Archive for August, 2006

Viral traffic is the Holy Grain of online marketing

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Viral traffic is just great because it's the gift that keeps on giving. I never experimented at all with viral marketing until May of this year, and now I'm already convinced it's one of the best possible ways to go. If you can up with something funny, useful, ...

Google isn’t real worried about click fraud - could the end be near?

Friday, August 11th, 2006

One thing you have to hand to Google: they really are imperious in their actions. They know they rule the online world, and they never seem to stop for a second and listen to anyone's concerns. The growing concern over click-fraud won't be an issue that can be ...

6 best ways to promote your website in 2006

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Okay gang, let's do a list. We all know how exciting that can be. I'd like to enumerate the main methods of internet marketing that I've actually found to work in 2006. These methods are "tried and true" and have been able to survive even the most ...

Some Google Adsense ad placement tips

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

That's exactly what the gang at the Adsense Blogspot have done. Make sure that your ads are in the hot zone. As the post quite rightly points out, the closer the ads are to the hot zone, the more likely they are to be clicked, which is what ...

Internet marketing now versus in the future

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

I know we can't predict the future, but we can always speculate. That's part of the fun of being human. And I have to tell you, I can't imagine that the way things are going right now will be the way things are in the future. Personally, ...

Google Webmaster Central has some tips for webmasters

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Google has added the "Google Webmaster Central" site to their roster of blogs, in order to facilitate communication between the search behemoth and us common folk. Google has occasionally issued webmaster communications in the last few years through various media, but it would be assumed they could consolidate any ...

Internet marketing expert

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

I feel that's an interesting term. What exactly is an internet marketing expert? It's someone who is willing to proclaim themselves experts in a field that changes every day. For a person to make such a claim, they need to be working actively in the field, and ...

Content based business models have a number of pitfalls

Friday, August 4th, 2006

AOL is the newest mega-business to enter the content arena with ferocity. It's understandable why a move like this could be attractive to them. Running an internet access business (especially one that's still heavily reliant on dialup infrastructure) has a great number of expenses. Access customers need ...

Inspiring passion online - the web marketer’s mission

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

I think one of the most amazing phenomena about online is how certain websites truly inspire passion among their users. In fact, all the best websites do it, and it's one of the keys to success for any modern venture in Web 2.0. I think setting off to ...

Web 2.0 - what can we expect in the second half of 2006?

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

I think we can expect more of the same. We'll see many more companies touting revolutionary widgets find startup capital. I also think we'll see new website emerge that aren't the current darlings. Some of the companies that have been at the forefront of the movement may ...