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Google Mobile Search App Just Got Better

Published on 2012-05-25 17:43:16

The May 23, 2012 update of the Google Search App for iPhone introduced multiple new features that will both simplify the way users experience the app and expand the capabilities through a vibrant re-imagined image viewer. Everything about the new edition of the app was dedicated to create a smoother, sleeker and more efficient version [...] > read more

Thought Leadership “Links” to SEO: Gain Powerful Natural Links Through Respect & Reputation

Published on 2012-05-25 14:22:36

Thought Leadership Defined Today’s brands can no longer rely on push marketing and traditional advertising.  Consumers demand transparency and seek brands that prove themselves as thought leaders in their space.  A thought leader can be defined as an individual or entity that differentiates themselves in a given space by being innovative and developing unique compelling [...] > read more

Yahoo Axis Redefines Search & Browsing

Published on 2012-05-25 11:20:16

Can a search platform really change your web browsing experience? Until now, many would say that search has been a means for them to simply find their desired results, but this may soon change with the introduction of Yahoo Axis; a new visualized search and browsing experience connected among all of a user’s devices. The [...] > read more

Internet Marketing Inc. Names Ben Norton New President & COO

Published on 2012-05-24 17:09:22

Dear Valued IMI Blog Readers, Here is a special preview of a press release going out this week.  It reads like a press release and not a blog but still valuable information! > read more

Building a Popular Site with Quality Content

Published on 2012-05-24 14:14:13

In an online world that is constantly changing with new Panda and Google Algorithms, content has never been more important than it is now. For internet marketing companies, quality content is now the difference between having a successful page and having that page de-indexed. Having good content on your site has many benefits to it [...] > read more

What Does Facebook’s IPO Mean for Social Media

Published on 2012-05-18 16:48:43

With its expected IPO of $16 billion, Facebook now has a big question in front of them. Where to next? With rumors floating around of the tech company simply being a fad among internet users, it begs the question of how the social network will remain on top in such a dynamic industry, and what [...] > read more

Using Social Media for B2B Marketing [STUDY]

Published on 2012-05-17 17:20:55

Perhaps you recall reading an earlier post about the marketer’s perspective on social media. Here we gave you an inside look as to how internet marketers view the social media scene for business-to-consumer marketing. Now courtesy of social media examiner, more than 1,900 business-to-business (B2B) marketers has given us further insight into how they’re utilizing [...] > read more

3 SEO Opportunity Tactics with the New Google Knowledge Graph

Published on 2012-05-17 02:48:56

Google has just announced the future release of Google Knowledge Graph less than 24 hours ago as they have posted about it on the Google Blog. I immediately did a search query and definitely has not yet seen the knowledge graph implemented on Google from my view as how they presented it in the introduction [...] > read more

Google’s Knowledge Graph Changes The Future Of Search

Published on 2012-05-16 15:48:18

The future of Google Search is finally here—and it’s smarter than ever. Google now prefers “Knowledge Graph,” which works with the user to understand exactly what you meant by your search query. For example, type any word like “Apple” into the search bar and a new window will appear on the right side of your [...] > read more

Facebook Reaches Out to Marketers Advising Them to Post About Their Brand

Published on 2012-05-16 14:46:04

Internet marketing companies can appreciate the potential of increasing brand awareness through social media platforms such as Facebook. Now facebook is now taking things a step further by encouraging marketers to use their brand pages more efficiently. Facebook analyzed postings for 23 brands’ pages for a little over a month and determined a seemingly simple, [...] > read more

Best Time To Post Links On Facebook & Twitter For Maximum Reach

Published on 2012-05-11 14:13:19

Ever wonder why some Facebook posts and Twitter tweets don’t have as much reach as others? While, this is actually due to a number of factors such as quality of content, topic of discussion, expertise on the topic, and many more but perhaps one factor you may not have considered is the timing of your [...] > read more

Bing’s Social Sidebar Goes Live

Published on 2012-05-10 17:07:12

Bing announced another launch and redesign of their search engine today. After making their search results cleaner and more accessible last week, Bing is turning its focus to a social search experience. So what is Bing offering besides new PPC advertising and display marketing tactics? Over the next few weeks before Bing officially goes live with [...] > read more

