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Speed Kills It When it comes to Rankings

by admin on June 9, 2010

This is something that I have kept my eye on for a while. Over a year ago I started to pick up signals that Google was starting to test the value of adding page load speed to their ranking factors the signals were clear Matt Cutts principal engineer for Google was hinting about it. Then [...]

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Don’t Forget Email Marketing

by admin on June 7, 2010

Email marketing might seem old school or outdated to some people, but in fact it is a great way for brands to stay connected with their customers. Many brand websites have some sort of check box where a customer can opt-in to receive email updates. Yet time and time again I come across a company [...]

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Old Media Still Clueless

January 4, 2010

As some out there may be aware there is currently a dispute between Cablevision and the Scripps network. For more detail on the dispute you can go here but the brief explanation is that Scripps wants to raise the rates they charge Cablevision for the rights to HGTV and The Food Network. Cablevision does not [...]

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Will Bing Become a Verb?

October 30, 2009

Will Bing Become A Verb? In the past few months there has been an flood of blog posts about Bing, or how Bing is going to dethrone Google or on the other hand why no one will ever  knock Google out of the top.  Well it might be that I quit noticing or it could [...]

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Delta Airlines Social Media Breakdown

October 21, 2009

I just finished reading a couple of excellent posts by Noah Mallin about his recent poor experience with Delta Airlines. You can read about the experiences at Searchviews and at The Huffington Post. I think most people how fly even occasionally understand that delays happen and many times they are beyond the airline’s control. While [...]

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One Size Fits All SEO

September 29, 2009

I see it all the time among the less scrupulous “SEO” providers. They promise to achieve rankings for your top keywords using their “proprietary” formula or one size fits all tools for search engine optimization. They claim to have used the same strategy and tactics for all of their clients who all sing their praises. [...]

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Are You Still Wasting Money on Mailers

September 18, 2009

I remember back in the day I used to actually look at the local coupons and shopping mailers that came in the mail.  Local business mailers offered some decent deals and let me know about some local businesses that I might be interested in. In fact they probably still have some value depending on what [...]

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Hello From 840 Media

September 3, 2009

840 Media is Now Live 840 Media is here to help you with all of our search and social media needs. We have over 15 years of search engine marketing experience with a wide range of businesses. From small to medium businesses and enterprise organizations we have the skills and experience to help businesses of [...]

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