Movie buffs in Portland, Oregon have a new search tool at their disposal. According to a recent LA Times blog entry, the brain behind Reel.com has launched a new movie search engine using knowledgeable video store clerks - not an algorithm - to find movies that match a user’s tastes and moods.
Stuart Skorman, the guy [...]
Written on December 15, 2008 | Posted in
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It has been a rumor for a long time that Google was working on its own browser, much to the curiosity of Search Engine Optimization Copywriters and Experts. With their introduction of Chrome, an open-source operation, they may be putting some noses out of joint, privacy-wise.
Ripples began shimmering before Chrome was released for download. Concerned [...]
Written on September 5, 2008 | Posted in
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Google Suggest, which displays a drop-down menu of - you guessed it - suggestions, as you type in the search field, tantalizing Portland SEO Copywriters, was released Aug 25. The lab product debuted in 2004 and has since been glimpsed sparingly in Google’s network of sites and services. Portland SEO Copywriters will want to play [...]
Written on August 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Written on August 22, 2008 | Posted in
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I know, I know, I Knol - This isn’t exactly news, but I wanted to wait a bit before I rang in on Knol’s potential impact on Oregon Copywriters and SEO Pros. The truth is, we’ve recently created Knols for several clients and the result has been that the targeted keyword search terms we used [...]
Written on August 20, 2008 | Posted in
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Small businesses considering hiring Portland Oregon Copywriter or SEO Companies will like this new nugget of info: Computerworld recently reported that nearly half of all Internet users use search engines during typical day, which means that search engines are tightening the gap with email, the all-time dominant Internet use. So, if the Portland Oregon [...]
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Portland, Oregon Businesses and SEO/SEM folks may be singing “Don’t be Cruil” to CUIL, a new search engine from some ex-Google engineers. At the time of this writing, a simple search on a subject that is popular both for recreation and business in Portland, came up with a dozen or so results that had, [...]
Written on July 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Google, the default search option on Opera’s desktop browser for seven years, has entered into a new mobile collaboration (Opera Mini) that covers all global territories except Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Opera Mini includes all of Opera’s standard mobile Web browsers.
Opera made Google its default search engine in Opera mobile Web browsers. [...]
Written on June 19, 2008 | Posted in
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Mediapost published an interesting article today that made me start to wonder if SEM/SEO accredited college courses were bound to come to Portland State University, or other Oregon universities.
The story, based on a course at the University of California San Diego read in part:
“The course is designed for small business owners and corporate marketing staff. [...]
Written on June 4, 2008 | Posted in
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Black-Hat SEO Tactics:
Keyword Stuffing
This is probably one of the most commonly abused forms of search engine spam. Essentially this is when a webmaster or SEO places a large number of instances of the targeted keyword phrase in hopes that the search engine will read this as relevant. In order to offset the fact that this [...]
Written on June 1, 2008 | Posted in
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Bytestart provided this quick list of eight tips for streamlining SEO efforts that I thought might be useful to some Portland, Oregon-area businesses:
1. Be realistic
Everybody knows the “ideal” keyword that they would like to rank for, but the chances of ranking well for this keyword may be slim / almost impossible in competitive industries.
Be [...]
Written on May 29, 2008 | Posted in
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A recent study on how small businesses will invest in marketing, SEO, and revenue optimism - what it might mean for your Portland, OR based business.
70% Expect No Decline In Web Revenue Over Next Year, Despite Economic Conditions
Register.com announced the results [...]
Written on May 28, 2008 | Posted in
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7 Small Business Marketing Tips to Grow Business: This originally appeared on Stockhouse.com a few days ago, and we thought it might be useful for local businesses in Portland, Oregon. We edited it for length and readability.
1. Develop a unique selling point (USP) that gives prospects a compelling reason to buy from you now. [...]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Ten Tips for Directing Organic SEO/SEM Traffic to Your Site
1. Keyword research: Take the time to figure out the words used by people you want to visit your site, and use these words in articles and other content on the relevant page. Make sure you use these keywords in the first few words of [...]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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According to Direct News: The article reaffirms that businesses, including web marketing, SEO, companies and services should never be tempted to “try and outwit the search engines as they will eventually detect practices such as link farming and keyword stuffing.”
Good marketers ensure that clients’ content is optimised as well by using quality keywords and content [...]
Written on May 27, 2008 | Posted in
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The Burlington Post recently published a very informative article that helps spell out what it is that SEO specialists can do for business websites, including businesses in Portland, Oregon that need search engine optimization. Here is the article as it appeared. We trimmed a bit for length.
Sooner or later, if you have a commercial website, [...]
Written on April 26, 2008 | Posted in
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