Social Reader Apps Decline, Engagement Level Is Up

Published on 2012-05-10 16:27:12

Facebook social reader apps have plummeted, but why? BuzzFeed posted today that popular publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian UK and Daily Motion who have social reader apps are declining rapidly. For example, the Washington Post grew its social reader to nearly 18 million users last month and that number has tanked to [...] > read more

Facebook Adds Socially Conscious “Organ Donor” Initiative

Published on 2012-05-04 16:06:53

Social media giant Facebook has upped its social responsibility initiative to include an “organ donor status” on the Timeline. There are more than 114,000 people in the U.S. in addition to millions more around the world that are in need of a heart, liver or kidney transplant. Unfortunately, an average of 18 people per day [...] > read more

Facebook Roadshow Presents Huge Opportunities for Internet Marketing

Published on 2012-05-04 14:20:10

For all of us who can’t seem to avoid being sucked into the world of Facebook every time we go on our computers, it comes as big news that the company is going public as an IPO. Recently, Facebook has presented its roadshow and has made its future intentions known. Among the most important for [...] > read more

Bing Reveals A Clean, New Search Results Page Design

Published on 2012-05-03 09:55:19

If you haven’t used Bing within the past day and a half then you probably haven’t noticed the new design change on the search results page. In order to “find the results you want faster” Bing is giving us a brief look at their one of many redesigns. The approach Bing has taken is a [...] > read more

Klout Scores Answer the Question of How Influential You Really are Online

Published on 2012-05-01 16:10:39

If you aren’t familiar with Klout scores, let me fill you in on the hype. This two year old start up company based in San Francisco works to measure one’s influence through various social media platforms. Their system for ranking people is just starting to catch on in in. Klout scores range from 1 to [...] > read more

5 Ways To Avoid The Penguin Update

Published on 2012-04-30 16:12:55

Last week on April 24, Google released another update to it’s search algorithm, officially named the Penguin update. According to Google Blog: “We’re launching an important algorithm change targeted at webspam. The change will decrease rankings for sites that we believe are violating Google’s quality guidelines. This algorithm represents another step in our efforts to reduce webspam and promote [...] > read more

Google’s 2012 Spring Cleaning Product List

Published on 2012-04-27 18:26:42

A few days ago Google made an announcement that they were doing some “spring-cleaning”. The process entails taking old or low usage products and either putting an end to them or combining them with another product. This will allow the Google team to focus on different opportunities and other exciting new products. In case you [...] > read more

Google’s Local Location Box Disappears – UI Update

Published on 2012-04-26 20:27:06

Looks like Google is not only playing around with the Google Pengiun Update, but also doing some User Interface changes. This could be some A/B test that Google is running that only a selected number of people see at random. The screenshot above was taken on April 26, 2012 at 6:10pm. Here are a few [...] > read more

YouTube Agrees To Terms with MGM, Paramount

Published on 2012-04-19 13:12:26

Video agencies, movie critics, and SEM companies take note because if you haven’t heard from internet marketing that YouTube has added over 500 new movies from Paramount Pictures and an additional 600 titles from MGM. This now brings the grand total to six major movie studios, 10 other independent studios, and over 9,500 movies available [...] > read more

BranchOut vs. LinkedIn: Who Will Fare As Networking Leader in the Social World?

Published on 2012-04-18 13:14:18

We should all be familiar with the professional networking site, LinkedIn, as our go to for recruiting and company inquiries. For many years it was one of the only social networking platforms that really catered to the job search market (eliminating photo sharing and status updates like its biggest competitors in the social world, Facebook [...] > read more

Top Search Engines, Social Media Sites and Ecommerce Sites in China

Published on 2012-04-18 08:00:47

In most countries Google is the top search engine. Google leads in market share by a very large margin where it usually holds about 60 to 70 percent year after year. On the social media side, the top social networking site (SNS) is Facebook. It is the most widely used social network that anyone that wants [...] > read more

Top 15 SEO Memes of All Time

Published on 2012-04-17 12:53:35

What’s a meme? Memes are essentially web comics. Usually they consist of a person, animal, or object that people make a comic around. Memes have tag lines or specific personality that is unique to itself. Below is a compilation of the 15 best SEO memes of all time from all around the web. Enjoy! The [...] > read more

