tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62558522011-10-20T08:20:38.585-05:00This Minneapolis based SEO Blog was retired in 2005 but you can find daily search engine optimization updates at Online Marketing Blog.blognoreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-41085781854718421932010-06-29T18:04:00.004-05:002010-06-29T18:10:37.372-05:00

Blog search engine Technorati tracks over 100 million blogs on the web. New business blogs are started every day, on top of micromedia like Twitter, pseudo micro/blogging services like Amplify and actual long form articles from companies that realize consumers are no longer satisfied with basic products and services information. They want more. Creating new content on a daily basis is a challenge

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-83659731845933672212010-06-16T13:17:00.003-05:002010-06-16T13:32:44.258-05:00

Search engine marketing is a top priority for companies of all types in today's digital age whether those efforts are part of a B2B marketing program or B2C. Business to Business search marketing however, takes a slightly different form than B2C. Typically, B2B markets are smaller, products and services are more complex, and sales cycles are longer. B2B marketing must carefully consider target

blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-26934412243374515102009-10-16T15:44:00.006-05:002009-10-16T17:07:49.785-05:00

Minnesota based Search Engine Optimization agency TopRank Online Marketing has been asked by Microsoft Advertising Community to write a monthly column on Search, Social and PR topics. Posts will begin in November and continue about once per month. Microsoft is keen on being a great resource for online marketers and is walking the talk by providing the Advertising Community site."The point of our

blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-55056896134032026932008-08-04T14:03:00.006-05:002008-08-04T22:29:29.125-05:00

Optimizing web pages alone, is simply not enough in competitive categories. Increasing numbers of companies and SEO consulting companies have realized this and are adopting more formal holistic content optimization strategies. Digital Asset Optimization is a SEO Point of View that TopRank started developing in early 2007.Managing a textbook search engine optimization program for a complex website

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-62839986931980229442008-07-14T19:43:00.003-05:002008-07-14T19:58:08.016-05:00

For BtoB or BtoC companies that want to make smart decisions about their search marketing strategy based on research and case studies, then buy Marketing Sherpa's 2009 Search Marketing Guide.I downloaded the Executive Summary and it's pretty good. I'd say if you're a client side web marketer or working for an agency and you're asking yourself any of the following questions, this year's SEM Guide

blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-41290688879649183052008-03-15T13:08:00.004-05:002009-10-16T17:09:55.043-05:00

When you search on Google for phrases like "SEO Minneapolis" there are approximately 373,000 search results. That's pretty amazing considering there are so few search engine optimization blogs being published in the Twin Cities.A search for "SEO Minneapolis" on Google Blog search returns over 4,000 results but most of them are scraped content from a much smaller number of actual blogs about

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-232095720376978702008-03-11T22:03:00.001-05:002008-03-11T22:11:06.972-05:00

Here's an article on link building that originally ran over 3 years ago. It's amazing how much has changed since then. Enjoy:Link BuildingHere are tips for effective link building:Reasons to link:a) To drive traffic directly to your siteb) For search engine rankingsA) Linking to drive traffic to your siteLocation Location LocationIdentify high traffic sites that would be visited by your target

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-80862758511277798662007-05-23T09:20:00.001-05:002008-02-29T16:12:47.725-06:00

This SEO blog is retired. Be sure to subscribe to the new feed at:http://feeds.feedburner.com/onlinemarketingseoblogFor daily updates on search marketing industry events, interviews, tips, tactics and the most comprehensive list of SEO blogs on the web, be sure to visit Online Marketing Blog!Need SEO in Minneapolis? Contact TopRank at 1-877-872-6628.

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-28993317747458127202007-05-02T16:34:00.000-05:002007-05-02T16:51:13.810-05:00

What's a "clean crawlable link"? It's one that is not blocked with Robots NoIndex meta tag, JavaScript redirect, blocked with robots.txt or a NoFollow tag.If you in the business of SEO and still involved with begging for links, article submissions or other high labor, low impact tactics, then you'll want to make sure the links you actually do get are good.Here are a few things to check for:1. To

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1376561850679575162007-04-25T10:36:00.000-05:002007-04-26T08:08:00.797-05:00

While I was at the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York, the Minneapolis Star Tribune published a profile of our companies, TopRank Online Marketing and Misukanis Odden Public Relations. The story, "Learning how to climb the web" was written by the very talented Jenna Ross.Like the coverage we received in The Economist, "Dancing with Google's Spiders" treatment of TopRank was very

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A client's site is being completely overhauled by a new web dev agency from scratch because the existing agency has locked down the CMS as proprietary. These are questions put to the new agency web dev team:1. "Can we manually or dynamically populate the title tags so they're not all the same?" No2. "If we map the old urls to the new urls with 301 redirects can you implement on the server?"

