Small Business Mavericks

article thumbnail

Google To Rebrand Picasa, Blogger

Small Business Mavericks

Mashable is reporting that Google is planning to rebrand two of its largest Web products – Picasa and Blogger. I don’t know if that’s what the creators of Picasa had in mind when they built the photo sharing site, but that’s what I think about. But what about Blogger? Here’s my question: Why?

Picasa 164
article thumbnail

Klout Now Measures 10 Social Media Websites For Influence

Small Business Mavericks

Among the services that Klout now tracks are: Tumblr – A blogging platform somewhat like a cross between Twitter and Blogger. Blogger – Which needs no introduction. Last.fm – A site for uploading and sharing your favorite music. Instagram - A photo sharing site for the iPhone. What about you?

Klout 173
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Guest Blogging Practices to Avoid

Small Business Mavericks

Where does the guest blogger want to link TO from the post? You don’t want to send your readers to spam-filled or low-quality sites as this will be bad for readership and bad for your SEO. Does the guest blogger have an established track record of producing high quality content?

article thumbnail

Offsite Content Marketing

Small Business Mavericks

Other blogs – You should write to your own blog as often as possible, but don’t be afraid to be a guest blogger too. You can write guest content for other bloggers within your niche or that serve the same market. You’ll get a bio and a link back to your website.

Content 98
article thumbnail

Is Guest Blogging Really Dead?

Small Business Mavericks

They’ll go after the low quality sites and leave the rest alone. So quality guest bloggers should have nothing to worry about. Low quality bloggers who are just in it for the links, watch out!

SEO 93
article thumbnail

4 Low Cost Online Marketing Strategies For 2012

Small Business Mavericks

You are not competing with just your business competitors – you are also competing with those looking to make a quick buck through Adsense or affiliate marketing sites, and mom and dad blogs that often attract good search placements and social media attention. Blog – blogs have had their positives and negatives over the years.

Cost 173
article thumbnail

Quora Gets A Boost From Bing

Small Business Mavericks

While this feature won’t necessarily catapult Quora to the top of the social media websites , it could give the Q&A site a boost in reputation. Earlier this month, WebProNews reported that bloggers can now embed Quora quotes into their blog posts. Quora is already the best looking and most useful Q&A site online.