Improving lead generating and conversion rates

Did you know that marketing is a lot like farming? “You can’t just head out to your fields and bring in a bountiful harvest. First, you buy seed from the money you’ve budgeted. You buy enough to be sure that a good crop will germinate and thrive until harvest, and you’re likely to plant several different crops to hedge the weather and the market.”

What does the name Yahoo mean?

The other day I wrote a short piece on what the name Google means, today I thought why not find out what Yahoo means. Both Google and Yahoo are words that most people are now familiar with, but a few years ago almost nobody had heard the words before. Yahoo is also a weird word that would not find the way to my english dictionary/vocabulary without the help of the company.

Google Video Cracked

The new Google Video Player have been cracked by the famous Norwegian hacker Jon Lech Johansen aka ‘DVD-Jon’. He cracked the lock on Google’s new in-browser video player in less than 24 hours after they launched the video playback plug-in.

‘DVD-Jon’ said that the patch will remove Google’s restriction and allow the playback of video files that aren’t on the video.google.com server.

Oneupweb Voted Best Search Engine Marketing Vendor by ClickZ.com

Oneupweb has been deemed the Best Search Engine Marketing Vendor, according to the results of ClickZ.com’s Marketing Excellence Awards 2005.

My Web 2.0

Yahoo just launched it´s new My Web product (in beta). According to Yahoo “My Web 2.0 beta is a social search product that enables users to create their own personal, searchable trusted web and share their favorite web pages with their community.”

New ways for celebrities to advertise

According to Adland the description blurb on the label of a bottle of Glaceau’s flavored vitaminwater was all about rapper 50 Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson).

Google Earth

According to SiliconBeat, Google released Google Earth this morning. This is a 3D satellite imagery software based on the technology it acquired when it bought Keyhole last year.

Visit Google Earth

The Google Adsense-Adwords Automatic Money Machine

Here is a very short and very simple technique and it might just work. I haven´t tried it, but it´s simple and it seems like a good thing. You actually combine adwords and adsense to make money.

Search Engine Optimization – Common Mistakes

There is much misinformation surrounding the concept of SEO. What works and what doesn`t work. Most people are not involved in this, and really don`t know. Fortunately I found a great short article that might help you clarify some of the misinformation. The article will shed some light on the most common errors and misconceptions regarding search engine optimization.

Imvite new design and signup fee removed

Imvite just launched their new design and in a few days (early July) their business will be fully restructured. You can actually save $149 by joining now. Until today you had to pay $149 signup fee to join as an associate, this fee has been removed.

What does the name Google mean?

I started thinking this morning about Google, to be exact, I started to think about what does Google really mean? I have heard the name for some time now, it seems like forever though. But I have never really thought about what it means, and why they chose the name for the company. I had never heard the name before I started to use the search engine, so I didn`t think that it was a common english word.

Are other sites hijacking my Google search results?

Kalena has a very interesting topic today. One of her readers asked her if other sites are hijacking her search results.

Google To Launch Online Video Playback This Monday

According to John Battelle’s Searchblog, Google will launch an in-browser video playback feature based on the open source VLC media player.

Why Louis Monier Is Going To Google

John Battelle interviewed Louis Monier the other day, and asked him a few questions on why he left eBay and why he is going to Google. The main reason for him leaving eBay and joining Google was that “eBay does not absorb innovation at the pace I enjoy, and its focus is narrower than Google”.