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-3661612899280080122007-04-17T05:16:00.000-05:002007-04-17T05:42:50.745-05:00

Last week I was a speaker at SES New York on a panel called "Bookmarking Strategies". I was tasked fairly specifically, to talk about the very basics of social bookmarking. On the panel with me were Todd Malicoat, Michael Gray and Neil Patel. Alex Bennert was moderator.It was a particularly niche topic for an entire session, but I was glad and appreciative that Danny Sullivan asked me to do a

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-66037356521394260492007-02-28T14:55:00.000-06:002007-02-28T15:02:38.061-06:00

So, apparently Digg unbanned certain domains from having stories submitted but feedback I've been getting and direct observations show that any stories submitted from these allegedly non-banned sites are quickly "buried".Connected Internet shows how the "Digg mafia" buried a story within minutes from their site. Pronet Advertising found evidence of a Digg "bury brigade". It's all childish

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-56188293124109770102007-02-23T12:52:00.000-06:002007-02-23T13:01:26.965-06:00

Today I noticed on a trackback link from Pronet Advertising that Digg has decided to un-ban a number of domain names. Neil Patel's name is listed as the author of the blog post and he lists Online Marketing Blog at the top. I appreciate the heads up.I suspect there are people wondering what the owners of the sites that are not on Digg have to say about this. Here's my reply: Sigh.We weren't

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-52081151500042787662007-02-20T12:10:00.000-06:002007-02-20T12:50:11.575-06:00

Larry Chase has published Web Digest for Marketers for a very, very long time. What amazes me is that he still finds great online marketing resources to share. His latest newsletter shares 12 Insider SEO Tools & Tactics.HitTail - This tool reveals in real time the most promising yet least utilized keywords that drive traffic to your site organically.Link Hub Finder Tool - This tool will help you

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1171406137582025372007-02-13T16:35:00.000-06:002007-02-14T13:51:49.517-06:00

Extra, Extra, Read All About It! High Rankings Search Engine Marketing seminar is coming to Minneapolis March 15 & 16. More info hereJill Whalen is a pioneer in the SEO world and I am very honored that she has asked me to join her and the excellent group of SEO and PPC experts she’s gathered to do this seminar.My session is called, “UnGoogle Your Search Marketing - Alternative ways to drive

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1170716134416093842007-02-05T16:55:00.000-06:002007-02-05T16:55:34.690-06:00

It has been an interesting Monday to say the least. Our main company blog, toprankblog.com has been hit with a Denial of Service attack or something similar. I guess we found out how good or not so good the tech support was at our host. I should say our "old" host.After 5 hours offline and no action (the led to a resolution) I decided to move hosting of toprankblog.com to a new hosting company.

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1170127401458115932007-01-29T21:23:00.000-06:002007-02-21T05:37:36.747-06:00

Singing the "SEO is dead" song is nothing new for Dave Pasternack, despite all the recent rounds of impotent cliches. I came across the article linked above over at SEO Today from Oct 11, 2005 where he talks about Yahoo Search Subscriptions and proclaims the following pearls:"Yahoo!’s new Search Subscriptions, now in beta, means two things for SEO. The first thing it means is that organic search

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1169916853104463332007-01-27T10:32:00.000-06:002007-01-27T10:54:13.336-06:00

Here is a list of the week's blog posts over at Online Marketing Blog focusing on SEO, blogging and business of search marketing.SEMPO Board of Directors Nominees - LeeSearch Marketing Blogs Update 012607 - Friday Search News 012507 - Content vs Links - The Lowdown on Web Designers and SEO - Recommendations for Collaboration SoftwareBlogging in Different LanguagesYahoo Adds Quality Index to

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1168880501426980132007-01-15T10:39:00.000-06:002007-01-15T12:40:47.310-06:00

Here is a question about changing URLs that I recently received that I thought would be of use to others considering a similar situation:"We are considering changing our policy regarding URLs for sites. Right now each one has its own URL, i.e., domainname.com. We are considering changing them to: www.ourbrandname.com/olddomainname/. There are strong business reasons to do so. Are there any

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1168395919122172952007-01-09T20:21:00.000-06:002007-01-09T20:25:19.576-06:00

A public relations associate recently shared the persistent question of a client that I thought I would provide an answer to here.Q: XYZ person and ABC company keeps talking about Page Rank. I have told him that we do not look at Page Rank in that way. Do you have a good explanation of why Page Rank is not worth obsessing over?A: The data that supplies Google toolbar PageRank scores (the

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1168043851000280582007-01-05T18:32:00.000-06:002007-01-05T18:37:31.313-06:00

KBCafe is running their annual blog awards with quite a few categories to choose from ranging from best Web 2.0 blog to best basketball blog.Category #11 is for SEO Blog and Online Marketing Blog has been included in the running. I hope you like the work we do and vote for us!

