Huge Growth + Talent Shortage = Increased M & A Activity - Fri, 16 May 2008 15:42:46 +0000
Last week I wrote about how the SEO industry is growing up. Tremendous growth and low barriers to entry are / will attract many new entrants to the market. But with formal SEO training not yet available on mass (i.e. taught in colleges), this growth is going to leave us with a talent shortage. Essentially, large [...]

Competitive SEO - Securing an Edge Through Maintaining a Competitive Advantage! - Fri, 16 May 2008 15:28:45 +0000
It is no secret that to gain a competitive edge, you need competitive SEO for your business to thrive. How many times have you went to sleep singing praises about securing a new high ranking position only to wake up in the morning to see it vanish into thin air? The is nothing more disenheartening than [...]

5 Steps to a Popular Blog - Thu, 15 May 2008 15:16:52 +0000
Blogging is a hot way for an ordinary person to make some cash on the net. Anybody with a computer and an Internet connection can make it in this market. You’ve no doubt come across many blogs and maybe you’ve thought about starting one yourself. Here are some common sense advice on how to [...]

Increase Website Visibility Using RSS - Wed, 14 May 2008 18:59:01 +0000
Using RSS helps to streamline the communication between publishers and their readers. RSS has had a surge in popularity, so webmasters have started to experiment using RSS to deliver their content in new and creative ways. RSS feeds usually contain a headline and a summary of the content. The summary of the content contains enough information [...]

A Beginers Guide to Getting started on the Web (part 2) - Wed, 14 May 2008 18:49:38 +0000
I the first part of this article I looked at the basic necessities of getting your self started on the internet. In this second part I shall look at what you need to get your own site set up. Hosting If you want to develop your own site you will need to get a domain name, [...]

Against the rules - hints about how to create text for a website - Mon, 12 May 2008 15:42:09 +0000
I am sure that many people wonder what the secret of filling up a website with its content is. The recipe seems to be quite simple - clarity and an appropriate outline are crucial. However, there is one thing you cannot forget about. Those who have never published texts or documents outside the Internet [...]

How To Get And Keep More Loyal Ezine Subscribers - Mon, 12 May 2008 15:21:47 +0000
When I noticed an automatically generated note from one of my email list hosting accounts at ProfitAutomation warning me that the account was approaching the 200,000 subscriber limit, and that I needed to increase its size, I realized that I finally had all of the subscribers that I really “needed.” That account is [...]

Local Search Predicted to Be Killer App for Mobile - Fri, 09 May 2008 16:39:47 +0000
According to a new Juniper Research report, 1.3 billion mobile users are expected to use local mobile search services by 2013. While the trends bode well for for the mobile search industry (agencies and marketers alike) the report goes on to caution that these numbers are based on good a user experience. Mobile devices however appear [...]

How to design a functional website - part I - Fri, 09 May 2008 16:31:31 +0000
The combination of functionality and aesthetic qualities is difficult, but possible. Although achieving this balance requires a lot of effort and compromise, it will surely result in the satisfaction of Internet users. Designing and creating websites require thorough knowledge of Web specificity as well as an ability to adapt to existing solutions of Internet reality. [...]