Wal-Mart Officially Turns Search Marketing Into A Cheap Plastic Commodity
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 29th, 2007
There is an update to this story after the original article. I never thought I’d see the day when a giant company that sells cheap plastic crap would turn search marketing into a cheap crappy service. Oh, but that day has come. Wal-Mart has launched a new service for search engine optimization (SEO) and pay-per-click …
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A Third (Smaller) Option for Embedding Flash Using JavaScript
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 27th, 2007
In January (2007), I wrote a howto for embedding Flash using JavaScript. The examples I gave were for SWFObject and Unobtrusive Flash Objects (UFO) — the howto was for UFO. Now there’s a third viable option for embedding Flash using JavaScript. It’s called FlashReplace and was written by Robert Nyman. The unique feature of FlashReplace …
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How to View the Generated HTML Output from JavaScript Web Widgets
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 27th, 2007
One of the best things to come from social networking and the so called Web 2.0 is the Web widget. Web widgets allow users to easily drop JavaScript code into their own website and instantly add content and features. Most Web widgets contain CSS ids and classes that allow the webmaster to alter the look-and-feel …
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sIFR 3 Beta is Getting Closer to its Final Release
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 26th, 2007
Mark Wubben announced on Wednesday (December 26, 2007) that sIFR was getting closer to its final release. In a message to all of the developers and beta testers, he said: Good news, I’m running out of bugs to fix. Pretty much the only thing left to do is support page zoom in Firefox 3, IE …
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Google Introduces New Sliding AdSense Ads
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 26th, 2007
Google continues to test and introduce new ways to make their AdSense ads more profitable and useful. Their latest innovation is sliding ads. I first spotted it on a client’s website. It was active on a banner ad (468×60) and displayed left and right buttons for cycling (sliding) through ads. The video below shows what …
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Raven SEO Weekly Digest – Issue 7
Written by Lee Smith-Bryan | Posted on December 21st, 2007
This is the last digest before Christmas and before the Sitening crew takes a few days off and makes merry spends time with our families. In the news this week we had all the big three’s Christmas logos, top geek gifts for 2007, and the FTC approved Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick. Search Logos The Search …
SEO Daily Reading – Issue 6
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 20th, 2007
125 Social Bookmarking Sites : Importance of User Generated Tags, Votes and Links — 125 social bookmarking sites, some of which are very popular and others which are newer or somewhat unheard of. BIGLIST Search Marketing Blogs — Alas, we’re not on there — so sad, but it’s still a good list and we’re good …
Hot Trend for 2008: Bookmarking and Tagging the Social Bookmark Tag Page on the Same Social Bookmark Network
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 20th, 2007
The Internet almost came to a halt tonight when I spotted a del.icio.us bookmark of the exact same bookmark feed I was reading. If I had infinite time on my hands, I could have clicked on that link over and over, and gone nowhere fast. Fortunately, I came to my senses and made a screenshot …
Linkbait Ideas to Help Your SEO Campaign
Written by Lee Smith-Bryan | Posted on December 20th, 2007
Using linkbait is a great way of attracting traffic to your website or blog. The only factor you’re limited by is your own imagination. Whether you run a sports blog or are part of a corporate website setup, linkbait should be part of your SEO campaign. If executed correctly, it can have a significant impact. …
Live Search Is Returning Google AdWords Ads In Their Natural Search Results (Updated)
Written by henshaw | Posted on December 20th, 2007
Update: Nathan Buggia, Lead Program Manager at Live Search, contacted me to let me know they’ve fixed the problem. Here’s what happened, in their own words. Live Search is offering a new way for AdWords customers to get click-throughs — their own natural SERPs. They appear to be indexing AdWords ads from Google’s own SERPs. …