http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog SEO SEM Internet Marketing Agency Firm, Richmond VA / Atlanta GA Tue, 06 May 2008 21:45:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en EIP, Email Impaired Perception - The altered state of perception, intent, feeling or emotion caused by the filtering the message though the impersonal, flat and sometimes cryptic interface of eMail. We all do it or have to one degree or another.  One you get an email and you can't tell if ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/news/email-impaired-perception-eip-defined.html Vulcan Golf now wishes to add a RICO 18 U.S.C. §1962(a) charge. "The plaintiffs now seek to file a second amended complaint repleading certain of their previously dismissed claims and adding a RICO count under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a)." I believe Google using its power and organization to engage in illegal activity. ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/seo/is-rico-being-added-to-the-google-adsense-for-domain-typosquatting-case.html Here is the complete court ruling on this.  The plaintife has asked to add a RICO count?  More on that later. http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/seo/google-can-be-sued-for-typosquatting-with-adsense-for-domains.html Judge Blanche Manning of the Northern District Federal Court in Illinois ruled that there was sufficient cause to move forward in the case brought by Vulcan Golf. For anyone that follows my thoughts on this they might remember that I believe that Google profits from, enables and in part ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/internet-marketing/google-sued-over-typosquating-on-domain-names-can-go-forward.html Tomorrow is the official First Day of Spring. That means blooming flowers (and pollen!), warmer weather, longer days, tax time, and of course, spring cleaning. But spring cleaning doesn't stop at home or even at the office if you're advertising online. While you're cleaning dust from the corners of your house ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/seo/41.html Google Adwords has added the load times of the destination url to the quality score. What this means? I think there may be a rash of servers being upgraded, conversion of dynamic pages to flat html and a lot of attention to graphic load times, sequence, preloads etc. Google's ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/sem/adwords-update-quality-score-adds-load-times-to-metric.html Social Media Marketing, the new media Web 2.0. Social Media Marketing has been coming on strong for some time now. This is a wonderful new area of the web. The struggle I have seen with many people is understanding its business impact. As marketers it is difficult to ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/seo/smm-social-media-marketing-joins-the-family-of-seo-sem.html What is Internet Marketing? Internet marketing, IM, is any activity to market or proment a service product or even a message. IM can be made up of various different subsegments. Search Engine Optimization, SEO. Enabling a web site to properly indexed by search engines. Search Engine Marketing, SEM, also known as ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/sem/internet-marketing-richmond-seo-sem-blog-socaial-networking-banner-ads.html Scrubbing leads generated from lead generation campaigns has always been a challenge. What is a good lead? Most campaigns generate a high percentage of bogus leads: John Doe at 123@nowhere.com. NetSearch Direct has addressed this issue for many clients by providing lead generation metrics that really work. ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/sem/quantifiying-leads-from-lead-generation-campaign.html The world of advertising is changing at a rapid pace.  As the space for advertising increases, so does the complexity of the ads.  New advances in advertising will make it possible for marketers to trace users to see what their search interests entail, in turn allowing advertisers to then display ... http://www.netsearchdirect.com/blog/internet-marketing/an-advertising-coup-d%e2%80%99etat.html