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2010 April 24
Internet marketing news from around the web:
The Web Analytics Marketplace, circa 2010 on Recent Blog Entries
| “Yesterday we released our " Cross-Check " for Web Analytics vendors, circa mid-2010” |
Week in Review: Autonomy Is Back on the Acquisition Hunt, Oracle’s Sun Buy Stacks Up Nicely on CMSWire.com – All News
| “The skies have cleared this week, as one pesky lava-and-ash-spitting seismic structure started shifting towards a more dormant state (also reviving many airline websites — previously suffering from 500 “server too busy” errors ). …” |
Test and Optimize Web Analytics Performance with WASP 2.0 on CMSWire.com – All News
| “iPerceptions , like many analytics companies, aims to redefine market research by "boldly changing what it means to listen to customers." Unlike many analytics companies, their solutions focus on testing performance. Their…” |
Savvy Week in Review – April 23 on Savvy B2B Marketing – Latest Blog Entries
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“Is it just us, or is everyone busier than ever? If you have a few extra minutes or if you need a quick breather, take a sip of joe and enjoy some of our favorite posts from around the web this week. Have a great weekend! ~ The Savvy Sisters 10…” |
Up on my Bio-Degradable Soapbox for Earth Day on Savvy B2B Marketing – Latest Blog Entries
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“My mother was green way before it was cool. She reduced, reused and recycled her way through the ME generation of the 80’s. She worried about how increasingly convenient packaging and single serving containers were clogging…” |
How to Create Remarkable B2B Content on Savvy B2B Marketing – Latest Blog Entries
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“With so much content online, it’s getting harder to attract attention. Ideally you want to provide content that your readers find so valuable they talk about it and pass it along. If you’re able to produce something entertaining, like this humorous…” |
Steps to Success – Using Laddering in B2B Marketing on Savvy B2B Marketing – Latest Blog Entries
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“I was enjoying a tasty bowl of Fruit Loops the other day, and of course reading the side of the cereal box to pass the time. Usually when you eat a kid’s cereal you get a few dumb jokes and few (funnier) tidbits about how the sugary concoction…” |
Thesis 1.7 Rocks on chrisbrogan.com
| “I just got a quick tutorial from Chris Pearson about one new feature in the Thesis WordPress Theme (affiliate link). It has built-in support for making simple “301 redirect” links. What does this mean? For instance, my link to send…” |
Weblog Tools Collection: WordPress Theme Releases for 04/23 on WordPress Planet
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“Desk Mess Mirrored Marble desktop covered with a mix of old and new items, such as some vintage papers, a stainless steel pen, and, a hot cup of coffee! Now with threaded comments and sticky posts! RedSteel RedSteel quickly grabs…” |
Seth Godin and Tom Peters on giving away content for free on Web Ink Now
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“I frequently talk about the value of free content as way to reach buyers. If you are a regular reader you’ve seen this riff before. Conventional wisdom, especially with B2B marketers, has been to only offer valuable information in exchange for…” |
Akismet: State of Web Spam on WordPress Planet
| “We all know spammers change their methods frequently. But there are also some broader trends that slowly emerge over long periods. The economics of spam has changed considerably since Akismet first started back in 2005, and that has led to some new…” |
URL removal explained, Part III: Removing content that you don’t own on Google Webmaster Central Blog
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“Webmaster Level: All Welcome to the third episode of our URL removals series! In episodes one and two, we talked about expediting the removal of content that’s under your control and requesting expedited cache removals . Today, we’re covering how…” |
Help Google index your videos on Google Webmaster Central Blog
| “Webmaster Level: All The single best way to make Google aware of all your videos on your website is to create and maintain a Video Sitemap . Video Sitemaps provide Google with essential information about your videos, including the URLs for the…” |
Chat Live With Your Website Visitors using Zopim on MakeUseOf.com
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“These days a business can have a website that is rich in social features allowing comments and feedback and multiple ways for their customers to spread the word about their products and services. The real tech savvy companies can even chat online…” |