There has been quite a bit of buzz surrounding the concept of trust these days. More specifically, how TrustRank is likely to have a strong correlation with search engine rankings. This is not a surprise to most SEO’s, as trust-building activities such a… more »

Intel Wants to Change Shopping ExperiencePosted by Michael Vizard Jan 8, 2010 4:43:44 PM Intel wants to take those boring directory signs in the store and turn them into interactive displays that make it easy for customers to find what they want.… more »

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By Mikal E. Belicove | December 28, 2009 Your website is your online center of operations, but if you use social media as part of your advertising, market positioning and promotional efforts, your presence is scattered across the web. While es… more »

So 2010 is rearing it's head and that can only mean one thing. OK, it can mean a whole lot of things, but for some, it means that it's time to reflect on the lessons learned from 2009 and begin looking ahead to what's in store for 2000 & 10. (Like th… more »

Brands Like Kodak Are Taking a Targeted Social-Media Approach When Kodak wanted to increase participation in its "Time to Smile" branding effort, which launched this past summer, the marketer recently looked to influential bloggers, Twitterers and Fac… more »

As soon as I heard James Cameron introduce this film a couple years back, I thought, wow, finally a cgi film that may not suck! Then I saw the trailer for it, and I became even more excited! Not just for its groundbreaking and innovative look and concept… more »

LONDON (Reuters) - Online retail sales will rise 14 percent to 5 billion pounds this month, with almost three quarters of Britons doing more than half of their Christmas shopping on the Internet, a study showed on Thursday. IMRG, the industry body for g… more »

With more consumer spending shifting to the Web, eMarketer predicts that online holiday sales will increase 5.4% over last year to $30 billion in 2009. That would mark a rebound from the 5.7% decline in 2008, but would still be less than the 30.2 billion… more »

Just to be clear: This is not a public launch. Wave is still not ready for that yet, apparently. Instead, Google has looked over the applications that were filed over the past four months to test out the service and is handing out invites to users who ex… more »

The first question you must answer before launching an advertising campaign for a new business, product or service is: "Who is my audience?" Once you determine your ideal customer, you can go on to produce successful, targeted ads. Social networking a… more »

We’ve known since June that Facebook was going to revamp its inbox, which has been one of the social network’s real weaknesses. Today, the new inbox appears to be rolling live for some users. And you can see, the changes are a little different than so… more »

Microsoft and Yahoo's newly forged search deal is about breaking Google's dominance, which is pretty overwhelming in the U.S. by any measure: queries, clicks or ad revenue. But as hard as it will be to dislodge Google in the U.S., it will be even harder… more »

The phenomenon of social networking fascinates me. Although still in it’s beginning stages it remains to be seen which one will be most successful, which one will be a passing phase, which one will make money, which one will be blown out of the water by… more »

Social Networking sites have increasingly become a successful resource in missing person cases and police investigations. After you have tried every other traditional effort in locating a runaway or missing; why not turn to a social website like Faceboo… more »

Starting today, June 25, 2009, Facebook makes it possible for your "status updates" to be seen by the general public. Of course this is strictly an added option and you are still able to keep your updates for your network of 'friends' only. Lately, Fac… more »

It's hard to overstate the impact Michael Jackson had on pop culture from music to videos to movies to fashion to weird prison dance routines. But unlike many of today's celebrities, the King of Pop didn't have a huge commercial/endorsement career. I… more »

Reading about the brutal lay offs at MySpace last week sent chills down my spine. It comes only two months after a new CEO, a former Facebook exec, took over from MySpace's founding CEO. It sounds like fodder for those "tell-all" books about a business i… more »

"Tiananmen + Twitter = Tehran" Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb cites a comment he's seen highlighting the similarities between the violence in China's Tiananmen Square 20 years ago and the melee in Iran today, with the addition of one thing: the… more »

On June 13th 2009 at 12:01 am EDT, face book is making it available to have a personalized URL for your page (e.g facebook.com/your name.)” This is very big news, and is being blogged and discussed all over the Internet Marketing Community. Even though… more »

Many internet companies are now offering e-commerce solutions as a way to absorb the growing entrepreneur and small business market and consumer base. Yahoo! Small Business has expanded their e-commerce plans and offer various internet retailer package… more »

On Thursday May 21st I attended an SEO seminar held by Network solutions, we covered a lot of interesting topics but one of the topics that got my attention and am sure many companies go thru this as well is how do I get my company name on top of the sea… more »

If your small business has a website (and it should), you need to stay on top of four main needs: •Providing fresh content •Staying connected to customers •Being visible on search engines •Adding new functions to meet the changes in technology If… more »

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Don't underestimate the power of message boards, chat rooms and online forums when it comes to building a reputation for your brand and bumping up search engine optimization. If you want to get your brand's name out there for little to no cost, seek out… more »

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I know that a business's website is one of the most powerful sales tools a small business can have, but I've never thought of a website as a salesperson until now. Do it yourself and you might start looking at websites differently. If you think of your… more »

The way we're revolutionizing eCommerce is by promoting awareness to the masses of the status quo in the entrepreneurial online market. Pay-per-click (PPC) and affiliate marketing are plaguing the the way online commerce should be controlled and operated… more »

I have recently read many articles discussing the advantages of using the social media like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace etc, as a marketing tool. However, there are still many web authors out there that say it’s a total waste of time and it’s just another… more »

Is Twitter a marketing vehicle? Is it a great way to keep in touch with the shifting needs of customers? What do you think? more »

Affiliate Marketing and Web Marketing There are different ways of marketing that an organization can use to drive traffic to their website, what marketing method will be rewarding is for you to decide. Here is one of the commonly used marketing method.… more »

If you are considering the prospect of becoming involved in Affiliate Marketing on the Internet then I seriously suggest you approach with extreme caution. You will be bombarded from all angles with various software which will offer promises of untold fo… more »

Search engine optimization (SEO) is all the rage these days. There’s a whole market that has developed around SEO services and tools and a lot of hype and fluff that tends to confuse and complicate things for the average web site owner. Simply put, SEO… more »

Consumer sentiment levels took an unexpected jump higher as of the middle of April. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for April came in at 61.9, after standing at 57.3 in March. It had been expected to come in at… more »

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Some people think marketing is the same as advertising and others believe marketing and sales are the same synonymous. Whatever one may think, there is a very thin line between marketing, advertising and sales, all three are equally important and work ha… more »

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"With all the doom and gloom news about the economy, there's never been a better time to make an extra paycheck online with a minimal amount of time and effort. If you have an internet connection, you can get started on the road to having the internet p… more »

We all know we're in less-than-stellar economic times. While there's no official timeline as how long this recession will last, every person you know is probably watching his or her daily spending and cutting back wherever possible. Since money is tight… more »

Choosing a domain name is an extremely important part of designing your web site, as that becomes the name of your web site. Your domain name is the first part of the Uniform Resource Locator, or "URL." There are many things to keep in mind while choosin… more »

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