http://www.internetmarketingherald.com Internet Marketing News at its finest. Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:31:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A great new book is out and it's devastating to the Liberals with their "we will take care of you" concept of government.  The Liberal Mind, by  Dr Lyle Rossiter is an analysis of how Liberals believe they can achieve "equality" by denying freedom and equality to society. I highly recommend this ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2008/01/19/american-liberalism/ Continuing its’ efforts to woo foreign visitors to the 2008 Chinese Summer Olympic Games, China’s Prime Minister Wen Jiabao signaled strongly in a meeting with top Communist officials Tuesday, he would move to make beer and pizza “the official health foods” of China. The move came as no surprise to long-time ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/12/18/china-declares-beer-and-pizza-offical-health-foods-of-2008-games/ What’s the point of creating something no one is going to read?  At first, when I started putting my own blog together I didn’t really think about it; the whole thing was a challenge just to get off the ground. I have a feeling that’s how most bloggers get started ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/12/07/from-start-to-finish-%e2%80%93-getting-your-blog-known/ Comcast, the largest cable provider in the nation, is currently in talks with Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL regarding which of the three giants will provide search functions and advertising for the company's website as Google's current 3 year contract comes to a close.  Under their current contract with Google ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/03/21/comcast-seeking-search-partner/ When talk in the blogosphere turns to advertising, many bloggers start to get a little sanctimonious.  Blogging isn't about making money, blogging is about integrity, quality writing, and community.  I'm the last person who would argue that blogging isn't about those things.  It's one of the biggest things to hit ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/03/18/a-list-blogs-and-advertising/ I'd like to talk a little bit about SEO guarantees and what I see as the problems inherent in them. First of all, for the most part these guarantees are utterly useless. An SEO company will give a customer a guarantee of say top ranking on 20 search terms. ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/03/03/seo-guarantees/ I'd like to bring to your attention a great ebook and it's accompanying website all about SEO (search engine optimization) written by Aaron Wall. The site is SEOBook.com, and the book is entitled Aaron Wall's SEO Book, with the impressive subtitle, 'The only SEO book on the planet'. ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/02/28/seo-book-review/ Most people are aware that Google bought YouTube in October of last year for $1.6 Billion. At that time it was unclear what the fate of GoogleVideo would be. Searching today on GoogleVideo I find most of the content is actually being hosted on YouTube.com and Google Video (which ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/02/23/google-videos-slow-death/ Web directories are not hard to come by on the web, but quality web directories are a different story. That's why I'd like to hype a great directory I've recently come across, Umdum Web Directory. This is a fairly new directory which means you won't find any web-rot or ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/02/07/umdum-web-directory-review/ SEO companies have a dirty little secret, and it really gets on my nerves.  Most people usually sign it without giving it a second though, but the non-disclosure agreement is the secret weapon of the SEO world.  Why are they required and what purpose do they serve?  Well, I hope ... http://www.internetmarketingherald.com/2007/01/28/non-disclosure-and-seo-companies/