It is official, the search engine wars are in full swing. On Tuesday, February 01, 2005 MSN officially rolled out its new search solution to all of its websites, including MSN.com.
It is no secret among internet marketers that writing articles is a great way to market your website.
A lot of fuss has been made over RSS and the vast benefits it can bring to webmasters on both ends of the RSS syndication. However, a lot of webmasters have absolutely no idea how to create an RSS feed or how they can incorporate an RSS feed on their website. A tool is not very useful if you do not know how to use it. It is with this motivation that this article is written, to give you a basic enough understanding of how you can both create an RSS feed and how you can incorporate an RSS feed into your website. First, we will look at what RSS really is. Secondly, we will explain how you can create your own RSS feed. Finally, we will look at how you incorporate RSS feeds into your website.
Recently DarkBlue.com initiated a competition to see who could rank #1 for the keyword nigritude ultramarine. The idea of the competition is to see what works and what does not work in search engine optimization of websites. To aid in creating useful findings, the competition has two winners. The first winner will be announced in early June and the second winner will be announced in July. The idea is to see who can get to the #1 position in a short amount of time as well as to see who can optimize the best for the long term.
Just before the close of business on Wednesday, Google announced that it will be launching Gmail, its new free e-mail service set to offer 1000 megabytes of free space to its users. This announcement comes after a flurry of changes at Google, all of which are geared to securing their place as the dominant search engine in light of recent competition offered by Yahoo! and soon MSN. The search engine wars have been predicted for some time now by search engine insiders, and the launch of Gmail is Google's attempt to win the war before it gets fully started. But is Google really ready to take on the big portals?
When it comes to advertising, too many webmasters are content with paying thousands of dollars to place their ads with only the most recognizable websites on the Internet. This is certainly understandable, as the most recognizable websites in your industry can add credibility and are certain to produce some results. However, a truly successful marketing campaign will reach far beyond advertising with the most recognized websites. A truly successful marketing campaign will effectively harness the many high-impact, low-cost opportunities available.