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Re: Open Web Awards – Call for Nominations

Barry Welford — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:46:25 -0000

I would like to nominate StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com and MyBloglog http://www.mybloglog.com. They both have active, friendly communities and through them you can easily expand your Internet horizons.

Re: Open Web Awards – Call for Nominations

Barry Welford — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:46:25 -0000

Re: Optimizing Post Titles After You Have Posted

Barry Welford — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:07:22 -0000

In fact if you use the All-in-one-SEOpack plugin for WordPress, you can independently create the Title, the Headline for your post and the post-slug used to create the URL before you even post. More details here

Re: Optimizing Post Titles After You Have Posted

Barry Welford — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:07:22 -0000

Re: Optimizing Post Titles After You Have Posted

Barry Welford — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:54 -0000

Following up on your advice, Daniel, I think it's best to do the research on a title before you write the post. Often you will find that others have written on the same topic. This may well spark ideas on other aspects you can include in your own post.

Re: Optimizing Post Titles After You Have Posted

Barry Welford — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:54 -0000

Re: Questions For Ken Evoy of Sitesell

Barry Welford — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:30:08 -0000

Of course the Internet is a very crowded "Where's Waldo?" world. So you cannot expect a magic pill like having a blog to ensure your website's visibility among the crowd. Nor can you expect that a cookie-cutter website will do the job either.

I am sure SiteSell does have users that have good traffic. However I would guess the majority of clients will be somewhat disappointed. My question for Ken Evoy would be:
What percentage of your clients' websites achieve more than 25 visitors per day on average?

Re: Questions For Ken Evoy of Sitesell

Barry Welford — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:30:08 -0000

Re: Why You Should Nofollow Your Blog Comments?

Barry Welford — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:33:42 -0000

I agree on this question of community. I DoFollow using the basic plugin so I accept the burden of checking each post that Akismet doesn't automatically mark as spam to see whether I think it falls 'on the right side of the line'. If there is useful comment for subsequent readers, even if minimal, and the URL isn't to an undesirable website, then I'll probably approve the comment. If someone feels I unfairly deleted their post then my spam post policy encourages them to contact me directly.

Re: Why You Should Nofollow Your Blog Comments?

Barry Welford — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:33:42 -0000

Re: Putting the Short Tail to Work

Barry Welford — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:10:04 -0000

This looks a most useful approach, Xurxo. I thought it deserved a wider audience, so I Sphunn and Stumbled it. :)

Re: Search Volume Data in Google’s Keyword Tool? No You’re Not Dreaming!

Barry Welford — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:56:30 -0000

I would rate this as the best news from Google this year. Since most of us wish to have our webpages ranked highly with Google, it's great to have the data right from the horse's mouth as you might say. Your suggestion about using it to evaluate negative words is excellent. Thanks for that.

Re: Celebrating 2 Years of Making PPC Campaigns Bloom!

Barry Welford — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:52:12 -0000

Congratulations, Martin and Xurxo. You've now graduated from the Terrible Twos stage. I'm sure 2009 will be a great year for Bloom. Best wishes.

Re: Bill Slawski and Kimberly Sitting in a Tree…

Barry Welford — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:58:53 -0000

That's wonderful news. Congratulations and best wishes, Bill and Kimberley.

Re: Five Ways Negative Reviews Help Your Online Reputation

Barry Welford — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:41:42 -0000

Some excellent points there, Andy. I particularly liked the idea of correcting whatever points had caused problems. You could even add a comment in response outlining exactly what was done to correct the situation.

Re: 200+ Internet Marketing Gurus on Twitter

Barry Welford — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:53:59 -0000

http://twitter.com/BWelford
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Re: Using “Google” in Place of “Hypocrite”

Barry Welford — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:34:55 -0000

If Google had any sense, they would encourage the acquisition. It's probably too high a price for Yahoo! as it exists at the moment. In addition, it's like giving Microsoft a tar baby for those who know their Brer Rabbit stories. Microsoft will undoubtedly do entirely the wrong things with Yahoo! if it gets its hands on it. However on reflection it's probably no worse for Microsoft than trying to get that dead horse, Live, moving.

Re: Microsoft and Live Search – When the Rich Get Desperate

Barry Welford — Mon, 26 May 2008 10:16:32 -0000

So true, Alan. I think the problem is that many people think that price or giving away discounts is a marketing lever that is easily available. To my mind it's a two-edged sword. Only if you're Walmart and have a real cost advantage can you use it consistently. For the rest of us, you've got to get the price right, but stay away from it as a lever. Your product/service must have its own attraction independent of price to really grow.

