Archive for July, 2007

ad:tech Chicago - Failure is the New Success, Chris Anderson

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Note from Editor: This week, TopRank Account Manager, Jolina Pettice is attending the ad:tech conference in Chicago. Along with her formidable knowledge gathering and networking duties, Jolina is also providing blog coverage of several sessions. Enjoy!
Ad:Tech Chicago kicked off this morning with a key note speech from Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine and author […]

What Makes a Top SEO Blog?

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

So much information, so little time. Between IM, RSS, Facebook, Twitter, Sphinn, blogging and work, it’s amazing there’s any time left for “old school” activities like email.
The beauty of RSS is that you can subscribe to a pretty good list of search marketing blogs and stay up to date on industry news as well as […]

10 Secret Benefits of Attending SEM Conferences. Shhh.

Monday, July 30th, 2007

In the past I’ve written about the benefits of attending Search Engine Strategies conferences with tips on gaining knowledge, finding new clients and employees, networking with others and even as a resource for generating content.
However, there are even more benefits you can gain from going to conferences like Search Engine Strategies, Pucon and SMX that […]

BIGLIST Search Marketing Blogs Update 072707

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Even though we’re doing the “RV vacation” thing starting today, we have a nice list of search marketing blogs for you in this week’s update to the BIGLIST of SEM and SEM and SEO blogs. Enjoy!

Internet Marketing Monitor - A paid staff of writers at IMM pull internet marketing industry stories of the day […]

Interviews with Search Marketers

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Our plan is to bring multiple TopRank team members to SES San Jose next month and each will be blogging different sessions. This will free me up significantly to do video interviews, take photos and other more creative conference coverage. Everything will be posted here at Online Marketing Blog so be sure to tune […]

Reader Poll: Tools for Networking Online

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Some of the best advice I ever received starting out in the business world concerned the value of networking. Online communication tools like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter as well as mainstays like IM and email make it easier than ever (sometimes too easy) to network with other like-minded individuals.
Search marketers tend to be a tech savvy […]

New SEM Magazine - Visibility

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Apologies for the image quality as I forgot my camera at home and had to take this with my KRZR.
A new search marketing print publication has hit the mailboxes this week called Visibility. Backed by the company that publishes the popular internet marketing services site, topseos.com, this first issue includes a mix of […]

New TopRank Site Designs

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Layout 2
Our emphasis on TopRank’s Online Marketing Blog has meant less attention to our company web site. However, as much of an asset the blog is, we simply could not go on any longer with a company web site designed by a non-designer (me) six years ago. I’m surprised more people have not made fun […]

Meta Tag Optimization: Baloney or Good SEO?

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

While perusing a new social network for the advertising industry, I noticed an interesting question posted regarding whether meta tags were relevant to search engine optimization. With all the hype about subjects like Google Universal search, personalization and social media, it’s fun to revisit some of the basic “textbook SEO” topics like meta tags.
As long […]

Winner TopRank Challenge Mike Yanke

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

I am happy to announce the winner of last week’s TopRank Challenge blog post contest: Mike Yanke with his nod to Stephen Colbert, “Fish Wavers & Bridge Namers - How the “Greatest Living American” Reaches Unique Groups by Creating Unique Groups“. Congratulations goes to Mike with over 55% of the vote!

Mike chatting it up […]