http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog We share tips on search engine optimization, pay per click advertising, local search optimizing, and other tactics to improve your online presence. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:12:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/review-spelling-matters-site http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/review-spelling-matters-site#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 17:29:19 +0000 Tim http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=1369
Repeated comments attacking Justin Bieber on completely unrelated videos
Vile expressions of hatred
At least one commenter saying 'I'm only [insert age here] and I love [insert relatively older band]
Repeated comments attacking Lady Gaga on completely unrelated blogs
Repeated comments defending Justin Bieber and/or Lady Gaga
Trolling
And above all else, grammar, punctuation, and spelling that could make a third grade teacher weep for the future]]> http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/review-spelling-matters-site/feed 0 http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/express-review-by-site-tuners http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/express-review-by-site-tuners#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:01:41 +0000 George http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=917 web site design company, we decided it would be a good idea to try the Express Landing Page Optimization Review from Site Tuners.]]> http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/express-review-by-site-tuners/feed 1 http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/google-rolls-longer-meta-description-snippets http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/google-rolls-longer-meta-description-snippets#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:57:41 +0000 George http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=175 Google announced that they are rolling out longer meta description snippets for some keyword searches. The new feature will appear in search results for queries that are 3 words or longer and have a very specific intent. So for example, if you are searching for something like "Google Rolls Out Extended Snippets" you'll see some results that have longer meta description snippets (3 or 4 lines instead of only 2) like this:]]> http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/google-rolls-longer-meta-description-snippets/feed 3 http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/search-market-share-2008-google-grew-yahoo-microsoft-dropped-stabilized http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/search-market-share-2008-google-grew-yahoo-microsoft-dropped-stabilized#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:25:36 +0000 George http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/search-market-share-2008-google-grew-yahoo-microsoft-dropped-stabilized
What's even more interesting is that Google's profits are rising as well, even in this bad economy.  Microsoft, which has never ever had massive layoffs in it's history is laying off 5000 employees and Google actually posted an increase in profits in the last quarter of 08. Amazing.

Here's the story:

Search Market Share 2008: Google Grew, Yahoo & Microsoft Dropped & Stabilized]]> http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/search-market-share-2008-google-grew-yahoo-microsoft-dropped-stabilized/feed 0 http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/landing-page-hospitality http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/landing-page-hospitality#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:59:32 +0000 Nathan http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/?p=36 http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/landing-page-hospitality/feed 0 http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/importance-landing-page-keyword-synergy http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/importance-landing-page-keyword-synergy#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:38:54 +0000 Nathan http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/importance-landing-page-keyword-synergy idea that is central to core sensibilities of the business model. That is, usually, at root, how does this site make money? In many cases, when creating a site, a business was preexisting, while other times a business model is based on what new marketing models can offer - web traffic. Neither case is a bad model in and of itself, and likewise, neither approach guarantees success. More to the point though, nothing can guarantee success, but there are ways to get a leg up on competition and to better position a website for success.

First there are keywords. In the web world, and as I've said before, this is the cornerstone of the search game. Fine and dandy. But what happens with keywords? They can't just be stuffed into content and layered transparently in an attempt to game search engines. They can't just be placed anywhere any longer. In PPC you can bid on them, but even Yahoo has tried to deny random bidding strategies by implementing a minimum CPC for a site to advertise for certain keywords based on relevence. Google has been doing so for some time.]]> http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/importance-landing-page-keyword-synergy/feed 0