CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-06-18 20:06:59 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

If you do a local search, Google may now show a carousel of knowledge graph results at the top of the page.

2013-06-18 11:37:48 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Growing Healthy, Organic Food with Aquaponics

There are people who have been gardeners their whole lives and lately all of them are very thrilled when this new method of gardening came into use. It is a rather simple method which consists of two even more simpler methods.

None of the people came up with the idea to combine them until lately and some scientists have proven the efficiency of it pretty high. I know you are confused, so let me explain how things work nowadays.

http://livelighter.org/growing-healthy-organic-food-with-aquaponics/

2013-06-17 09:58:34 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 16 +1s)

Author Box - WordPress Social/Author Plugin

http://codecanyon.net/item/author-box-wordpress-social-author-plugin/4975896

All In One Author Box is a WordPress plugin designed for displaying social network widgets inside tabbed area located in your posts.

Every author is allowed to share their own profiles and provide a better representation of themselves.

With 4 designs to choose from, unlimited color schemes and other various customization options, you can create author box that best suits your needs.

2013-06-13 17:40:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

You Don’t Need a HR Department to Conduct Great Performance Reviews

Your review should end with an open discussion on the dynamics of your manager-employee relationship. Ask the employee for honest feedback and inquire what you could do to further support them.

At the end of the day, make sure that everything you discuss and decide with your employee is documented. This makes it easy for you both to refer back to what has been talked about and will give you a strong platform for each separate performance review.

2013-06-13 17:34:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

A (not so) subtle ad for ads on Google+

In January this year we spotted signs of first (though internal) advertising material on Google+. Today we saw a rather prominent call to action in Google’s new “Dashboard” feature on Google+.

2013-06-13 17:28:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Infographic - Evolution Of The Bra

http://spurst.com/blog/evolution-of-the-bra/

2013-06-12 17:11:17 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Inside YouMoz: How To Guest Blog for Moz

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at YouMoz? Here's an explanation of what they are looking for, how to put together a good post, and some frequently asked questions.

2013-06-12 10:05:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Markup for Advanced SEOs (Live fromt #SMXSeattle)

2013-06-11 17:59:35 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

Google says if your pages aren't providing a good experience for mobile visitors, they aren't going to rank as well in Google Search, in the near future.

2013-05-28 07:45:02 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Another hot day reported on http://algoroo.com indicating a very high level of flux in search results. What's going on?

2013-05-27 16:16:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

All Around - jQuery Content Slider / Carousel

All Around content slider is a multipurpose all-in-one slider solution for your website. It supports both images and video.

http://codecanyon.net/item/all-around-jquery-content-slider-carousel/4809047

It can be an easy and effective solution for you shop related website as you can display your products in an interesting way. All Around carousel is perfect for almost all type of websites and it can fit perfectly into all business areas. You can display your company services, personal portfolio, sport products, health services, real-estate properties, vacation / holiday offers, cooking recipes and much much more.

2013-05-26 11:39:25 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

Penguin 2.0 Roundups, Studies, and Losers Analysis

Google Penguin 2.0 update is officially released on May 22nd, 2013 (or 23rd, depends on your location). In less than three days, we are already getting thousands of articles and so-call guru tips on the Internet.

Sadly, most of these articles are nothing but noises. I have searched and read online for the past two days and filtered out some of the best resources related on this topic.

If you are like me, who eagerly wish to learn more about Google Penguin 2.0, here’s a roundup post that you’ll find useful.

2013-05-24 18:19:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Here's a TON of screenshots and explanations of how local search works on Google Glass. :-) Congrats to all local businesses that rank #1 in the Google 3-pack or 7-pack. You're in luck.

2013-05-24 09:56:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Permission-Based Email Marketing Done Right

http://sharexy.com/social-media/permission-based-email-marketing-done-right.html

This is the age of information overload – we often find ourselves faced with companies who try and shove their products down our throats through TV commercials, online videos, viral campaigns and even with leaflets distributed on the street. Perhaps the worst form of marketing is email spamming as it hits people when they are busy or waiting for some important news, and only irritates them.

Both people and computer software have gotten very adept at ignoring and deleting spam messages, and if what you are doing mimics classic spam messages closely you don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting through to your intended audience.

Don’t get me wrong, there are some pretty good email marketing solutions that give solidresult,... more »

2013-05-24 09:51:10 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

The Dos and Don’ts of Email Marketing

http://lerablog.org/internet/the-dos-and-donts-of-email-marketing/

Permission-based email marketing is an important aspect of promoting your business, driving more traffic to your website and developing a network of regular clients. This marketing tool should not be overlooked as a good, cultivated mailing list allows a company to reach out to the right people with the right offer.