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Re: Microsoft and Live Search – When the Rich Get Desperate

Barry Welford — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:05:28 -0000

@Steven Balusik - What counts, Steven, is not how much effort and money Microsoft has put into pushing the new brand, Live, alongside the ongoing brand, MSN Search, but rather the perceptions that build up in the minds of potential searchers. Even Microsofties don't seem to understand the distinction between the two brands. All Microsoft has done is spend a great deal of money to spread confusion.

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Re: Microsoft and Live Search – When the Rich Get Desperate

Barry Welford — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:17:59 -0000

Steven, IMHO the problem in large organizations is often how to get Focus, Focus, Focus through consensus. If someone powerful felt it was important to keep Live a-live, then who wants to take that fight on. Or perhaps that powerful person wanted to keep MSN around for old times sake. After all, some dinosaurs had two brains, one at the front end and one at the back, I believe. Perhaps one of the reasons dinosaurs died out. :)

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Re: The GYM Triangle - Strictly Business

Barry Welford — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:57:09 -0000

This is an excellent topic, Andy. Strong competition is the best pressure on such companies to make sure they deliver their best to us.

The problem arises when one company dominates a marketplace as Google now does. Thankfully governments realize the problems and set up bodies such as the FTC to stop predatory practices. Any really big company like Google must ensure that it behaves itself.

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Re: Getting the Hang of the Twitter Culture

Barry Welford — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:56:42 -0000

An excellent topic and dear to my heart. It's essential to fit in with the culture of any social media. You can test the boundaries a little and tap the bars of the cage, but if you just don't fit in, you're wasting everyone's time, including your own.

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Re: Why Google & Twitter Need to Ditch “Nofollow” for All Our Sakes!

Barry Welford — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:59:21 -0000

An excellent topic, Andy. I am completely against the nofollow attribute, which is being used for purposes not covered by its original creation. Even then it was not a good idea.

My two alternative suggestions are most unlikely to be acceptable to the big G.
a) Forget the whole 'nofollow' bit, or
b) Accept that the big G does not cover the total Web but only that durable part of it where URLs persist. Leave the NOW web to others.

The latter is surely best for Google if it wishes to maximize its business objectives, however I think it is still going after that impossible dream.

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Re: Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Barry Welford — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:30:28 -0000

Great post, Pierre. I loved your images that captured the evolution so well. I think the next step may be companies being more proactive in asking how they can improve the user experience. It's fine for a company to say "We're no worse than the other guy." However if the other guy decides to get a great deal better, the competitors will never catch up. That's the way a company really can grow in all senses of the word.

Re: Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Barry Welford — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:40:08 -0000

Great post, Tamar, that covers all the points. The openness of the Internet has shifted the power. The power is now with the people. Those who think they have power because of their organizational position or their wealth will find that power is much less than it used to be. It's almost like having a conscience. :)

Re: You might be in the fishbowl if…

Barry Welford — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:02:35 -0000

You might be in the FishBowl if you read all these comments. :)

Re: Going Local in StumbleUpon

Barry Welford — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:10:59 -0000

I'd never thought of adopting that approach, Jake. It's very intriguing. The only stumbling block is the limit of 200 friends. SU isn't really geared to help you contact those people, only to make you aware of them. Perhaps that's the way it should be.

Re: Guide to Twitter as a Tool for Marketing and PR

Barry Welford — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:45:43 -0000

Great article, Lee. I was a doubting Thomas for quite a time. However it has my vote, particularly if you're about to do something out of the ordinary. Who knows in this huge Internet world may just spot it and make the link.

Re: Reader Poll: How do you use Twitter?

Barry Welford — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:49:26 -0000

One thing I find useful is trying to find an immediate solution to a pressing problem. It's always worth a try. :)

Re: Jason Falls Interview: Waking Up the PR Industry to Social Media

Barry Welford — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:05:24 -0000

That's a great interview, Lee. Jason is a most engaging fellow. You'd think it would be easy to explain how incredibly good sliced bread is but some traditionalists are almost thinking of the quill and ink days. I'm sure this will help to spread the word.

Re: Linkbait at any Cost?

Barry Welford — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:37:15 -0000

If you're willing to do anything, then undoubtedly you can start a buzz. However you reveal more about yourself in so doing, than you reveal about the buzz topic. You're quite right, this is not the way to get attention.