Infographic by Ban the Phonebook In the United States, only 30% of the population uses the white pages phone books. So why do most of the U.S. states still require phone companies to deliver the thick books to every landline subscriber? I know this local SEO’er tosses his in the recycling bin every year. The [...]
The 30 Day Challenge – Not Just for IM’ers
Every year I do the 30 Day Challenge. It’s 100% free. And it’s totally awesome. It’s where you follow along with 10-15 minute video tutorials for 30 days and then work for 30 minutes acting on those video instructions. The goal is to build a website from scratch to make your first $1 doing it. [...]
Inside Google’s Search Algorithm
Google’s Search Algorithm Video Very interesting video about how Google decides on their search algorithm. Google makes over 500 changes a year to their algorithm. Matt Cutts says, “There is no perfect algorithm that will make everything perfect in search”. Go to 41 minutes to hear why they do not hand choose results and why [...]
Google’s “Like” Button
Google just announced the Google +1 . Will this be the social that works for Google? Only time will tell. I thought it interesting to see how they are connecting all the data, go to your Google Dashboard ( http://www.google.com/dashboard/ ) and find the the section that says “Social Circle and Content” and look at [...]
GetListed.org Gets All Canadian On Us!
I was pleasantly surprised when David Mihm emailed me a couple days ago with access to do some private testing on the Canadian version of GetListed.org. As a Canadian Local Search Marketer I can tell you this is a real gift to Canadian Small Businesses who are interested in learning more about how to optimize [...]
Free Local Search Engine Marketing Seminar for Small Business in Toronto
THE SEMINAR HAS COME AND GONE, HOWEVER FOR THOSE WHO COULDN’T MAKE IT DUE TO TIMING OR LOCATION CHALLENGES, WE WERE ABLE TO VIDEO TAPE IT. YOU CAN DOWN LOAD VIDEO FROM THESE TWO LINKS: PART 1 PART 2 I will be presenting at a 100% free small business online marketing seminar this coming Jan [...]
Google Goggles or QR Codes…?
Google Goggles makes me want to get an Android phone. I’m getting tired of my iPhone (especially since Rogers is consistently sold out of the iPhone 4) I thought QR codes would be the next mobile fad, but why use a QR Codes when you can just take a picture of the product, poster, whatever. [...]
Google in Five Years
I thought this was an interesting video from Matt Cutts (who is Google’s Head Cheese for SEO Spam Control). He talks about where he would like to see Google in 5 years. If you read in between the lines, he mentions some very interesting things. One being the use of mobile smart phones and the [...]
Google “Do No Evil’ – What Do You Think?
Here is an interesting video I found on YouTube created by the HungryBeast. What do you think? I think as a internet marketer Google offers a lot of value, however it is important for us to pay attention to privacy challenges with new technology. Whether you believe Google follows their mission statement of: “Do No [...]
