Is Search Engine Marketing Cost Effective

2009 July 6

enough to increase profits for B2B marketers? You bet, and here’s why. It’s always been conventional wisdom that the fastest and most efficient way to research products and pricing is on the Web. These days when you want to look for something where do you go first? The Web! Doesn’t it make sense to make sure that product or service you offer can be found by the next person looking? Of course it does!

With all this qualified traffic originating from search engines, it is more important than ever for B2B marketers, wholesalers, and people offering their services to ensure their Web sites are correctly optimized for good positioning in search results.

When it comes to the internet, search engines are by far the most effective tool for finding information, and getting information found. That’s why virtually 100% of people who use the internet also use search engines in some way. It’s also why all webmasters who hope to recieve high amounts of traffic should optimize their sites.

Top 25 Blogs About Blogging

2009 July 4

Found an interesting post here, well worth a look.

The “Top 25 Blogs About Blogging” list ranks blogs according to their Google Pagerank, Alexa rank, number of Bloglines subscribers and Technorati authority.

Each of the four factors range from 0 to 10, where 10 is the best score. The maximum total score for each blog, therefore, is 40. There will be monthly updates. Below the table you will find the details about the algorithm (check also the Top 25 SEO Blogs). Click here for more…

Benefits of Directory Submission

2009 June 16

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How it works.

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All very clever stuff and it is very effective.


Living on Twitter Time

2009 June 16
by optimiseit

Interesting post that I came across: http://tr.im/oD36

Google Wave

2009 June 15
by optimiseit

Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.

What do you think about it? It looks like it will be a very powerful tool indeed and possibly even give all the other social networking sites a run for their money. It will be interesting to see the developments on this.

Do’s and Don’ts of Search Engine Optimization from MoreVisibility.com

2009 June 15

If you’re not a search engine professional but still do a lot of optimization you may well have occassional moments of uncertainty wondering whether you should or shouldn’t use a particular SEO tactic.

But now you need to worry no longer. Joe Laratro, Chief Technology Officer at MoreVisibility.com has written a very useful white paper on the Do’s and Don’ts of Search Engine Optimization. The guide, for which you’ll need to register, is free and contain 45 Do’s and 41 Don’ts (however, it you’re into black hat SEO that should probably be 45 Don’ts and 41 Do’s).

The white paper includes advice on:

* Keywords
* Meta Tags
* Alt Tags
* Content
* Geo Targeting
* Web Site Architecture
* Robots.txt
* Domain Names
* Search Engine Submissions
* Directory Submissions
* Link Development
* Blogs.

The download link again: Do’s and Don’ts of Search Engine Optimization.

The Link Building Mindset – a Baker’s Dozen

2009 June 15
by optimiseit

We all know that one-way links from authority web sites are essential if your link building efforts are to be successful. But what does it take to get those authority sites to link to you? Well, you’ll probably guess that it is not easy – quality links don’t materialize from feeble or automated requests. To get those ever so valuable links you’ve got to adopt the right mindset – the principles that show link targets you mean business and that you’re worth linking to. Continued here…..

Brandon Hopkins

2009 June 14

Not sure if any of you have ever come across the Brandon Hopkins blog, there is a whole wealth of very interesting and useful marketing information there, I truly highly recommend anyone who is interested in this area to check it out.

I came across a superb post on how to increase your Blog traffic in 5 steps. well worth the read. Click on the image to take you there.

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Insider Secrets to Marketing

2009 June 13
by optimiseit
Just Released: Version 2009 of Derek Gehl’s best-selling system, “Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet.”

Finally, the world’s top Internet Marketer reveals the *exact* strategies that will boost your online sales and expode your profits!

This is the same system he’s personally tested in over 1,000 small businesses…

… and results indicate that using just two or three of these strategies can increase your website sales by 437% or more!

To try this system RISK FREE and experience similar success, click here now.

Internet Marketing Training

2009 June 13