing: It?s a Brand Thing, Too
2008-03-08 01:25:00 Marketers need to start thinking harder about schwag for the sake of the environment, as well as their brands. The sheer amount of conference bag stuff always boggles the mind, particularly at evens as massive as SXSW. Of course, the sponsor fees behind stuffing all this stuff into those totes goes a long way toward making ... More About: Marketing , Internet Marketing , Brand , Thing
The Worst Viral Marketing Campaign - Ever
2008-03-08 01:25:00 Just picked up the conference bag and badge. It’s exciting to be at South By Southwest, and in Austin, for the first time. If you’re here, try to catch the panel I’m participating in, which promises to be a ton of fun. Henry Copeland, Jeff Jarvis, Steve Hall, Charlotte Selles and yours truly are going to ... More About: Marketing , Internet Marketing , Viral , Viral Marketing , Campaign
Microsoft Threatens Proxy Fight for Yahoo’s Board
2008-02-19 22:25:00 Microsoft’s hostile bid for Yahoo may get more hostile. The New York Times reported Tuesday that Microsoft intends to launch a proxy fight for control of Yahoo’s board. If Microsoft wins, the revised board would vote in favor of the acquisition. The move would cost Microsoft about $20 million to $30 million, substantially cheaper than raising ... More About: Microsoft , Fight , Board , Proxy
Ralph Wilson’s Introduction to Search Marketing at SES London
2008-02-19 22:25:00 Condensing the essentials of search engine marketing into a one-hour session is a formidable challenge. This morning at SES London Dr. Ralph Wilson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Web Marketing Today, took on this challenge (In the interest of full disclosure I periodically write for this publication). Ralph provided a clear concise introduction to the lingo ... More About: Search , Introduction
Search Engine Strategies London – Day One
2008-02-19 22:25:00 Search Engine Strategies London 2008 is underway. With Day One under our belts, we’re happy to share some of the coverage of the event from around the Web: SES London, Near-Live Blogging (I), Traffick SES London Day One Recap, Search Engine Land SES London Day One Pictures, Online Marketing Blog Search Engine Strategies - London - 021908, Online ... More About: Search , Search Engine
Snakehead Fish Crosses The Pond?
2008-02-19 22:25:00 A giant snakehead fish (the “Jaws” of freshwater fish in Southeast Asia) was caught by a fisherman in England. The snakehead hooked in a river caused a panic in the Midlands and created something of a “Snakes on the Plains” buzz online. The British Environment Agency tried to assuage fears of a snakehead invasion but ... More About: Fish , Pond , Crosses
Apple Lowers iPod Shuffle Price, Plans New Model
2008-02-19 18:25:00 Apple is cutting the price of its one-gigabyte iPod Shuffle, from $69 to $49, and announced that a two-gigabyte version will be available later this month for $69. “At just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of worldwide iPod product marketing. “The new 2GB model ... More About: Apple , Ipod , Model , Plans , Price
Software You Shouldn’t Ever Notice
2008-02-19 18:25:00 Aza Raskin wants your computer to disappear, but the 24-year-old is no latter-day Luddite. His goal is to make communication with the PC so intuitive you’ll forget you’re using a device. And Humanized — a software company and think tank he and a trio of fellow idealists founded in 2005 — is the means to ... More About: Software , Notice
Tips for Insuring Your Business
2008-02-19 18:25:00 Insurance from accidents and disasters is important for all type of business marketing products, requires high-cost systems and technologies and employs many staffs. But it is estimated that over 40% of small and home based businesses in US are turning their face off to insurance of any type. There are many advantages of insuring your business, ... More About: Business , Tips
Microsoft Shakes Up Its Ranks, With Eye on Yahoo
2008-02-19 18:25:00 Microsoft shook up its executive ranks Thursday, bringing together a triumvirate of managers to take over its troubled online-services operations and shaking up management of Windows Mobile and Vista. Steve Berkowitz, the former head of Ask Jeeves, who has been running online services for the past two years, was ousted; he will remain through August to ... More About: Yahoo , Microsoft , Ranks , Yahoo!
Goldman Sachs & THL Provides MoneyGram the Capital to Stay Afloat In Ex
2008-02-19 18:25:00 The “Investors” (Thomas Lee Partners & Goldman Sachs ) will provide MoneyGram, the 2nd largest non-bank money transfer owner/operator with the capital to strengthen its balance sheet in exchange for a 63% equity stake. MoneyGram was approached by Euronet Worldwide in December 2007 with an unsolicited bid to acquire MoneyGram for $1.65 billion, however, Euronet asked ... More About: Capital , Stay
No Domain Name Snatching Found
2008-02-19 18:25:00 An Internet committee investigating suspicious domain name transactions has found no evidence that insider information is being used to snatch desired Internet addresses to make money off the individual or business that actually wants to register them. The committee said the 120 claims of “domain name front running” it reviewed generally resulted from misunderstandings about how ... More About: Domain , Domain Name
WSJ: Yahoo to Reject Microsoft Bid
More articles from this author:2008-02-10 01:25:00 Yahoo’s board plans to reject Microsoft ’s $44.6 billion bid, WSJ.com reports today. Quoting a person familiar with the situation, WSJ.com says Yahoo’s board believes Microsoft is trying to take advantage of Yahoo’s weak share price to “steal” the company. Yahoo, the report says, will outline its position in a letter to Microsoft on Monday. More About: Yahoo , Internet Marketing , Yahoo! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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