Archive for October 7th, 2009

PREVIEW: Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm Coming to Xbox Live Soon

Back at E3 in June we learned that Facebook and Twitter as well as last.fm integrations were coming to Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming platform for the Xbox 360. [ READ MORE ]

Twitter Launches a Very Unofficial App Directory: #appwednesday

It looks like we have another new theme day to sandwich between #musicmonday and #followfriday: the official Twitter account just kicked off #appwednesday. [ READ MORE ]

HOW TO: Manage a Facebook Group

Alison Driscoll is an interactive copywriter and social media consultant who specializes in Facebook. She authors a blog at alisondriscoll.com. [ READ MORE ]

Online coupon business could prove to be new wrinkle for SEO – Brafton

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Skype Becomes Latest Black Hat SEO Hit – Mediapost.com

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Coke Zero Facebook App Searches for Your Digital Double

When big brands try to create novelty Facebook applications, the results are often disappointing (remember Whopper Sacrifice?). [ READ MORE ]

Drew Carey Ups the Ante: Bids $1 Million for @Drew on Twitter

Over the weekend, we reported on Drew Carey’s bid of up to 0,000 (if he reaches 100,000 followers by Nov. 9th) for the Twitter name @drew. The name is currently up for auction by Drew Olanoff, who was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, to raise money for LIVESTRONG as an extension of the #blamedrewscancer [ READ MORE ]

Samsung Moment: Sprint Launches Slick New Google Android Handset

Although currently a small player in the smartphone market, Google Android is forecasted by at least one analyst to take over the number two spot, ahead of the iPhone, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices, by 2012. [ READ MORE ]

Your Opinion Counts: Help Google Build Better Maps

The team behind Google Maps today reports several interesting improvements to the service. First of all, they’ve created a new base map dataset, which includes several publicly accessible geospatial government-created datasets, with information pertaining to toll roads, bridges, road networks and the like. [ READ MORE ]

The ‘rediscovery’ of SEO: Fact or fiction? – BtoB Magazine

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Crush Cups – A Personal Story About Advertising Effectiveness

As one of the consequences of the challenging economic climate we’re all experiencing right now, we’ve all been tasked with reevaluating the value of advertising – not just digital, but as a whole. Whether this manifests itself in terms of lower budgets allocated to CMOs, declining CPMs, or difficulties in attaining ROI, it is a [ READ MORE ]

SEO Tips: How to Increase Traffic With Keywords – Small Business Computing

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Bing’s Growth Grinds to a Halt [Stats]

Since its official launch in June, the narrative for Microsoft’s Bing search engine has largely been about growth in market share. [ READ MORE ]

Google Street View Launches in Canada

Google has significantly expanded its Street View coverage in the US and around the world since launching in 2007, but one country left out of the voyeuristic fun has been Canada. [ READ MORE ]

Competitive PPC: Keep Your Edge

Staying competitive for your most sought-after keywords requires diligence, persistence, and a strategic utilization of the tools and reports that are available to you as a pay-per-click (PPC) manager. Improve and preserve the performance of your highly-competitive keywords by following these strategic guidelines. Learn how to optimize your… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit [ READ MORE ]

How to Effectively Use Twitter for Book Marketing

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Excellency in Search Engine Optimization Solutions

Store.IoVista has considerable expertise in Search Engine Optimization solutions to a wide variety of projects. Store.ioVista’s versatile and experienced SEO team has optimized several sites from simple solutions to complex enterprise class solutions. [ READ MORE ]

SEO Marketing

How do HRO’C search package up their SEO offering? Read the blog post and find out. [ READ MORE ]

Search Engine Optimization Guide / SEO Guide

To rank high on search engines you need a good Search Engine Optimization Guide.Do you have a webpage but it does not show up on the first page on Google or Yahoo? Most of the people just use the results of the first page at search engines. If your webpage shows up on the second [ READ MORE ]

Ecommerce & SEO for Online Business Success

The purpose of any business website is to promote a product or service online. The purpose of an ecommerce website is to take it one step further and to allow your visitors to purchase your products or services directly from your website. [ READ MORE ]