Decoding Google’s Referral String (or, how I surviVED Secure Search)
Yahoo Hires PayPal President for CEO
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in SEOchat
Yahoo officially named PayPal president Scott Thompson to take over as its CEO. Thompson brings a deep knowledge of technology to this challenging position. Will it be enough to get the beleaguered search company back on the right track? You can read Yahoo’s official announcement here. It’s interesting to note that Thompson was a dark [...]
Amazon’s LoveFilm adds streamed content with BBC and ITV deals
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in Internet Retailer
Amazon.com Inc. today said it had increased the streaming content that consumers in Europe can watch via the e-retailer’s LoveFilm International Ltd. unit. Amazon, No. 1 in Internet Retailer’s Top 300 Europe Guide, has signed streaming content deal with U.K. broadcasters ITV and BBC Worldwide. Amazon did not say how many more titles can be [...]
Nightclub Chitchat – #Klout
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in Hobo Web
RECOMMENDED: Check out our roundup of the best seo tools in 2011 best seo tools. (I actually wrote this post a while back and decided concentrating on work was better. My Klout score understandably has dropped like a stone but I can’t be bothered grabbing a new picture – if you don’t give a toss about Klout, [...]
B2B Marketing: What are the biggest B2B opportunities for 2012?
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in Marketing Sherpa
Now that 2012 is upon us, we wanted to share what marketing thought leaders and practitioners have identified as some of the biggest B2B opportunities for the upcoming year. If you’re familiar with MarketingSherpa research, I must warn you that, in this case, the data gathering was completely unscientific. MECLABS A/V Specialist Luke Thorpe and [...]
Leveraging Information Assets to Optimize Customer Value
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in AllTop
When asked to identify the greatest barriers to improving multichannel customer experience, “Thirty-four percent of respondents identified difficulty unifying different sources of customer data.” This would indeed be a barrier as understanding your customers’ needs is intrinsic to delivering an exceptional customer experience. To understand the customer, organizations must take each morsel of information left at [...]
Mobile Ad Network Millennial Media Files for IPO
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in Adage
The second-largest mobile ad network Millennial Media — the one not acquired by Google or Apple –just filed for its initial public offering. <!––> The company, which sells banner ads on mobile websites and smartphone apps, reported $69.1 million in revenue in the first nine months of 2011, up 138% from the prior period, according [...]
Interim Linkscape Update for January
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in SEOmoz
If you’ve been following my posts on Linkscape’s index, you know that we’ve been trying to aim for fresher, better and larger indices over the past few months, but have been finding some very tough challenges. It turns out that indexing the web, canonicalizing millions of pages and calculating a link graph with quality metrics [...]
’7 Ways to Love Blog Comments Again’ – ‘ReadWriteWeb’
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in IM News Watch
The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “7 Ways to Love Blog Comments Again”. Marshall Kirkpatrick says, “Comments on blogs, what are they good for? Sometimes it’s hard to remember, but you know there’s a lot of potential in taking the democratization of publishing to the next level and letting people comment on your blog-written comments [...]
Traffic for Google+ Goes Positive Along with User Count
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Journal
Chitika Insights has covered the heavily publicized launch of Google+ amidst a variety of reported statistics, some which stated that Google+ hosted a user base comprised of over 40 Million people, others which described the fledgling social network as nothing more than a ghost town. Initially, traffic on Google+ saw a rapid rate of growth, [...]
Attend SMX West for What Works and What’s New in Search Engine Marketing – Feb. 28 to March 1
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by admin in Search Engine Land
You need proven tactics to build site traffic, grow sales and boost ROI. And, since search marketing changes daily, success often means knowing what’s new – and how to adapt. SMX West delivers both… what works and what’s new. Here are 10 reasons you should join us February 28 to March 1 in San Jose, [...]
