Topic: St. Louis

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PPC

How To Spot Crappy SEO Pitches You Can Ignore

Just like anyone, I get crappy SEO pitches. My advice to anyone who gets these out of the blue is to ignore them. A good firm isn’t clogging your inbox with supposedly awesome sounding offers. But as a guide to crap you can especially ignore, here’s the latest from my inbox. The Pitch Gloria C. […]

| Jul 16, 2013 at 9:00 am ET
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Ecommerce

The Thinker Google Doodle For Auguste Rodin’s Birthday

Google is celebrating the life of French sculpter Auguste Rodin on his 172nd birthday today. The sculpture Google is using to remember his life is one of his most famous sculptures named The Thinker. The Thinker was finished in 1902, but not presented publicly until 1904. It is currently located at Musée Rodin, Paris but […]

| Nov 12, 2012 at 9:08 am ET
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Google

Study: 43 Percent Of Total Google Search Queries Are Local

Ad network Chitika has just released some new data — you’re seeing it here first — that compares local search volumes on Google, Yahoo and Bing. The study examined both PC and mobile traffic to determine an overall number. (Chitika has now informed us that these numbers are incorrect; see postscript II below.) Chitika looked […]

| Oct 5, 2012 at 11:44 am ET
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SEO

YP: Restaurants Remains Top Local Search Heading, Medical The Top-Spending Ad Category

Local publisher and ad network YP (the private-equity owned combination of AT&T Interactive and AT&T Advertising Solutions) has released its US-focused Q2 “Local Insights Report.” The data in the report are derived from searches conducted across the company’s multi-platform network: “563 million searches and nearly 11 billion impressions in Q1 2012 across the YP Local Ad Network’s 300+ online, mobile, […]

| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:58 am ET
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Local

Local Search: Mostly A Small City & Southern Activity, Report Says

Do Internet users in the southern US do more local searches than the rest of the country? Are searchers in smaller cities more likely to conduct local searches than those in New York City, Chicago and the San Francisco area? The answer to those questions is “yes,” at least according to recent data compiled by […]

| Jul 19, 2011 at 5:23 pm ET
Link building

SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 21, 2009

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Paper: Google Using Legal And Accounting Tricks To Avoid UK Taxes The Guardian in the UK is reporting that Google is using “a cross-border network of subsidiary companies to ensure it […]

| Dec 21, 2009 at 4:57 pm ET
Content

Bing! Sues Microsoft Over Trademark Infringement

Small design firm sues Microsoft over Bing name from Ars Technica reports a St. Louis based design firm named Bing! is suing Microsoft for using their name. Bing! Information Design (www.bing.biz) is suing over “trademark infringement, unfair competition, and tortious interference with business expectancy.” They filed their case on Wednesday, December 16th in Circuit Court […]

| Dec 21, 2009 at 9:26 am ET
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Google, Bing & Yahoo Bribe Users With Free WiFi

Who expected the search wars to open a new front involving WiFi? Google, Bing & Yahoo have each just announced free WiFi promotions of various sorts. Google, which previously said it would provide free WiFi on all Virgin America flights through early next year, is now going to provide it at 47 US airports through […]

| Nov 10, 2009 at 9:58 am ET
Content

5 Tips To Boost B2B Lead Gen & Thought Leadership Efforts With Search

Business development is the life blood of any professional services firm, be it accounting, law, or architecture. Yet fostering new business relationships is far from easy for them. Given that, many often generate leads by positioning themselves as thought leaders. Fortunately, search can help boost these efforts. Search can enhance your thought leadership efforts by […]

| Oct 7, 2009 at 8:39 am ET
Local

Top Causes Of Errors In Online Mapping Systems

Two years ago, my brother was getting married, and he had asked me to help design his invitations and the maps showing how to get from the church to the restaurant where we were holding the rehearsal dinner. I used to be a professional cartographer, so making a map was not a problem, particularly since […]

| Apr 7, 2008 at 6:06 pm ET