You get a steady online market for your products and services and the people get timely information on offers they are interested about, without having to lift a finger – everybody wins.

However, there are some rules to the online email marketing game, and following them is what will set you apart from desperate small business owners, Taiwanese factories and Nigerian Princes that rarely get past the spam filters.

2013-05-24 08:55:50 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Google’s Conversational Voice Search Activated on Chrome

http://www.australianscience.com.au/technology/googles-conversational-voice-search-activated-on-chrome/

2013-05-24 08:41:12 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

Matt Cutts wasn’t wrong, the latest algorithm change was major. 

http://dejanseo.com.au/omg-algorithm-update-is-off-the-scale/

Even though the estimated percentage of affected queries was apparently quite low, we’re still seeing major fluctuations (both ups and downs) in the 10,000 tracked keywords.

2013-05-23 19:48:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Tips for Maximizing the Impact of International SEO and Content Marketing

Ten years ago, the situation was quite different from the one we are witnessing today. SEOs were supposed to deal with keywords and links mostly and there was a clear-cut work to be done.

Nowadays, SEO has gone social, while still retaining some of its older characteristics, which resulted in a nearly impossible position that SEOs have found themselves in – they are supposed to do way too many different tasks in order to really gain exposure for the website they are working on.

As if that was not enough, the increased use of languages other than English (like Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese) on the Internet made things even more complicated. Buckle your seat-belts, we need to optimize for foreign markets in foreign languages!
more »

2013-05-23 18:02:46 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

The Ultimate Guide to Google Plus Posts. (NEW)
Here is a comprehensive posts on just about everything you need to know about Google Posts. A load of hints and tips as well!
#googleplustips  

2013-05-23 17:48:17 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Post-Penguin Web Spam In Google Results? Let Google Know

Google’s head of search spam tweeted, asking that if you still see spammy websites coming up in the Google search results, to let Google know. Matt posted an online Google doc form over here where you can specify the URL of the spam site, the search query you saw it for and any additional comments.

2013-05-23 10:13:31 (0 comments, 16 reshares, 13 +1s)

Matt Cutts Talks about Penguin 2.0

2013-05-23 10:07:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Architects – Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

Running an architectural firm now, in the second decade of the twentieth century, is very difficult. This is because, well, frankly speaking, there are many architects all over the world and each one has his or her ideas that can be better than yours, from a non-architectural point of view. This is the competition that exists in any business. The only way to beat it is to be the best and in order to be the best, you need to be creative.

Now, creativity is something that comes and goes and sometimes you need a push. Well, this article is meant to do just that. In the following text, you will be able to see some the most famous buildings ever constructed. You have most certainly come across all of them, and if this is the case, then this article will serve as a reminder. Hell, there’s nothing wrong with using some ideas in order tocre... more »

2013-05-22 17:42:55 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

This is a really big, impressive change from Google, "conversational search" that's now live for those with Chrome.

2013-05-21 13:32:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Online Promotional Marketing Methods

Promotional marketing is evolving with the ever-growing internet network which now counts over 35% of the world’s population.

A great number of promotional marketing experts are aware of this and are constantly learning how to seize the promotional opportunities they are given.

With the appearance of new software for search engine optimization (SEO), promotional marketing has made great progress on the web.

http://www.technshare.com/online-promotional-marketing-methods/

2013-05-20 20:10:52 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

Did you know that there’s no browser in Google Glass, so there’s nothing to navigate to? #googleglass  

2013-05-18 13:27:22 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

The Houses of Our Future

All over the world, architects are mapping their newest designs as we speak. The need for a smart, or a “green” solution, if I may, is ever-growing on the market, because of the global economic recession, and the whole low-resource thing going on, in general.

I’ll try to explain the significance of these solutions through some examples....

2013-05-17 09:27:16 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 16 +1s)

4 Reasons Why You Must Use Social Media

We have long reached a point where no one can say they do not need social media and get away with it. However, it can still be extremely hard to convince a client he needs Social Media or else the campaign he is planning will be incomplete as well as the effects of it.

Why is this so? Because most of the clients fail to familiarize with what is going on in SEO and Internet Marketing world, or they are falling behind current trends.

