Be More Productive with New Features in Google Calendar
Submitted by Helen on December 1, 2009 - 11:14pm
Google Calendar is a tool that's been around for quite a while now, and Google has been quietly making gradual improvements to it over the years. But now with new features set to be released, it looks like Google Calendar is finally getting ready to go mainstream.
The other day while adding a "to-do" for my husband (more on this fantastic use of Calendar later), I noticed a message at the top of my screen: an invitation to see the Sneak Preview of new features.
7 Essential Analytics Blogs to Read Regularly
Submitted by Helen on October 26, 2009 - 6:46pm
As any successful marketer knows, if you are serious about making money with your sites or otherwise achieving your goals, you will eventually have to work well with analytics (or hire someone who does).
Like with Internet marketing in general, it's easier to get up to speed when you're sure you're reading quality information. Therefore, these are the blogs that I recommend to people when they are seriously thinking about learning more about analytics. If this is an area where you are thinking about investing some time, these are some of the good places to start.
How to Compare Search Engines bing and Google
Submitted by Helen on August 10, 2009 - 11:02pm
By now you've probably heard that the Yahoo search engine is, at some future date, going to be discontinued. So if you've not been using the Google search engine you may find yourself using Bing in the not-so-distant future. But how does the Bing search engine compare to Google? Are Google results better than Bing, and is the new Microsoft search engine a useful search tool?
There are LOTS of search engine comparison tools out there which you can use to figure out which search engine - Bing or Google - gives the results that best reflect what you are searching for. Here's a list of tools you can use to compare search engines to see which ones you like better. Specifically, here's a list of tools you can use to decide between Google and Bing.
The Curiously Fascinating Story of the Yahoo - Microsoft Search Deal
Submitted by Helen on August 3, 2009 - 11:43am
How to Rank in Google Canada (or Not, If You're Stuck There)
Submitted by Helen on June 30, 2009 - 9:09pm
Being a Canadian Internet Marketer, there are two SEO questions that I field frequently which US SEOs may never have heard in their whole careers.
The two questions are:
1. How can I get IN to Google.ca?
2. How can I get OUT of Google.ca?
These two questions are the kind that can cause night sweats and premature grey hair the first time you have to answer them. For those of us who have had, at least once in our careers, to brute strength test the different combinations of factors to figure this out, the answer, of course, is obvious.
