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Matt Cutts from Google said there is strong lobbying in Google to introduce a new ranking factor baed on how fast a site or page loads. Matt described this as one of his 'what to expect in 2010′ bullet points in his presentation in Las Vegas. Read More

When cash is tight, marketing budgets suffer. That's why Forbes canvassed the entrepreneurial, consulting and academic ranks for go-to marketing techniques that even small businesses can afford. Here are but a few, and the estimated costs of each. Read More

In the world of search engine optimization (SEO), there are 2 definitions for the sanctions that can be placed on your site by a search engine. The first is a penalty, and the second is a filter. Each one has different causes and remedies, but if you've dropped out of the first few pages of results then there are SEO issues that need to be addres Read More

Are you wasting time and money to perform useless SEO parlor tricks that have little-to-no effect on the bottom line. With the latest brouhaha over PageRank sculpting, the boondoggle nature of many techniques that pass for SEO has become clearer than ever. It's no wonder that many outside of the industry think SEO equals “voodoo” or “black Read More

This is a great list not only of tips to help handle the stress of business ownership, in this economy, but of prioritizing your day for maximum results. Read More

Let me start by giving you some back story to this post. I read and pointed out on twitter an article from Fast Company - here's the tweet - @ducttape: Are You Building a Consumer-Facing Company? http://su.pr/2XxE7B the customer vs culture debate rages on. The gist of the article is that sometimes you have to bend to make sure the customer is ulti Read More

There's a cautionary tale for sales people and a recipe for turnaround success in the story of Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG). Descartes has gone: from (i) huge success to (ii) almost total failure to (iii) turnaround success (revenue is now up 50% from 4 years ago and profits are 10 fold higher). How did they do it? The answer is ... Read More

Starting in 2011, a family making $500,000 would have to pay $1,500 in additional income tax to help subsidize coverage for the uninsured. A family making $1 million would have to pay $9,000. Employers who do not provide health insurance to workers would generally have to pay a fee or penalty to the government. The fee would be equal to 8 perc Read More

If your organization is still hoping to take advantage of the slew of small-business tax breaks that went into effect in February, you'll need to get moving. We're more than halfway through the year, and Obama's stimulus package benefits expire when 2009 does. Even IRS recently reminded taxpayers of all they stand to gain, courtesy of The Am Read More

Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, talks about what groundbreaking research into the perfect spaghetti sauce has taught us about customer satisfaction or, as he puts it, making people happy. The talk, at the annual Technology, Entertainment, Design conference in Monterey, California, in 2004, is important to small business and entrepre Read More