Milwaukee Search Marketing

Posts on Monetizing Traffic and Social Media Marketing Forthcoming

Have a minimum of three close friends taking steps to become web instapreneurs.  In addition to search marketing and ppc stuff, I'll be adding some posts on monetizing traffic and social media marketing so I don't need to repeat myself and we can start our conversations with a shared understanding.

Search Engine Strategies NY 08 Video - Funny!

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The Squeaky Wheel...

So an item on my fanatical search marketing rant and rave list came true. Not sure if I can post it yet though. Gotta check with my source first.

I've already my reps at GOOG finger wag me every other month or so after I posted a change I noticed with their keyword tool about a year ago. I honestly thought it was a feature release they were slow to announce. I had a feeling the feature had not been reported so I sent it to Danny Sullivan and Barry Schwartz of Search Engine Land and it made their daily round up. You see these articles all the time, Google tests this or that on a results page. But that I guess that is the results page which by its nature is public, whereas being logged into AdWords you are bound by terms and conditions.

Anyway, this squeaky wheel got some grease, out of dumb luck mostly like, but greased non the less. I'll update with more news as it comes in.

Yahoo Search Marketing - Real Improvements Coming?

Barry Schwartz reports a meeting with Yahoo Search Marketing tomorrow. I hope they announce major improvements to the usability of their disappointing 'Panama' platform.

My short wish list:

1. Offline editor a la Google's AdWords Editor
2. Usability improvements to 'Panama'. In short be more AdWords like. Panama has some neat features but still has some maturing to do.

I hate to be a Google wonk, but man, the interface is pretty darn intuitive! MAKE IT EASIER TO SPEND MONEY IN A SMART FASHION WITH YOU PLEASE. I've stated my wish list countless times, and will continue to do so until  those changes are made.

Xobni - Pimp Your Outlook

Xobni offers Microsoft Outlook users like yourself:

1) Lightning fast email search
2) Threaded conversations
3) Useful social networking features
4) Quick attachment discovery
4) Automatic phone number extraction