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1168042199216410892007-01-05T18:02:00.000-06:002007-01-05T18:10:00.100-06:00

This week's roundup of blog posts over at Online Marketing Blog starts a whole new year for search marketing.2007 Happy New Year!Video Interview on Transparency and Social MediaFavorite SEO BlogsWill Blogsmith be the next big blogging platform?Must Read Search Marketing BlogsReader Poll: Top Reasons to Let a Client GoElements of Successful Client RelationshipsSearch Marketing Blogs Update

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1167859212756016452007-01-03T15:17:00.000-06:002007-01-03T15:20:13.613-06:00

Search Engine Journal has announced the winner of the 2006 Best SEO Blog voting and the winner is SEOmoz. I would have to agree. I have mentioned over at Online Marketing Blog that I think SEOmoz is the best SEO blog on the planet. Apparently, quite a few people agree. :)Congratulations Rand!!! Tags: seo blogs, seomoz

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Here is a roundup of posts from Online Marketing Blog this week:Blogs Rock for SEO, SMO and PRLowdown on Spamming Social MediaWill Google Squash Digg?Happy Birthday Online Marketing Blog!Dan Thies Calls it QuitsReviewMe Owner Sells Performancing Assets to PayPerPostTop TopRank Blog Posts for 2006SEO Strategy: Zone or Man to Man?Playstation 3 Baby!Next week starts a whole new year! Happy New Year!

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Search Engine Journal is running the 2006 version of their search blog awards with numerous categories and a super list of blogs. Everything from SEO, to SEM and affiliate marketing is represented. There's even a write in for favorite search marketing podcast. TopRank has a spot in the Social Media Optimization category, so please round up some holiday generosity and cast a "five" vote for

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Over at Online Marketing Blog we've posted two new "Spotlight on Search" interviews.The first is with John Slade, Senior Director of Yahoo Global Product Management at Yahoo!. John answers questions focused on the new Yahoo Search Advertising platform also known as "Panama".The second interview is with SEO and Online Reputation Management expert, Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim. Andy has built up

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Check out this Neil Patel photo from SES Chicago. Looks like a bit of role playing fun was being had - or more likely just a link bait contest. :)

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At Search Engine Strategies in Chicago I was able to do several video interviews with some of the top people in the industry for search engine research, SEO, blog marketing, social medial optimization and paid search marketing.Joshua Stylman and Peter Hershberg - Reprise MediaGord Hotchkiss - EnquiroStephan Spencer - NetconceptsNeil Patel and Cameron Olthius - ACSSEOOverall, SES Chicago has been

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1165003485522528772006-12-01T13:59:00.000-06:002006-12-01T14:04:47.803-06:00

Google has issued the latest Google Friends newsletter including: Google Maps click to call, Google checkout, mobile Gmail, Orkut and an updated Google Page Creator. Here's the full text of the email:Click-to-call on Google MapsGoogle Maps isn't just for searching local businesses anymore; now you can "click to call" the business listings on Google Maps directly for free, anywhere in the

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1163455578779344102006-11-13T16:03:00.000-06:002006-11-13T16:06:19.853-06:00

Much like jux2, URL.com aggregates rankings from Google, Yahoo and MSN. However, with URL.com, it shows you where each page ranks in each search engine. So if you want to see how 'package testing' is ranking for a clint, one search on URL.com will show you the positions in Google, Yahoo and MSN. It's quite slick. Checkout the screenshot:

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I thought the rest of this year was going to be smooth sailing as far as public speaking. Boy was I wrong!Last week I did two presentation for the VISI Data Center 2.0 event in St. Paul. The topic was, "The Truth About Search Engine Optimization" and it went VERY well. Sans the technical glitch with at the beginning that is. I had about 20 companies request a follow up conversation about TopRank

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1159483385525957382006-09-28T17:42:00.000-05:002006-09-28T17:59:50.873-05:00

Search this, search that. All you hear about is search engines in the web marketing publications, forums and events. New owners of web sites are often told, "You're going to have to wait a year before you can rank in Google. There's a sandbox you know. You're stuck using pay per click until your organic rankings pick up." BALONEYBefore I get on too much of a hypocritical rant, I must admit that