2013-05-15 13:10:15 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Google Zaps Another Link Network, ‘Several Thousand’ Link Sellers Hit
http://selnd.com/18KI8xB

2013-05-14 12:28:16 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

iMapper - Wordpress Image Mapper / Pinner

iMapper – WordPress Image Mapper is a simple, yet powerful plugin that lets you select an image of your choice and pin stuff on it. It offers several embedded pins which offer special functionality, as well as the ability to import your own pins with the basic functionality. It is very intuitive and easy to use, and it will take but moments to set up your image with pins and customize the content connected to each of these pins. 

iMapper is a perfect solution if you want to make your contact page a bit more dynamic. It will fit perfectly no matter what your profession is. It can easily be adapted to a health image mapper, product image mapper, contact image mapper etc. 

2013-05-14 10:48:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

How to Measure Social Media Success

How do you measure the value of intangible assets? And if you choose not to measure this value because measuring it proves difficult over and over again, is it really the right choice to only measure what’s tangible?

Many business owners have asked themselves and others these same questions. What is to be measured and how?

How do you determine the amount of money that is supposed to be invested into social media when you cannot accurately calculate the ROI?

2013-05-14 06:45:21 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

SEO: Penguin 2.0 Algorithm Update and Matt’s Overview

Called Penguin 2.0 internally at Google, the latest updates to roll out in the next week or so aim to have a significant impact on webspam tactics and the value these methodologies impart to SERPs and a sites authority, even more so than the last major update. 

Will this mean a rise of authentic business as a result? Here’s hoping!

In response to the question posed “What should we expect in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google?”  Matt Cutts from the Google Webspam Team responds in the following video.

What should we expect in the next few months in terms of SEO for Google?

2013-05-12 07:58:29 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

SEO & Social Media – What Website Owners Should Know

Today’s first and foremost information source is the Internet. Owning a website and optimizing it will make your business bloom and be noticed among the abundance of information present today. In such circumstances, you would want to make your customers notice your website and start trusting your judgment and techniques. That is why it’s always good to have someone by your side who knows his way around SEO and Social Media.

The success of your website depend on both on-page and off-page factors (including Social Media). We will try to help you gain a better understanding of these factors and assist you and your team.

2013-05-12 07:56:02 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 8 +1s)

How to Get Ahead of Your Competition Using Social Media Marketing

The significance of online communities and social media for businesses can only grow and develop with time. Currently, online communities serve many purposes, from social media marketing to online reputation management. The only problem with the entire notion of social media marketing is the difficulty to measure the tangible ROI.

This difficulty should not be an impediment for companies to use the potential of social media to the fullest, simply because the value that the online communities provide is not measured only in direct income from social media marketing, but in the direct communication with the costumers, which allows the companies to work on the flaws of their campaigns way before it all blows up in their faces.

2013-05-11 09:34:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Penguin 4 is coming in a few weeks, and it will be a big change in Google's efforts to fight web spam. It might also get called Penguin 2.0, just for fun. Sigh.

2013-05-09 12:36:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Blogging Tips and Rolemodels – Bring Your Blogging to Perfection

The first thing any potential writer or blogger should know about writing is: “Practice makes perfect”, so if this is your ambition then start writing immediately! No craft is honed by just sitting down and thinking about it.

Of course, it is important to know about the people who made it in this field before you so checking out the top notch bloggers who actually made it and created a name for themselves is very much advisable. But thinking that these people actually have some ace up their sleeve and by having this secret knowledge they just pull people into their blogs is very wrong thinking. It is all about the effort and the passion put into your work.

2013-05-09 12:35:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

[Infographic] Post-Penguin Google Analysis

SEO Study: Penguin One Year Anniversary

2013-05-09 12:26:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Alias Domains, Rel=”Canonical” and 301 Redirect – Which One Should You Use for Best Results?

As we all know by now, the factors affecting SEO are so numerous that it is nearly impossible to be informed of every detail. Nevertheless, we must stay on top of everything that could be important for our optimization efforts.

This is why I decided to provide you with the information about alias domains, 301 redirect and rel=”canonical” tags and help you decide which solution is the best one for you.

2013-05-03 06:31:12 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

The Future of SEO - An Interview with Rand Fishkin

How can we help our clients & move forward as an industry?

Whilst presenting at SMX Sydney last month, +Dan Petrovic /  
+Dejan SEO had the opportunity to speak with +Rand Fishkin and ask him just that. Rand also gave us a brief overview on +SEOmoz’s new(ish) tool, Fresh Web Explorer.

You can watch the video, or read some the highlights from their conversation, below.

2013-04-29 09:02:34 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

Mobile Marketing in 2013 – Tips and Tricks for Revenue Increase

Just look around you – smart-phones and tablets are virtually everywhere, used by everyone, from those aged 5 to those aged 70. Ignoring m-commerce is not an option. Since mobile search has changed the way people search for websites, a mobile website, responsive design, a cool app, or a combination of all these is necessary for a chance at success.