Google Remains Strong Through Q1 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Published on 2012-04-15 10:57:23

Despite all of the negative media about Google in the past few months regarding its privacy policy, the search giant has just reported $10.65 billion in revenues through the first quarter of 2012. That’s a 24% increase from Q1 last year. The main driving force behind Google’s revenue increase was the 39% increase in aggregate paid [...] > read more

3 Ways to Create Hype about Your Next Big Event through Social Media

Published on 2012-04-13 15:21:07

It is no secret that social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have grabbed the attention of millions of consumers when it comes to the social scene. This is why event marketers and planners should be considering the viral networks in order to spread word of mouth and create buzz about their next big [...] > read more

Facebook Buys Instagram for a Hefty Price Tag

Published on 2012-04-12 15:19:07

If you haven’t been keeping up in the exciting developments in the social media world, you should know that Facebook has acquired Instagram. However, this is no small acquisition. This move cost Facebook a whopping $1 Billion dollars in stocks and cash. Is it worth the money? Well, this is a very strategic move for [...] > read more

Emergencies & Natural Disaster Warnings through Social Media

Published on 2012-04-11 16:25:28

With more than 66% of adult online users now connected to one or more social media platforms, it is no wonder why news and media now travels faster than ever before. People keep in touch, follow their favorite celebrities, and listen to their favorite news source. So what is the next big social influencer? Emergency and [...] > read more

Marketers Learn Lesson From Facebook’s Instagram Acquisition

Published on 2012-04-11 15:32:50

Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram has created quite a buzz in the online world. From the exorbitant valuation of the deal to the competitive motivation to make the transaction, Facebook has taught internet marketing a few lessons in content creation versus content distribution. Before Facebook acquired Instagram, the site was exclusively a way to distribute information. With [...] > read more

Marketers Perspective on the Social Media Industry [STUDY]

Published on 2012-04-05 14:35:36

Social Media Examiner released this week their fourth annual social media study, which has grabbed the attention of more than 3,800 marketers to tell us where they see the future of social media activities heading. It is stated in the report that an overwhelming majority of 94% say they use social media in order to [...] > read more

Instagram Now Available For Android Users

Published on 2012-04-05 14:23:10

Long-awaited photography application Instagram is now available for Android users via download from Google Play. The app, previously exclusive to iPhone users for free, hit 27 million users last month. That number is pretty impressive as it was only available to IOS users until now. The application allows you to apply professional edits to your [...] > read more

Yahoo! Cuts 2,000, Lawsuit against Facebook Begins

Published on 2012-04-04 15:14:13

As part of the change at Yahoo, they announced today that roughly 2,000 people with be terminated or phased out from their daily activities. The intention is to focus their efforts on maintaining true to their core competencies of growth and profitability. The heaviest losses will come from Yahoo’s product division – the division run [...] > read more

The Silver Screen Coming to YouTube

Published on 2012-04-03 14:31:47

Once Google acquired YouTube, we all knew YouTube was going to grow and grow. We just didn’t know how much and in what direction. Frankly, we still probably don’t know. But today we get a glimpse into part of YouTube’s future, movies. That’s right; YouTube and Google Play are becoming a new platform for renting [...] > read more

Stay Above the Fold: Use Free Tools to Improve Your Website’s Usability

Published on 2012-03-29 16:36:44

A phrase that is thrown around a lot in digital marketing is “above the fold”. Traditionally, this is a term referring to the importance of placing items on the upper half of the front page of a newspaper. Translated into Internet terms, the fold is used to refer to the information that shows within the [...] > read more

Can Twitter Can Predict Stock Market Winners and Losers?

Published on 2012-03-23 16:59:38

A recent study by Vagelis Hristidis and his team at University of California at Riverside suggests that Twitter is cracking the secret code of the stock market. There are 340 million Twitter posts per day. The study shows that the companies that are discussed the most perform stronger in the stock market. The number of [...] > read more

Pinterest in the Classroom?

