What We Learned This Holiday

by on January 7, 2011 · Ecommerce Website TipsSearch Engine Marketing

Another holiday season come and gone. And of course, what would the holidays be without a making few missteps that we can learn from for next year. A few such ... » Continue

Google HotPot: What’s inside the box?

by on December 21, 2010 · Local SearchSearch Engine Marketing

As has been reported throughout the internet, Portland has been selected as a test market for Google HotPot. Side note: just a few months ago, Bing sponsored Free Food Cart Day, ... » Continue

Google’s Failure Rate is Really A Success

by on December 20, 2010 · Search Engine Marketing

Web Analytics World (WAW) recently posted an article regarding Bing’s powering over 25% of searches in November 2010.  Included in the post was a chart on what WAW deemed success ... » Continue

Don’t Be Afraid to Pile on the Negative Keywords

by on December 17, 2010 · Pay-Per-Click (PPC)Search Engine Marketing

Instead of reactively adding negative keywords based on search term reports, don't be afraid to proactively add masses of negative keywords based on lists of cities, names or other common modifiers. » Continue

All About Press Release Optimization

by on December 9, 2010 · Online Brand ManagementSearch Engine MarketingSearch Engine Optimization

Perhaps you’ve heard about the benefits of optimizing your company’s press releases,  but do you know how to do it yourself? Read Build Links and Visibility with Press Release Optimization on ... » Continue

Como se dice “Pay Per Click” en Español?

by on December 9, 2010 · Pay-Per-Click (PPC)Search Engine Marketing

Turns out the literal translation in to Spanish is pago por clic. In a perfect world, my 3 years of high school Spanish would have stuck with me enough that ... » Continue

Holiday PPC Got You Panicked? There’s Still Time!

by on December 3, 2010 · Ecommerce Website TipsPay-Per-Click (PPC)Search Engine Marketing

Even though we’ve already passed Cyber Monday (also known as Green Gift Monday), and the number of shipping days are quickly ticking down, there is still time to make the ... » Continue

Google Instant Search

by on September 8, 2010 · Search Engine Marketing

Google rolled out instant search today, causing the declaration, “SEO is Dead!” for the nine-hundredth time (I have a running tally) since Search was born. There’s a lot of speculation ... » Continue

What the Heck is my SEM Vendor Talking About?!

by on September 7, 2010 · Search Engine Marketing

It’s easy for Search Engine Marketers to get wrapped up in the tactical side of things: from managing down CPAs and CPCs to monitoring bounce rates and crawl equity, there’s ... » Continue

Import Your Goals from Google Analytics into AdWords

by on August 30, 2010 · Pay-Per-Click (PPC)Search Engine MarketingWebsite Analytics

Did you know that in addition to tracking conversions using the AdWords conversion tracking pixel, you can also IMPORT data from Goals that are configured in your linked Google Analytics ... » Continue