I had the pleasure of meeting Tim Ash a couple of years ago at one of the Ad-tech events in New York city, and ever since we’ve bumped into each other from time to time. Always a pleasure to talk to him, share ideas and experiences, and get free books from him (joke)–very nice guy.
Well, I want to share with you yet another of Tim’s work. Today’s Tim webminar on Landing Page was commented by tweeters as “a great webminar!” He was very kind to share it with us, so here it is. Enjoy it!
What semantic means? is the study of meaning in communication.
So then what is Semantic Search?
Semantic Web, part of the new 3.0 technology is being used by the engines. Latent semantic indexing allows a search engine to determine what a page is about outside of specifically matching search query text.
This was not a big factor on Google, but all that has changed. Semantic Search is now at the core of its search engine technology. Read more…
A new Plugin for WordPress Should do Wonders for Those Businesses Using WordPress who want to capture leads on their websites. The plugin allows form customization, data capture and the ability to send data to Salesforce account.
Is your link building strategy on the right path? Perhaps you ‘re accidentally spamming Google. To appreciate all the different ways people try to spam Google and how Google deals with it, read this PDF created by Google’s Amit Singhal–paying particular attention to slides 15 through 26.
Google has kept a promise it made last year: Site speed is now a ranking factor in Google’s algorithm, and is already in place for U.S. searchers. But Google also cautions web site owners not to sacrifice relevance in the name of faster web pages, and even says this new ranking factor will impact very few queries. More on that below, but first the background on today’s announcement from Google Fellow Amit Singhal and Matt Cutts, head of Google’s web spam team.
A colleague sent me a link to this video – it’s really well done. Knowing and understanding social media has been one of my primary role for companies I have worked for such as, 247realmedia.com, find.com, and MediaTrust and some of the statistics in this piece shocked me. So I ask you, is social media a fad or a fundamental shift in the way we communicate with our customers?
Using a few Google Analytics advance filters, it’s very easy to create a handy Twitter-specific profile which groups together twitter sources such as web clients and short URL services.
Using a few 
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