Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 7, 2011

A new report from Focus, 2011 Trends Report: Social Media Marketing presents observations and predictions from eight leading social media experts (and me) about social media trends and developments to watch for in the coming year. . Post on Google Buzz. So what’s next? Social media will become targetable. link on Twitter.

Trends 187

Trends Social Media Marketing Technorati 187

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

According to Compete.com, traffic to the site did fall off sharply in February and March of 2011 after an initial surge, but has rebounded to new highs since then (though half a million unique visitors per month isn’t particularly impressive for a social media site). Then they began to taper off and disappear.

SEO 146

SEO MySpace Hubspot Patterns 146

SocialFish

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Google has always wanted people to come to Google and then go away. They don’t want you hanging out on Google. Tim O’Reilly: Publishers, including O’Reilly, need to ask themselves: How can we make our content better online? For example, Google has more data than any print atlas, but the user sees less.

Publishing 160

Publishing Mobile Applications Education 160

Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Here are 11 concrete ways I think the environment in which B2B Marketers operate will evolve in 2011. After 9 years of Search Engine Marketing – I think it is safe to say any keyword you are going to buy is maxed out when it comes to the Google AdWords auction process. 2% of fans return to a fan page and in some cases it’s more like.02%

B2B 279

B2B Marketing Mobile CPM 279

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 21, 2011

3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise » How To Promote Your Business In 2011 When it comes to promoting a small business, you have to prepare for changes. Here are some of the most effective strategies for promoting a business in 2011. Start a blog – Search engines like consistent fresh content. Update your blog daily.

Small Business 161

Small Business Press Release Social Bookmarking How To 161

Mindjumpers

MARCH 23, 2012

And, right now, Google+ is one of the dominating social networking sites. Since mid-2011, plenty of entrepreneurs have been creating their own network of contacts and promoting their firm. With that said, take the following aspects into mind while creating your Google+ page. Similar Posts: How To Create a Presence on Google+.

SEO 258

SEO Google Strategy Adwords 258

Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This year, though, I thought that I would come up with a new list, the Top 10 Search Engine Optimization Blunders of 2011. Overstock.com was penalized for their shady search engine optimization tactics, JC Penney was caught gaming the search engine optimization system, and Google penalized Forbes.com for selling links on their website.

Engineering 137

Engineering Yahoo SEO Discount 137

Proactive Report

JANUARY 2, 2011

. “The challenge now is to produce content – not ads – that can create connections between people. In this environment, forward-thinking advertisers are shifting budgets towards social strategies that center around creating content that’s likely to be shared.&#. Facebook drives 3x more traffic to news sites than Google News.

News 95

News Content Hitwise Smart Phone 95

Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Tweet On November 7 2011, Google+ launched their highly anticipated pages. For long, Google’s message to business has been to “hold your horses”, while they were creating a proper solution for businesses and brands. The benefits of a Google+ presence. Most importantly, your Google+ Page will be included in search results.

Google 223

Google How To Badge Adwords 223

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 27, 2011

This last year Google brought a large number of algorithm changes to the table. In case you missed it through all the chaos, below lists all of the crazy Google changes that occurred in 2011and just what they all meant: Top 10 Google Algorithm Changes of 2011. Google claims the update “incorporates new signals.”

Google 176

Google Small Business Engineering Guidelines 176

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 30, 2012

WordPress is not only the most popular blogging platform , but is increasingly becoming a leading website content management system (CMS) as well. What are some techniques, beyond the obvious, for search-optimizing WordPress content? Web Traffic Tracking Alternatives to Google Analytics by uber.la.

WordPress 184

WordPress Movable Type Review AJAX 184

Webbiquity SMM

MAY 3, 2011

Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Watch next month (close to Father’s Day) for the Nifty 50 Men of Twitter for 2011. Allison Mooney. allimooney. Ambal Balakrishnan. Amber Buhl.

