The issue of duplicate content is a rather contentious one in the world of Search-Engine Optimization. There were for many years – and perhaps still to this day – myths floating round about duplicate content penalties.
Essentially, folks were told that if they produced duplicate content then they would be punished, and many thought that this meant you could… Read the rest of this entry »
Greetings once again fellow entrepreneur, it’s with great pleasure that I introduce you to Clinton Swaine, who inspired this second article in the Creative Visionary series (the first being Marcin Jacubowski).
Just to jog your memory, this series is designed to inspire you with examples of living individuals who are contributing in extraordinary ways and remind you that… Read the rest of this entry »
As is tradition here on EJ, this is my end of year post, or two posts in this case, recapping the year that was and my plans for the year coming up.
Yesterday I read over the article I wrote at the end of 2010 – My Big Plans For 2011. Things didn’t go exactly according to plan –… Read the rest of this entry »
We’ve all bought into the dream.
You know the one. With the attractive pictures. Of you (or me) sipping a pina colada, resting on the beach, while cash pours into our bank accounts because we run an auto-pilot home business on the Internet.
We’ve all realized it isn’t as rosy a dream to live through.
Reality bites. Early. Web entrepreneurs… Read the rest of this entry »
It’s that time again when the old year winds down (toodles, 2011), a new year sparkles before us full of potential, promise, and possibility (hey there, 2012), and savvy entrepreneurs are preparing their 2012 business plans.
If you’ve never prepared a business plan, then this is the year I challenge you to start, no matter what stage your business is… Read the rest of this entry »
I firmly believe that some understanding of marketing is vital to succeed online.
The Internet offers us a great ability to quickly test ideas and get products or ideas out into the public for a low cost. So what I call the “barrier to entry” for starting up a business is very low, especially relative to a traditional brick… Read the rest of this entry »
One of the creative product marketing methods that Google uses now and then is creating landing pages that target a specific demographic. You might remember about the Teach Parents Tech initiative that Google ran last year at about this time (December). A similar initiative was launched recently, called College Tips by Google. College Tips by [...]
There are many reasons why success took its time for me. Nearly all the reasons were my own fault.
Interestingly however, I have recently noticed that many others stumble with some of the very same issues. Thus by learning to overcome these problem elements we all have a much greater chance of success or increasing our current rate of… Read the rest of this entry »
A business built on flimsy foundations will soon crumble.
How do you know if that is your business?
Here are some clues. If your business is built on tactics and not strategies, the newest “push button” software, a “loophole” to exploit Google or Facebook or any dodgy marketing tactic that misleads people, AKA, a shiny object.
… Read the rest of this entry »
We all love Google Doodles, don’t we? And this year, Google has been really experimenting with them, bringing out video doodles, doodles that play music and what not. Plus, there have been a lot of them too. Now you can easily browse through all of them on the revamped Google Doodle site. The new design [...]
I know the headline is a bit contradictory. Local search is still considered SEO by those near and dear to our hearts.
Maybe for you targeting people all over the world makes sense. I’m certainly not saying to forget it completely, but I read a lot blogs semi-regularly and you might be pretty well served if you started catering… Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the time of the year when Google Releases its Zeitgeist, a compilation of search trends that dominated billions of Google searches across the world. The Zeitgeist shows the fastest-rising global search queries in 2011, as well as the rising search trends on Google in different countries around the world. So, who topped the list [...]
The morning I decided to write about this subject, I saw a post on one of the popular discussion forums.
It was from someone who had invested quite a bit of time and effort into building his online business, was nearing the point where it could start being profitable, but was running short of energy and inspiration to keep… Read the rest of this entry »
Google continues to add more awesomeness to its flagship social network Google+, and this time it has chosen its already cool and popular Hangouts for the new additions, thereby making it better and much more useful. Let us check out the new Hangout features that is going to be available to every Google+ user around [...]
One of the things I hate about sharing photos or photo albums on social networks is tagging. It’s just too much of work to select and tag faces. Of course, not doing that is always an option but tagging has its benefits. Like, if your Mom is going through your snaps on Facebook, it’s better [...]
The biggest chunk of my income online comes from a portfolio of healthy niche sites which I have established over time with meticulous keyword research and diligent marketing. Most of these niche sites make money from Google Adsense.
Considering that the biggest chunk of my income comes from Google, I am somewhat at their mercy in many ways. We… Read the rest of this entry »
Frequent users of Google Calendar will agree that when it comes to looking at your schedule for the next day, the long, empty hours at night just unnecessarily add to the screen real estate and are better removed from the picture so that you can immediately focus on the busy hours and see what you [...]
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Apologies for the slight clicking noise you hear in this recording when Jenna speaks. This is a very unique story, so I hope you can get past the clicks and… Read the rest of this entry »
Google has launched a new, and I have to say kinda different service called Schemer. This service wants to help you find things to do near your location. The name comes from the word “scheme” or a plan, and wants you to create schemes. First things first, the service hasn’t been launched to the public [...]
Google+ is going to be integrated with every Google service out there sooner or later and an indication of that came up yesterday when Gmail team announced that more Google+ features have been integrated into Gmail and Google Contacts. Lets check out what they are. Add to Circles From Gmail Right, you can now add [...]
