Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
From the title of this article, many of you may be wondering, what exactly is W3C compliance and what does it have to do with SEO? I'll start by giving a quick rundown on W3C Compliance, then how it can impact your search ranking.What is W3C Compliance? W3C stands for the World Wide Web Consortium ...
If there's a new way to advertise online, it seems Google will find it and their recently launched Gadget Ads are the latest publishing option for advertisers.Google Gadgets? Google Gadgets are interactive applications that can be embedded into web pages in the same vain as widgets. The concept is nothing new with the likes of ...
Reports are rife about rekindled merger talks between Yahoo! and Microsoft. After similar discussions about 12 months ago, it appears the two technology giants are back at the discussion table. Considering their failure to make inroads into Google's seemingly unassailable domination of the search market, the new talks might be a case of necessity rather ...
Google may have made their greatest acquisition to date - your search history! Last week I wrote about the Google's new Web History and Google Dice. To enable Google Dice you need Google Web History that in turn relies on you installing the Google Toolbar (with PageRank enabled)! Danny Sullivan, writing for the Advertising Age, ...
It was the subject of many of my blog feeds yesterday, and literally 10 minutes ago it took over my Google Personalized Homepage...I speak of iGoogle - the latest in Google personalization!Yesterday Google invited reporters and bloggers into their confidence regarding the new iGoogle service, following on from Web History, personalized homepage themes and even ...
I was recently approached by AdNews Australia to be interviewed for a special report on Search Marketing. I was asked to help solve a common dilemma "to in-house or outsource". I am pleased to share with you my views as well as include an extract of the article which I think makes good reading.I should ...
Google has made some changes to their 'Onebox' display when a user searchers for local results on Google.com. Earlier this year local search results started appearing at the top of organic results which was great news for local businesses - especially if they appeared in the top 3 positions for that search.The screenshot below (taken ...
With millions of people using Google and Yahoo! for their pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns, it is no wonder there is an endless supply of new techniques for improving on your campaigns. These can include, Choosing the ideal position for your advertisements.Improving your click through rate (CTR) (how many times your ad is clicked on divided by ...
Pinging your blog is a great basic of blog marketing. Now, an unlimited free trial of Easy Blog Ping allows you to keep your blog listing up-to-date with ease. What Is It?Easy Blog Ping is an industry leading blog submission service that pings over 35 of the biggest blog search engines, directories and feed aggregators ...
At ineedhits I think we've written about nearly every type of optimization technique possible, however, today I came across Joost De Valk's article on optimizing your shopping cart! Keep reading for the major points, the how and whys of optimizing a website shopping cart!1. Inventory That's Easy To CrawlCreate shopping cart URLs that are easy ...