article thumbnail

Does Good Content Matter Anymore?

Direct Marketing Observations

These folks are trying to appease the almighty search engines. Specifically Google, but Bing and Yahoo and all the other 2nd tier engines figure in as well. Content producers defer to search engines instead of people. Is it people or search engines? There’s an ulterior motive happening here.

Content 220
article thumbnail

Which Social Media Channels Should I Use For My Business?

yMarketingMatters

Remember: Google+ is Google, which means great search engine results for your business! Do not sign your business up if you are not going to use your smart phone. A huge factor to note with YouTube is that (1) it’s the second largest search engine after Google (not Yahoo or Bing!).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The site does not resolve on smart-phone browsers, and if they sell products online, their e-commerce platform has no social functionality (no review functionality, no commenting functionality, etc). Answers Yahoo! It’s going to be their big coming out party on the social media front! I’m glad you enjoyed my guest post.

article thumbnail

Social Sharing – Getting News Content Right in 2011

Proactive Report

Tip: Since Google News and Yahoo News only index around 70 characters in the headline of a release, aim for that length and you will be good to go in Twitter too. YouTube is now the second largest search engine. Many people on Twitter use hashtags to categorize content, so you should leave space for that too. Video tells the story.

News 95
article thumbnail

Conquering Big Industries: My Bulletproof SEO Strategy

Viper Chill

I like to focus on building search engine traffic to my sites because once you have rankings you can usually sustain them with little effort and the traffic they send is very targeted. If you’re entering an industry with a brand new site, the last thing you want to do is wait that long for some good search engine traffic.

article thumbnail

Social Pros 15 – Marcus Sheridan, The Sales Lion

Convince & Convert

Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week: Email Opens on Smart Phones and Tablets Have Grown by 82% in the Last Year. They released a great report about email consumption and the big takeaway from this is that email opens on smart phones and tablets grew by 82 percent in the past year. That’s the best I can do.

Hubspot 114
article thumbnail

Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? | E.

Convince & Convert

Starbucks is not only offering free Wi-Fi in all stores come this fall, but also unveiling their Starbucks Digital Network that all in-store web and mobile users will have the opportunity to enjoy (it’s a partnership with Yahoo!). In 1999, Yahoo had 67% of the search engine market. Where would Yahoo!

Facebook 144