Whether you know it or not, appreciate it or not, have been affected by it or not, or are employed or unemployed, the quiet unspoken reality of today is that we are in a new age – the age of the “knowledge-based economy”. Some brand it the “New Economy”, some label it “E-commerce” or [...]

This may or may not be news, but I inadvertently discovered a way to nail more than two results in a Google results page. I’m not going to show a live example from a client’s site, but what you can do is index a relevant https:// page – throw some anchor text at it [...]

Tomorrow, we’ll be headed off to Santa Clara to SMX West 2009. The Search Marketing Expo is hosted by Newport Beach’s own Danny Sullivan and features some 40+ search marketing presentations ranging from beginner to advanced with industry famous keynote speakers.
You can tune in here to check out our live blog coverage.
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Let’s face it, it’s no new news that almost every company in the stream of commerce is being affected by the recession. If you haven’t already proactively evolved, you are either being forced to evolve in an abrupt manner or you’re headed for extinction. It seems that no one, not even the search [...]

We recently decided to move office locations.  This is day one of being in the new place full time.  The view from the office is amazing…can you believe it’s January?

The DMV has a strange way of sucking the fun out of anything. The pinnacle of my excitement for my new plates occurred the second that I clicked the buy button on dmv.ca.gov. I thought it was too good to be true: SEO was available for a license plate, especially in California. Then [...]

I had a chance to make it out to Affiliate Summit West this weekend to meet and greet some affiliate marketers and check out that scene a bit. Some interesting people in that business, I learned a thing or two about creating a 5 page website that can rack in millions. Not to [...]

The simple answer is to stop, reassess your strategy and execute a plan that is designed to work in today’s environment.
Stop
Head over to the St. Regis or any other relaxing spot where you can clear your thoughts. Determine where your strongest ROI is, where your biggest losses are and how you will best maximize [...]

Dear Mr. Big G, Matt Cutts, Whoever:
“It wasn’t me”…I know I’ve told my girlfriends this in the past with marginal success of getting off the hook for various infractions.  Try to explain this picture at the Playboy Mansion after a night of un-returned phone calls. Umm…my battery died?
But seriously, in this case I’d like to say [...]

As everyone knows, just about all the good domain names have already been snatched up. For this reason, we often recommend that our clients shop to purchase a domain name from a third party owner that is either industry relevant, contains very few characters, or is a well established domain name; i.e. it was purchased [...]