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Google

Google Will Start Penalizing Pages with too Many Advertisements on Top

Jan 30th

Posted by Nick in Advertising

Have you ever opened up what looked like a legit website, only to be bombarded by irrelevant advertisements on the top banner? Sometimes you scroll past them to see if the site is real, but often you just quickly click away in frustration. Well you’re in luck.

In an effort to eliminate, or at least reduce, the amount of spammy advertising on the internet, Google is penalizing websites that put too many ads on the top of their websites in a new page layout algorithm. (more…)

Fishing Net

Internet Marketing is Obsoleting Traditional Media Advertisers

Jan 23rd

Posted by Nick in Advertising

Advertising via print and radio has been in steady decline for the past few years and very soon we will see internet marketing surpass television as well, possibly in the next year or two.

What does this mean for traditional media advertisers? Well, it means their job is becoming obsolete. (more…)

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Google’s “Search, Plus Your World” Personalizes Search Results

Jan 16th

Posted by Nick in Announcements

Last week, Google launched its latest update to web browsing, called “Search, plus Your World.” The purpose is to grant easier access to personal search results, because Google believes that these results should hold equal weight with their recommendations. The new search function combines worldwide and personal searches. (more…)

Google News

Jan 10th

Posted by Nick in Announcements

Google penalizes Chrome & Google+ rapidly rises in popularity

I have written about Google in the past, but the number one search engine has been in the news again lately, for both good and bad publicity. 2012 appears to be a monster year for Google, as it continues to develop and market new products, challenging Facebook, Apple, and Internet Explorer along the way. Here are the recent transgressions and progressions that have affected the technology giant. (more…)

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Twitter Claiming Title of Best Internet Marketing Tool

Jan 4th

Posted by Nick in Advertising

There are many ways for your business to get publicity on the internet and to reach the customers base who would be interested in your product. There are so many, in fact, that it can be difficult to determine which ones are golden and which one are garbage.

Facebook is the current standard for social media internet marketing, with numerous users, a well-developed platform, and a history of longevity. Recently, I have discussed how to utilize YouTube to get viewers back to your website and how Google Plus is taking strides in social networking. But one other social website is becoming the most unlikely of champions: Twitter. (more…)

YouTube

How YouTube Drives Traffic to Your Website

Dec 28th

Posted by Nick in Advertising

Most people think that YouTube is just a place where you can find videos of people getting hurt, singing new renditions of popular songs, and performing other wacky and creative endeavors. But have you ever thought about using these videos to drive traffic to your website? (more…)

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Basic SEO Marketing Explained

Dec 14th

Posted by Nick in Marketing Concepts

You might have a general understanding of what SEO marketing is, but do you know why it is important, or how it benefits a business? Basic SEO marketing attempts to learn the words and phrases that internet users are searching for, in order to use this information to get their products to the people who seek them.

Some may say that this is manipulative, but wouldn’t you want the best websites that suite your need, rather than riff-raff? Even Google agrees that SEO marketing is good.

But what check are in place to prevent keyword stuffing, where website creators fluff their content up with repetitive, overuse of their keywords?

Luckily, search engines, like Google, Bing, and Yahoo!, have complicated algorithms that account for other factors beyond keyword usage. They actually observe keyword percentages, to ensure that the phrase is not being stuffed in places it doesn’t belong in order to gain ranking. In addition, they have a fair understanding of grammar and vocabulary, so they can judge what is well-written English and what is gibberish filled with keywords.

Another safeguard is bounce rate, which track how long a web searcher stays on a website. If a website receives too many short visits, or “bounces,” More >

Mall

The Future of Internet Marketing: Social Commerce

Nov 23rd

Posted by Nick in Advertising

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Let me look deep into my crystal ball and make some predictions about the future of internet marketing. I see…

Okay, so there is no crystal ball, or other form of hokum to predict the future. But through word of mouth, internet hype, and intriguing rumors, it is possible to guess how the internet marketing landscape could be changed in the coming months and years.

Web Mall

As a teenager, one of my favorite hangout spots was the mall. Even if my friends and I didn’t buy anything beyond an Orange Julius or a Wetzel’s Pretzels, we still had fun kickin’ it and looking at all of the new merchandise. When we did have money, following Christmas or a birthday, we would quickly spend it on new shoes, video games, clothing, DVDs or whatever fad item was trending that week.

Today, I can do most of my shopping from home. Although it is impossible to try on shirts to make sure they fit, for the most part this is a more efficient way to purchase stuff.

Except I miss out on the camaraderie.

