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HubPages.com and Squidoo.com was both interesting community blog-like sites.
"How to Help Your Business Profit During a Recession" is a first attempt at creating a useful HubPages resourse.
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Case study on how to create an online community to spread word of mouth about your products.
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Site maps -- 2 side to the coin:
Does your website contain a site map? If so, you may be handing your competitors a free gift -- all of your targeted keywords.
Are you looking for competitive intelligence on your competitors' search optimization strategy? Your competitors' site maps are your best source for keyword research.
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Much of the valuable online-ad real estate is sold the old-fashioned way: through a salesperson.
But now start-ups and major Internet players such as Facebook Inc. are giving advertisers the option of planning, buying and tracking online-ad campaigns all on their own. Just as the ability to buy plane tickets online steered business away from tr
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One question that often comes up when evaluating the performance of an e-mail newsletter program is, “How do I keep my newsletters fresh and interesting?” Unique content is the best way to ensure your subscribers will want to read your newsletter, and one way to do this is to include links to online polls or surveys.
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Some good tips on allaying prospects fears online in this great interview by expert on search engine marketing for small business, Matt McGee.
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Sneak preview about some search engine marketing free tips, you can immediately use in your next article, blog post or updated website page.
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In this article I’d like to talk about your overall strategy you should have to gain repeat visitors to your site. It’s one thing to get them there, but if you lose them – your efforts may have been worked hard on, but the long term results are minimal at best.
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As personalized search and universal search continue shaking up an industry that used to be dominated by "top ten results," more and more small businesses are learning the value of focusing on the keyword long tail. While there's no doubting the value of bringing in highly targeted traffic, many companies still don't quite get how to target th
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With all the talk about blogging and social media lately, you'd think there was nothing left to do in the world of search engine optimization. But sometimes the best way to give your site a boost is to go back to basics. Whether it's a refresher or your first shot at optimizing your site, here's a trip down content revitalization lane.
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More women are on social networks and on average have slightly more “friends” than do men, even though men tend to be more focused on acquiring “friends” than building relationships with them, according to a Rapleaf study of 30.74 million social networkers.
Rapleaf examined the number of friends that men and women have on Bebo, Facebook, Frien
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When you consider that LinkedIn has nearly 10 million users hailing from over 150 industries around the world, it is surprising that B2B websites aren't paying more attention. There are, though, several methods your website could be employing in order to improve your exposure within the business oriented social network, while also potentially imp
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Many website owners have a small technical issue with their site(s) that they don't even realize, and when left uncorrected, can severely hurt search engine rankings. This situation occurs when the one or more pages can be accessed via several different URL's.
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If you haven't noticed, some blogs are a lot stricter with their comment policies than others.
I have recently advocated using blog comments as a way of promoting your site, but not in a form that is in any way spammy. The best way to get traffic from blog comments is to link your name to your site. This will give them the opportunity to see
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What's more stereotypically trivial than shoe shopping? Using Twitter, of course! Online shoe retailer Zappos does shoes and social media remarkably well. Scores of bloggers, lots of video blogging and 198 employees on Twitter help keep the company's profile high and humanize the folks behind the shoe sales.
Of all the different types of soci
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