However, it is often not enough just to go mobile – you have to think mobile and create campaigns which support the idea that the world has gone, well, mobile.

2013-04-27 22:35:02 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

5 Basic Ways of Online Marketing

The key to any successful business lies in good advertising. By getting as much attention as you can get, you will have a greater deal of potential customers for your products and services. Nowadays, a great deal of business is conducted online. It is much easier for companies to broaden their market without having to depend of their location.

Setting up a website isn't such a difficult job as you may think. It is the easiest step of starting online marketing. Difficulties come after its launch. Keeping your company’s website isn't an easy job at all. 

2013-04-27 06:48:43 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on the price

This week I gave five speeches while wearing it.
I passed through airports four times (two more in a couple of hours).
I let hundreds of people try my Google Glass.
I have barely taken it off since getting it other than to sleep.

Here's my review after having Google Glass for two weeks:

1. I will never live a day of my life from now on without it (or a competitor). It's that significant. 
2. The success of this totally depends on price. Each audience I asked at the end of my presentations "who would buy this?" As the price got down to $200 literally every hand went up. At $500 a few hands went up. This was consistent, whether talking with students, or more mainstream, older audiences.
3. Nearly everyone had an emotional outburst of "wow" or... more »

2013-04-26 08:26:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

The Shortest Possible Novice Guide to SEO and Social Media World

The first impression your clients get about your company often comes from your website. The type and the quality of textual and visual materials your website contains, its information architecture, link structure, as well as search engine and social media positioning, usually determine this first impression by making it easier or harder for a customer to find your business, find their way through the website itself and trust your business. The same goes for blogs.

Ask yourself this: “Would I trust a business whose website doesn't appear on the first page of SERPs, which is hard to browse once I have found it and which has no social media presence?” Would you? Of course not.

2013-04-25 21:10:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

uSquare Joomla Component - responsive squared grid

uSquare is a responsive squared grid that can display your content in a unique and interesting way. You can use it for displaying team members, products, services, designs, blog posts or anything else that comes to your mind.

Features: Responsive design, Fully customizable, Scrollable content, Easing effects included, Intuitive design,Fully flexible, 
Custom width and height of items, Custom colors and backgrounds, Custom fonts, Custom social icons, You can add unlimited number of items...

2013-04-25 17:14:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Email Marketing Tips

Email is a tool that has become very much used all over the world. Everyone is using emails and, aside from social networks, it is one of the most important means of communication in the world. All businesses are using this way of communication, because it is much more secure than using other types. Ordinary people have also started to use emails widely, both in personal and business affairs. 

However, there are a few things that you need to be careful about, or you may end up in the spam folder of your customers. This is something that is highly unwanted, because spam emails are not read and are very bad for reputation. So, to avoid having troubles with this, here are a few tips.

http://www.business2community.com/email-marketing/email-marketing-tips-0476800

2013-04-25 15:35:43 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Promoting Your Business – A Few Helpful Ideas

If you are starting a new business, or you just want to attract new customers with your already existing one, the most important thing that you have to think about is how you should promote your business. Business promotion is something that is a very important part of any company’s success.

Through promotion, your business can see new horizons and open up new possibilities. No company has prospered without advertising  There are many ways in which you can advertise yourself and your business. Here, I will present a few of them.

http://www.business2community.com/marketing/promoting-your-business-a-few-helpful-ideas-0476688

2013-04-25 10:10:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

One Year Later: Post Penguin and Google Analysis

2013-04-24 23:14:07 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Want to understand all the ways that Google Analytics can help you learn how people are interacting with your site? A new “periodic table” may prove useful. See the full infographic here: http://mklnd.com/12iYv0d #googleanalytics  

2013-04-18 19:25:28 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Social Media Crisis Management #Infographic

Can you take advantage of the opportunities social media brings but avoid the risks?

The easy answer is no.

But, as recent social media crises have shown, if you manage a crisis well you can avoid long term damage and, sometimes, even enhance your reputation.

2013-04-18 09:57:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Social Media Marketing Tips For Online Stores In 2013

Social media marketing is evolving constantly, as fast as technology is. The first question you need to ask yourself is whether your company’s strategy evolves at the same rate. When was the last time you changed something in the marketing strategy for your online store?

I still come across executives who think keywords are the most important thing they should pay attention to concerning the SEO of their online store, and who focus only on technical aspects of SEO, completely neglecting any social component.

http://www.webrevenue.co/social-media/social-media-marketing-tips-for-online-stores/

2013-04-17 14:20:13 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)