Google Local Business Center Rolls Out Analytics

Posted on Jan 14 2010 by Pixelrage
If you do internet marketing for a franchise business, have multiple offices, or even one office - a new feature that just came out for Google Local Business is going to make you very happy: per-building analytics for the Google ...[more]

What the Hell is Going On with Build A Niche Store?

Posted on Jan 12 2010 by Pixelrage
If you're an affiliate marketer and have never heard of Build A Niche Store (widely known simply as "BANS" by the affiliate community), then I'm going to seriously doubt your validity. This game-changing program seemed to start it all when ...[more]

HGTV and Food Network’s Campaign of Love

Posted on Jan 10 2010 by Pixelrage
Right now, about three million Cablevision customers haven't had HGTV or the Food Network for exactly a week due to a contract expiration. As you can imagine, this has caused a complete uproar. The two widely popular shows are suffering ...[more]

Advertising Isn’t All About Clicks

Posted on Jan 10 2010 by Pixelrage
The key to brand awareness is repetition. It's an important part of any product launch or service awareness campaign, and the online component is certainly a part of it. Image ads don't have to be clicked to be successful! [more]

Is SEO Dying?

Posted on Jan 08 2010 by Pixelrage
This is a popular theme I've been seeing, moreso with the passing of 2009. Most people think the prospect of SEO dying is ridiculous, but I've been looking at it with an open mind. I'm starting to think that it's ...[more]

Implications of Stupid Facebook Pages

Posted on Dec 23 2009 by Pixelrage
Yesterday, a friend who is a casual social networking user directed my attention to this utterly ridiculous Facebook Page. The two of us constantly rag on these dumb pages as they show up day in and day out on our ...[more]

Two Extensions I’ve Lost Faith In: .me and .tel

Posted on Dec 18 2009 by Pixelrage
I was amongst the angry mob on the day when the .me and .tel domain names went into open registration. I was able to get 17 .me's that day (many of them one-word generic terms), and I got 1 .tel ...[more]

Debunking the Top Paying AdSense Keywords List

Posted on Dec 17 2009 by Pixelrage
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Category : SEM
A favorite of mine are all of the internet marketing newbies who gloat over this year's list of the top 50 or 100 highest paying AdSense keywords. Anyone in their right mind would know that there's an obvious catch to ...[more]

Using AboutUs.org As Your First Backlink Source

Posted on Dec 16 2009 by Pixelrage
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Category : Internet Marketing
It's surprising to hear how many people in internet marketing have not heard of AboutUs.org. This self-proclaimed wiki of websites is a huge catalog that presents Wikipedia-fashioned pages of information about any website on the internet. The only issue is ...[more]

Knowing When Domain Parking Works Best

Posted on Dec 01 2009 by Pixelrage
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Category : Domain Names
Well, I've finished testing a new strategy for a few of my domain names and came to a conclusion: I will probably never understand why things work opposite from pure logic and common sense. For the past quarter, I took ...[more]