Archive: November, 2009
Posted by Mark Thompson - November 30, 2009 - Ecommerce, NewsToday is Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year. This is the day where online retailers slash prices in order to start the holiday shopping season off with a bang. According to Shop.org and Forrester Research, online retailers are optimistic about Cyber Monday.
By The Numbers
It is estimated that 84% of major online [...]
Read More Posted by Mark Thompson - November 27, 2009 - SOS RecapsSEMPO Releases Second Annual In-House Salary Survey Results
Avinash Kaushik: Social Media Analytics: Twitter: Quantitative & Qualitative Metrics
MakeUseOf: 5 Sites To Find Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sale Listings
Online Marketing Blog: All New Google.com Redesign
SEOmoz: Google Link: Command – Busting The Myth
Official Google Blog: Easy Holiday Shopping With Google Product Search
SEOmoz: Illustrating The Long Tail
Chris Pirillo: [...]
Read More Posted by Mark Thompson - November 25, 2009 - Social MediaThe foundation of social media involves the interaction, engagement, and discussion with people using user-generated video, audio, and text through blogs, wikis, social content sharing sites, and video hosting sites.
With that being said I ask…Is it possible to outsource your social media strategy?
I always found it was a good debate to understand how social media [...]
Read More Posted by Mark Thompson - November 23, 2009 - SEM, SEOForums can be a great way to communicate with industry experts, gather feedback, position yourself as an industry leader and drive relevant traffic to your site. The first step to marketing via forums is to find the right forums, where people are discussing your industry. Using forum search engines like BoardTracker, BoardReader or BigBoards can [...]
Read More Posted by Mark Thompson - November 20, 2009 - SOS RecapsSearch Engine Land: 21 Link Builders Share Advanced Link Building Queries
Hubspot: Twitter’s New Retweet Feature Makes Quality, Unique Content Even More Important for Marketers
Mashable: STUDY: Most Fortune 100 Companies Don’t Get Twitter
Matt Cutts: State of the Index, November 2009
SEOmoz: Whiteboard Friday – Link Growth Partners
WebProNews: Google Finally Shows Off Chrome OS
SEO Roundtable: Page Load Time [...]
Read More Posted by Mark Thompson - November 18, 2009 - NewsAs most people know, you can’t just pick up the phone and talk to a Google representative…unless you want to spend money in Google Adwords. So here is a comprehensive list of request and contact forms for various Google products.
Website Request Forms
Webpage Removal Request Tool: This tool is used if you would like Google to [...]
Read More Posted by Mark Thompson - November 16, 2009 - Ecommerce, SEOForrester estimates that online retail sales will reach $44.7 billion this holiday season. That is a 8% increase year over year. The contributing factor is the increase in buyers doing more of their shopping online, as well as retailers focusing a larger portion of their marketing dollars on internet sales. Here are some important stats [...]
Read More Posted by Mark Thompson - November 13, 2009 - SOS RecapsGoogle: Free Wifi for the Holidays
Outspoken Media: PubCon 2009 LiveBlogging and Speaking Schedule
Search Engine Land: PubCon Vegas ’09 Blog Coverage
Search Engine Land: Day Two: PubCon Vegas 2009
Search Engine Land: Day Three: PubCon Vegas 2009
SEO Roundtable: PubCon 2009 Las Vegas Archives
SEOmoz: Link Building Has Changed
Search Engine Land: 11 Effective, Efficient Ways To Use Limited Time To [...]
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