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1159394970351201312006-09-27T17:08:00.000-05:002006-09-27T17:13:35.080-05:00

Gary Price has shared some interesting image type queries for Ask.com:watercolors of flowersMinnesota Twins logosDiagram of carYou'll see images first, then some ads and then regular search results below that. To the right are "Narrow Your Search" options, which look like clusters.So what's the big deal? Ask.com discerns from your query that you are looking for an image even though your search

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1159037486707826452006-09-23T13:16:00.000-05:002006-09-23T13:51:27.566-05:00

I've seen others' predictions that with the direction search engines are taking, search engine optimzation is going to become obsolete in 5 or more years.That's not too risky of a prediction, since 5 years is literally the half-life of the entire search engine optimization industry. Five years is a lifetime in internet time.Do I think SEO will die a slow death? I think a slowdown in the impact

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1155276023087964902006-08-11T00:38:00.000-05:002006-08-11T01:00:23.300-05:00

There was lots of great coverage of the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose this week. Here are some sites to check out:Search Engine RoundtableOnline Marketing BlogWebProNewsSearch Engine JournalMatt CuttsSearch Engine Watch BlogThe next SES conference in the U.S. is in Chicago this December.

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1154361144338720662006-07-31T10:23:00.000-05:002006-07-31T10:52:25.803-05:00

Our search marketing agency has been making some adjustments to link building services and while auditing current tactics, came across a good resource listing some of the best directories for link building and SEO over on the Search Engine Watch forums.Directory listings rarely send unique visitors, but they are dectected by most search engine spiders. That can be an asset and a liability

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1154358066182188062006-07-31T09:52:00.000-05:002006-07-31T10:01:06.716-05:00

There is no such thing as an "automatic" SEO tool, but there are applications that can be very helpful with certain processes. Here are two tools that I came across over the weekend:SearchStatus - SearchStatus lets you view its Google PageRank, Google Category, Alexa popularity ranking, Alexa incoming links, Alexa related links and backward links from Google, Yahoo! and MSN.Keyword Discovery Tool

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1154034628802946602006-07-27T15:54:00.000-05:002006-07-27T16:10:46.500-05:00

I just read an email from an agency wanting SEO for their client: "Our client wants to improve their search rankings but is on a limited budget. Also, what results can we expect?"Seems like an innocent question at first glance, but I know better. These agency types are so used to negotiating ad prices and media buys, they think SEO works the same way. SEO is not a value meal.What would a PR

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1153704051761615412006-07-23T20:06:00.000-05:002006-07-23T20:28:05.750-05:00

This blog at toprank.blogspot.com has sat dormant for a year now since I moved everything over to a dedicated domain name, www.toprankblog.com. With the exception of this morning, I've made no new posts whatsoever for a year and the toprank.blogspot.com blog just won't die. Search referrals continue to come in along with blog listings, etc.So, since the flavor of Online Marketing Blog is

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1153665567248524632006-07-23T09:24:00.000-05:002006-07-23T09:39:27.616-05:00

Onalytica has published the results of their analysis on the most influential web sites on "blog marketing". The top 20 influential and popular sites include:New York TimesHykuSeth GodinSteve Rubel - MicropersuasionBusinessweekClickZWiredPatsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman - Next Level Biz TipsWebProNewsSearch Engine WatchFast CompanyTop Rank Results (TopRank Online Marketing)Marketing SherpaDarren

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1130431186202702182005-10-27T11:19:00.000-05:002006-07-15T10:03:33.946-05:00

SEO and blog marketing services 1-877-872-6628Online Marketing Blog is now at: http://www.toprankblog.com Find more information here on Blog Marketing or Search Engine Optimization services.

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1130194130625773112005-10-24T17:30:00.000-05:002005-10-25T11:08:06.886-05:00

Working with client PR firms to optimize press releases often generates some interesting discussion and education about writing style and keyword usage. A lot of press releases seem to be written by budding poets or ex-ad copywriters trying to be clever with the reader. This does not always bode well for keyword based ranking in algorithmic news and search engines.On the other hand, press release

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129852187982446262005-10-20T18:30:00.000-05:002005-10-21T18:11:52.590-05:00

Thomas has put together a nice plan for the move from Blogger to Wordpress and I can't wait. I've been making noise about moving for months now. Along with a new blog CMS, there will be an updated design for Online Marketing Blog, plus a new URL which I will announce as soon as I confirm.We plan on transferring everything next week and hopefully it will go well.This blog started out at the end of

