There was a time when Yahoo was the best search site around. They were quickly eclipsed by Google. Google is now facing pressure not from what we traditionally think of as search engines but from large sites that incorporate their own search engine. In 2007 Facebook had over 600 million internal searches per month. According [...]
Don’t think people are going to be looking at your website via a smart phone? Have a look at these numbers. Mobile Subscribers: Rogers 8.6 million Bell Mobility 6.8 million Telus 6.6 million Rogers reports that 35% of its subscribers are using smart phones. Let’s assume that this is the same percentage across all providers. [...]
When I first started providing Internet strategy consulting I was reluctant to provide free advice during the initial meeting. Once the advice is given it cannot be taken back. My good friend Jim Crocker suggested that I indeed provide some free counsel as a way of establishing credibility. He was right. Last fall Mitch Joel [...]
It would appear that Google is working on the problem associated with real time search. Twitter currently has the market cornered on real time information gleaned from tweets. Back in October Google signed a deal with Twitter to index tweets and return them in the search results. Very soon we will see real-time results when [...]
I’ve recently been hired by a marketing firm to provide them with outsourced SEO assistance. That’s nothing extraordinary. I’m sure it happens all the time. What I find interesting is that every time I talk to someone at this firm they are excited to hear from me. Not only does it make me want [...]
