Thanks to the Cashback action of Microsoft Live search on eBay, I was able to purchase a brand new Canon ef100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens. I’ve been thinking of buying…dreaming of this lens for some time now, but was not able to put enough money aside for the purchase. [phpbay]canon 100mm macro lens, 4, “3323”, […]
Socktoberfest
While working on the New eBay Pulse, which is displaying popular keywords on top blogs in their niche. I happen to notice a cool new word: Socktoberfest. (check the archive for Crafts on October 16) As it was October, I could imagine that there is something around Socks in October. I checked the word in […]
Double Universal Block on Google SERP’s
Today I noticed a double block of links to Blog & Book search below the 10 results on a SERP for Search Engine optimization. Here is the full page: With the Blog & Book Search highlighted above and in more detail below here: This is quite some extra real estate taken up by the two universal search […]
Linkbaiting is about People
smart though from a master Linkbaiter: Lyndon: A thought happened whilst at SMX London. Websites don’t link to websites, people link to website, or even, people link to people So network, en find those people that are willing to link to you. You don’t have to become friends, just show them that you care, and […]
Cyber Monday is coming, are you ready?
Traditionally the US goes shopping the Friday after Thanksgiving in the shops, and the Monday after they go online. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the top shopping days in the US, where the stores and webshops are making most of their annual revenue. This year, it will probably be less! With the finance crisis, […]
Party is Over, No Really…
With the killing going on in the economy, we have been expecting some downsizing in Mountain View as well. So far Mister Google was tracking on just fine, but it seems now there are some dark clouds coming on the horizon. The Google is famous about their 70-20-10 rule. 70% of the employee time is […]
Mickey Mouse Turns 80
Today, Mickey Mouse just turned 80 years old. And the happy mouse still looks so young! Mickey Mouse turned 80, marking a huge anniversary in the history of cartoons. Innovation played a tremendous role getting illustration and design to evolve from the first days of Walt Disney?s most famous character to the innovative animated graphic […]
Adcommerce Spotted in the Wild
Last week eBay launched a new keyword buying program for eBay sellers: Adcommerce. Through Adcommerce you can put your store and listings in front of millions of active customers. Welcome to eBay AdCommerce, the new service that enables sellers to boost the visibility of their eBay stores and eBay listings. AdCommerce provides a simple and […]
Top Chumby Widget I Would Use
I love my chumby, but there are not that many widgets available yet. If I browse through the widgets on Chumby.com, I sometimes get disappointed. Where are all those smart widget developers? Right, developing applications for the iPhone, Facebook or Android. It won’t be until Chumby is going mainstream, more widgets will become available. My […]
Meeting with Joost de Valk
For a while now I’ve been mailing and tweeting with Joost de Valk, a fellow SEO from The Netherlands. And although we never met, we had no problem sharing ideas and thoughts on Internet Marketing. Last Friday, while I was in Amsterdam, we went for a coffee and for a chat. Joost is blogging on […]