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129844292975190982005-10-20T16:24:00.000-05:002005-10-21T14:13:56.813-05:00

Google has updated the AdWords Keyword tool. The features look very interesting:Keyword Variations works much the same way except now you can sort the results by popularity, performance history, cost and predicted ad position.A new Site-Related Keywords feature offers the ability to generate a keyword list based on a specific URL and can also include other pages linked to from that URL. Keyword

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129839955568185472005-10-20T11:55:00.000-05:002005-10-20T15:25:55.653-05:00

In less than a week the MIMA Summit will be here in Minneapolis. MIMA - as in Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association. I have been asked to speak on a panel regarding search marketing.The MIMA Annual Summit Event Information:Wednesday, October 26, 2005McNamara Alumni Center, U of M Campus7:45 am - 7 pmThe search marketing session is at 11:30 and will be moderated by Nina Hale from Capella.

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129776102007420462005-10-20T09:48:00.000-05:002005-10-20T10:50:07.476-05:00

Yahoo has issued a new White paper on RSS. You can download the PDF but here are some key findings: 12% of users are aware of RSS, and 4% have knowingly used RSS. 27% of Internet users consume RSS syndicated content on personalized start pages without knowing it's RSS 28% of Internet users are aware of podcasting, but only 2% currently subscribe to podcasts. Even tech-savvy “Aware

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129766577461593052005-10-19T18:06:00.000-05:002005-10-19T19:03:52.493-05:00

There's a very interesting Benchmark Survey on SEO run by MarketingProfs with some help from OneUpWeb on now how corporate marketers and marketing consultants value and are using search engine optimization in their marketing mix.There were about 1700 respondents and survey questions are split between the following categories: Perception of SEO Your Organization and SEO Your Organization and

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129763083519718312005-10-19T15:48:00.000-05:002005-10-19T18:04:43.573-05:00

Here's an excellent screencast by a prominent tech journalist John Udell on how he uses tag powered del.icio.us to research a topic he might do a story on. Read: If you want to get in front of important journalists, consider writing niche articles and bookmark them with tags in del.icio.us along with articles and resources from other relevant sources.This factors in to good online public

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129672929136668992005-10-18T16:52:00.000-05:002005-10-21T15:48:46.016-05:00

There are so many news feeds, email newsletters, company and pr firm pitches on new and interesting online marketing news that I get every day, there's just not enough time to post on each one. Gets in the way of things like running a business and enjoying the family. Maybe I should take up Stuntdubl's 12 step blogaholic program.I'm not a fan (believe it or not) of making links-only posts to this

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129634170053764052005-10-18T05:47:00.000-05:002005-10-18T06:16:10.120-05:00

Jim Boykin says he's whipped up yet another SEO tool, and it's so cool, it's named "Cool SEO Tool!".Enter in a domain name and search phrase and you get the top 10 search results in Google, plus: Pages indexed in Google and Yahoo, Yahoo’s Backlink numbers, Allinanchor rankings, the age of the domain, and the # of occurance of the phrase on the page. Yes Jim, I like!I do wish it allowed for a sub

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1129569024942122482005-10-17T12:09:00.000-05:002005-10-21T18:16:13.076-05:00

Last week Jill Whalen and I were interviewed by US News and World Report for about an hour each. If you do a lot of interviews or speak publicly on a subject, you can get a lot of info out in that time. The story ran today, "Small Business Watch: Searching for the Perfect Word can Pay" and it was interesting to see what came out of all that information. It was more like a blog post than a full

blognoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6255852.post-1127498448924734392005-09-23T12:47:00.000-05:002005-09-30T09:07:56.896-05:00

MarketingSherpa's released their 2nd Annual Search Marketing Survey with 3,271 marketers participating.This new report includes new statistics on clicks, costs and conversions as well as information on SEM test effectiveness. There's some pretty compelling data regarding outsourcing your SEO as well. For SEO, overall site traffic lift six months after optimization was: Agency optimized 110%

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Yahoo has launched a new search feature called Instant Search.As you enter a query, a balloon will appear with what Yahoo thinks is the best search result. This is similar to the "I'm feeling lucky" feature from Google except you get to preview the suggested site before going there. Note the comment on the Yahoo Instant Search page, "Why feel lucky when you can be right?".The tool is powered by

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Welcome to the TopRank Online Marketing blog! I'm Lee Odden, founder of TopRank, one of the fastest growing online marketing firms that integrates search engine optimization with online public relations.This blog is a place where I'll post current news and information related to online marketing.You can visit the TopRank web site atwww.toprankresults.com.

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