Quick SEO Tips
One of the features on my blog, The Web Optimist, is a tip box that shows a different random search engine optimization tip each time a page is loaded. As I come across little pearls of wisdom, I add it to the collection.
Google Chart API Released
Google released a chart generator service they are calling the Google Chart API. Usage is quite straightforward: you link to an image in the form of a parameterized URL, e.g. (line break added)
PR Leap’s Social Media Releases
I’m already a fan of using keyword-optimized press releases as part of your online marketing. It’s often a low cost way to get backlinks to your site adn build your search engine presence.
Yes, some industries are less effective and they have fallen in importance, but SEO press releases can still be a very cost-effective strategy to getting search engine rankings.
Compete: Republican Candidates Run For Visitors
When it comes to who’s paying attention to perceived frontrunners Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, and Mitt Romney among the Republican candidates, the trio receives virtually equal visits to their websites. You’ll never guess who trumps them, and a fourth candidate, easily.
Google’s Gray Areas Get Shadier
Google has projected an image of corporate spotlessness over the years that is becoming increasingly, well, spotted. The company has grown up, you could say, and has lost much of its innocence down the pockets of shareholders, while its idealistic founders pursue more amusing things than evil, or its lesser cousins.
Facebook CEO on Beacon
For the first time in over a year, there’s a serious enough issue with Facebook that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was compelled to write on the company blog (normally handled by lesser underlings developers and directors).
Google Trends Identifies Clinton As Top Democrat
We’re more than ready to admit that analyzing Google Trends isn’t the best way to predict the future. However, according to recent data, it looks like Hillary Clinton could be well on her way to becoming the Democratic nominee.
If Your’re Not Following the Conferences
Apologies in advance to my friends who are “working” in Las Vegas and Chicago at the two popular search engine marketing conferences and one user experience show – all going on this week. I’m at home, all warm and cozy and haven’t yet had to race to a press room or freak out over a dead laptop battery. Sheer heaven.
For those of us who stayed home…
New York Times Outlines Survival Strategy
Most people are looking for newspapers to either hold on or die – online growth often doesn’t appear to allow for any other options. But The New York Times Co. actually believes its revenues increased by a small amount in November, and has a positive outlook after that, as well.
AT&T Sort Of Opens Wireless Access
Any phone, any application, that’s the mantra of AT&T’s wireless business, but it isn’t any different than what has always been available to AT&T customers.