http://www.kkseo.com Korey Kashmer's SEO Weblog Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:13:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So far most feedback I have seen and heard has been negative, even from people I am following. Comments like "so what do i do with this now" and "o no, another one of these social networking things". So what is it amounting to? Of course Google is a powerhouse, so ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/google-buzz-so-far/ 1. Analytics Intelligence with Custom Alerts Using an algorithmic driven Intelligence engine, Analytics Intelligence monitors data patterns over daily, weekly and monthly periods. Significant changes in data trends and insights you may not have noticed are surfaced directly in your account. You can also create your own Custom Alerts that monitor ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/7-additions-to-google-analytics/ Bing continues to show growing trends. It has been reported that between July and August of this year (2009) Bing increased searches by 7%. In comparison Google only grew by 2%. In the past few months Bing has continued to push the advertising with various commercials and other approaches. Bing ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/bing-on-a-growth-trend/ I had to post this video!!! The best spoof of alltime! Who ever said that SEO and fitness didn't belong. Truthfully, I should look into Fitness Made SIMMMPLE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT42XyfyGtE http://www.kkseo.com/general/everyone-needs-fitness-for-seo/ Recent news has surfaced that Yahoo and Microsoft have struck a deal to try and take down the giant of search, Google. There has been talks about a deal between the two for over a year now. With the deal Microsoft will now be the power behind Yahoo Search while Yahoo ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/yahoo-microsoft-search-deal/ So who is still developing sites for IE6? The majority of design firms have left IE6 to the way side and moved on to IE8 and Firefox 3 as the main browsers to support. Many firms even state in the contracts that they do not support IE6 and will not check ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/designing-sites-for-ie-6/ Recently I experienced a situation where a long time search engine optimization client had a website re-designed with a PR/traditional marketing agency. I am not disappointed that we did not do the re-design as we work with many clients specifically for SEO and SEO only. The reason I was dissappointed in ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/traditional-vs-search-marketing-firm/ http://www.kkseo.com/general/strongbad-email-and-caffeine/ I don't know about you, but whenever I need to find something local (which seems to be at least 3 - 4 times a day) I use Google Local. Yes, some may use YellowPages or Yahoo Local, but the bottom line is you used some form of local directory or ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/importance-of-local-search/ I am definitely seeing changes in the last few weeks with Google's ranking methods. A lot of fluctuation has occured with some of my stuff and some of our clients. There is also a lot of buzz about this in the forums. There has also been a lot of talk ... http://www.kkseo.com/general/google-serp-changes-april-09/