Archive for December, 2006

Take Me to Vegas: 2007 Search Predictions

| December 31, 2006 | 2 Comments

Happy New Year! With nary an hour to spare, predictions…. 1. Google will continue to work harder than Yahoo and MSN combined when it comes to marketing its own products and services to small businesses. There will be more deals like the Intuit partnership aimed specifically at SMEs. Google will continue to tie its products [...]

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Friday Night Link-o-rama

| December 29, 2006 | 0 Comments

It’s the last linkfest of the year, so let’s make it a good one, shall we? Since it’s that time of year, Chris Winfield takes us through the 101 Biggest Stories in Search 2006 at 10e20. Here’s some good content/SEO advice from Ian McAnerin, whose opinions and ideas I trust tremendously. Sitemap – Embarrassment or [...]

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An interview? Of moi?

| December 28, 2006 | 2 Comments

Yes, it’s true! (C’est vrai!) Gradiva Cousin and Jennifer Grappone, co-authors of Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day, recently sent me some questions about small business SEM (what else would you expect the questions to be about?) and it was a treat to put together what I hope were coherent thoughts. I hope you [...]

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SBS Blog: 2006 Stats & Year in Review

SBS Blog: 2006 Stats & Year in Review

| December 27, 2006 | 5 Comments

2006 has been, without question, the best year of my life that didn’t involve getting married or having a child. A large part of that is due to what began on April 18, 2006, the day Small Business SEM was born. That, plus a visit to the Search Engine Watch Live one-day seminar in Seattle [...]

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8 New Blogs I’m Reading

| December 27, 2006 | 3 Comments

Well, maybe not “new blogs” but certainly new to me. McAnerin Muse Lonely Marketer WordPress SEO Praized Blog – “where local meets social” Aaron Shear on SEO Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik — all about web analytics Ramblings About SEO – by Eric Enge, one of the great people I met in Chicago this month [...]

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Dan Thies says “no more training”

| December 27, 2006 | 0 Comments

The highly respected Dan Thies says he’s ending his training programs. And he’s going to have one last teleseminar tomorrow (Thursday) where he says he’ll be giving away all kinds of secrets and tips from his classes. Guess I’ll have to update my “Big Ideas for Small Business” presentation before the next conference. Dan’s classes [...]

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Couple quick SBS site updates

| December 27, 2006 | 3 Comments

I’m still testing and tweaking various things with this new blog template, so don’t be alarmed if things look/act a bit odd on your next visit (or this one, for that matter). You may have already noticed a couple new additions to SBS, but just in case I’ll point them out here: 1.) I’ve started [...]

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Tuesday Night Link-o-rama

| December 26, 2006 | 0 Comments

Because the holidays have me reading at odd intervals and posting has fallen behind, there was no “Friday Night Link-o-rama” last week, and there may not be one this week, either. So how about a Tuesday version, instead, to fill the gap? Sounds good to me, especially since it’s a quick post and there’s not [...]

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