Archive for June, 2010

Tell All Q&A With Google’s Maile Ohye – SES Toronto Morning Keynote

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Maile Ohye, Senior Developer Programs Engineer, Google delivered the morning keynote on day two of Search Engine Strategies Toronto.  Maile discussed Google’s approach to helping site owners and shared answers to burning questions from the moderator and audience.
The format was a Q&A, and the following is a summary of the best questions and answers from […]

6 Tips on Image SEO

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Images as an asset for organic search results and search engine optimization are often overlooked.  Images can drive traffic through image search as well as inclusion in universal search results.
There are actually several dimensions to image optimization that involves better placement in search results, optimization for user experience and in some cases, optimization for easier […]

Getting Marketing & Development Teams Working Together – SES Toronto

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

It’s a common story: an online marketing professional returns from a conference full of exciting new ideas and tactics, only to fail at selling those ideas internally.  In many cases, marketing and IT/development professionals don’t always understand each other, and as a result potentially high value projects stall out and never see the light of […]

7 Benefits of Partnering SEO & PR

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

There are many intersections between earned media and organic search engine rankings, so it makes sense that they would work well together. The PR industry is in an interesting situation right now with so much of the traditional media world moving to digital media.  Whether they admit it or not, journalists rely on PR professionals […]

Shopzilla SEO Interview with Michael Nguyen

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Spotlight on Search Interview with Michael Nguyen, SEO Strategist for Shopzilla & Bizrate.com.
Helping companies with very, very large web sites increase sales through improved search engine performance takes a unique type of person. Think equally strong left and right brain lateral thinking.  Heavy doeses of technical savvy plus creative problem solving are essential.

Shopzilla and Bizrate […]

Major Social Media & Search Engine Relationships

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Adding real-time search and social search to the mix in the search engine world has created a number of new opportunities for marketers that want to do a better job of reaching customers. With new data sharing announcements happening fairly regularly, it can paint an interesting picture when you lay out the relationships between major social […]

9 Essential Social Media Tips for Beginners

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Plunging into social media for the first time can be a bit daunting for individuals or businesses. There is a learning curve when it comes to becoming more social online, and it can take a while to learn what works and what doesn’t.  Here are a few of the best Do’s and Don’ts that can […]

7 Common Social Media Marketing Problems and Their Solutions

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

This post is part 2 on Social Media Marketing Best Practices from IMS Minneapolis.  The first post featured Brad Smith from Best Buy who offered insights into their social media principles, guidelines and learnings.
This post includes liveblog notes from the presentation given by Adam Singer of TopRank Online Marketing. Adam opened up noting that according […]