Archive for June, 2007

June ’07: Best Search/Marketing Posts

| June 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts during June. If you’re new to SBS, this is a monthly feature and will lead to something fun later in the year. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the archives. Only rule is that my own posts are not eligible. Small Business Becky/Small [...]

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Friday Night Link-o-rama

| June 29, 2007 | 0 Comments

…I get by with a little link from my friends… I’m hoping to put together a little post soon on user reviews, and I’ll probably borrow some of the data from a couple Marketing Pilgrim posts this week: Four Things You Should Know About Collecting User Reviews, and the follow-up: Five More Important Facts About [...]

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Friday Night Funnies

Friday Night Funnies

| June 29, 2007 | 0 Comments

“First Life is a 3D analog world where server lag does not exist. Work. Reproduce. Perish.” This is brilliant… GetAFirstLife.com (Tip: rkgblog)

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SEL Column: 21 SEO “Do”s

SEL Column: 21 SEO “Do”s

| June 28, 2007 | 0 Comments

My latest Search Engine Land column was published today: 21 Essential SEO Tips & Techniques The column will make more sense if you also read last week’s column, which was essentially part one: SEO “Don’ts”: 20 Fatal Mistakes You Must Avoid To Succeed. Looks like the reaction to both has been good — lots of [...]

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I think we better go to Searchnomics next year

| June 27, 2007 | 0 Comments

I can’t help but notice that very few of the search conference regulars went to today’s Searchomics conference. And I can’t help but notice that those who did are not blogging about it. I’m thinking that may change next year…..here’s why: Luckily for us, Jeremiah Owyang is blogging it, with a bunch of posts you [...]

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Shout out: Have you ditched offline for online?

| June 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

In the comments of last week’s Friday Night Link-o-Rama here on SBS, Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends mentioned that she’s looking for examples of small businesses that have moved to an online-only business structure. I e-mailed her today and asked for some more info. about that request. Here’s the scoop straight from Anita: “My [...]

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SEO Advice: In One Ear and…

SEO Advice: In One Ear and…

| June 27, 2007 | 5 Comments

Search marketers, you’ve no doubt experienced the frustration of having clients ignore your recommendations and instructions. It happens to all of us. But at the end of the day, you get to go home and forget about it … at least until the next morning. But not when your spouse is a client. If you’ve [...]

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Today’s News from My Employer

Today’s News from My Employer

| June 27, 2007 | 0 Comments

Since I have a deep interest in local search and write about it quite often here on SBS, I’d be remiss not to mention that my employer, Marchex, announced the launch of more than 100,000 local Web sites today. Here’s the official announcement. As per usual policy, I won’t comment on this here on SBS. [...]

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