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Search Pages From Canada Is Not Gone

Posted By Gary Gorelik in Internet Marketing on 2010-07-01

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Thanks for the birthday present, Google. Feeling more patriotic on Canada Day I went to Google.ca to see what Google’s Canada Day logo looks like and something just felt a little different. Full Article

3 Word Search Queries Are The Magic Number To Gain Traffic

Posted By Gary Gorelik in Internet Marketing on

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Content, Links & The Evolving Future of Internet Marketing

Posted By Elie Freedman in Internet Marketing on 2010-06-28

The Evolution of Internet Marketing

Internet marketing is an ever changing environment; a maelstrom of tools and products creating new opportunities. Being successful in your Internet marketing endeavours requires vigilant implementation of industry best practices and constant attention to industry trends. Full Article

Is Social Media Marketing Worth Business Time?

Posted By Ezra Silverton in Internet Marketing on 2010-04-13

More and more corporate marketing teams are joining the social networking movement and allocating some of their resources to websites like Facebook, Twitter, LinedIn. But with all the different marketing tactics that companies undertake, how much time should they spend on social media marketing?

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2009’s Top Canadian Internet News Stories

Posted By Ezra Silverton in Internet Marketing, Web Design, Web Development on 2010-01-06

Here’s our annual listing of Canada’s top news stories relating to the Internet in 2009.  Note that we’ve included some non-Canadian items as well due to their global significance to the web. Let us know if we’ve missed anything.

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Bing, Organic Search Traffic On The Rise?

Posted By Gary Gorelik in Internet Marketing on 2009-12-09

As we all know, the top major searching engines on the Internet today are Google, Yahoo and Bing. It’s a no brainer that Google is at the top of the three.  But what about Bing (MSN)?

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As an Internet Marketer for a web design and development firm, one of our main objectives is to use different analytics to monitor the amount of users visiting the websites from all three search engines. Full Article

Email is not enough for effective marketing campaigns

Posted By Ezra Silverton in Efficient Web, Internet Marketing on 2009-12-02

We all know that email is an efficient, low cost, and tractable Internet marketing medium.   But if response rates are of utmost importance to your marketing campaign, you will need to do more.

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Holiday Themed Logos Bring More Than Just Good Cheer

Posted By Ezra Silverton in Internet Marketing, Web Design on 2009-11-10

Often around the holidays or changing seasons major search engines will modify their online logos to reflect customarily celebrated occasions and events.  Could corporate websites benefit from doing the same? We believe so. Full Article

Farewell to One Degree

Posted By Ezra Silverton in Internet Marketing on 2009-10-22

We are sad to hear about One Degree’s recent departure.  It will be missed. Full Article

Diminishing brand recognition with online feeds

Posted By Ezra Silverton in Internet Marketing on 2009-09-23

When interviewing new candidates for web related positions in our company, I often ask them how they keep up-to-date with what’s going on in the industry. Of those who do read regular news publications, blogs, websites, etc., most can’t name the publisher. Full Article

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