Tanner Hobin

Google recently added feed snippets to personalized home page’s. Click the plus sign to view a brief snapshot of an article, and click the minus sign to remove the snapshot. This is a great feature that allows a quick view of an article without having to click through to that actual site. They have also added article posting times so you can see when the article was posted. This is a great feature as well because you obviously know what the newest article is.

What does this mean for feed and blog managers? The first couple sentences of your article had better be interesting enough to click through and read. Or you can expect a drastic drop in your click through rate.

Ok, this is getting ridiculous. Yet another piece of deceitful mail found its way into my hands this week. This time it was from a company called ListingCorp.com. Apparently, I owe ListingCorp.com $65 for search engine submission. These are the kind of scams that give the industry of Search Engine Marketing a bad image. The good new is that a number of legit search marketing firms exist. I would advise anyone looking for search marketing assistance to do their homework. Check out WhiteHatPlan.com for a list of ethical internet marketing companies.

I received a rather confusing and deceitful piece of snail mail the other day. It appeared to be a bill from Internet Corporation Listing Service for search engine submission. Being in the industry of Search Engine Marketing I know full well that search engine submission for the most part is free. There are inclusion fees that some engines and directories charge, but the major engines want your web site included in there directory and therefore do not charge. I searched Google and it appears Internet Corporation Listing Service has irritated quite a few people with their letter. The fact that Internet Corporation Listing Service felt compelled to blindly send out a falsified bill shows their blatant ignorance for the industry of Search Engine Marketing, and I hope no one falls for their fraudulent tactics.

To help ensure no one is fooled, I’ll show anyone how to submit to the major search engines for free. It’s easy, feel free to contact me and we can get started on submitting your site.

If you’re as sick as I am of un-ethical search engine marketing tactics, check out WhiteHatPlan.com. They promote ethical search engine optimization. Oh, and if you feel like giving Internet Corporation Listing Service a piece of your mind, here is their email address: inquiries@icls.net