amberturrill

Avatar Posted By: amberturrill 29 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://metricvoodoo.com)
Category: Paid Search
This is a great formula to whip out when you have one of those clients with unrealistic expectations about return. read more »
Discuss     
Avatar Went Hot: March 20, 2008 - 2:02 pm
Posted By: vikramprashant 205 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Search Marketing
I will be doing several reviews of a newly launched SEO software RankSense by Hamlet Batista. To make the most of my reviews I encourage you to download a free trial version and test the options I’ll be describing. That’s very easy: just download th read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: March 18, 2008 - 6:22 am
Posted By: aimClear 207 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ask-kalena.com)
Category: Blogging
Wicked MAD = Dumbass of the Week by Ask Kalena: "EVIL site scraping bastards STEAL content from this blog within hour of me posting it. They scrape Marty & Niall Kennedy’s blog and others, listing us all as “contributors” F'Wads. WTF? read more »
41 Comments     
Avatar Posted By: themelab 211 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.themelab.com)
Category: Google AdSense
Learn several methods of including Adsense advertisements (and any other ads) within your WordPress site, including use of plugins and manual insertion of code. read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Posted By: amberturrill 211 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ppc-advice.com)
Category: Web Analytics
A coworker pointed out this article. Don't know about you, but I'm definitely feeling frustrated with Omniture. read more »
Discuss     
Avatar Posted By: Doubleohd 211 days ago
Topic Type: Discussion
Category: SEO
If you have a URL that looks like http://www.yoursitename.com/default.aspx?id=2734, this tool allows you to rewrite it to http:www.yoursitename.com/page-title.html, or any description you like. You need the ability to install filters on the server, read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: March 12, 2008 - 3:01 am
Posted By: ANOnym 213 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.jayweintraub.com)
Category: Google AdWords
Jay describes how Google disables accounts automatically, based on some imperfect algorithms. He and his friend got his Google AdWords accounts disabled because Jay's account was seemingly linked to a bad one and his friend's keywords were irrelevan read more »
1 Comment     
Avatar Went Hot: March 10, 2008 - 6:17 am
Posted By: annie7 216 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.grokdotcom.com)
Category: Paid Search
Extremely interesting examples of bad PPC advertising. read more »
5 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 7, 2008 - 11:12 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 217 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.stuntdubl.com)
Category: SEM Industry
(Ahem. Don't blame me. I didn't write the headline!) So, as Todd Malicoat tells us ... "here is what you should do if you really want to be a total outcast douchebag at an SEO Conference." read more »
10 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 7, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Posted By: annie7 217 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seo-chicks.com)
Category: SEO
A great step by step competitive research guide by SEO Chicklet Lauren Vaccarello:

Step 1: Who is your competitor and where have they been?
Step 2: What kind of market share and traffic do they have?
Who is linking to your competitors?
What ke read more »
3 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 9, 2008 - 2:43 pm
Posted By: aimClear 217 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.sitecreations.com)
Category: Other Social Media
“Old-school” marketing and PR folks miss that Oprah, Wall Street Journal & local paper, are NOT the only Biz Buzz key-influencers. Hybrid viral-social/traditional campaigns are the new PR anarchy! (SEMMY?) read more »
Discuss     
Avatar Went Hot: March 6, 2008 - 3:17 pm
Posted By: DoshDosh 218 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.jenniferslegg.com)
Category: Other Social Media
Since I have been playing around with Twitter, I have noticed a trend amongst certain people… all they really use their Twitter feed for is to spam all their followers with their latest blog posts. And when they aren’t giving links to those posts, t read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 3, 2008 - 12:33 pm
Posted By: SlightlyShadySEO 221 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com)
Category: News Sites
Recently, SEO.com attempted to manipulate sphinn.com votes in an effort to get publicity. This is a breakdown of what they tried, how they got caught, and why it didn't work.
This article is the result of a poll I ran on whether they should be outt read more »
15 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 3, 2008 - 8:52 am
Posted By: danzarrella 221 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.advmediaproductions.com)
Category: Google AdWords
Google is offering a service that allows you to put your Adwords campaign on autopilot while they find the best way to spend your money. This sounds great to the small advertiser who may not have the time or expertise to manage their Adwords campai read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 3, 2008 - 8:52 am
Posted By: lorenbaker 222 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ericlander.com)
Category: Local & Maps
For the first time many have witnessed, Google is now serving unverified local listings in its blended local result plus boxes. read more »
10 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: March 1, 2008 - 8:00 pm
Posted By: scottclark 225 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Search Marketing
A great overview of gender-preference issues of web customers and what web designers and marketers need to remember. Color and design preferences are affected by a variety of factors other than gender including age, personal bias, and culture. Wom read more »
9 Comments     
Avatar Went Hot: February 29, 2008 - 11:16 am
Posted By: askablogger 226 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://performancing.com)
Category: Blogging
WordPress, one of the most popular blogging platforms (if not the most), is capable of being more than just a blog platform. It's capable of being a full-blown CMS (Content Management System). As someone who has both written small, custom CMSes from read more »
2 Comments     
Avatar Posted By: JonKelly 388 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.ppchero.com)
Category: Paid Search
PPC Hero give a decent overview of the don'ts of ad copy writing. I quibble a bit with a few and would add one more -- don't forget to go for the home run, an ad that produces more than 50% lift. The home runs are there and they are usually non-ob read more »
Discuss     
Avatar Went Hot: August 8, 2007 - 6:00 pm
Posted By: johnandrews 429 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.johnon.com)
Category: Sphinn Zone
Seattle SEO John Andrews challenges Sphinn members to prove their mettle as marketers, by pushing Sphinn over 400 for the first time.

Sites like Digg show hundreds and sometimes thousands of votes because their members participate and exercise t read more »
79 Comments     

Top 10 Most Sphunn
In What's New

  1. 11 Ways to Market Your New Social N... (20)
  2. Personal Branding is BS (18)
  3. 25 Ways to Build Your Community (16)
  4. Have Gun, Will Telecommute (15)
  5. Why You Should Build a Web Business... (15)
  6. Best SEO Practices During A Website... (15)
  7. 9 Easy Ways to Get More Blog Commen... (15)
  8. How to Test Your Site Usability wit... (15)
  9. SEO Canonical URLs And 301 Redirect... (15)
  10. An Experiment - SEO Style - What ar... (13)

Latest Comments

Search Marketing Expo

Save the date for:
• SMX London - Nov. 4-5: Pre-agenda rate now available. Click here.
• SMX West - Feb. 10-12

Search Marketing Now

Learn more about search marketing through free online webcasts and webinars from our sister site Search Marketing Now.

Upcoming Webcasts: