It's ok to say "no" to Twitter if that's your thing. There's a chance that it just doesn't fit into your strategy or help you achieve your goals. That's cool. However, if it is your thing, you may be interested in how Google ranks tweets. That is if search marketing is your thing. Do you see Twitter as important to an effective search marketing campaign? Share your ...
January 17th, 2010As 2009 came to a close, Google managed to get SEOs riled up for one last controversial topic. For some time, SEOs and web designers have been noticing that Google has not been showing local listings in search results for queries related to their businesses - even location-specific ones. Should SEOs and designers be worried about local listings? Comment here. As Matt McGee mentions in a ...
January 16th, 2010Today Facebook launched a feature that some would consider long overdue. They now let you reply to comments via email. In other words, when you get an email notification alerting you that someone has left a comment on one of your status updates, you can simply type your reply in the email and hit send, rather than having to leave your inbox, go to Facebook and respond there. "One of the easiest ways ...
January 14th, 2010Google announced today that AdSense for Domains is now using optional keyword hints more often. Keyword hints are provided by the user, who enters keywords into a field to assist Google in the targeting of ads for potentially ambiguous domains. Google's Randy Heath explains: These keywords are suggestions supplied to Google by domain owners about the types of content users are looking for when they arrive on an undeveloped domain. They are used ...
January 13th, 2010Realtor.com, the website for the National Association of Realtors, has launched a Real Estate Search iPhone app. Users can search for every property listed on Realtor.com by price, location, property type, MLS ID number, square foot, lot size, open house events, distance from a user's current location and age. The real estate iPhone app allows users to send a link of a specific property via email, Twitter or Facebook ...
January 13th, 2010Some people use their Facebook account like another email address, logging in, checking their messages, and logging out. Others just add a couple of friends, skim a few status updates, and call it a day. But data from Pingdom proves that Facebook does a far better job of engaging people than other social networks. Pingdom recently compared a number of social sites in terms of monthly page views per visitor. Facebook blew away the ...
January 13th, 2010Netflix said today it has reached an agreement with Nintendo that will allow Netflix members who own a Wii to instantly stream movies and TV shows directly to their TVs. Netflix is scheduled to go live on the Wii this spring in the United States at no additional cost to Netflix members who have a plan starting at $8.99 a month, a Wii console and a broadband Internet connection. "Our goal is to ...
January 13th, 2010Each month we've been looking at Twitter's growth in terms of new user registration and number of Tweets. Last month we saw a decline in the number of new Twitterers in November continuing a trend that began in July. In December, however, new Twitter user registrations leveled out. Number of tweets grew significantly, and the number of tweets from new users grew as well, possibly indicating that people aren't just signing up ...
January 12th, 2010Someone with a very interesting political background will soon be in charge of Google's corporate communications. The company's hired Jill Hazelbaker, who's worked with both John McCain and Michael Bloomberg in the past, to replace Matt Furman. A quick note about Furman's departure: according to Jessica E. Vascellaro, he's leaving on his own terms be closer to his family, and has already lined ...
January 12th, 2010