Great post on PPC marketing for your blog. Pay per click marketing can be very effective for getting the word out about your blog. This is especially true if you have affiliate programs you promote there. Many bloggers know what pay-per-click is, of course, but they don’t have a full understanding of the various elements of it. Following is a brief overview of pay-per-click, and three key factors that go into making up a successful pay-per-click ad. Definition of Pay Per Click Pay per click is simply a paid way of driving traffic to an online ...

One of the best tools that Ive found is at www.semrush.com and if you plug in your domain name, it will show you how many top 20 rankings you have at Google, how much traffic your getting from Google and they also put a value on the monthly traffic you are receiving from Google.  There are many other uses as well, including seeing the google adwords information for a site. SEMRush.com was designed by the developers of SeoDigger and SeoQuake to satisfy your needs in advanced SEM and keywords research. We use all your comments and suggestions and ...

Google continues to pull back the reins on some of its product and service offerings, today announcing that they’re shutting down Google Audio Ads and Google Radio Automation. In a post on the Google Traditional Media blog, Google’s Susan Wojcicki explains the service wasn’t as successful as they hoped: In 2006, we launched Google Audio Ads and Google Radio Automation to create a new revenue stream for broadcast radio, produce more relevant advertising for listeners and streamline the buying and selling of radio ads. While we’ve devoted ...

Formerly known as “Research Assistant,” Yahoo is starting to introduce (to selected users) what it’s now calling “Search Pad,” an application that automatically collects sites and content as users conduct online research. By contrast, Google has shuttered (for new users) its similar, but less developed, Notebook service. Yahoo describes Search Pad in the following way: Search Pad is a note taking application built into Yahoo! Search that automatically assists you in saving websites you visit and taking notes as you search. Search Pad helps ...

LinkedIn works for business because it was designed for business. In the last year this more business focused social media site has added some features that really help give businesses that serve other businesses an edge. LinkedIn brings some of the most popular software forums together. Their LinkedIn Intelligent Applications (InApps) platform offers a truly creative environment for presenting your business to fellow members. InApps also promotes internal connectivity. Connect with other Businesses and Customers with LinkedIn Use Google ...

If you tried bring up New Zealand in Google Maps yesterday, you would be surprised to see, Google lost all the map data for that early bird country. A Google Maps Help thread have reports that are confirmed from Google, that Google had a bug that indeed knocked parts of Google Maps New Zealand off the map. Google’s Mike CH confirmed the issue saying: We messed up – very, very sorry about that. It’s fixed now and we’re busy drawing up a list of things we can do to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Once again, apologies ...

Social media marketing is the process of promoting your site or business through social media channels and it can be a powerful strategy that can get you links that can increase your organic search engine rankings and potential traffic to your web site. Social media marketing for businesses will only work if you have some kind of useful content that you create on a regular basis. If you have a good article that has useful and interesting information, then it is a great idea if you promote it via the social media websites. Developing articles ...

Marketers will increase their use of online video in 2009, according to a new survey by PermissionTV and reported on eMarketer. In the online survey of 400 senior marketing and media executives, 67%, or 2/3rds,  identified online video as a primary focus of their 2009 digital marketing campaigns and budgets.  More than 50% planning the launch of an online video project by the second quarter. Brand awareness was cited by 71% of respondents as the foremost value of online video, followed by lead generation (47%), customer retention (44%), and customer ...

Here a few new useful pay per click tools from SEOBook. PPC Ad Group Generator CPC ROI Calculator CPC ROAS Calculator A/B Split Test Calculator

TOP 10 TIPS FOR NEW WEB SITES By  Chris Costa – 11/30/08 Creating a website for your business is a must in today’s age, but you want to make sure that you follow certain guidelines to create the best possible website. The goal is to create a professional looking website that is easy to navigate, has solid content and pleases both your visitors and the search engines.  Here are some of the top practices to follow to create a great website that will help bring you new business. #10-            Highlight What You Do ...