Hashtags are widely used in Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other social media websites, and are referred to by blogs, news websites and commercial websites. People are using hashtags in order to promote an idea or a concept. Social media marketers are using hashtags to promote their posts so when readers are clicking those hashtags, they […]
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ChaCha: The Answer to Your Burning Questions
As written for Social Media Today One needn’t look further than last month’s announcement from LinkedIn to learn the business of Q&A search isn’t an easy one. The company pulled the plug on LinkedIn Answers, its Quora-like Q&A service, on Jan. 31. Speaking of which, just Just Quora-search “Things Contributing to the Decline in Quora” to figure out the story […]
Human-Influenced Search – Interview with Blekko CTO, Greg Lindahl
As published on Technorati Human Touch Data Years ago the federal government launched a project where they had millions of documents that needed to be assessed and then declassified. It was much too large a job for human curation, so a method needed to be designed and implemented that would assure one hundred percent accuracy […]
The 3 Types of Internet Search
As published in Business2Community Understanding Consumer Search Behavior If you are looking to rank well in the search engine results (SERPs) it’s important to understand how and why people search in the first place. Knowing this will allow you to create content tailored for your target consumer search queries. Fortunately, lots of experts have studied […]
Better Blogging: People Don’t Read, They “Scan.”
As written for and published by Business2Community.com Make Your Blog Articles Scannable People don’t read, they scan. This was once said by Jakob Nielson, an expert in the field of user-friendly Web design. I’d like to think I’m different, but I’m not. When I read a blog I will quickly scroll down the page looking for […]
Good Content Deserves Good SEO [Part 2] – Article Headings
SEO Strategy for Titles and Headings As published in Business2Community When it comes to search engine optimization strategy, there are two fundamental areas where we as authors can directly impact our search engine ranking effectiveness–title tags and article headings. In part two of this two part series, “Good Content Deserves Good SEO,” we focus on article […]
Good Content Deserves Good SEO [Part 1] – Title Tags
SEO Strategy for Titles and Headings As published in Business2Community When it comes to SEO strategy, there are two fundamental areas where we as authors can directly impact our search engine ranking effectiveness–Title tags and article headings. In part one of this two part series, “Good Content Deserves Good SEO,” we focus on article title tags. […]
Search Tips: Fly Cheap
Search Tips Traveling by air has become an adventure and one can get the best out of it by being in “the know.”Fierce competition among airlines and an increased number or flights as well as options just means added benefits for passengers. There are ways and means of making considerable savings on airfares. Here are […]