Posted by Aaron Wall on Jul 31, 2008
What is the difference between an unremarkable no value add thin ecommerce site, and a top ranked site? In some industries the difference is simply site age. Sites that were around a few years ago had fewer competitors, so it was easier for them to rank. As they aged they got trusted more, and some of those top rankings lead to many self-reinforcing links.
If your site is brand new and you want to compete against established sites directly ...
Posted by Brandon Leibowitz on Jul 31, 2008
New directories are a valuable tool for Web sites that need that extra boost in search engine ranking or in their number of visitors. They make for a great way to increase Web exposure and expand your Web site's advertising. Since many of the top Web directories are quite expensive and take time to be edited, I have made a list of the benefits that can be acquired through new directories. Listed below are some of the many of the benefits that ...
Posted by Matt McGee on Jul 31, 2008
Being small is hard enough. But being small and in retail? That's like having two strikes against you before the game even begins. From setting up relationships with banks, to finding trustworthy suppliers, to building a loyal customer base, being a small retailer is a challenge many businesses can't meet. And if you're an online-only small retailer? Well, that adds a whole new set of pros and cons into the mix.
K9cuisine.com is one such ...
Posted by Saul Hansell on Jul 30, 2008
Many things are scarier when they are in the shadows. This is especially true when it comes to the ways big companies gather and use data about us.
Google is showing users how it takes data from their history of searches and their location to customize the results it displays. So far it is not displaying similar information about data it uses to target advertising. ...
Posted by Galen DeYoung on Jul 30, 2008
A couple months ago, I noted that one of the 6 mistakes B2B marketers continue to make with organic search was inadequate site architecture-the fact that many B2B sites don't have sufficient content to respond to desired search terms. The solution, however, isn't simply adding more content. Proper site architecture is also critical. Here are five steps to success.
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Posted by randfish on Jul 29, 2008
Posted by randfish
This week marked the arrival of Cuil on the search engine scene. Being a huge fan of search technology and how search engines work in general, I've been spending some time playing around with the new service and thought it would be valuable to expose my data on how the classic market leaders - Google, Yahoo!, Live & Ask compare to the newcomer.
When judging the value and performance of a major web search engine, ...
Posted by Jason Kincaid on Jul 28, 2008
SearchCloud, a new search engine that launched on July 17, has a new take on search refinement that it hopes will make it a useful alternative to the likes of Yahoo and Google. Instead of simply entering multiple keywords, users can rank how important each term is to the search. Each term is placed in a “search cloud”, where its weight is indicated by the size of the font.
For example, you could enter the words “TechCrunch” and ...
