Google Getting Greedier
Over the past few months I’ve noticed Google becoming more and more greedy with data. A few examples: October 18, 2011: (not provided) – Google announces that users logged in to their Google account...
View ArticleJoin Trafficado for a Steak Dinner at Pubcon!
At Trafficado, we believe that good food trumps just about anything. We even named our company after food–Avocado was half the inspiration for our company name. Pubcon is one of our favorite internet...
View ArticleNew Yahoo Homepage Layout In The Wild
Browsing this afternoon I came across the new Yahoo homepage layout. Check it out? What do you think?
View ArticleGoogle REALLY Wants You To Try AdWords
Back in October Google stock plummeted 9% when earnings estimates failed to meet Wall Street expectations. Google has made a habit of exceeding earnings expectations, so this failure was a big wake-up...
View ArticleWhat You and the 18,000 Ex- Hostess Employees Should Know About Linkedin
Most often the stuff I publish online is about online advertising. Advertising on Linkedin is something that I am very familiar with, but today I am going to talk about Linkedin in another light....
View ArticleDon’t Get Left Behind in Google’s Move Towards Big Brands
For the last 2 years, SEOs have been finding Google giving priority weight to brands, and edging out the little guys. In fact, at the BlueglassX conference going on this week, Greg Boser said,...
View ArticleFive Tips For Creating The Ultimate Landing Page
In most marketers minds, there’s no question that they can drive traffic to their websites. You can do this through many different online marketing tactics such as SEO, PPC, Social Media, Blogging,...
View ArticleThe Winning Combination of Blogging and Microblogging
As blogging was becoming a household term; microblogs like Twitter were making their way onto our mobile devices. Other microblogs such as Jaiku, Identi.ca, Plurk, and several others tried their hand...
View ArticleWhat your enterprise client expects from you
If you are a freelancer, consultant or an agency, one of the most difficult parts of your job is managing expectations. Understanding what your clients expect from you so that you can delight them is...
View ArticleFive Characteristics of A Non-Spammy Guest Blog Post
As a marketer, I’ve seen my fair share of spammy guest blog posts and the truth is, spammy guest posts are easy for a search engine to sniff out and take action against. I see my post today being very...
View ArticleConversion Conference West 2013 Promotional Code
We’re big believers in conversion and if you aren’t aware, there’s a conference for that: Conversion Conference. Our very own Robert Brady spoke at this conference in San Francisco and Florida last...
View ArticleWhat I Learned At HeroConf 2013
First, I want to point out that I know I’m writing this two weeks after the conference. In my defense, I attended the conference immediately after my honeymoon (and the week of work I took off) so I’m...
View ArticleUtilizing Your Blog More Effectively for SEO
We deal with a lot of blogs at Trafficado–some are done really well, but most are not meeting their full potential (including our own at the moment). Writing content is one of those things that comes...
View ArticleTest Your Offers – Google Does!
As an internet marketing agency we offer PPC management among our services. Therefore we spend a lot of time working with Google AdWords. And because we are on the radar at Google we get lots of offers...
View ArticleWe can’t escape it. First Twitter, then Instagram, and now Facebook is jumping on the hashtag bandwagon. Facebook announced this new feature on June 12, to a sea of mixed feelings and reviews. Facebook...
View ArticleHow to survive the death of Google Reader
Sadly, Google Reader is leaving the world next week. They are calling it “retirement” but that’s a nice why of saying they are killing it. But, we’ve all mourned and we knew this day would be coming....
View ArticleIncrease your SEO by optimizing video for search
Turns out, getting to page one on Google search is significantly easier with video than with a web page. Few people are optimizing or even using video for SEO, making competition lower, and reputedly...
View ArticleWhat are Scraper sites?
Ever since the introduction of affiliate and Pay Per Click advertising, there have been web sites on the Internet that are trying to produce an income from displaying commercials without adding real...
View ArticleFive Characteristics of A Non-Spammy Guest Blog Post
As a marketer, I’ve seen my fair share of spammy guest blog posts and the truth is, spammy guest posts are easy for a search engine to sniff out and take action against. I see my post today being very...
View ArticleConversion Conference West 2013 Promotional Code
We’re big believers in conversion and if you aren’t aware, there’s a conference for that: Conversion Conference. Our very own Robert Brady spoke at this conference in San Francisco and Florida last...
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