While I won’t deny that I’m miserable when a trip to the mall with my girlfriend for new socks turns into a five-hour affair More >

Google

Google States Approval of SEO

Nov 2nd

Posted by Nick in Announcements

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SEO, or search engine optimization, is a rising facet of the marketing industry. As internet marketing increasingly overtakes television as the top means of reaching an audience to sell products, marketing companies are trying to learn how to stay ahead in the area of SEO.

What this leads to, in some situations, is the use of bad SEO, referred to as “black hat SEO“. Businesses stuff keywords into their websites in order to get higher rankings in the search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

Does this mean that SEO is bad? Is it wrong to use and manipulate it?

Matt Cutts, Google’s head of fighting internet spam, recently stated that he does not believe SEO to be spam. In a short clip, provided below, he points out the positive values of SEO.

“We don’t consider SEO to be spam,” Cutts said on behalf of his company. He then proceeds to list numerous reasons why SEO is advantageous.

Amongst the points he lists advocating SEO are:

  • Designing and organizing the initial website
  • Increasing usability and site speed
  • Providing customers with superior results that better suit their needs
  • Allowing for a greater return on investments
  • Helping the search engines compile more useful data

Mr. Cutts then admitted that while there are websites and More >

Google Plus

Google Plus Brand Pages Could Fix Problems of Facebook and Twitter

Oct 24th

Posted by Nick in Advertising

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Google recently announced that they were implementing brand pages for corporate advertisers on their social media site, Google Plus. As Facebook is still developing tweaks to their system in order to raise user enjoyment, Google Plus will hopefully begin with a system that does not necessitate any additional changes in the future.

Amongst the issues that Facebook and Twitter deal with is the layout of their pages, which do not allow for much adjustment. Large companies, like Coca Cola or Disney, can only do so much to organize their pages within the strict guidelines of Facebook and Twitter’s programing code.

Facebook, for example, allows for a main picture on the upper left, content scrolling down the center, and that’s about it. No designing backgrounds, no customizations, and no overriding the website’s programing.

In addition, companies cannot choose which advertisements appear on the right side of their own pages. Hypothetically, a Pepsi ad could load onto the Coke’s Facebook page, creating a conflict of interests.

But hopes are high that Google will solve these issues before the launch of their brand pages.

Ad agencies are already starting to develop brand pages for Google Plus that work with its rigid formatting that is somewhat layered, but still More >

Black Hat SEO

What is Black Hat SEO?

Sep 2nd

Posted by Armen Akopyan in Announcements

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What is Black Hat SEO

Black Hat search engine optimization is customarily defined as techniques that are used to get higher search rankings in an unethical manner. These black hat SEO techniques usually include one or more of the following characteristics:

  • breaks search engine rules and regulations
  • creates a poor user experience directly because of the black hat SEO techniques utilized on the Web site
  • unethically presents content in a different visual or non-visual way to search engine spiders and search engine users.
A lot of what is known as black hat SEO actually used to be legit, but some folks went a bit overboard and now these techniques are frowned upon by the general SEO community at large. These black hat SEO practices will actually provide short-term gains in terms of rankings, but if you are discovered utilizing these spammy techniques on your Web site, you run the risk of being penalized by search engines. Black hat SEO basically is a short-sighted solution to a long-term problem, which is creating a Web site that provides both a great user experience and all that goes with that. Black Hat SEO Techniques To Avoid
  • Keyword stuffing: Packing long lists of keywords and nothing else onto your More >
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Mac OS X Lion: Review from Final Cut Pro 7 Editor and ProApps User

Jul 21st

Posted by Patrick in Announcements

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Mac OS X Lion, Apple’s newly-released operating system upgrade seems to be a first-step effort to bridge the gap between their traditional desktop operating system and the newly-popular iPhone and iPad IOS. While IOS is undoubtedly more user-friendly, much of Apple’s professional user base has given the company’s integration efforts some backlash—most recently with Apple’s drastic makeover to what’s arguably their most relied-upon ProApp, Final Cut Pro. So does Apple’s OS X Lion stand as a true upgrade to Apple ProApps users as well as your average Joe?

To find out, we enlisted the help of our dear friend Drew Shackelford, Lead Assistant Editor of the illustrious Los Angeles-based reality TV production company, Pie Town Productions. Check out his review below!

Apple OS X Lion Review: Scrolling Tips

First off, OSX Lion connects the synapse chasm that has festered between iPad/iPhone and Macbook use. In many ways, the cursor has become a thing of the past. I now use gestures, (mostly two and three finger swipes) to whip around the OS.

The operating system’s learning curve depends on how much you have used Apple products in recent years. If you have an iPhone, iPad, or have been using the trackpad more than others, More >

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