According to MailChimp, a fast-growing e-mail distribution service, Gmail users were most likely to open and click on marketing e-mails. In a recent study, which eMarketer neatly compiled below, open rates varied among users of the top e-mail services, from a low of just over 20% for e-mails sent to AOL users to a high [...]
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You're Welcome: Here's… Mahalo
Previously, we discussed the helpfulness of directories and shared some tips on how to avoid being labeled a spammer. Now, we show you the first “human-powered” search engine/directory that strives to be spam-free. Mahalo (“thank you” in Hawaiian) arrived in early 2007, and it has been in beta mode since January 2008. Unlike search engines [...]
The New Wave Against Spam
In late May of 2007, the individual reputed to be the “Spam King” was arrested on charges of mail fraud, identity fraud, fraud in connection with electronic email, and money laundering. Robert Alan Soloway has been considered one of the worst of the worst spammers on the Internet. This month, Soloway plead guilty to the [...]
How Keyword Placement in Your Content Influences Search Engines
How often and how well you place keywords in your content will have have great effect on search engine spiders. You should afford some finesse in the writing; you don’t want to repeat your keywords in a clunky fashion, or it could deter users from actually reading your content. However, here are a few guidelines [...]
Don't Commit These 5 SEO Sins
Because of the long and hard nature of building up SEO for a website, some developers may feel the temptation to cheat a little. Sure, a shortcut here and there may be forgivable, but a few SEO tricks may not only just backfire on you–they can get you into legal hot water. Below is a [...]
