Internet Marketing News and Blogs

I’m excited to be back in New York next month and while I’m hoping to find some time to pop to the shops, we’re mostly there to find out more about digital marketing in the US and meet new people who work in the industry.

Many of the UK's newspaper websites have been redesigned over the past year or so and, in general, most are pretty good.

However, there are still a few annoying features of these sites which can spoil the user experience and could be improved upon.

Here is a selection...

Ning, the social networking startup co-founded by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, gives individuals and companies the ability to build their own social networks using the company's hosted platform.

Funded to the tune of over $100m on a half a billion valuation, Ning has been the subject of a considerable amount of hype.

A friend of mine recently purchased a new computer from a major computer brand that shall remain nameless (I will give a hint, however - it starts with an "L" and ends with an "o").

This brand has a reputation for producing quality computers and providing quality support so her experience was quite shocking to me.

Yahoo just made Yahoo Buzz open to all publishers and if you run a blog or publish content online, you might want to consider adding Yahoo Buzz to your website.

As I've discussed quite a bit recently, the economics of blogging are often tough for both bloggers and the operators of blogging businesses.

I've noted that many blogging businesses appear to have a real problem - the cost of producing content exceeds the revenue that they're able to generate from it.

The Guardian has updated its blogs section to bring it in line with the rest of the site, while navigation and comment functionality has also been improved.

At first glance, the new design looks pretty good, but we've taken a closer look to find out more...

Andrew Girdwood wrote an article in April last year, which spoke about why to be great at PPC you have to be good at SEO.

There are some excellent tips here, which are well worth taking a look back over, but I believe this can be applied both ways.

It was a slow news week in the world of technology as far as I was concerned, but there were still a few stories that caught my eye.

Outsourcing often gets a bad rap, but if your business needs to build a new website or have a brochure designed, for instance, and lacks the expertise in-house, outsourcing your project at home or abroad is often the most viable and cost-effective solution.

So where can you find qualified contractors to complete your projects? Thanks to the internet, it's never been easier to not only locate talented contractors but to get them competing for your business.