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Vanilla Digital http://www.vanilladigital.com Digital marketing, SEO, gadgets, technology & everything digital! Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 New automated link building site http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=130 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=130#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:09:41 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=130

The link building constellation- mapping the ideal profile of a link building campaign This diagram maps the ideal link profile of a website for a link building SEO campaign. Covering the main sources of links which make up...

Everyzing podcast and video transcription site opens new windows for digital content in search marketing. Everyzing is a multimedia website which offers automated transcriptions of audio and video content on the web. According to the Everyzing site; EveryZing is the...

Article distribution with iSnare.com I have recently started using iSnare.com for article distribution- check out one of my articles from this site on isnare ‘Why facebook is worth $10...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=130 We’re back! http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=126 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=126#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:02:37 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=126 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=126 The 30 minute wordpress rebrand http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=125 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=125#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:14:34 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/09/24/the-30-minute-wordpress-rebrand/ http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=125 Short and sweet- no more long blog posts http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=124 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=124#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:01:00 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/09/24/short-and-sweet-no-more-long-blog-posts/

More pay per post (PPP) sites paying bloggers for posts I wrote a few weeks back about PayPerPost and the concept of paying bloggers to post about their advertisers (in a sense sponsored posts). I...

Pay per post- Writing blog posts for money Pay per post (PPP) is a form of online advertising for blogs where a blogger gets paid a commission for writing reviews of a companies...

5 rapid SEO tips for blog marketing with Wordpress A few quick SEO tips for wordpress bloggers which you may not of come across or though about… Go international- install the translator plugin pro...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=124 Blog comment poster software http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=123 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=123#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:53:50 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/09/22/blog-comment-poster-software/

Blogging software for blog marketing The first thing you’re going to want to do as part of your blog marketing campaign is to set up some blogging software on your...

New automated link building site I’ve been having a look at a new automated link building system called automatic backlinks which is a text link ad network where you display...

HitTail software- utilising ‘long tail’ search results While clients always want to get to number 1 for the big search terms, stuff like ‘jobs’, ‘cars’, ‘online casino’, the long tail theory says...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=123 Everyzing podcast and video transcription site opens new windows for digital content in search marketing. http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=122 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=122#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:39:39 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/09/22/everyzine-podcast-and-video-transcription-site-opens-new-windows-for-digital-content-in-search-marketing/

BT Tradespace, BT’s MySpace, offers new digital marketing opportunities for UK business BT recently launched their version of ‘MySpace for business’ called BT Tradespace which for everyone whos familiar with MySpace is exactly what the name would...

Vanilla digital marketing directory launched Like it or loathe it web directories are still around and they still form a significant part of many SEO schedules. Vanilla digital have just...

HitTail Demonstration Video I’ve been talking quite a bit about hittail lately. If you’re still not sure whats going on with the long tail search tool have a...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=122 BBC launch iPlayer on-demand catch up service http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=121 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=121#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:35:08 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/07/29/bbc-launch-iplayer-on-demand-catch-up-service/

Google Current I’ve recently had digital TV installed at home (a bit late I know but I rarely watch the thing!) and was flicking through some of...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=121 Social media failing to deliver? http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=120 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=120#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:05:32 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/07/24/social-media-failing-to-deliver/

#21: Social Media Optimisation In this episode - new law on online Business Reviews - the low down on Social Media Optimisation. Share This ...

Typosquatting under the spotlight- Missing girl Madeleine McCann sparks media intrigue into URL hijacking The sad Madeleine McCann disappearence story which has been commanding massive column inches in the UK press over the past few weeks has sparked media...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=120 Back to blogging http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=119 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=119#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:19:45 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/07/23/back-to-blogging/

Ask.com marketing drive- but is the engine up to scratch? According to Webside Story (HBX) Ask Jeeves or Ask.com as its now known had below a 3% market share of UK search in 2006 (See...

Blogging software for blog marketing The first thing you’re going to want to do as part of your blog marketing campaign is to set up some blogging software on your...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=119 Web project management best practice guide on e-consultancy http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=114 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=114#comments Thu, 24 May 2007 21:45:29 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/05/24/web-project-management-best-practice-guide-on-e-consultancy/

SEO success map from e-consultancy The SEO success map is by far the best visualisation of the current state of the search engine optimisation business I have seen. It...

Web CEO for SEO campaign management I have been shopping around recently for new SEO management tools as some of the current software I’m using hasn’t been performing up to scratch...

E-consultancy I’ve recently added the E-Consultancy affiliate program to Vanilla Digital as I think it may be of interest to a lot of visitors. For anyone...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=114 Typosquatting under the spotlight- Missing girl Madeleine McCann sparks media intrigue into URL hijacking http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=115 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=115#comments Thu, 24 May 2007 19:12:30 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/05/24/typosquatting-under-the-spotlight-missing-girl-sparks-media-intrigue-into-typosquatters/

Social media failing to deliver? If you’re into digital marketing it’ll be hard to of missed everything about the rise of social media, the use of blog marketing and ‘SMO’...

Subvert and Profit- Black hat digital marketing on Digg Subvert and Profit are a black hat digital marketing operation where advertisers can pay Digg users to ‘digg’ their stories there by getting the digg...

