The following is a review of SEM Rush. SEM Rush did give us a three month pro membership in exchange for this review, however, both parties agreed the review would be unbiased and would contain just the facts. If you feel this review was biased in any way please leave us your remarks in the [...]

It’s funny how life takes us on a path of learning and growth that is sometimes blessed and sometimes feels cursed.  In reality, whether we understand that it’s all blessed, comes down to how we choose to perceive what’s in front of us, and what in that, we choose to learn from, or leave behind. [...]

I had the privilege to participate as a panelist on the Google Survivor Tips panel during SMX Advanced in Seattle this year.  The presentation was centered around how to address the fact that your site is vulnerable to the Google roller coaster – most recently of course, as seen in the Panda Updates. I also [...]

Earlier today, Google held a live stream webcast where they announced several innovations that will help users experience a more enjoyable search process. I watched the event live, and tweeted snippets from the event, so I figured I’d post them here for those of you who weren’t able to watch, or weren’t aware of the [...]

Update (3 hours after initial post) Manu Sporny, W3C’s Chair of the RDFa group, read this article and provides a great response in the comment thread, to which I responded. So be sure to read the comments after reading the article. ________________________________________________ In an ideal world of “everything is free”, crowd-sourcing, and W3C standards, all [...]

So you’re an independent consultant – or you’re thinking about becoming one.  Maybe you’ve known all along that it’s your path.  Or maybe the economy has taken its toll and you’re either tired of working for someone else for far less than you need to live on, or you lost your job at some point [...]

If your site was negatively impacted by the Google Panda/Farmer update, or if you’re concerned that your site will be next as Google works to clean up their index, or if you just want to know how you can just focus on your business and not even care if Google goes down in flames, you’ll [...]

Here they are – the list of winners of the Great Internet Marketing Giveaway of 2011!   Name Prize Amanda Gordon The Last Original Idea Heather B. Mobile Marketing: Finding Your customers No Matter Where They Are Kelly Sheppard Mobile Marketing: Finding Your customers No Matter Where They Are Jarid Lukin Marketing in the Age [...]

Wow.  Just Wow. SEOMoz recently conducted their latest “ranking factor” survey and I had the pleasure to participate – can’t wait to see the results.  But one of the concepts in the survey asked whether social sentiment would be a factor in search results in 2011, and if so, how much.  And I need to [...]

As a Community Manager, an expert in all things social, what do you look for in people you choose to follow on Twitter? What qualities constitute a Twitizen of high quality worthy of taking up time and space in your personal Twitterverse? Is a person with a huge following truly an influencer? Granted, most people [...]