http://www.semclubhouse.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:29:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Liana "Li" Evans There is a definite difference in how men and women utilize, share, communicate and move around in social media. It's actually fascinating to watch once you become aware of the differences. I started to notice the difference months ago, by studying the audiences in all ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/in-social-media-men-transact-and-women-share/ by Matt McGee People are talking online. They're talking about your company, your products, or perhaps your industry. And what they're saying has a big impact on your chances of converting that next lead or closing that next sale. Last month, Li made an impassioned case for conversations being the focus ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/power-of-consumer-reviews/ By Bill Slawski A newly granted patent from Yahoo describes how information collected from usage log files from toolbars, ISPs, and web servers can be used to rank web pages, discover new pages, move a page into a higher tier in a multi-tier search engine, increase the weight of links and ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/how-a-search-engine-may-use-web-traffic-logs-in-ranking-web-pages/ By Liana Evans As much as social media is about starting conversations, its equally as much about building relationships. Once you start getting involved with social media, it becomes very apparent that it takes time and resources to build those relationships within your community that creates the brand loyalists and ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/relationship-building-6-tips-for-working-in-social-media/ By Li Evans We've got some exciting news here at the SEMClubhouse. Another great SEO mind has joined not just the clubhouse, but the KeyRelevance staff as well. Matt McGee of the Small Business Search Marketing Blog, joined our team yesterday! With companies needing to stretch their marketing dollars, adding Matt McGee, ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/matt-mcgee-joins-our-keyrelevance-team/ By Li Evans What do you use social media for? Do you use it to gain links? How about power? Maybe to trick people into thinking you are someone else? Perhaps as leverage to con someone into doing something on another social media site for you? At SES ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/what-is-social-medias-purpose-honestly-its-not-about-links/ By Bill Slawski There's an old saying that goes, "A picture's worth a thousand words." The right image on a web page can communicate ideas that words may only begin to capture. An image in a news article may transport a viewer into the middle of the story. A couple ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/faces-and-landmarks-two-steps-towards-smarter-image-searches/ By Li Evans What do Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama have in common? It is a woman. However, its not the woman that was taking the spotlight Saturday afternoon. No this time its not Hillary, so you need to guess again. Give up? http://www.semclubhouse.com/its-not-the-a-list-bloggers-you-should-worry-about/ By Liana "Li" Evans Jeremiah Owyang has a great post on "The Many Challenges of Corporate Blogging". It's a great read, and I highly suggest taking the few minutes to take in what Jeremiah's saying. The reasons he lists are spot on, but Debbie Weil author of the BlogWrite ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/why-you-shouldnt-blog/ by Jim Gilbert WELL... YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST and WE WARNED YOU! Quote from an Official Google email dated 23May2008: "The feature will be enabled by default, although it won't begin to affect your accounts until June 3, 2008."   See our original article at: googles-automatic-match-more-greedy-than-expanded-broad-match   If you need the quick summary and don't have time ... http://www.semclubhouse.com/googles-automatic-match-to-become-default/