DIY With Google’s DKI Tool?

I love PBS’s “This Old House”; the show’s experts effortlessly tackle all sorts of home improvement issues and problems, but because I don’t possess their skills, I know better than to try to duplicate their feats.  Yet with Google’s dynamic keyword insertion (DKI) tool, the question is not whether or not you can DIY, but whether or not you should.

Big Easy Ain’t Easy For Google Earth

Google has faced a hurricane of criticism for changing their Google maps images of post-Katrina New Orleans to pre-storm images. The reasons for the change are flimsy at best. Chikai Ohazama, a Google product manager for satellite imagery told the AP that the maps now available are the best the company can offer. He said that a number of factors determine what goes into the…

Consumers Pay More Attention To Video Ads

Here's a stat you'll find interesting: people are twice as likely to press the "Play" button on a video ad than they are to click a standard JPG or GIF ad. The bad news: they only watch two-thirds of the ad. But they did press "Play." The information comes from a recent study conducted by digital marketing company DoubleClick. The study of 300 participants over…

In-Site Linking Is In Demand

In-site links may feel pointless; after all, you would never gain anything by listing yourself as a reference in the real world.  But in answer to the question of whether in-site links have any value, the good folks at Pandia believe, “Actually, they do.” Okay, so, “Actually, the do” is what really appears, but typos happen, and the main idea stands.

Social Media: Tip-Toeing The Transparency Line

Some believe that social media is one of the greatest viral marketing opportunities that has ever been presented. Others felt that it is a passing fad with no long-term future, and that businesses shouldn’t waste valuable time and manpower chasing the social media audience, to which they ascribe the perception of fickleness.