Social media-ites beware, Twitter search engine TweepMe.com (www.tweepme.com) has been suspended by Twitter, ending the wait for Twitter to begin a crackdown on use and potential abuse.

While it's not quite looking like an Iranian media blackout attempt, Twitter certainly weilds the power, and arguably the right, to manage the usage of their API's as they have been overwhelmed with incredible traffic to date.

We'll post some reccomendations on a TweepMe alternative search engine shortly.
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I recently homage and a visit to the Toys R' Us in Times Square in New York City.  I heard an awful lot of "because I want it" through the din as only kids can.  It was said so emphatically and with such conviction, but is of course followed with little to no reason supporting it. 

This reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend who was thinking of becoming an online marketing client, regarding SEO keyword selection.  Not particularly the child like tantrum part, but more the statement of "need" with limited planning and reason behind it.

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AdAge recently reported the gripes of the media world over how Google's results ranking system was burying major media companies "expensive professional content within the search engine's undifferentiated slush of results."

Nevermind the irony of how I am now attempting to do the same to AdAge, here are some reasons why I believe Google's current PageRank algorithm is perfectly suitable.

Google is a for-profit business. It makes tons of profits selling Google AdWords and paid search results. If a media company wants its content at the top of the results, then they can pay Google to do just that.

The internet is nearly impossible to regulate. Google is the only entity with the ... Read More

Yesterday I decided to try a new sandwich shop.  This was a big step for me because I am a creature of habit.  I placed my order and waited and waited and waited.  I went up to ask the counter girl about my order, and she quickly replied, "great food is worth waiting for".  I am a big fan of food, so I decided that I was willing to wait.  But for how long?  And in this time I got to thinking.

SEO clients and prospects almost always have the same question, when will I be ranked #1.  I immediately made the connection of that question and my current situation in the sandwich shop.  My response is very similar to that same counter girl, "great SEO takes time".  However, never ... Read More

I remember when I first started in the online marketing world, all the rage was this 4 letter acronym, NSEO.  This stood for Natural Search Engine Optimization.  As I was walking around the Barnes and Noble in the Internet Marketing section, I noticed that all the books were focused on SEO, Search Engine Optimization.  My ...

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