Published on 2012-03-22 16:56:10

Many web marketing companies have taken the growing popularity of Pinterest as an opportunity for a link building strategy; teachers see another use for it. The typical classroom lecture tends to become very boring for students as the teacher drones on and on about a single topic. It’s hard to maintain the students’ attention for [...] > read more

Twitter Tweets Targeted Treats Today

Published on 2012-03-20 16:37:30

Did you use Twitter on your phone this morning and notice anything different? A tweet from Twitter’s advertising blog made an announcement that they have begun testing Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts across all Android and iOS mobile social media devices. Word of the “internet marketing on the go” announcement came earlier last month and [...] > read more

Google Launches Codeword “Venice” Update

Published on 2012-03-19 16:32:44

Lookout internet marketing companies, last month Google released details on 40 algorithm changes for its search engine, including one that was titled “Codename: Venice”. Two changes caught our eye and directly affect the way search is becoming more localized. Here are the two snippets from Google’s announcement: “Improvements to ranking for local search results. [launch codename [...] > read more

Understanding Social Media Demographics [INFOGRAPHIC]

Published on 2012-03-15 15:00:44

With courtesy to Online MBA, internet marketing companies everywhere should take note and analyze the infographic below in order to better understand where we stand now in terms of social media and which platforms offer the greatest opportunity. Did you know that over 66% of all adult online users are connected to one or more [...] > read more

Essential Apps for NCAA March Madness

Published on 2012-03-14 15:30:41

Only March holds the tournament to end all tournaments for Division 1 Men’s Basketball. 64 teams take the court in a single elimination tournament to determine who the best in the nation is. Fans all over the country put together mock tournament brackets based on their predictions of who will win. Games will be the [...] > read more

Pinterest Data You Can’t Ignore: The Ultimate Guide to Pinterest [infographic]

Published on 2012-03-13 02:00:41

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the past few months, you’ve probably heard about the up and coming image sharing website known as Pinterest. For those unfamiliar with Pinterest, it’s quite simple. Imagine if Flickr and Twitter had a child together that combined the image sharing of Flickr with the social functionality of Twitter. [...] > read more

Google Play Gateway & “Flavor of the Week” Promotion

Published on 2012-03-07 13:47:42

As we welcome Google Play into the family of music lets take a moment to explore some of the possibilities. For example if you love sharing things with friends and family Google Play’s coolest feature is the compatibility to play through mobile devices, software, and social media at any time or place. Google Play is [...] > read more

Facebook May Be The New Background Check

Published on 2012-03-06 17:37:27

Cross your fingers new applicants. Whether your applying for a new job or the college of your dreams, applicants have a new consideration. If you were worried whether that misdemeanor you committed when you were 15 is going to show up on your background check, employers and college admissions are now demanding full Facebook access from job [...] > read more

Introducing Google Play, Watch out Apple iTunes

Published on 2012-03-06 12:59:29

In the industry of internet marketing it’s important to stay in the know about the latest technologies and releases. Now our music, movies, books, and apps are all in one place; surprising Google did not come out with this sooner. But to better ease our entertainment purposes, Google announced yesterday the release of Google Play. [...] > read more

6 Important Facebook Changes for Businesses

Published on 2012-03-05 11:15:55

As we all have noticed, Timelines are starting to take over Facebook. In due time, everyone will be forced to convert to this format. Timeline comes with many new changes that will affect all Facebook users. It is important for businesses and top marketing firms to prepare and adjust their Facebook social media campaigns to [...] > read more

Instagram vs. Pinterest: How To Tell Your Brand’s Story

Published on 2012-03-01 17:10:39

With all the buzz on the newest social media platform, Pinterest, internet marketers everywhere should be paying close attention to which sites are grabbing the most attention and bringing in the biggest ROI. So which picture-sharing addicting platform is in the closest running against Pinterest? The answer is not necessarily in a platform, but a [...] > read more

LinkedIn Launches New Follow Company Button

Published on 2012-03-01 16:21:05

Watchout Twitter, LinkedIn has just launched its “follow” company button. LinkedIn’s goal is to make it easier for consumers to stay up to date with their favorite companies, seek job opportunities, or watch competitors and industry trends. According to Hani Durzy, LinkedIn‘s director of corporate communications, “The Follow Company button makes it easy for the more than two [...] > read more

New: Facebook Timeline For Brand Pages

Published on 2012-03-01 08:38:24

The Facebook Timeline is now available for brand pages. What does this mean for brands? There is a huge opportunity to be taken advantage of—an opportunity to engage consumers with timeline stories and creative content. However, there are dangerous pitfalls for brands to be aware of when optimizing these new features. Ian Schaefer, CEO of [...] > read more

Twitter & NBA’s Very Special Kind of Bird – Larry

Published on 2012-02-29 16:54:06

It may come as a surprise to you that yes, even those of us who sit behind a desk all day at the best internet marketing company actually do read things other then excel and data sheets. I recently read an article about the relationship between Twitter & the NBA. It seems their relationship has taken a [...] > read more

How prepared are the Top 10 Fortune 500 companies in running a Mobile Website?

