Why people you follow on Twitter don’t follow you back. Mar 14, 2008 Social Media Marketing. Twitter can be a great marketing tool… but one of the things that has to happen is that people actually follow your feed. ... Go to Full Article

Got this from Rich Schefren. I really like this analogy. I've heard it before but could never find it so ... Go to Full Article

Digg banned Text-link-ads.com. Post about Digg banned Text-link-ads.com. Go to Full Article

JDBC ClassNotFoundException (NetBeans, Classpath, Java). If you get a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException error when loading a database driver using the statement: Class.forName({nameOfYourDriverWhateverItIs}).newInstance(); ... Go to Full Article

The Global Search Report is an annual compilation of search engine usage and PPC statistics from countries around the world. ... Go to Full Article

Paid link buyers and sellers are nothing but black hat spammers (though you’ll never catch me saying spamming is right or wrong - to quote Vlad from Max Payne 2, “you have to do what you have to do.“). ... Go to Full Article

Being a single dad means wearing a lot of hats. Dad, mom, chef, doctor, teacher, coach, and sometimes when I am lucky, activity coordinator. Being in charge of the activities means I don’t have to play house, have a tea party, ... Go to Full Article

A fascinating acquisition has taken place in Russia where Google, which has not traditionally performed well in the Russian search ... Go to Full Article

John Andrews is a Competitive Webmaster and Search Engine Optimization Consultant in Seattle, Washington. This is John Andrews blog on issues of interest to the SEO community and competitive webmasters. Want to know more? ... Go to Full Article

Date March 17, 2009. Next week I will be in New York for Search Engine Strategies New York, taking place March 24-26 (with training sessions on both the Monday and Friday). My first session is Introduction to Search Engine Marketing ... Go to Full Article

Pondering whether some extra certification or credentials might help land me the next opportune gig, I perused through some of the Top 10 Marketing Departments (according to US News 2009) to see what they had to offer. Go to Full Article

Everyone in the field of internet marketing knows that without link building, your site will not be valued by search engines. Also, we agree that links are a path through which our prospects can reach to us. Most importantly, we need to ... Go to Full Article

Everyone in the field of internet marketing knows that without link building, your site will not be valued by search engines. Also, we agree that links are a path through which our prospects can reach to us. Most importantly, we need to ... Go to Full Article

John Andrews eloquently wrote about how black hole SEO is core to the 'social' media strategy. Go to Full Article

I sidestep the whole “issue” of paid links, taking the do what works philosophy, so rest assured this post isn’t about that. Anyway, the text link ad product market is pretty slow moving, but there are a few new products on the market ... Go to Full Article