As a follow up to the WordPress plugins post and my 10 tools for web traffic research I wanted to share some services that I use, and pay for. Disclaimer: where possible I use affiliate links Hostgator – This is where I host Marketing.fm and refer anyone looking for great shared hosting. GetDropBox – the …
Tags: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, FeedBurner, google, Google Analytics, Google Docs, SitemeterGreat links from around the web: Are you a founder? Great writeup of what it takes to be a founder and see if you fit the bill. TubeChop Great way to microchunk youTube videos Ad supported Internet report from the IAB Blind Search Blind search between Yahoo, Google, and Bing without knowing the results publisher …
Tags: Bing, google, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Links, Search, YahooAnalytics matters today, just like it did yesterday, last year, and 5 years ago. In fact, it has always mattered. People, projects, companies, and teams tend for forget the importance of analytics from the earliest stages of a product or service. Its free! If you havn’t done so, go drop in free Google Analytics code …
Tags: google, Google Analytics, ROI“masterpiece” by 415style I was talking with Amanda Peyton who I met after the Internet Week version of the NY Tech Meetup about SEO and gave my thoughts on why and how it is important. This was following another great event showcasing 50+ companies in the first NYTM Showcase demo room. She asked “does SEO …
Tags: Art, Bing, google, SEO, YahooEvery so often I connect with people working on interesting projects or strike up great conversations – in that vein I invite those interested in guest blogging at Marketing.fm and invite any reader to do the same if they need a platform. Get in touch! Guest post from Ben Johnson of LogoInn, custom logo design. …
Tags: Digg, Facebook, google, google reader, LinkedIn, MySpace, StumbleUpon, youtubeImage via CrunchBase Following up on yesterdays post about search news of queries getting longer I wanted to comment on the recent changes and addition of search rank now being included in Google’s search strings they are returning to users which was originally written about here. As SEL notes there could be many reasons howwhenwhy …
Tags: click detail, google, Search, Search Engine Marketing, Search engine optimization, search rankMove technology to invisibility This is a quote from Kevin Kelly in his book The New Rules for the New Economy in which he goes on to explain: Computer technology is undergoing the same disappearance. If the information revolution succeeds, the standalone desktop computer will eventually vanish. Its chips, its lines of connection, even its …
Tags: Facebook Connect, google, Kevin Kelly, New Rules for the New Economy, TechnologyImage via CrunchBase Most people think that a cookie is a delicious treat – not a file on your computer that tracks where you have been, what you are doing, and other attributes about you. Behavior is what you do – not something quantified in a profile. That is why with the recent announcement by …
Tags: Advertising, behavioral targeting, Cookies, googleImage via CrunchBase I recently added another widget to this blogs sidebar that will display items that I “share” from my Google reader. These items automatically get pulled into my FriendFeed stream but not very well read. Now when I share an item from my reader it will automatically be displayed in the right hand …
Tags: FriendFeed, google, google reader, Social networkSpeed is most definitely a feature you should be thinking about. As the barriers to entry to start and launch a web service continue to decline, there are few things that can really set you apart. Although you may not think about it, the speed behind services you use everyday play a major role in …
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