Originally Posted: July 29, 2009The AP in Seattle today reported that Microsoft and Yahoo may have finalized a Internet search advertising partnership aimed at narrowing Google’s chunk of the lucrative piece of the online advertising market pie. Microsoft just recently launched Bing, it’s new search engine, which leads us to nickname the new Yahoo, Bing ad [...] [...]
Originally Posted: September 5, 2008It has been a rumor for a long time that Google was working on its own browser, much to the curiosity of Search Engine Optimization Copywriters and Experts. With their introduction of Chrome, an open-source operation, they may be putting some noses out of joint, privacy-wise. Ripples began shimmering before Chrome was [...] [...]
Originally Posted: September 8, 2010The title is of course, a joke, but one that illustrates a very good point for the audience- the readers of the web content you are attempting to produce are not only friendly robots- the spiders, the crawlers, etc. but ultimately fellow human beings who are overwhelmingly fluent English speakers. Articles like [...] [...]
Is there a reason why food resources are so difficult to distribute equitably during this economic downturn? How can the same the same tools used for internet marketing in Portland and Seattle be used to help alleviate some of the problems facing our part of the world? [...]
Originally Posted: December 15, 2008Movie buffs in Portland, Oregon have a new search tool at their disposal. According to a recent LA Times blog entry, the brain behind Reel.com has launched a new movie search engine using knowledgeable video store clerks - not an algorithm – to find movies that match a user’s tastes and [...] [...]
Originally Posted: May 18, 2011We are very pleased to announce that we have added a new suite of services including: Portland Web Design Custom WordPress Templates And Weekly SEO Classes Please check back often as we are actively adding new services. [...]
As this site predicted back in 2007, Knol – Google’s dofollow answer to Wikipedia, and a great resource for SEOs looking to juice backlinks – is officially being scrapped. Google announced that Knol will be discontinued April 30, 2012. True to its announcement, the home page for Knol now sports a closure message. Transitioning all of your [...] [...]
If internet marketing in Portland and Seattle is part of your overall marketing plan the potential for increased market share may be linked to an improved housing market. [...]
Originally Posted: September 8, 2010The most common question I get about SEO in Portland is actually part statement; “That sounds easy, why wouldn’t I just do it myself?”. First, let’s unpack that sentence. SEO is a highly competitive, extremely technical industry, and usually the reason that anyone thinks it’s not difficult is because it’s been explained [...] [...]
Originally Posted: June 5, 2009Have you seen the commercials for Microsoft’s new Search Engine, Bing? You will.Bing is Microsoft’s latest effort to take a chunk of the search engine market share away from Google. Frankly, it is going to be tough for Bing to woo searchers to abandon Google. Microsoft Corp. released the redesigned search site on [...] [...]
Is it too late to market your goods or services to China? If internet marketing in Portland and Seattle is part of your overall marketing plan the enormous potential to sell into China still exists. [...]
Internet commerce is the most important channel for most businesses who either conduct e-commerce or using the internet to advertise and market services. For your internet marketing in Portland or Seattle the recent actions by the Department of Justice against Megaupload demonstrate how important security is and knowing who you are doing business with. In the world we live in is it possible to protect our interests while at the same time explore new avenues of exposure and marketing? [...]
Originally Posted: December 15, 2009More and more often folks are running into companies that offer so-called Affordable Search Engine Placement. In many cases this refers to Automatic Search Engine Submission Services, and you have to be careful with these things. Submitting a website to search engines is a basic step to get the word out about [...] [...]
Originally Posted: March 4, 2010Businesses looking to focus their SEO in Portland to a more localized market have been given a new tool. Google has added ‘nearby’ to search by location to its list of options. This is the first time Google is actually letting users dictate when they want it to be used to retrieve [...] [...]
Originally Posted: January 9, 2010Effective Search Engine Optimization to Increase Web Traffic in Portland Effective Search Engine Optimization can and will Increase Web Traffic to your Portland Small Business. Here are some of our suggestions. Offer free, original, and quality content on your site. This is the most effective means for increasing traffic to a website; [...] [...]
Originally Posted: July 14, 2009As of last week: Google is unrolling a Free PC operating system to rival Microsoft … Call it a touche’ to Microsoft’s recent attempt to tread on Google’s search engine turf with Bing. (Want to compare Bing vs. Google search engine results side-by-side? Check out http://bing-vs-google.com/) Google pretty much much owns search [...] [...]
All of this generally points toward an expected increase in topical search, with increasingly compartmentalized streams of information designed to satisfy the educated consumer. [...]
Originally Posted: February 7, 2009In a blog post, Google demonstrates how it traces a person’s eyes across search results pages. The post reads, in part: “Based on eye-tracking studies, we know that people tend to scan the search results in order. They start from the first result and continue down the list until they find a result [...] [...]
Originally Posted: January 25, 2011Does it feel like Google has been loco over local search results and relevancy lately? If so, here’s the reason: Google has been aggressively updating Google Places and rolling out new products such as Hotpot (a hyper-local, user reviewed, social recommendation engine) with an aim toward improving local results and displaying [...] [...]
Originally Posted: December 22, 2009Which is the Best SEO Company in Portland? Well, we think that the answer to this is subjective… The Best SEO Company in Portland is contingent on who you ask. Try a search for Portland SEO and start clicking on the results beginning at the top of the page and continuing on [...] [...]
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