2007 May

7 Tactics for Increasing Blog Reader Stickiness

28. May 2007

I came across a gem of a post that outlines 7 tactics to use on your blog to help keep your users coming back, reading your articles, commenting and subscribing to your feeds.

Hot Trends Launched by Google

28. May 2007

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Hot Trends is a new feature out of Google Labs that shows the top 100 topics that people are searching for in great numbers. The list is updated in almost real time so you can keep right on the pulse.

What is Link Baiting and How does it differ from Link Building

18. May 2007

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Link baiting is a term that is becoming more prevalent in web marketing talks these days, however the concept behind the phrase is one that many are yet to understand.

Evolving from Search Marketing to Social Marketing

17. May 2007

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Much the same as web developers made (and are making) the move from web development into Search Engine Optimisation and then onto sponsored search management - these days an increasing amount of marketers are making the move into social media marketing.

The future of Web 2.0 discussed from two viewpoints

17. May 2007

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I came across an interesting article today that discusses the future of web 2.0 based on two very different views expressed by Forrester Research and The Leading Edge Forum respectively.

Valleywag’s Hottest Web2.0 Startups Chart

17. May 2007

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Valleywag has compiled a pie chart of the Hottest Startup companies of today. The chart is compiled based on data gathered from threads running on LinkedIn and VentureBeat and tends to be aimed simply at people’s opinions rather than actual traffic, membership stats or revenue, etc. Still from a social point of view [...]

How to post video clips to your blog the easy way

3. May 2007

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Being quite new to blogging I’ve just this evening decided to have a go at posting my first YouTube clip to my blog. As you can see in I was successful. However I had multiple failed attempts at using the links on YouTube to post the clip. When I went hunting [...]

Fighting, Heavy Metal & Slow Motion = Great SMM

3. May 2007

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One of our Search Engine Marketing clients at E-Web has put up a great video on YouTube. He runs a Martial Arts School and as a member I was excited to receive a link to this clip in a recent newsletter. It may not be the most high tech and clean cut production [...]