Posts Tagged ‘Tools’

My 10 Main SEO Takeaways from SMX East 2009

October 19th, 2009 by Benj Arriola
Search Marketing Expo East

Search Marketing Expo East

In search marketing conferences, there are so much to information that it is impossible to listen to everything so everyone chooses their tracks/sessions wisely to listen to the golden nuggets of information which may not be the same golden nuggets of everyone else. Depending also on each individual’s knowledge dictates if a nugget is really golden of not. So that is why I start my title with a “My” since this is what I found to be valuable to me. Below are my top 10 takeaways from the 2009 Search Marketing Expo East in New York City. (more…)

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First Link Checker in Alpha Stage Tested by Initial SEOs from SES

September 14th, 2009 by Benj Arriola
First Link Checker by BusinessOnLine

First Link Checker by BusinessOnLine

At the previous Search Engine Strategies Conference, BusinessOnLine’s Ray “Catfish” Comstock has shared to a number of SEO professionals our new tool called the First Link Checker which is under it’s alpha stage. So far the feedback has been favorable and has also guided us to make minor improvements just before our beta release. We thank everyone that has been helping out and if you wish to be an alpha tester of this tool also, send us a tweet and mention anything about our first link checker. Expect more information to come in the following weeks!

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Cli.gs URLs Hacked Forwarding to lansner.freedomblogging.com

June 17th, 2009 by Benj Arriola

Cli.gs, (Cligs) a URL shortening/forwarding service has been hacked where several users have been reporting their older created forwarders were all going to 1 single location. Below is a screenshot within the Cligs user interface displaying some older saved forwarded URLs in my own Cligs account.

All of which were now going to: (more…)

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Google Chrome – The Google Web Browser

September 3rd, 2008 by Benj Arriola


Over the long weekend, Tweets from SEO Tweeters have been passed left and right all about Google Chrome. When I checked my emails, mailing groups are talking about it too, not only SEO email groups but also blogging, web design and other groups I am a member of. Although this is a Google product, this is not just about search.

Google Chrome is a new Internet web browser

After seeing all the tweets, I searched Google Chrome to download and give it a spin. The top results were Google books comic strip and also a blog post by GoogleBlogoscope, the unofficial Google blog. And I just bypassed all information, did not read it right away and just kept searching for the download link and install. I’ll just figure out what Google Chrome does after I install it without reading the numerous blog post, features & benefits of the browser. Knowing Google, everything should be intuitive and easy to use, easy to figure out things.

Initial feedback after installing Google Chrome

Good points I noticed right away after I installed Chrome: (more…)

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Google Unleashes New Mobile Search App for Iphone

July 10th, 2008 by Ray "Catfish" Comstock

Fresh from Google’s Blog, Google has just launched a new search application (app) for the Iphone.

Once again Google continues to push the competition in search. This is definately a must try. Not only do you get Google search features for the Web, but it also works for your contacts! Enjoy.

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Top 6 Reasons I Like Plurk More Than Twitter

June 6th, 2008 by Ray "Catfish" Comstock

So in effort to stay on top of the latest Web 2.0 trends, I gave Plurk a spin today (editors note: I almost spelled spin sphinn, I think I need a break from social media..lol). Plurk is like Twitter in 3D. Here are the 6 things I like most about it: (more…)

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Digsby Combines Instant Messenger, Twitter, Facebook and Myspace All in One Place!

May 27th, 2008 by Ray "Catfish" Comstock

Ok I admit it. I am a little resistant to change. Which is not a great trait for someone in the SEO / Web 2.0 business. So in an effort to break myself of old habits, I have been using Digsby for the last two weeks. I must say I’m impressed. Not only was it easy to combine my AOL, Yahoo and Gmail chat clients into one interface, but now my life streams from Twitter, MySpace and Facebook are a click away from my task bar. I wasn’t sure if I would really use the Facebook, Twitter and Myspace feeds that Digsby offers but to my surprise, not only have I used them, but they have allowed me to be more connected to those communities and I find that I interact with those communities much more now on a daily basis. It also allows me to (more…)

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