Archive for March, 2011


Showcase of Automobiles Brand Pages in Facebook

Catch the 35+ eye-catching Facebook Brand Pages. some of them inspired us to create cool Facebook masterpiece.

We are happy to hear more from you. Let us know if we missed any Automobiles Brand Pages

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Modern Websites from Romania

ASER began its journey in 1998 and in 12 years they have built an association that gives students the opportunity to express their point of view and make their voices heard, to fulfill their dreams. They are Change makers through everything they do.

Change Makers

Miki

This beautiful, modern and multicolored website is owned by singer, “Miki”.

Miki

Visualia

Visualia is a beautiful and somewhat minimal website owned by a design studio.

Visualia

EA Web Design

EA is an elegant and nice-looking website, owned by a design-studio called EA Design.

EA Web Design

Inestetic

This website is a beautiful, modern, elegant and vibrant design studio called Inestetic.

Inestetic

StudioWEBER

StudioWEBER is a fast growing Romanian Web Design Firm specializing in visually stimulating websites. Whether you are seeking to establish your organization’s first site or looking to update your existing one, StudioWEBER is the company to choose.

StudioWEBER

Inarta

Inarta is a beautiful, elegant and sleek website owned by a photography agency that offers a wide range of services.

Inarta

Kanvas

Kanvas is a beautiful, elegant, vibrant, modern and great website owned by a design studio called Kanvas.

Kanvas

Al piano

Al piano is a very beautiful website with a nice-looking background, owned by a Romanian pizza restaurant.

Al piano

Sveatoslav

Sveatoslav Art Studio is a unique design company offering a variety of services from basic Website Design to complete e-commerce website development.

Sveatoslav

Ecvet

Ecvet is a beautiful, image-backgrounded website owned by a vet association in Romania.

Ecvet

Act Studio

Act Studio is a young team of specialists from the IT field of Timisoara – Romania, a team that has the aim of taking the design and development of web and desktop applications to another level. They’re focused on the needs of their clients and strongly believe in teamwork.

Act Studio

Logivations

Logivations is a beautiful, elegant and corporate modern website.

Logivations

Source Beautiful Websites from Romania

Google’s recent algorithm update aimed at improving the quality of search results has captured a great deal of attention – both positive and negative. The general consensus seems to be that the results are in fact better now, but still not perfect.

Perfection will likely never be achieved, but there are still some glaring criticisms out there about Google’s most recent attempt.

What we know Google is looking at with the Panda update:

  • User comfort level in the trust area
  • Is it considered authoritative
  • Is the content quality good enough for print?
  • Are there too many ads?
  • We know Google has its definition of what could be considered low quality
  • Google looks at feedback, at least to some extent

How to Determine a Valuable Backlink Opportunity

How can you determine whether a site you’re trying to gain a link from is valuable?

Here are some “warning” signs as to what Google may have or eventually deem as a low-quality site.

  • Lots of ads. If the site is covered with five blocks of AdSense, Konterra text links, or other advertising chunks, you might want to steer away from them.
  • Lack of quality content. If you can get your article approved immediately, chances are this isn’t the right article network for your needs. If the article network is approving spun or poorly written content, it will be hard for the algorithm to see your “diamond in the rough.” Of course, when a site like Suite101.com, which has one hell of an editorial process, gets dinged, then extreme moderation may not necessarily be a sign of a safe site either (in their case, ads were the more likely issue).
  • Lots of content, low traffic. A blog with a Google PageRank of 6 probably looks like a great place to spam a comment. But if that blog doesn’t have good authority in terms of traffic and social sharing, then it may be put on the list of sites to be de-valued in the future. PageRank didn’t save some of the sites in the Panda update, considering there are several sites with PageRank 7 and above (including a PR 9).
  • Lack of moderation. Kind of goes with the above, except in this case I mean blog comments and directories. If you see a ton of spammy links on a page, you don’t want yours to go next to it. Unless you consider it a spammy link, and then more power to you to join the rest of them.

What Should You Be Doing

Content, of course! Nine in 10 organizations use blogs, whitepapers, webinars, infographics, and other high quality content to leverage for link building and to attract natural, organic links.

Not only can use your content to build links, but you can use it to build leads as well by proving the business knows their stuff when it comes to their industry.

You can read the fullWired Q&A here.

What are QR codes and how can they help your business? Keep reading to find out.

Quick Response codes (QR codes) and other two-dimensional codes are expected to achieve widespread use this year – and for good reason. Consumers want immediate access to what’s relevant and QR codes are being used to make that possible.

If you’re not yet familiar with QR codes, they’re similar to the barcodes used by retailers to track inventory and price products at the point of sale. The key difference between the two is the amount of data they can hold or share.

QR code to the Search Marketing Inc Homepage

When you scan or read a QR code with your iPhone, Android or other camera-enabled Smartphone, you can link to digital content on the web; activate a number of phone functions including email, IM and SMS; and connect the mobile device to a web browser.

The ability of QR codes is to connect people with each other and to multimedia digital content is very useful for businesses and consumers alike.

Bar codes are linear one-dimensional codes and can only hold up to 20 numerical digits, whereas QR codes are two-dimensional (2D) matrix barcodes that can hold thousands of alphanumeric characters of information. Their ability to hold more information and their ease of use makes them practical for small businesses.

How does the cell phone read the code?

The cell phone needs a QR code reader, like this one from Kaywa. It takes literally 1 minute for someone with an iPhone or Android phone to find and install the reader.

How can you use QR codes to benefit search marketing?

We are only just scratching the surface of how they will be used. We have added one to every business listing in our directory. Here are a few examples of how others are using them.

Will your customers use them?

Today, few may use them, but those that do will certainly appreciate your tech knowledge, and those that don’t will certainly be inquisitive, which may open the door for conversation and a potential sale. Those that do use QR codes will definitely have a high tech know-how and may be more receptive to your presence on the web, your Twitter presence, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube etc.

Add them to any print advertising, flyers, posters, invites, TV ads etc containing:

  • Product details
  • Contact details
  • Offer details
  • Event details
  • Competition details
  • A coupon
  • Twitter, Facebook, MySpace IDs
  • A link to your YouTube video

QR Codes could be used:

  • The back (or front and back) of your business card.
  • Your brochures and other marketing materials.
  • The sides of trucks and trailers.
  • Product tags and packaging
  • Convention and event nametags
  • Restaurant menus
  • Event ticket stubs
  • Point-of-sale receipts

Want to know more about QR codes? Contact Us

Keyword List Building 101

Keyword List Building 101

Some of sources used for the initial keyword research were:

  • The kickoff meeting with the client
  • A preliminary search of the major engines
  • Previous (or current) paid search campaigns
  • The advertiser’s site(s) and competitor sites
  • The advertiser’s site level web analytics systems
  • Engine and third party keyword suggestion tools
  • Keyword monitoring tools
  • SEO software
  • Competitive intelligence platforms
  • Industry research sites
  • Social media research tools

Here are some important things to keep in mind when building up your keyword list.

  • There’s no such thing as too many terms.
  • Do your own market research.
  • Use keyword suggestion tools again – keyword suggestion tools such as Google’s and WordTracker’s
  • Find jargon and slang.
  • Don’t forget misspellings or plurals.
  • Check the advertiser’s site again
  • Include brand and product names.
  • Don’t dismiss terms because you think they might be too expensive or didn’t work before.
  • Use competitor terms (you can still use them in Google).
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