Category: Business

Sales Tax Fairness, Advertising-Nexus Laws, and Common Sense

By , March 6, 2011

One of the “Advertising Nexus” tax bills (pending in the California legislature) is scheduled for hearing tomorrow (Monday) in Sacramento.  Yesterday, I found this editorial on the American Booksellers’ web site,  and was annoyed enough to write this reply: Read more »

Google’s “Farmer” Algorithm Update (Panda)

By , March 5, 2011

There’s been a flurry of SEO-related commentary over the past week, discussing Google’s most recent algorithm adjustments, which changed the results for about 12% of all search queries.  Internally, Google calls this the “Panda” update, but most observers call it the “Farmer update” for its impact on “content farms.”

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Test, test, and test your web site again!

By , January 9, 2011

Always test, test, test whenever you make any change to your web site. Read more »

Launching LessonIndex.com

By , January 5, 2011

In late October, an unexpected phone call revived my interest in the subject of “lesson plan resources for teachers.”  The first result of that inspiration is my newest web site, at LessonIndex.com. Read more »

Why Is a Privacy Policy Important?

By , November 10, 2010

A reader asked why I pointed out that certain directory sites lacked a privacy policy, in my “Affiliate Program Directories” page.

A privacy policy is one of the most basic requirements for any professional web site. If a web site doesn’t have a conspicuous link to a privacy policy, it simply isn’t very professional, and is less trustworthy. Read more »

Product Categorization (Taxonomy, Ontology)

By , October 27, 2010

Creating the right structure of categories and attributes for the products in your online store is a critical step that many online merchants ignore. Read more »

Counter-Intuitive Marketing

By , October 13, 2010

I first became interested in “internet marketing” in 1995 because I was an estate-planning attorney seeking clients.  One of my early lessons was that sometimes, marketing success can come from counter-intuitive strategies. Here’s an example. Read more »

Strategies for Optimizing AdWords Campaigns

By , October 12, 2010

I’ve optimized Google AdWords PPC-search campaigns for dozens of clients. I’ve been doing online marketing since 1997, paid search since 1999, and Google AdWords since the service launched. Read more »

It’s Too Late (Affiliate Marketing for Holiday Sales)

By , October 5, 2010

Yesterday, I turned away a prospective client with unreasonable expectations. He wanted me to help design and implement an “affiliate program” this month, with the goal of generating significant profits for the 2010 holiday season. I told him, “It’s too late.” Read more »

Start with PPC Search

By , October 5, 2010

PPC Search should be the cornerstone of all your online marketing efforts, because it can provide immediate results and immediate pin-point data to determine the effectiveness of the search campaigns: Read more »

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