Published on 2012-02-29 16:22:36

How many times have you accessed the web through your smart phone lately?  I bet you can’t even keep track of it.  Consumers are believed to be madly in love of their smartphones these days.  In the past few years, we have seen a huge increase on sales of smartphones worldwide.  According to Jason Spero, [...] > read more

Five Breakthrough Social Media Campaigns

Published on 2012-02-27 11:03:06

Just because a company doesn’t have the largest advertising budget doesn’t mean they can’t stand out against their competitors. You don’t have to be running an extremely expensive ad campaign to reach consumers. Social media internet marketing campaigns can provide a far more affordable outlet to differentiate your company from competition. Facebook and Twitter pages [...] > read more

Smart, Organic Content Prevails Once Again

Published on 2012-02-24 15:08:53

Advertisers will find it a little harder to reach consumers with their sem services. In conjunction with the introduction of Search Plus by Google earlier this year, the ability of users to block sites from their search results was discontinued. Listed in search results was an option to “block all” from a specific site. The feature [...] > read more

The Pros and Cons of Cookies: A Google Story

Published on 2012-02-23 13:50:01

Last Friday, search engine giant Google Inc. was exposed by the Wall Street Journal in a privacy scandal which some call “cookiegate” involving cookies being installed onto Apple’s browser Safari. The problem is that Google knowingly circumvented Safari’s browser settings in order to install cookies even when users opt for the “no third party cookies” setting. [...] > read more

Is LinkedIn Your Best Go-To For Job Recruiting?

Published on 2012-02-23 13:00:35

As of last week, LinkedIn has reported outstanding financial reports, including a near 20% jump in stock in just one day. Reports from the fourth quarter of 2011 tell us the social networking site experienced a 105% increase in revenue in comparison to fourth quarter results of 2010. LinkedIn ended the fiscal year with approximately [...] > read more

Google Expands and Updates Sitelinks

Published on 2012-02-22 13:42:15

Ready for a fresh new twist on Google ad sitelinks? Ok maybe not that big of a change but Google is tweaking their ad sitelinks that will look a little different to those who are familiar with it. The focus behind the change is to deliver focused and better quality clicks. Good news for pay [...] > read more

The Best – Most Innovative Companies

Published on 2012-02-22 13:37:55

Today businesses have become part of our daily lives, help us get through the day, and have become intertwined into our society. Companies today affect our culture, how we behave socially, and what we expect from the next big thing. Some of these companies we see everyday around us but take their presence for granted. [...] > read more

Countering Negativity Online, HelloGiggles Creates a Positive Online Community for Women

Published on 2012-02-21 13:34:12

As avid online readers, bloggers, and critics, we are well aware of all the negativity people choose to write and comment on a variety of websites and blogs. Even if an article or blog post is on the positive side, the comments can turn unconstructive and negative fast. This is why founders Zooey Deschanel, Molly [...] > read more

Twitter Partners With Top Russian Search Engine, Yandex

Published on 2012-02-20 13:23:13

Twitter recently slammed Google for allowing the Google+ results to show up in the search engines through its “Search Plus Your World” update. Recently, Twitter partnered with Google’s Russian rival Yandex to make tweets available on the search engine almost instantaneously. One of the main concerns for Twitter is that news breaks first on Twitter, [...] > read more

New Apple Operating System OS X Mountain Lion Released for Developers

Published on 2012-02-16 16:00:31

Apple is releasing a preview of their new operating system, Mountain Lion, for developers today. Now, Mountain Lion isn’t finished yet, it should be released during this summer for users, but this preview still provides a lot of insight into the new software that will be running on Apple platforms. There will be a lot [...] > read more

