You've found it. The MIMA SEO/SEM Geek Group. Personally, I weigh a bit more on the SEO side than SEM, but I am sure there are/will be knowledgeable SEM...
One thing is certain, change is constant in the world of SEO. At the same time, the old cliche is true: "The more things change, the more they stay the same." ...
Great topic to get the discussion rolling, Lee. There is lots of really poor and misleading information out there in cyberspace on this topic. My experience...
Many of the issues that cause problems for large, dynamically driven web sites improved search visibility involves indexing issues. Search engine friendly URL...
In 2004, out of $4 billion spent on search marketing, over 80% went to PPC and only 4.4% went to organic search engine optimization. A recent study conducted...
Thanks for the feedback on this Chris. I thought it might be helpful for everyone to know that Google has just posted a number of 3rd party sitemap generation...
You hear a lot of buzz from RSS marketing proponents that one major benefit of RSS is increased search engine rankings. No one seems to go into a lot of detail...
Anyone seen this blog entry about Google's Secret Evaluation Lab on Henk van Ess's Search Bistro? I looks interesting. Apparently it's a lab of people...
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Jun 16, 2005 2:23 am
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Oh yes, that made a bit of a stir in the search blogosphere. His blog was slashdotted on the first post. Here are some links to the Flash movie and Monster.com...
A west coast client of ours who augments their organic SEO with PPC mentioned that a number of their competitors are now running Adwords ads on our client...
Note that 'bidding on a competitor's name' is different from using the competitor's name IN THE AD. At my last job, I was forced to submit a number of...
More on PPC and trademark: 1) Overture's rule: Anything goes as long as there is a relevant landing page. So you can bid on the trademark as a trigger for your...
Thank you Nina, Your wisdom and experience on this topic is very much appreciated. I am curious about the cases where there's still an issue, are you pursuing...
We've been in this situation before - and even if your client was spending 100k/mo, Google probably wouldn't be of much help. There is some slight legal...
In case you haven't read about it already, Google's recently updated AdWords allowing you to target specific web sites with image ads on a CPM basis....
Thank you for some excellent insight Scott. I like the auto-search/ping/notification thing. Contacting competitors cordially is part of what we're doing. I'm...
A lot of the questions we get regarding issues with search engine inclusion or even rankings can easily be answered by the guidelines published for webmasters...
As a follow up to Ward's message about the Google manual quality ratings site (Google Rater Hub) that was outed earlier this month, I thought I'd clarify what...
OK, I'm back from Mexico and the 4th of July weekend is over - now it's time to get back on track. Here's something related to a recent blog post: Brands are...
I've been selected to blog the ad:tech conference in Chicago today and Tuesday and I'll be covering at least 5 sessions with fellow bloggers Steve Hall of...
There was an interesting session at ad:tech in Chicago on organic SEO. With only two speakers, it was a bit light on content, but did present one topic of...
The 2005 Marketing and Interactive Excellence (MIXX) Awards interactive marketing campaigns and emerging media techniques is calling for entries. Search...
The week is nearly done and I know many of you are on summer hours, so here's a bit of Friday search engine humor before you hit the beach. It's an interview...
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Summer is hot and so is search marketing. It's been an amazing year so far and TopRank is looking for several talented individuals to add to our team. We are...
Anyone else going to Search Engine Strategies in San Jose? Am not sure if that's where I met Ward or not - maybe that was SES NYC. Just curious - in case other...