Have you ever found that time seems to stand still
sometimes, especially when you're waiting for a result or
outcome, or someone to get back to you? You look at your
watch and the hands haven't moved!

Then, on other occasions you've become so involved in
something that hours have flown by without you realising?

Well, many times I've written a sales letter or email,
posted it and then just sat by the computer waiting for
results. Now, some of the big gurus sometimes say that they
do this and within 30 seconds, 'ping' an order appears,
then another and ...   more »

Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising, which is also known as pay per
performance or paid search,  remains one of the quickest and direct
ways of promoting your business, and driving targeted traffic to
your website. 

While it would be nice to achieve high natural (free) search engine
rankings; organic rankings do take some time to take effect.  And,
with tens of thousands of website owners all competing for the same
keyword search term, it's a challenging prospect (and quite a rare
one) to achieve high rankings for a popular search term, based
solely on organic SEO.

How Does Pay-Per-Click Advertising ...   more »

As we all know, visitor traffic is crucial to the success of every Website. If you do not know how many views your pages get, how can you know if anyone is seeing your site, product or service? With a...   more »

While search engines may have mapped a large portion of the content found on the hidden web (content is considered hidden because users normally have to pay to see it), bringing this information to us...   more »

This is one of the most frequently asked questions by small business owners. They are feeling the pressure from their customers and competitors, yet for many business people it is a daunting task, as...   more »

Recently, there have been rumblings about upcoming changes in the AdWords presentation format. There are reports and examples of structural alterations in AdWords placements, as well as upcoming chang...   more »

When was the last time you took a look at your website stats? What does your website stats say? How many visitors does your website receive per day? Per week? Per month? How many visitors are you conv...   more »

Microsoft is kicking an idea around about developing a personalized search function on MSN Search using personal content stored on an individual's computers.

Microsoft Attempts To Make Search Truly Personal

Apparently, the idea revolves around using MSN Desktop Search to acquire said personal data. This would then be fed to MSN Search and personalized search based on the contents of your computer would be delivered.

What are your thoughts concerning MSN's approach to personalized search? It seems kind of "Orwellian" to me.

Search engines are still proving to be mythical monsters for many e-commerce website owners, and they don't have to be. Of course, any major search engine marketing campaign is best dealt with by thos...   more »

How Does Search Behavior Affect You?

I love looking at the various surveys and studies that float around in the search space. So you can imagine the drool running down my chin,...   more »