Google Health Search Will Now Suggest Causes & Symptoms

Published on 2012-02-16 15:53:03

Make room WebMD as the 100 million monthly US users searching for health related information will now see an up and close search query that focuses on shortening search times for symptom related searches and the possible remedy for their medical condition. Roni Zeiger, Google’s Chief Health Strategist says the move to a better health [...] > read more

Keeping Up With The Future Of Online Advertising

Published on 2012-02-16 11:00:57

As 2012 marks the first year in history that marketers will spend more in online advertising than print, web marketing strategies are more important than ever. Through various SEM services, like search engine optimization of keywords and content, your website can keep up with the future of advertising. The first hurdle is creating content that [...] > read more

The Impact of Internet Marketing on Valentine’s Day

Published on 2012-02-15 15:10:07

After the sea of chocolate wrappers, heart shaped cards, bouquets of flower, and listening to “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston fifty times, comes the inevitable Valentine’s day hangover. While some people may never want to search the words Valentine’s day again, Google has provided some very interesting consumer insights regarding Valentine’s day 2012. According [...] > read more

How To Utilize Facebook Timeline For Your Brand

Published on 2012-02-15 15:01:38

While all individual users of Facebook are being coerced into the switch to Timeline for their personal profiles, sources say it is only a matter of time before brand pages too make the transition. Some say February 29th is the expected date that Timeline will be released to Facebook Brand Pages. In the likelihood of [...] > read more

Facebook as the Next E-Commerce Platform

Published on 2012-02-13 15:03:58

Fifteen days ago Facebook filed for its initial public offering. The anticipation of this moment has been huge. New opportunities for this social networking website can become very significant for companies and their products. The Facebook IPO promises to give their site the leading e-commerce platform on the Internet.  Their impressive 800 million registered users [...] > read more

Pinterest’s Potential To Employers and Job Searchers

Published on 2012-02-13 14:30:43

Pinterest has recently exploded onto the social media scene as the newest networking platform. Many people use it as a cute way to post interesting recipes, hairstyles and trends. But just as you’ve finally gotten a hold on optimizing your Facebook and Twitter pages, Pinterest poses a new way to make connections in the business [...] > read more

Save Your Valentine’s Day with Mobile Apps

Published on 2012-02-13 11:20:40

Valentine’s Day is just around corner, seriously just a few hours around the corner. Are you ready to give your love the magical day they deserve? Are you expecting to be swept off your feet but scared your significant other will fail your expectations? Maybe you have a secret crush that you want to sweep [...] > read more

Attention SEM Companies and Internet Users: Google Remains the #1 Traffic Source for Top Websites

Published on 2012-02-09 12:07:24

In a report released by Citi analyst, Mark Mahaney, Google is found to be the leading source of traffic for 23 of the top 30 websites. This report examines visits to the top five websites in specified niches such as Media, Retail, Travel, Auto, Finance and Health. From January 2010 to January 2012 Media decreased [...] > read more

Should Pinterest Be Your Next Big Social Media Driver?

Published on 2012-02-07 12:01:26

With so much buzz about the hot new trend of “pinning”, we as an internet marketing company should ask ourselves if we should jump on the bandwagon too. Pinterest, an online bulletin board used to organize and share your favorite images, is beginning to drive a noteworthy amount of traffic (more than Youtube, Google+ and [...] > read more

Are your Target Keywords Driving Traffic to Your Site?

Published on 2011-06-30 13:35:13

Often times SEO companies will target a list of keywords for optimization. Month over month you will get ranking reports showing how you are doing in the various search results pages (SERPs). Even when tied to overall traffic numbers, or branded vs. > read more

Internet Marketing Inc. Moves to a New Office Due to Rapid Growth

Published on 2011-06-23 18:04:23

Internet Marketing Inc., an industry leading integrated online marketing agency, recently signed a lease for 8,000 square feet at Cush Plaza Scripps Ranch, a new class A office building in San Diego. On June 16, 2011, through CB Richard Ellis, Intern > read more

Google changes the PPC playing field

Published on 2011-05-16 18:32:48

Google recently launched an expansion of their Instant Preview function.  In November of last year you were able to see a preview of the websites that showed up in search results page.  There was an icon of a magnifying glass called a “spygla > read more

Google +1: Will Sharing Search Engine Results Help Google Boost Their “Social” Personality?

