http://webtribution.com Digital Marketing and Technological Insight Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:46:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is there any greater buzz right now when it comes to Search Engines then the promise of real-time search? Over the past couple of weeks I have had numerous conversations revolving around the possibilities brought on by Twitter search and the promise of real-time. But, is it really the future ... http://webtribution.com/2009/06/22/is-the-future-of-search-real-time/ The monetization of any "Web 2.0" website is a hot topic, regardless of how much traffic and/or buzz they have. At some point you have to make money, not just spend it. Digg, the leader in social bookmarking, announced yesterday their plans to further monetize their traffic by incorporating ads ... http://webtribution.com/2009/06/04/do-people-really-think-digg-ads-will-succeed/ If you visit Bing.com today you will no longer see the a "coming soon" message - yes Bing, the new Google Killer from Microsoft is live and ready to be used. So now what? Well if you play around with Bing long enough you will start to realize that aside from the ... http://webtribution.com/2009/06/02/microsofts-bing-goes-livenow-what/ I just read an article on AdAge.com that talks about how Microsoft is going after Google with a new ad campaign and a new search engine called Bing. It seems like every few months there is the next "Google Killer" that promises to revolution search. Remember Cuil? Now the buzz ... http://webtribution.com/2009/05/25/microsoft-wants-consumers-to-rethink-search-yeah-good-luck-with-that/ In this world of instant, on-demand, online gratification and 24/7/365 shopping very few things surprise me when it comes to e-commerce. In fact, I have basically come to believe that the almighty dollar is the only thing that matters to any, and every, company doing business online. Is this wrong? ... http://webtribution.com/2009/05/18/e-commerce-religion-verses-revenue/ Recently Google launched a new "options" feature  on their search results page.  After clicking the "Show Options" link a new left navigation opens that allows  the searcher to "slice and dice"  search results into more relevant chunks. Searchers can now focus their results by videos, forums, reviews, time or even ... http://webtribution.com/2009/05/13/google-adds-new-search-options-will-anyone-care/ There are two main questions I hear over and over again when it comes to Twitter...both of which revolve around the same theme of how do "I or we" use it? From a individual  perspective the question becomes more about what the person is looking to gain. From a business ... http://webtribution.com/2009/05/12/how-companies-can-use-twitter/ Starting this weekend Google will be running a Chrome commercial using Google TV Ads on various networks. Below is the commercial that will be running...will this actually get people to install and use Chrome over FireFox & Internet Explorer? Related posts:Google launches open source browser ChromeVideo of Marissa Mayer discussing Chrome, ... http://webtribution.com/2009/05/11/google-chrome-commercial-airs-will-anyone-care/ As anyone with even a vague familiarity of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)  knows, a key component of search engine ranking success is having a solid SEO Linking Strategy. Building inbound links is also one of the parts that takes the most effort - when it comes to SEO links it ... http://webtribution.com/2009/04/30/key-to-seo-linking-strategy-success/ Free web analytic service Compete.com re-launched today with some killer new features and enhancements. For those of us who have been using Compete since it launched a couple years ago the new version is a serious upgrade - especially in regards to the user-interface. Here are some of the new / ... http://webtribution.com/2009/04/15/new-and-improved-compete-launches/