Back in March, popular blogger and technical evangelist Robert Scoble announced that he was leaving Fast Company. Now he works at Rackspace and is building what is being called a "community for people fanatical about the Internet." This is called Building43.
Study Looks at What Works for Building Email Lists
Some interesting research conducted by ExactTarget, Ball State University and the Email Marketers Club was released this week, looking at the list growth tactics for identifying the most effective and fastest growing approaches to building email lists.
Using Twitter For Link Building
Links on Twitter are already nofollowed and most are shortened anyway by a shortener. What use can Twiitter be for link building? Link building Eric Ward says the site is perfect for finding niche experts.
It’s not about huge amounts of followers or traffic spikes. You can get that kind of traffic from Digg. But the advantage of Twitter, says Ward, is that people specific to an industry are out there, findable on Twitter.
Google Continues Building Its Social Network
Today, Google has launched a new event gadget for Google Friend Connect. The gadget gives webmasters the ability to spread the word about events of interest. Google Calendar Software Engineer Yoah Bar-David explains how the gadget works:
Cisco Says It’s Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
Cisco has launched an initiative to help cities use technology to cultivate sustainable, intelligent industries as well as citizen services and overall economic growth. The initiative is called "Intelligent Urbanization."
The Building of a Better Digg Commences
Just before the New Year, Digg Founder Kevin Rose put up his list of New Year’s resolutions. Third on that list was: "Build a Better Digg." Less than a month into 2009, the site appears to be on that track.
Link Building With Articles
There are many different ways that a link can be built. One that is often overlooked but which can have huge rewards is writing and submitting articles. The reason article writing and submission is arguably one of the best of the link building methods is that it not only functions as a link building exercise but also a traffic source. Honestly, can you think of a better use of your online marketing time than a tactic that provides for traffic and which can help improve your search engine visibility? Neither can I.
Yahoo Pays $15M For Nebraska Building
Suppose you’re going to start a diet on Sunday. That means a fill-the-trunk trip to the bakery is in order on Saturday, right? So Yahoo seems to think, as word has come that it paid about $15 million for a space in La Vista, Nebraska.
A Beginners Guide To Link Building
Link building is an essential ingredient in ranking your website highly on the major search engines.
SMX: Link Building Techniques
In the "Blow Your Mind Link Building Techniques" at SMX Advanced in Seattle, Roger Montti, founder and owner of MartiniBuster.com spoke about link building techniques.
(Coverage of the SMX Advanced Conference continues at Murdok Videos. Keep an eye on Murdok for more notes and videos from the event this week.)