Published on 2011-04-15 17:43:32

Google recently launched their +1 button, a new way to recommend people you know, pages or search results you think they should check out. As Google puts it: “Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval.” So what is happening with > read more

Gmail Motion – New Internet Technology that Works as a Video Game

Published on 2011-04-01 14:15:15

This is probably one of the most articulated and imaginative jokes that Google has put out there in recent years for April fool’s.  Gmail Motion supposedly gives a new fresh twist to people’s email experience by adding body motion to all email a > read more

5 Reasons Why Acquisio is the Best PPC Management Software

Published on 2011-03-08 14:16:01

At Internet Marketing Inc. we have tested many different bid management tools and PPC management software solutions.  For the past year our agency has been using Acquisio to manage all of our clients’ pay per click advertising and social med > read more

Six Steps for Choosing the Right Website Design & Development Partner

Published on 2011-02-14 14:06:33

Embarking on a custom website design or redesign project is not to be taken lightly. Both the monetary and time commitments are large. Yet once completed, the impact of a new website design can last for years! The following six steps will help you se > read more

SEO Consulting – 5 Ways to Create a Winning Relationship

Published on 2011-01-11 13:16:57

It is very common that medium size and large business have in-house resources for SEO, SEM, and website development.  Even with great in-house resources, there are usually so many “projects” going on that it is beneficial to bring in exp > read more

San Diego Convention & Visitor’s Bureau (ConVis) E-Commerce Summit

Published on 2010-12-07 14:33:14

Thanks Brent for the earlier blog post about the 6th Annual San Diego E-Commerce Summit announcing IMI’s participation where I presented in an SEO workshop. The announcement was a bit late where the SEO workshop was not originally in the even > read more

6th Annual San Diego E-Commerce Summit with Benj Arriola

Published on 2010-11-29 18:43:08

We are proud to announce that IMI’s SEO Director Benj Arriola has been asked to be the ONLY SEO presenter at the 6th Annual E-commerce Summit on Thursday December 2nd at the Handerly Hotel in MIssion Valley.  Learn More at E-commerce Summit > read more

Online Reputation Management for Medium and Large Businesses

Published on 2010-11-22 12:51:48

As we know, the web is pretty much the first place people do their research about products, services, people, and even companies.  Your customers are out there looking for you but are you in control of what they are finding?  Effectively managing y > read more

Google Place Search Feature – How This Change Affects Local Businesses

Published on 2010-11-10 14:33:23

Thanks to Google, now it’s easier than ever to find the closest burrito to you.  The new Place Search feature changes the way local businesses appear on Google’s search engine result pages.  So if you’re searching for a place in San Diego to > read more

Is Extra Data Costing Your Website Millions?

Published on 2010-11-08 12:28:12

Simply deleting extra data fields on your website can potentially save you millions, as shown in the article “Expedia on How One Extra Data Field Can Cost $12 M“. Expedia utilizes SAS® predictive analytics, which helps them understand their > read more

Good Onpage SEO Makes Offpage SEO Easier – More at Pubcon 2010 Vegas

Published on 2010-11-08 09:57:21

As many people view how SEO is, many say it is all about the links. I have to agree to that to some extent. And of course, it is not all about the quantity, but also the quality. But that is not what I am going to talk about. I will talk more on onpa > read more

Internet Marketing Inc. & The Naval Special Warfare Foundation

Published on 2010-11-01 16:58:38

Come join us at Dick’s Last Resort on Wednesday Novemeber 10th in downtown San Diego for the annual Naval Special Warfare Foundation fundraiser! On November 10, 2010, Dick’s Last Resort will host a fundraising event for the Naval Special War > read more

Foundational Link Building – SEMCon 2010 Presentation Video

Published on 2010-10-15 01:13:09

In this presentation, I focus a lot on the tell-tale signs of artificial link building, something that Google and other search engines are not really in favor of, even if links are a very influential factor in search engine ranking. Search engines ha > read more

Changes To The Google AdWords Keyword Tool

Published on 2010-10-11 12:01:15

The simplification of the Google AdWord Keyword Tool, as expressed in the article, “R.I.P. Google Keyword Tool. Long Live SEO!“  creates a burning question to marketers who rely on this toolbar:  How does this change our process? Many h > read more