Bing Leverages Facebook Likes In Search Results
Cleverly sidestepping Google, Bing raises some eyebrows today by turning Facebook Likes into a measurable unit of endorsements for search results. Most problematically? This creates a dimension of SEO...
View ArticleSpam Attack Targets Inexperienced SEOs
At Blue Phoenix Media, we get our fair share of bizarre phishing attempts–and if you deal extensively in email marketing, so do you!–but what’s peculiar about this wave is that it doesn’t go after...
View ArticleThe SEO Rapper Riffs on Rapping About Internet Marketing
In the age of Google, it was only a matter of time before someone like The SEO Rapper made his debut. The SEO Rapper, or Chuck Lewis as he’s known to his friends, started rapping about search engine...
View ArticleAM Affiliate: Bots Rule Twitter, The Nuances of SEO, + More
- In affiliate marketing, the truism that failure begets success is gospel–but what if part of that failure was the willingness to acknowledge faults in a group setting instead of attempting spin...
View ArticleAM Affiliate: Work Hard Not Long, Opt-Out Text Messages Attract Lawsuits, + More
- An insightful proverb about hard work vs. long work. [Seth Godin] - We all know the importance of opt-ins and even double opt-ins, but Twitter, Facebook, and Myspace are fielding litigation stemming...
View ArticleAM Affiliate: Top-Level Domains to Lead to ICANNarchy?, SEO Naysayers, + More
» The internet’s about to get a hell lot more complicated now that ICANN has approved top-level domains in what some are calling a dot-whatever initiative. But before you throw open your wallet and...
View ArticleAM Affiliate: Online Video Ads to Protect Privacy, Bus Stops Offer USB...
» Online video ads will now come with a special privacy icon intended to reassure users that their data is not being mined. [AdAge] » NOT JUST AN ANAGRAM! The way we live now: With bus stops offering...
View ArticleAffiliate Lunch: #NoAdTax Solution, Don’t Buy Facebook Fans, + More
» A federal solution is sought for the Affiliate Nexus Tax–and Amazon backs it. [Performance Marketing Association] » While “real name” policies on social platforms like Google+ and Facebook might be...
View ArticleAffiliate Bites: Groupon Goes Public, China Pioneers Future of Online...
» Much of the tech world is buzzing about Groupon’s big IPO today…and how had they filed it a year ago, it could’ve been even bigger. [ZDNet] » Floods in Thailand could put a cramp on cloud computing....
View ArticleAffiliate Summit: Las Vegas – PARTY LIST
Coming soon is Affiliate Summit West, January 8-10, 2012 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. We all know there are so many things to do and events to attend, but how do we know where to find them and plan out...
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