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Posted on September 7, 2010 by Harry

Like many online marketers, we view StumbleUpon as a valuable tool to promote fresh content. With the help of Google Analytics, I've noticed an interesting pattern that has occurred enough times now that I don't believe it can be viewed as...

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Harry

On September 14th, our CEO Ben Bassi will be headed to New York to present "Managing Practical and Legal Risks on the Company Website" with cyber law expert and Dorsey & Whitney Partner...

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Harry

Big news from Google today - Google Software Engineer Samarth Keshava posted on the Webmaster Central Blog this morning that Google is now displaying more results from the same...

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Harry

I came across a recent article on Search Engine Land titled, "Video Is Now A Must-Have Feature For Competitive SEO," and wanted to share a few thoughts regarding the post. Its...

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Harry

There are many advantages to shopping online, and these advantages are the reasons we're doing more and more of our holiday shopping online every year. Mostly, shopping online is convenient. The stores are open 24 hours a day, you don't have to get in your car - you don't even have to get out of...

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Harry

I was recently reading an article about the overwhelming sales numbers of the Apple iPad since it was released in April (around four million units sold). By all measures, the device has been an overwhelming success, and has even fueled sales of other Mac products.

All this success didn't...

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Harry

Oh, if we only knew more about our users! It's a lament that we commonly hear among website owners. There are numerous ways to learn more about your users (analytics software, user surveys, focus groups, etc.), but what people often ignore are the universal truths that describe all Web...

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Harry

A new website called Pay With a Tweet is offering an incredibly simply service – it allows people to sell things online in exchange for a promotional tweet. In other words, the customer only needs to tweet about the item in question,...

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Harry

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a post about the practice of link building, and talked about how it was a time-tested SEO technique. But even before link building, there was keyword research - the oldest SEO strategy. Over the years, the search engines have gotten better and better at identifying...

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Harry

Our CEO Ben Bassi will speak on data mining and filtering at OSCON (the Open Source Convention) on Thursday, July 22. The convention is the 12th annual gathering of leaders in the open source world. This year's conference, a five-day event, is being held in Portland, Oregon.

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