Pixel Position . Conversational SEO, Social Media Marketing

What’s on my mind? Branding.

"What's on my mind?" Branding. Well, branding is not the only thing on my mind. I think a lot about optimization, how SEO is not only about techniques to improve traffic from search engines but also about the people who read the content - the study of usability and conversion. (But ...

“What are you doing?” Boycott

This is an unofficial boycott of status updates of "What are you doing?" (The word "Boycott" does flow well with the "Universal No" symbol.) I am not, however, updating Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn with answers to the question, "What are you doing right now?" A better title for this post could ...

Hyphens vs. Underscores – Who Wins “Best Keyword Separator?”

Hyphens or Underscores? Who wins as best keyword separator in page names? Are hyphens better for separating keywords in your URI (Uniform Resource Indicator)? If so, why not separate words with an underscore? NOTE: Many use the term URL (Universal Resource Locator), which has been deprecated. Old habits die hard. URI is the ...

Twitter Engages Professional Cycling Fans

Twitter is officially mainstream during the Amgen Tour of California (ATOC). Twitter is engaging race fans as professional cyclists traverse California for 9 days. Racers, team directors and fans are “in conversation” on Twitter using hashtags #atoc and #toc. (Hashtags are keywords included to identify common stream of conversation on ...

Universal Search Optimization Chart – Rules of the Game

ProspectMX hit one out of the search ballpark with the release of the Universal Search Optimization Chart. This is not just another chart. It contains rules and tips for how to play a winning game of SEO and Internet Marketing in 2009. ProspectMX rolled out one of the best one-page overviews of ...

Happy Birthday, Facebook: You turned 5!

A birthday card to wish Facebook a Happy 5th Birthday: Happy Birthday, Facebook! You turned 5 years old February 4, 2009, and your influence on the world grows exponentially as your age grows linearly. You have received a lot of "Happy Birthday, Facebook" greetings, yet I couldn't let the week pass without ...

Do You Practice Safe Password Management?

Managing passwords is like having an intimate relationship with your computer. Your online identity is at stake. Your passwords are the key to your online identify. Do you practice Safe Password Management? A course in "Safe Password Management" should be taught in all schools! Here are some tips that should be course ...

Internet Marketing Geek Speak

Online marketers have a code, culture and vocabulary that is a foreign language to people who don't live and breath Internet marketing geek speak. A search marketer's daily lexicon includes words about tactics and actions for sharing and virally spreading messages, building brands and helping rank websites on the front pages ...

Pan for Gold in the #ASW09 Hashtag

Affiliate Summit West, one of THE premier conferences on affiliate marketing, provided 3 days of rich, golden content. The hashtag and Twitter were premier online marketing tools used throughout the conference, making the information a gold mine for those who know where to search. Are you interested in making money online? ...

Fast Forward your SEO to Christmas 2009

Christmas 2008 is behind us, and 2009 upon us. If you have an e-commerce site, one of your first tasks for the New Year should be to "fast forward" your SEO to Christmas 2009. Yes! It's time to start counting down the days until the 2009 holiday shopping season as ...