The world's biggest companies are failing at more than their profit performance these days. A new report from SEO measurement company Conductor finds that organic search results from the Fortune 500 would hardly rate a good MBA project. In fact, the report says "as a whole, the group is still doing ...

Daily Search Coverage: AdSense wants you to add news widgets to your site. Google sends traffic spikes? Google sends horny guys to office building. Google Analytics should include image referral data. SEMs weathering the recession. Yahoo beats Google in Japan. Google does behavioral targeted ads. Ma...

Their T&Cs say you can’t do it. Oops. Wonder if they’ll sue me? Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough, Telegraph lawyers!* Apparently you’re not allowed to ” modify or attempt to modify all or any part of the Content or the Site” either. I guess t...

by Stoney deGeyter This is a continuing series of questions that need to be asked before you engage in any kind of SEO strategies or services. We started in Part I with questions that need to be answered if you in-source your SEO campaigns, specifically addressed questions about doing it yourself. I...

The SEO formally known as Detlev Johnson who choose to now live life as a woman (Disa Johnson) is scorn and very upset with me… still.. and is rallying all the shoemoney haters on twitter (which are not hard to find the in the SEO industry. He/She is demanding that I remove this post which ran...

There is so much talk about the US recession being an L shape and Malaysia recession being a U shape and not a V shape etc etc. Being an average income family, I do not worry so much about the recession hitting my family. However, I can foresee it affecting my online income. Recession is definitely ...

It is no new theory that language evolves and that trapping changes in word meaning and word association lies at the heart of the phraseology employed by SEO firms to help target a website’s audience. But what’s more important in some respects are the bursts of attention that often precede chang...

Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial I’m a big believer in what I call “nicheing it to success.� As in, pitching yourself to potential clients as an expert in one area. It’s been my experience that it’s easier for clients to hire you based on your expertise in one area. Once the...

According to copywriting legend Eugene Schwartz, a headline’s main job isn’t to sell; it’s to gain the readers attention and compel them to read the ad.  And this is sound advice, but the Internet also requires one other thing in today’s web 2.0 copy world… Step 1. Scent: Web copy add...

On this week's show: Ryan talks to Andy Clarke about Internet Explorer 8, Paul looks at how to simplify your site, and Michael argues that marketing should run the company website. Download this show. Launch our podcast player Housekeeping Don't forget our SXSW coverage Just a quick reminder that ne...