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Comment on Google pushes all Ad campaigns to the bottom of the page by Online Marketing: where to spend your money in 2012

Online Marketing: where to spend your money in 2012 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:09:51 +0000

[...] online marketing strategy. In fact Cost- Per- Click will continue to rise as companies strive to appear on the sides and bottom pages of a search engine. Although Cost- Per- Click will continue to become more expensive in 2012, it is [...]

Comment on Contact by Quintin

Quintin — Mon, 16 May 2011 19:15:14 +0000

We looking for a emarketing partner pls contact me.

Comment on A basic guide for how to build a Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) friendly website by Is aspx or php better for SEO?

Is aspx or php better for SEO? — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:10:36 +0000

[...] real lesson here is that basic SEO best practices still mean the most [...]

Comment on IP Address could effect SEO and ranking! by self catering knysna

self catering knysna — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:25:23 +0000

I am still learning about SEO, and before reading this post I just read about on page and off page SEO, really an important topic of IP which I was ignoring, thanks for sharing

Comment on IP Address could effect SEO and ranking! by Tweets that mention IP Address could effect SEO and ranking! -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention IP Address could effect SEO and ranking! -- Topsy.com — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:26:41 +0000

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Comment on Facebook Places – The ultimate stalking tool by Jp

Jp — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:10:06 +0000

Nice article.

All my friends all over the world seem to use Facebook places. Here in south Africa it still isn’t available. Anyone have an idea when it will be launched in SA?

Comment on Why your company needs Google Places by Bryan Casson

Bryan Casson — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:01:41 +0000

Great post Dale,

Google places should now be a mandatory marketing strategy for all companies, it can increase your traffic by over 60%.

Google Places Tip: The more complete your profile the better your listing

Comment on search engine movements : new and old by Cobus

Cobus — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:51:34 +0000

Weird name but so was Google in the beginning. It might even be that the founders spelled it wrong and the name must have been ‘Blokke’ (with the name of the Co-Founder being Rich Skrenta)like the googol mistake.

They also claim that this is not an Algorithm based Search Engine but rely on human input to be properly rated and with a backing of $24m they might even have something special. But then again this concept was already tested before and failed.

http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/11/02/article/blekko_launches_human_driven_search_engine

And that is my 2 cents worth!

Comment on Bounce rate : 4 sure-fire ways to improve it by Nick Duncan

Nick Duncan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:26:43 +0000

Thanks Galen
Just remember that bounce rates on blogs generally have a higher rate than your standard website so dont be too alarmed if you find your bounce rate to be around 50 – 70%

Comment on Bounce rate : 4 sure-fire ways to improve it by Galen

Galen — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:31:09 +0000

Very useful tips here. I’ve always battled with keeping my bounce-rate low. I try rely on “related posts” to get readers visiting other pages on my website, but not even this is too reliable. Thanks for sharing these tips!