December 2008

The year 2008 was a wonderful year for the blogging community. The community grew exponentially, and people who wouldn’t even think about writing on the web just a year ago caught on with the concept of blogging. The truth is, all the free and premium tools available on the WWW have made it easier for [...]

Are you paranoid about Google domination? A lot of folks laugh at the idea but you’d be surprised how many top marketers are concerned about Google taking over the world. I remember a couple of years ago I would have just laughed at the idea that someone would be concerned about Google domination, but the [...]

Press releases are one of the best ways to get incoming links to any website. Along with article marketing, PRs are the probably one of the most consistent ways to help folks get media coverage and traffic to their sites. But I am still surprised by how folks go after free press releases and looking [...]

Many folks search for things they are looking for on Google or Yahoo! every single day without really thinking about whether they are a “push” searcher or a “pull” one. There are different definitions for push and pull search, but here is a not so complicated one: You are a Push Searcher: you enjoy going [...]

I don’t know if anyone noticed it, but we did create a page for a set of SEO tools that you can use to check your rankings or figure out all kinds of information about your website. But these free tools all have their limitations. The fact is most professional SEO firms use paid tools [...]

I have talked about in the past about the importance of choosing the right domain for your blog or your business site. It’s really a no brainer. If you have a catchy, short, brandable domain name, you have everything you need to put yourself in a position to succeed. A domain name is not going [...]

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine forwarded me a note from Walmart that pointed out there will be serious repercussions for folks who disclose Walmart Black Friday deals in advance. Walmart has been extremely upset about the leaks that happened in the past couple of years, and this year was supposed to be [...]