Twitter 279

Twitter Pharmaceuticals B2B Biotechnology 279

Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2012

Google is constantly trying to stay ahead of the spammer curve by making improvements to its search engine system. In fact, there have been several changes in just the last few months designed to frustrate low quality content providers and other spammers. Today, Google is a victim of its own success.

Google 125

Google Content Construction Social Graph 125

Twist Image

JANUARY 6, 2011

beating out Google (according to Experian Hitwise )! Groupon - which enables local businesses to offer a unique discount once a pre-determined amount of people commit to purchasing the deal - turned down a six billion dollar acquisition attempt by Google , which validated that hyper-local has finally arrived. Update your content.

Hitwise 111

Hitwise Findability Domain Name Wikipedia 111

Sherrilynne Starkie

OCTOBER 15, 2018

LinkedIn is introducing more social features and is becoming more content friendly. Time spent reading newspapers is down 75 per cent since 2011. per cent since 2011. The number of minutes each of us spends each day online up one 119 per cent since 2011. Owned Media is self-published content. This is changing.

Marketing 199

Marketing Syndication Adwords Social Media 199

Akamai Marketing

DECEMBER 29, 2011

That said, I am glad I wrote my resolutions for 2011 as it gave me focus. Here’s my 2011 scorecard: ? Think outside the blog: Don’t get me wrong, this blog remains my number one love in terms of content creation, however, there are so many opportunities to create content, its a shame to limit it to the blog only.

Social Media 186

Social Media Vimeo Creative Commons Platform 186

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.)

Google 254

Google Class Creative Commons Yahoo 254

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 23, 2013

To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. Declines in StumbleUpon Traffic: 2012 vs. 2011. It had; only 10 of the 47 sites saw a YoY decline in 2011, compared to 33 in 2012.

StumbleUpon 172

StumbleUpon Sites Content Survey 172

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 29, 2011

Unloads Delicious Kudos To HubPages » Revamping Old Content About once a year or so you should go through your old content and update it. This includes your static content, blog content, and maybe even your social media content. And still other content will need a major overhaul.

Content 156

Content Hubpages Case Study Press Release 156

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News?

News 274

News Google SEO Postrank 274

Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 3, 2011

He never Googled anything; he never went to any other site; his entire web experience was confined to YouTube videos. This is different, and powerful- YouTube is the next Google. We dig 3D, we like our content packaged. Google buying YouTube awhile back might have seemed curious to some but now it looks like a brilliant move.

Trends 221

Trends YouTube Engineering Video 221

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Another 2011 trend predicted by ClickThrough has PR implications: Many companies have excellent existing content in PDFs, brochures, PowerPoints and offline video that can be converted to digital assets, put online and filtered into the social web. PR Tip: Start the New Year with a content inventory. Why is this so important?

scribd 68

scribd Trends Content Engineering 68

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 30, 2011

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. Since I originally published this post, you’re seeing Google do a lot of the things I predicted. (Happy Holidays! This is #1. This is probably my favorite post of the year. – Jay).

Google 149

Google Picasa Adwords Engineering 149

Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Content marketing is a hot topic, primarily in the B2B world but increasingly in consumer marketing as well. The number of Google searches for the phrase have increased 400% since January 2011. The first step toward content marketing success begins with (or at least should begin with) creation of a content marketing strategy.

Strategy 226

Strategy Content Marketing BuzzStream 226

Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

My initial, abbreviated take is that Google’s new social toy is essentially a Facebook Twitter hybrid with outstanding ease-of-use and eye-popping potential. Already, some early Google Plus users have created 20 or more Circles to categorize their online relationships. But enough about that. SEOMOZ SEO Ranking Factors.

Google 166

Google Picasa Engineering Adwords 166

Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Chalk this up on the list of another one of Google’s products that failed. Well, I wouldn’t call Google Sidewiki a total failure, but rather a Google product that just did not “catch on” with everyone. Not only did you have to have the Google Toolbar installed, you had to make sure that it was turned on.

