Archive for June 18th, 2009

The Run-Around Wrong Turn

Google Making “Waves”

Google has just launched their own Social Media platform, Wave, that takes Twitter head on. In fact, Google’s Wave may just inundate Twitter as the next phase in Web 2.0. Google’s Wave brings some unique flavoring in the way that it is both a “conversation and document.” Users can use Wave to communicate and work [...]

Causing a Stir with your Content

Quick - think of the first article that comes to mind. Now that you’re consciously thinking about it, why was it the first article the came up? Was it because it was intriguing? Did it relate to something you have encountered in the past? When you are trying to send a message through your articles [...]

New Client Launch

The other day, we had a client launch for Austin muralist, Leigh Watson. If you have a few minutes, check out some of her work on her site. She does everything from animals to Dr. Seuss characters. Her murals are mostly for nurseries and children’s rooms, but she has also done a [...]

The Day that Twitter Died

So over the past three months twitter has been exploding onto the mainstream scene. Some argue that due to the massive influx of new users that the service that it provides has been watered down. Using Twitter before the mass influx of people was a different experience, now I’d like to tell you all my [...]

Google’s Trademark Policy

Yesterday, an seo client expressed their concern for websites having sponsored links on a keyword trademarked by the company. Some of these websites were authorized resellers of the company’s product. However, several of the other sponsored links were websites that sold the product at a discounted rate or sold the competitor’s products. I [...]

Google To Start Brand Search Buyouts

Beginning June 4th, companies and marketers in about 200 countries will be allowed to purchase rival trademarks as keywords to trigger their ad to appear in sponsor links. Say Coca-Cola decided to act upon this and buy up Pepsi keywords. That means if someone Googled “Pepsi,” Coca-Cola ads would appear in the sponsored links. So [...]

How Marketers Are Using Social Media

Recently, a social media study was released by Michael Stelzner of Social Media Success Summit 2009. A significant 88% of marketers surveyed are using social media to market their businesses, but 72% of them have only been doing it for a few months or less. Not only are marketers new the social media game, but [...]

Smart Phones Searches - The New Frontier?

Do you have a product that would be a great mobile search quarry? Of course you do. Everything that is workable for traditional searches is an option for mobile searches. If you have a product worth promoting, you should consider marketing for smartphone searches.

SEO Factors: The Three That Matter Most

Search engine optimization has always been a positive influence on your web site, but whether you implement it or not is your own fault. If you searched for the most important SEO factors, I bet that you would find a long list that are essential. This can look complicated and be very scary, especially if [...]