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Google Search in Disrepair? Comments From WebMetro’s McCarthy
ADOTAS – The easy answer is no — Google’s search is not in disrepair. But that doesn’t mean everything’s hunky dory, especially as SEO-gamed junk clutters the search space. Conductor’s Seth Dotterer, 15miles’ Mike Flanagan, Searchmetrics’ Horst Joepen and BrightEdge’s Jim Yu have all contemplated the what lies ahead for search engines [...] more...
Defusing a SEO bomb after it goes off
ADOTAS — At 3 pm on a Friday, I received a phone call from a public relations agency regarding a crisis management issue. Within a few days, the local press would release a negative story about the agency’s client. Apparently, a former employee was going to air some dirty laundry regarding [...] more...
Goldilocks and the 3 eCommerce Clients
ADOTAS — Once upon a time there were 3 midsized clients that elected to develop their eCommerce websites on a shoestring budget. As Goldilocks tried to market these 3 clients websites using SEO and paid search, she quickly found out their decisions to be…well…frugal is the word that came back [...] more...
Trust Me – I’m a Professional … SEO
ADOTAS — At WebMetro we typically provide SEO Action Plans as part of campaigns. As the name implies, an SEO Action Plan is a strategic plan to achieve the ranking, traffic and return on investment objectives from the SEO campaign. Typically our SEO Action Plans are 90-days in duration, but [...] more...
No SEM Value Meals Sold Here
ADOTAS — The other day I followed up with a company that I spoke to earlier about creating a paid search campaign. This company, located in southern California, is an original equipment manufacturer that primarily sells to other businesses within the state. While this company could sell their products outside of [...] more...
Building Brands One Non-Branded Keyword at a Time
ADOTAS — I never believed search built brands until recently. To me brands are usually built by basic brand pillars or attributes such as service, quality or innovation, yet often comprise critically important differentiation intangibles such as feelings and experiences. These feelings and experiences are developed and communicated by brand advertisements. [...] more...
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- Infographic: HootSuite Analyses Social Media Impact of Super Bowl Ads February 7th 2012 ADOTAS - So, it’s the Tuesday after the Super Bowl, [...] more »
- Facebook to Serve Mobile Ads in Coming Weeks February 6th 2012 ADOTAS – According to a Financial Times report, Facebook will [...] more »
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Sponsormob Leads the Way Into RTB for MobileADOTAS – For more than half a decade, Berlin-based tech firm Sponsormob has remained relevant in an industry characterized by [...] more...
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