Google 95

Google How To Review Products 95

Bill Hartzer

MARCH 17, 2011

comScore has released the online video rankings for the month of February, 2011 in the United States. Internet users watched online video content in February 2011 for an average of 13.6 Google Sites had the highest number of viewing sessions with 1.8 Post on Google Buzz. hours per viewer. The total U.S. Tweet This!

Video 93

Video comScore Yahoo StumbleUpon 93

Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

My initial, abbreviated take is that Google’s new social toy is essentially a Facebook Twitter hybrid with outstanding ease-of-use and eye-popping potential. Already, some early Google Plus users have created 20 or more Circles to categorize their online relationships. But enough about that. SEOMOZ SEO Ranking Factors.

Google 147

Google Picasa Engineering Adwords 147

Kikolani

DECEMBER 6, 2011

What Your Analytics Software is Hiding From You – There are many reasons for confusing and missing data in Google Analytics. The Advantages of Google+ Pages vs. Facebook Pages – Google+ pages have several advantages over Facebook pages. The following should convince you to at least give Google+ pages a try.

Analytics 118

Analytics Research Real Estate Google 118

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 7, 2011

» Types Of HTML 5 Content Since 1998, the widely accepted generation of HTML in use has been HTML 4. One of the more interesting developments is in the categories of content that HTML 5 editors are offering. I see the most potential for HTML 5 being in the embedded and interactive content categories. With Web 2.0

Small Business 150

Small Business Types Content Embedding 150

Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. Before I head off, I wanted to reflect on the year with a walk down memory lane with you, and share the most popular posts of 2011. 7 Steps to setting up Your Twitter account (November 2011).

Twitter 65

Twitter Hashtag Facebook Features 65

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 12, 2012

Guest blogger Jon Gelberg contends that “you don’t have to be Apple or Google or Sony to get the attention of the press. Pitching to Google’s Fresh New Algorithm via News, Blogs, Events & Google+ by Search Engine Watch. Small Business…Big Coverage! by Blogging PRWeb.

Vocus 188

Vocus Press Release Tips Blogger 188

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 15, 2010

It’s taken us ten years to get the message that we should be listening to our customers and other stakeholders, but most PR practitioners are now using some form of social media monitoring, even if it is just Google alerts. Content analysis is something PR people have done for the past 100 years. Listening alone is not enough.

Social Graph 99

Social Graph Skills Flickr Data 99

Absolute PA

DECEMBER 17, 2011

2011 was a busy year for me: As I approached my third year in business I changed direction, practically starting from scratch and re-branded. Before I head off, I wanted to reflect on the year with a walk down memory lane with you, and share the most popular posts of 2011. 7 Steps to setting up Your Twitter account (November 2011).

Twitter 58

Twitter Hashtag Facebook Features 58

The Realtime Report

JULY 8, 2016

Google To Ban Payday Ads, But Invests In LendUp. Google Inc. Google Ventures (now known as GV) is also a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Google and Google Ventures are individual entities which operate independently of each other. Google Bans Payday Ads. was founded in 2011 by Sasha Orloff and Jacob Rosenberg.

Google 79

Google Banking Applications Report 79

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

How To Make Your Content Interesting and Useful – How to make your content useful in a boring industry, creating content that brings people to your website, and more. This is where Google Analytics Advanced Segments come into play. Is Google+ Imperative For SEO? Google stuff. Blogging / Writing.

Mashup 146

Mashup Resources Press Release Adsense 146

Kikolani

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Get product ideas from Google and YouTube’s suggested search. Ask your readers what they want to know via Google Forms or SurveyMonkey. Create products from content you already have. Why I Am Attending Blog World Expo 2011 Plus a 20% Off Discount Code. Related Posts. Getting Ready for Your First Blog World Expo.

Hotels 153

Hotels iPad eBook Screencast 153