Yet another problem with Google’s brand first approach to search: parasitic hosting. The .co.cc subdomain was removed from the Google index due to excessive malware and spam. Since .co.cc wasn’t a brand the spam on the domain was too much. But as Google keeps dialing up the “brand” piece of the algorithm there is a [...]
Yet another problem with Google’s brand first approach to search: parasitic hosting. The .co.cc subdomain was removed from the Google index due to excessive malware and spam. Since .co.cc wasn’t a brand the spam on the domain was too much. But as Google keeps dialing up the “brand” piece of the algorithm there is a [...]
local SEO services – Video SEO is a great way to help raise brand awareness and connect with potential customers. Local Splash will make a custom optimized video for you. Excerpt from: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.localsplash.com/local-seo-2/5-advantages-of-video-seo-for-your-local-business.html" title="Video Search Engine Optimization SEO, Local SEO services“>Video Search Engine Optimization SEO, Local SEO services Share this on del.icio.us Digg [...]
Want a good example of Google’s brand-bias stuff being a bunch of bs? Niche expert value-add affiliate websites may now lack the brand signal to rank as the branded sites rise up above them, so what comes next? Off-topic brands flex their brand & bolt on thin affiliate sections. Overstock.com was penalized for having a [...]
This assignment was to match a blog to an already existing site designed by Creative Shift Design. The bubbly orange background, navigational menu, colors and font sizes were all matched to the original site, giving the impression to the visitor that they are still on the same site, maintaining brand awareness for the TravelKiddy brand. [...]
This was for the Glenwood Springs, CO CrossFit location that was brand new, and had never had a site. They provided us with a logo, and showed us examples of what they wanted. From their initial description, we put together a WordPress masterpiece that they have found to be feature rich and easy enough to [...]
This Shouldn’t Hurt Too Bad One of the more perverse things about online markets is that since things are not done in person a lot of people are willing to work in the gray area. That allows people like Vitaly Borker to torture his customers as a marketing strategy. When Stanley Milgram did his famous [...]
The New York Times has an interesting article about Cisco’s roll in the Great Firewall of China + more: Cisco, the maker of Internet routing gear, customized its technology to help China track members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week by members of the movement. The lawsuit, [...]
In October of 2008 Eric Schmidt announced that SEO was about to get really ugly for anyone who doesn’t own a brand. He didn’t word it that way though. Rather, he stated “Brands are how you sort out the cesspool. Brand affinity is clearly hard wired. It is so fundamental to human existence that it’s [...]
We’ll be hosting a book signing of the brand new book Performance Marketing with Google Analytics . All three authors, two Google Analytics Certified Partners, Justin Cutroni and Caleb Whitmore and a former member of the Google Analytics … Excerpt from: Official Google Website Optimizer Blog: Website Optimizer at … Share this on del.icio.us Digg [...]
