Today we have a short follow up to the discussions we’ve been having about thinking like a media company. One challenges faced by all content producers is how they monetize their content and audience. A recent post at GigaOM Planning a paywall? Maybe you should sell some e-books instead spurs our discussion today. I [...]

  Here’s a subject that comes up just about every week, Search engine optimization or SEO. I think this is one of those technical subjects in digital marketing that is hidden. Hidden behind a curtain and inside a black box. So today I am to give you insight into what it takes to rank your [...]

  First up I was surprised to see the amount of real estate that the updated Google sitelinks will take up. This makes it even more important for you to go into google webmaster tools and make sure you have everything setup right. If you don’t have sitelinks for your site the answer is simple. [...]

  WE cover a few topics today. First is claiming your authorship of content, a post on mobile marketing, and NFC news. We’ve talked about using the rel=”author” tag before and I wanted to share the recommended way Google suggests you get it done. View Author information in search results. Next up is a post [...]

Twitter has now officially announced that it is releasing a feature to upload photos and attach them to tweets from Twitter.com. It has been rumored that Twitter would be launching such a service, and now the company has confirmed as much. Interestingly, it is powered by PhotoBucket. More here and here. Since we started rolling [...]

First up is a site that I recently discovered that I’m still not sure about. It has potential I’m just not sure exactly where. The site is called EmpireAvenue.com and it’s worth checking out. Next up is a story about how Google Anlytics is adding pagload tool for your website: Google announced this afternoon the [...]

Today we cover cellphone microphones, telling if your a woman or man in videos and what that means. Plus do URL shorteners like Bit.ly good for SEO? Cellphone users say they want more privacy, and app makers are listening. No, they’re not listening to user requests. They’re literally listening to the sounds in your office, [...]

Today we talk about two very important subjects. What are the things you can do with your content to increase shares and should you be concerned with SEO or search engine optimization? Our first story comes form Clickz and starts Don’t worry. It’s a completely manageable condition and I’m not alone. In fact, many people [...]

It sounds like Google is planning more significant changes to their algorithm this year to improve search quality and clear out spammy results, though none as large in scope as the Panda update. So how should SEOs prepare? To find out, I asked several SEO experts about recent reports that Google may consider adjusting the [...]

You might have saw that many sites over the last few days have implemented Facebook commenting. The commentary I’ve seen on this is a mix bag. My thoughts are this… for people I know that use Facebook they look at it as a friends and family network. They like the disconnect between business and personal. [...]