Search Marketing

I’m Separated – Temporarily – From Google Search

I started using Google years ago because it found stuff I was looking for. I loved their "feeling lucky" button and used it quite often. When it came to looking for webpages Google simply blew everyone else out of the water at the time. However,...

Discussing Online Reputation Management on KFNN 1510AM

Last Friday, I had the opportunity to speak with Ken Morgan and Julie Dougherty over at 1510 AM KFNN. Ken and Julie host "Business for Lunch" between 1pm and 2pm on weekdays. We discussed online reputation management in the age of social media. Click on the...

Getting More Out of AdSense

A superb video from the Australian AdSense team explaining how you can optimize your AdSene efforts: ...

Search Engine Optimization Dymystified

Search engine optimization (SEO), can be very daunting if you think about it too much.  However, I've found that SEO is really not as complicated as some make it out to be. If you review the literature a bit, you'll realize that the rules for...

Contextual Ads Gone Bad

Serving advertisements based on the context of the page is all the rage in Internet Marketing. It is a very useful tool and can be proven to be very effective. However, I just came across some pretty wacky contextual ads that are obviously not appropriate. ...

Competitor Using My Name in Google AdWords

Recently I was asked if there was any recourse for a business whose name was being used by a competitor in Google AdWords. Basically, this particular business was concerned that a Google search for their business name returned their competitor in the number two paid...