Why Facebook is worth OVER $10 billion Yahoo! have been in talks with Facebook for over a year now and apparently recently got shy at Facebook’s $1 billion asking price but as...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=115 #25: Google Checkout http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=108 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=108#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 14:58:06 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/05/12/25-google-checkout/ http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=108 Google Analytics gets a facelift! http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=105 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=105#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 12:58:26 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/05/12/google-analytics-gets-a-facelift/

Google Current I’ve recently had digital TV installed at home (a bit late I know but I rarely watch the thing!) and was flicking through some of...

Short and sweet- no more long blog posts There’s always a temptation for search marketers when writing blog posts to say with a thousand words what could be said with 50 (or an...

Can paid Google ads bring the Googlebot to your new website faster? Its a problem that all webmasters have faced. You finish your brand new shiny website- hours of brainstorming, copywriting, designing, coding, bugfixing finally complete and...

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Back to blogging Posting has been pretty slack lately but will be picking up again in the coming few weeks. As usual there’s a stack of stuff going...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=104 Subvert and Profit- Black hat digital marketing on Digg http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=103 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=103#comments Wed, 09 May 2007 19:40:40 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/05/09/subvert-and-profit-black-hat-digital-marketing-on-digg/

Digg marketing (SEO for Digg) This is a new series of posts I’m going to write about marketing exclusively on digg.com. While Digg can be a good source of...

To Digg or not to Digg?! Digg can be an effective way of getting your story or article noticed quickly by a largish (growing) community. The Digg community however is one...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=103 YSM! recruitment study- the importance of seach in the recruitment sector http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=102 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=102#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 19:29:15 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/05/02/ysm-recruitment-study-the-importance-of-seach-in-the-recruitment-sector/

Web project management best practice guide on e-consultancy Web project management best practice is a report published by e-consultancy which looks at the process of web project management and how it is implemented...

Ask.com marketing drive- but is the engine up to scratch? According to Webside Story (HBX) Ask Jeeves or Ask.com as its now known had below a 3% market share of UK search in 2006 (See...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=102 More pay per post (PPP) sites paying bloggers for posts http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=101 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=101#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 19:14:44 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/05/01/more-pay-per-post-ppp-sites-paying-bloggers-for-posts/

Pay per post- Writing blog posts for money Pay per post (PPP) is a form of online advertising for blogs where a blogger gets paid a commission for writing reviews of a companies...

Short and sweet- no more long blog posts There’s always a temptation for search marketers when writing blog posts to say with a thousand words what could be said with 50 (or an...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=101 Google Current http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=100 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=100#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 17:36:38 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/05/01/google-current/

BBC launch iPlayer on-demand catch up service After much delay the BBC have finally launched their rival to the commercial channels online on demand digital media services. Read more on NMA Share...

Social media failing to deliver? If you’re into digital marketing it’ll be hard to of missed everything about the rise of social media, the use of blog marketing and ‘SMO’...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=100 Website magazine referral program http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=97 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=97#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:26:57 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/04/22/website-magazine-referral-program/

Has online put the final nail in the coffin of the mens magazine market? It has to be a worrying time for the magazine publishing industry. Although I don’t share the digital belief that printed media will evaporate all...

Web CEO affiliate program I’ve just started using the web CEO affiliate program for ads on Vanilla digital. I’m hoping the range of product pricing options which web CEO...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=97 Measuring the effectiveness of blog translation- 2 weeks on… http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=95 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=95#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:45:37 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/04/22/measuring-the-effectiveness-of-blog-translation-2-weeks-on/

Measuring the effectiveness of blog translation I thought it may be interesting to publish the GEO map for traffic to this blog before the translation plugin gets Vanilla Digital picked up...

Welcome to Vanilla Digital Japan…and Spain, France, Germany… Vanilla Digital is now available in 11 languages thanks to the translator plugin pro for Wordpress. Select a translation from the flags on the right...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=95 Web CEO for SEO campaign management http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=93 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=93#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:12:30 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/04/22/web-ceo-for-seo-campaign-management/

Creating a click fraud action plan for your PPC campaign OK so you’ve read or heard enough to make you concerned about click fraud. In a 2006 survey of 1400 search marketers in the U.S...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=93 The link building constellation- mapping the ideal profile of a link building campaign http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=92 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=92#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:08:53 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/04/22/the-link-building-constellation-mapping-the-ideal-profile-of-a-link-building-campaign/

New automated link building site I’ve been having a look at a new automated link building system called automatic backlinks which is a text link ad network where you display...

Web CEO for SEO campaign management I have been shopping around recently for new SEO management tools as some of the current software I’m using hasn’t been performing up to scratch...

Creating a click fraud action plan for your PPC campaign OK so you’ve read or heard enough to make you concerned about click fraud. In a 2006 survey of 1400 search marketers in the U.S...

]]> http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=92 Truth, Justice & the American Way http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=99 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=99#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:20:57 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/04/23/truth-justice-the-american-way/ http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=99 #24: Spiders and videos http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=109 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=109#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:57:48 +0000 John http://www.vanilladigital.com/2007/04/18/24-spiders-and-videos/ http://www.vanilladigital.com/?feed=rss2&p=109 BT Tradespace, BT’s MySpace, offers new digital marketing opportunities for UK business http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=90 http://www.vanilladigital.com/?p=90#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:25:54 +0000 John http://vanilladigital.com/2007/04/17/bt-tradespace-bts-myspace-offers-new-digital-marketing-opportunities-for-uk-business/

Social media failing to deliver? If you’re into digital marketing it’ll be hard to of missed everything about the rise of social media, the use of blog marketing and ‘SMO’...

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