In 2009, Google places a lot of trust in authority. Authority, in terms of ranking, typically means "an established site with a high number of inbound links from authoritative sources". Ranking might also have something to do with ... Go to Full Article

Travel Plans. I'm starting my journey tonight that will lead me to SEOktoberfest. My flight leaves tonight for the US where I'll romp around for a month before heading over to Europe. It's actually a pretty short trip by my standards ... Go to Full Article

It finally happened. You know those mandatory commercials you get before a news clip when you go to a site like abcnews or foxnews.com? Well today I clicked from this discussion thread to this youtube link: ... Go to Full Article

It seems Palm has decided that they are OK with being slimy about undisclosed privacy and user tracking. Give a chance to comment on the recent expose about detailed user tracking buried inside the Palm Pre, they tell us (paraphrasing) ... Go to Full Article

Sugarrae runs on the Thesis WordPress Theme. Thesis WordPress theme. If you're an affiliate who doesn't understand a lot of PHP, Thesis will give a ton of functionality without having to alter any code. For the advanced, Thesis has ... Go to Full Article

iPerceptions survey data from Q2 2009 is available for download at the iPerceptions Resource Center. Report highlights: Hospitality websites struggle to convert visitors into bookings; Only 60% of users actually completed a transaction ... Go to Full Article

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Error reading source feed http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&q=site:seo4fun.com/blog&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error. Go to Full Article

Please ignore :). Testing something. Thanks. This post originated at the Sugarrae online marketing blog, home to online marketing consultant Rae Hoffman. Testing. This post originated at the Sugarrae online marketing blog, ... Go to Full Article

I’m often asked when I mention doing press releases for website promotion, branding and visibility what online press release distribution services I recommend, if any. The truth is that I’ma longtime user of PRWeb, have spent thousands ... Go to Full Article

…And we’re back with another day of blog coverage for Affiliate Summit West. If you missed Day 1, feel free to go check it out. Otherwise let’s get on with today’s big takeaways. This blogger hasn’t eaten since last night’s French fries ... Go to Full Article

after brett crosby of google analytics teased me from the audience about the “tricks” search marketers use to optimize web sites, during my session, i was looking forward to heckling him during his session on web analytics. ... Go to Full Article

I know, I know. I’ve been an affiliate for over a decade now … how have I not attended an Affiliate Summit before? I must have been asked that question thirty times this week. I really don’t know… ... Go to Full Article

So Google are running a kind of beta test of some updates they’re making - which is fairly novel. While they’re at pains to point out that this is all about ‘infrastructure, indexing and speed’ it’s hard to discern how this differs from ... Go to Full Article

OK readers….I'm going to warn you…it's another one of those "after 1am…I'm still at the office" posts …. A Space of my Own - Written May 28, 1988 - (Over 20 years ago), when I was in 11th grade…fyi, I got an 88 on it… ... Go to Full Article