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SEO is Not An After-Thought
SEO is part of Internet Marketing that is never “completed”. It is a competitive part of your marketing strategy that requires ongoing attention, tweaking, analysis, and regular ‘corrective action’ to fight off your rivals… |
Don’t Forget About Flickr as a Social Platform
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google are most likely the first few websites you think of when you think about Internet Marketing, social branding etc., but have you explored Flickr yet? Don’t Forget About Flickr as a Social Platform
Answer Your Emails and Enquiries
People who don’t reply to emails, tweets, direct messages etc., have a thing or two to learn about customer services. Bing :: The Rise and Fall - According to the Experts
As many people, I paid a lot of attention to the rise of Bing (www.bing.com) last week and enjoyed using it a few times. I'm not ditching Google in favour of Bing, although I have set Bing as my home page in IE (I use Firefox most of the time).
Which brings be nicely to the rise and fall of Bing in just a few days. Interesting Data from Two "Authorities"
Bing Outranks Yahoo Since Launch Date
People are staying on Bing longer than they stay on many of their competing sites (in my opinion there is good reason to do so because of it's unique approach to 'search results'). This means that people are not just rushing over to Bing for a minute just to see what all the fuss is about, they're going there, trying it out, and realising it's actually a pretty cool product and they obviously enjoy using it. Bing Is Yet To Get Into Top Gear
With Bing, you get a sneak preview of the text from the website before you click the link. I know it takes a second or so to appear but so useful. You get to see immediately if the content relates to the title and snippet, and decide if you want to actually click. That, to me, along with a few other really nice features, makes Bing my second choice SE and one that I will keep exploring. As For The Data Try Bing, Try Google, Try Yahoo - You Decide Personally, I think there is room for a challenger to Google and hope Bing gets a bit more of a media push than just the Google hackers saying things like "here comes another Microsoft product". Last Updated (Thursday, 11 June 2009 08:08) BING Joins the Search Party - MSN Live Search is reborn
Have you already got wind about the transfer of power in the big three search engines? If not, here's today's "buzz" that's happening around the Web you absolutely must know about: the two search giants Google and Yahoo! Today found firm competition: Bing.com. Barely a couple of days ago Microsoft superseded its MSN and Live search engines with this newfangled version. All searches from MSN and Live are now managed by Bing, and - like it or not, Bing's results are not exactly the equivalent to the old Microsoft's search engine.
Exactly what does this mean to you? Simple: if you targeted MSN (and Live Search) in your SEO efforts, now you need to optimise your web site for Bing. And even if you brushed off MSN prior to Bing, you'd better catch up. Looks like it's gonna bring a good portion of hits to our sites. Last Updated (Wednesday, 03 June 2009 17:42) Website Design Services UK
Are you about to venture out on your first mission to design your brand new website, or perhaps a new version of your existing website? Website Design Services UK has a vast amount to offer. Get your website working for you. Attractive Website Design - The Five S's of Good DesignAn easy way to make your website look good is to use visual(s). For some sites - such as those for a hotel or photographer - you have a ready selection of photos to choose from; for others you may have to search one of the free - or affordable - internet photo libraries. Even where there is no obvious visual, try to find a picture that might link to your site's general theme - for example, a photo of candles, quill and an unspecified open book was used to illustrate the Gnostic Gospels for a Gnostic Life website. Alternatively, use an attractive abstract picture/photo. |
What makes writing this article more interesting to me is that last week I was questioning a lot of data that a client had been sent - that suggested his site got no traffic and this other one got this much - blah blah blah. Obviously that was a sales pitch. We checked out the data and, sure enough, the 'authority' statistics sites got it totally wrong. We know the site gets traffic because they get sales and they get enquiries, but some people love to use and present inaccurate data...
Bing was 2nd Most Popular SE for One Day
Now Here's The "But"
What I Love About Bing and Where Google Fails

