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Demand Media Filing an IPO – What Does It Mean for SEO?

August 7th, 2010

Content mill Demand Studios has changed their name to Demand Media, and are filing an IPO – with Google funding a huge chunk. Who’d have thought – Google backing a content farm!

According to the filing, DM says,
“We have an extensive relationship with Google and a significant portion of our revenue is derived from [...]

 
 

Google Places Now More Business Friendly

August 4th, 2010

Good SEO and good PR go hand in hand; an online reputation can be made on the back of a great recommendation, or broken on the strength of a bad one. Often, how you handle public criticism online can go a long way towards reputation management; simply responding appropriately can minimize any damage and show [...]

 
 

Yahoo Moves Away from Search, Plunges Into the Content Mill Realm

May 19th, 2010

Yet another major move away from search for former competitor Yahoo – the now primarily news portal with Search powered by former rival Microsoft, Yahoo just bought content mill Associated Content for a reported cool hundred million.
According to Beacon Equity:
The purchase of AC, the freelance-writers Web site that resells content on a wide variety [...]

 
 

SEMPO – State of SEM 2010

March 26th, 2010

So. It’s a decade into the new century. How has SEO/SEM changed in the past ten years?
Quite a bit, actually. Ten years ago Yahoo was a major player. There was no Bing. Twitter and Facebook weren’t even gleams in the eyes of their respective creators yet.
Now, social media is the name of the game. Advertising [...]

 
 

Get Ready for SMX East

September 1st, 2009

Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land has a full, comprehensive list of what is on the menu at the upcoming SMX East search marketing conference arriving in New York City  Oct. 5-7.  We’ll just hit a few highlights of what you can expect to see over the three days of search marketing nirvana!
Networking: During [...]