Archive for December, 2006

Blogs Rock for SEO, SMO and PR

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

Blogs have been one of the big buzz items in 2006 along with social media. It seems companies are still trying to figure out whether blogging is worthwhile for their business and where social media fits in within overall marketing strategy. The number of “blog consultants” also appears to be growing at a much […]

Do’s and Don’ts of Spamming Social Media

Friday, December 29th, 2006

The sheer irony of this post nearly kills me as I’ve had it in my queue to post for a few weeks now. In a presentation I gave at SES Chicago, a video interview with WebProNews and in previous blog posts, I have articulated both a naive confidence in the social news communities at […]

Will Google Squash Digg?

Friday, December 29th, 2006

There’s a bit of a meme going around regarding the potential use of Google Reader as an alternative to digg. The idea is to be able to view the the most popular shared feeds. Steve Mermelstein starts out with a post, “Google Reader Could be a Digg Killer” which caught the attention of prominent […]

Happy Birthday Online Marketing Blog!

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

I can’t believe it was 3 years ago today that Online Marketing Blog was launched. Here is the inaugural post from December 28th, 2003.

The design we launched with. Ewwwwwwww!

Here is the design from 2004-2005
Originally published on the Blogger platform, we moved to WordPress after about a year and a half. Our SEO designer and […]

Dan Thies Calls it Quits

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

In a recent email newsletter from SEO Research Labs, Dan Thies announces, “As of January 1st, I am closing the doors on my SEO training programs.” That’s a pretty bold statement, but Dan’s not quitting entirely. He’s just moving the show to another venue.
I can’t provide exact details because the others involved in […]

ReviewMe Owner Sells Performancing Assets to PayPerPost

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Early this morning Techcrunch scooped a story on the sale of certain assets from Performancing to PayPerPost. Here is the press release from Business Wire with all the “formal” details.
Here is the lowdown: PayPerPost is acquiring the Performancing Metrics and Exchange features and the Performancing for Firefox blog editor and Performancing Partners […]

Top TopRank Blog Posts for 2006

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Here’s a roundup of the fifteen most popular posts or resources for 2006 hosted here on Online Marketing Blog. (not counting the home page):

RSS Button Maker
Getting Listed in News Search Engines
Interview with Adam Lasnik of Google
Social Bookmarks Tool
Blogger Relations 101
25 Tips for Marketing Your Blog
Matt Cutts Videos
New Rules for Social Media Optimization
Google Dance V Photos
Online […]

SEO Strategy: Zone or Man to Man?

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

In a recent conversation with a big brand company conducting their search marketing vendor selection process, I was asked what “our angle” was. What makes TopRank different from other SEO firms?
The question was followed up with the observations that other SEO vendors this company had talked to all seemed to distinguish themselves by focusing on […]

Your Own Membership Site and We Do All The Work!

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

If you’ve ever wanted to start a membership site, but wanted someone else to do all the work, then this email is for you.
Reciently one of my friends who runs a few successful membership sites showed me some stats - and he was making over $50,000 per month from just 1 membership site!!!
Well that same […]

Playstation 3 Baby!

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

I couldn’t help myself. The Best Buy employee walking around the games area with a Playstation 3 under his arm was just too tempting. I was there to buy a Nintendo Gameboy Advance game for my oldest and I had to ask, “How many of those PS3’s do you have?”. The BB guy said […]