You’ve probably been hearing a lot about content farms, the low-rent district for content marketing. Google has avowed a crackdown on content farming, threatening to lower their rankings in search…
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Why digital marketing challenges everyone
Sometimes I can see it in their eyes. During a speaking appearance, I’ll look out at the audience and see fear. Not the “Big F” kind of “Run for your…
Read MoreIgnoring social media just stopped working
The fun thing about Internet marketing is that everything keeps changing. And the annoying thing about Internet marketing is that everything keeps changing. And SEO is no exception, as Google…
Read MoreWhat Watson and Jeopardy Teach Us about Computers and Language
Like millions of others, I have watched the past two nights as a computer has taken on Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, Jeopardy’s two greatest champions. IBM’s Watson has dominated…
Read MoreAre you keeping up with paid search trademark policies?
Are you afraid to bid on a competitor’s trademarked name? Depending on the search engine you are bidding with, and the country in which you are doing it, you might…
Read MoreGoogle needs its own social network
I’ve been working on organic search (SEO) for a very long time, but I keep running into other oldsters like me who don’t like how the world is changing. They…
Read MoreBe a Twitter Power User
I thoroughly enjoyed a gathering at the New York City Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), where I walked the attendees through a presentation on how to use Twitter personally and…
Read MoreThe Web design version of Do It Wrong Quickly
I updated the design on my Web site yesterday. (Yeah, I really know how to kick back on the weekends.) Take a look at it, if you dare. When you…
Read MoreHow is Google feeling about sentiment analysis?
If you don’t know what sentiment analysis is, it might be time to learn. Even if you don’t care about its more popular uses, search marketers need to get acquainted…
Read MoreDick Axelrod of Terms of Engagement
Not long ago, I reviewed the latest edition of Terms of Engagement, the great book on organizational change by Dick Axelrod that helps you engage the people you need to…
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