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Google Image Search Now Has Options
Google recently announced the addition of search options for their image search. Now, you can narrow your image search down to size, type and color. At first, I wondered how they could determine the color of these images automatically, and realized that the color could simply be included in the image alt tag.
Check It Out – Twitter Has a New Look
Most of you already know that I’m not much of a Twitter fan, but I still use them because it’s the hottest thing in social media. Today, Twitter launched their new homepage design, and I must admit I like the new look. It has a nice and simple design with a prominent search bar at the top. Besides design, what I [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo Agree to a Search Partnership Deal
Interesting news. Microsoft and Yahoo has agreed to combine forces in the search market to better compete against the giant of search, Google. They’ve launched a website dedicated to the 10 year deal called ChoiceValueInnovation.com. The gist of the deal is that Microsoft will power Yahoo’s search for both organic and sponsored listings, and in [...]
The Difficulties of Outsourcing Jobs
I’ve been outsourcing jobs, on and off, for the past 7 years. Projects ranging from logos and banners to entire websites and articles were on my list for outsourcing. In the beginning, I relied on services like Elance.com and Guru.com. Then, for a little while, I looked to forums like DigitalPoint and Sitepoint to outsource my work. In those 7 years [...]
BOTW Directory Coupon Code for July 2009
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BusyBits Directory Coupon Code
Get 50% off new submissions to the BusyBits directory by using this coupon code: since2005 As far as I know, there is no expiration date on this offer.
Google Turns Up the Heat with the Announcement of Google Chrome OS
Yesterday, Google announced that they would be launching a new open source operating system called Google Chrome OS. This is big news as they turn up the heat to compete against the currently monopolizing OS which is Microsoft Windows. According to Google, “Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS.” Isn’t that what [...]
Who has the Best PPC Program – Google, Yahoo, MSN, MySpace, Facebook or Adsonar
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to manage PPC campaigns in Google, Yahoo, MSN (Bing), MySpace, Facebook, Adsonar and even Business.com. Here is how I rate them (1-7): #1 Google Adwords - Google has not only proven to be a very effective tool for marketing, but also consistent. Needless to say, Google brings me the [...]
FTC to Monitor Blogs for False Claims and Compensations
Have you heard of this? The FTC plans to monitor blogs for false claims and a lack of disclosure for compensation. As you know, there are tons of blog owners out there that recommend products or services in return for some sort of compensation, whether it be cash or free products. I would be curious to know how [...]
WordPress Page Order Plugin for 2.7 & 2.8
“My Page Order” is a WordPress plugin that allows you to re-order your page links through simple drag and drop. The original plugin for “My Page Order” is located here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/my-page-order/. However, that plugin didn’t work for me. More specifically, the drag and drop feature wouldn’t work, even though the plugin was successfully uploaded and activated. So, [...]
What is PR Sculpting?
PR Sculpting is the process of optimizing the linking structure within a website for the purpose of achieving the highest possible PR (Google Pagerank). The primary technique used for PR sculpting is the utilization of the “nofollow” tag within links. According to Google, their search engine robot does not crawl links with the nofollow attribute which means they don’t [...]
Beware of SEO Scam Emails
Nigerian 419 Scams? Nope. Now the scams are right in our backyard. Today, I received this email: Dear Website Owner, 65% of people searching the Internet will never find your web site unless you’re ranked on first page of Google, MSN, or Yahoo. If I help you obtain as much as 4 times more WEB [...]
Search Engine Wars
I must admit that a few years back, I had no confidence in Microsoft’s search engine algorithm. However, in recent times, I think they’ve gained a lot of ground in terms of search results relevancy. Although Google is still my preferred search engine, I occasionally use Live Bing. I never use Yahoo for searching, but I like [...]
Google SEO Starter Guide in 1 Minute
I just went over Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. It’s a solid foundation to have if you’re just starting out in SEO. The PDF file provided by Google is only 22 pages long, but I decided to make it even shorter. 1. Create unique, accurate page titles a. Accurately describe the page’s content [...]