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I personally use both but for different degrees. But in today's world, there is an intermeshing of information on both so you have to be mindful of the information you share and who you accept as a friend. I have a few co-workers as Facebook Friends but I dont think …

Oh my, that is a big question. First of all, if it was not through social networking, I would not be able to communicate with you nor would it be possible for people from all over the world to communicate. Second, social networking is ever present. Third, social networking always …

Thanks for the info. Yes, its a given that search engine spiders are based on some elaborate algorithm that measures the ranking of sites. Thus, that is why it is very important to understand factors that impact search ranking.

Yes, this is a fine example that if executed properly and (of course) if talent is remarkable, people will notice and the viral power of social media content is unleashed.

Even ten years ago, the majority of people did not have email and people lived fine for years. Now in this connected age, people expect to be connected - it is this expectation that minor GMAIL snafus are perceived as major disasters.

I read a study that said users over share on Facebook so I wonder if businesses over share on Facebook. What do you think?

I know others who have used that tool. I personally would not use such a service and unless I can personally go through every single member and send a DM myself. I like to keep that personal connection, even for business accounts. That's just me.

Yes all of the above are great tips. I also add that you need to constantly do many of the above. SEO is not static but it is like watering a plant. You contantly have to feed it.

There is no publicly known set schedule when Google crawlers visit your site. You just have to make sure your site follows best practices. Also, certain web analytic tools allow you to detect crawler/spider activity.

Yes, the above mention tactics are great. I also recommend the following: 1. Commenting on relevant bloggers (and hoping they will allow your link to appear on your comment). 2. Constantly engaging with high twitter celebrities and their followers will see the comments and check your profile and increase your …

Thanks for sharing the list. I personally dont find the list very beneficial.

I totally agree with mapping keywords based on strategy. Very important. Also, one has to keep in mind which words your competitors use.

Just make sure that the site you create does not violate any of the Apple's TOS. You dont want your hard work to be quelched by Apple.

Very good article. I also say that keeping separate lives in this digital age is very difficult and that the ways of living using a manual typewriter wont happen again.

I recommend you to use WordPress since it allows for more SEO flexibility.

I have seen that people and it can be two things: 1. Lots of spiders and robots visited your site 2. Your site could have been under spam attack.

Yes, creating a social media presence is great but what about the return on investments? Has it worked bringing more revenue to the company?

Hi I really suggest you to optimize all your social media marketing and that you have to be very vigilant and active. I also recommend you to visit this site to learn other tips you can adopt.

Yes these are good tools to have access to for competitive intelligence and search surveillance.

I am confused. I look through my web analytics report and still see that MSN Live is still referring traffic as well as Bing. So MSN have two search engines. Please explain. Thanks!

If your site is tagged with Google Analytics tags, then the results that will appear on your report are as accurate as you can get. GA is good to not include spiders and robots. Just remember that if you tagged your site with other tools, since there are no standards …

Thanks for bringing this up. It is actually scary. The other day, the founder of Facebook, said the default of Facebook is to be social. Thus, anyone who is a member of Facebook, one way or another, agrees to this. I have personally have restricted by security settings to the …

I personally recommend you to write for permission before you use any digital image. It is good to cover your a-- first.

Though I dont have any stats to share per se, as a digital analyst, I have reviewed so many website analytics and I can safely tell you that I hardly ever see book marking sites referring significant amount of traffic. The trend I have seen with bookmarking sites and analytics …

There is nothing secret with Facebook. As the Founder mentioned the other day at a conference, the default for facebook is to be social. Thus, this is definitely the case with the data owned and shared on Facebook. I know now friends on Facebook are intentionally posting fake comments and …

Guy, I agree with you. With this digital era, people expected and literally demanded free on the net. Depsite the fact that nothing in life is really free but most users dont realize that by signing up on a "free" site - they are relinquishing their privacy (look at Facebook). …

You would need aggressive tactics but my comments for you are: 1. Do you really care about visitors or conversion rate instead? 2. You can have 1,000 daily visitors but if it is not the type of visitors you want to accomplish your business goal, then do you really want …

I also think Overstock.com also have very good tactics - they adopted a little of amazon.com plus the one price shipping which is so recession friendly!

Very true comment indeed. Another important factor in optimizing SEO is not to follow any black hat SEO tactics.

I also do wonder if the spammers from China moved to other parts of the world and that is why McAfee is seeing this shift. What do you think?

Yes a program like you propose may be widely used by certain niche - like traveling students and new immigrants. However, from a business value, I do wonder how the creator of this program can capitalize on this product.

Thanks for sharing such information. I do know that other social monitoring sites practice similar tactics and though these sites/programs have increased their reach - they are alienating others in the process.

It depends on : 1. What does your website offer - is it content or e-commerce? 2. Whats your budget for marketing and advertising? I recommend you to start by mapping out your website by areas that are of most interest for your readers.

First of all, how old is your site? Second, do you have any external and inbound links. Third, does it have any content? Appearing on Google for new sites can take some time. Also, the more links - the more weight it will have in SERPs. You need content - …

Hi Nick. This is a best place to interact - welcome aboard!

With so many social media options, I thought I cant be the only one who have many profiles with many different passwords. So how many do you have? I have at least 10: 1. This one 2. Facebook 3. LinkedIn 4. Youtube 5-8. Several Personal sites 9. Google 10. yahoo …

One of the purpose of a blog is that it will have engaging content that visitors want to return. Thus, if it is not fresh content, less people will visit your blog and subscribe to the RSS.

Also remember it takes time to see SEO results. It depends on when the spiders find your site and the links.

This seems like a great deal but I do recommend you to move this post to Business Exchanges.

Do you look at the search terms referred from your web analytics and optimize your site accordingly? As I notice the terms that help refer traffic, some terms I am surprised about. I wonder if optimizing for these long tail terms will help bring additional traffic.

Have you found these link building services beneficial? I am looking into link building services and I wonder if they are worth it.

Here are the questions that would be interesting to get answers for. - what 3 social networking sites generates most traffic for YOUR particular business (please in order of performance)? 1. LinkedIn, a Meetup bullentin board, and a Google Group (tech related). - how much traffic each of them dries …

Thanks for re-inforcing this message about SEO and internet marketing. I think us, Internet Marketers, recognize the need and importance of SEO and how it can not only drive traffic to the site but increase conversion.

You need to add content, content, and more content - both in frequency and in quality in terms of keywords. This way you are strengthening your site.

Yes you can but you have to remember that with bookmarks, these links you provide much be sharing some kind of benefit to your community.

Not too long ago, many businesses were jumping into creating a Twitter presence. I dont hear much of that now. So my question for you are: 1. Do you think its over rated? 2. Is Twitter "old" now? 3. Did businesses gained ROI with Twitter?

Click fraud is very dangerous game and you dont want Google to discover and penalize your site - literally forever...

Thanks for sharing the book to us DaniWebers. But what makes it the premier book to read?

Yes search engines are smart enough to pick up same IP address. If you can get a different IP or dedicated IP (it may cost extra), then do it. It will be better for your SEO.

Its best if you had related content to all that mix array of keywords. This way, it will increase the relevancy.