Bo Cakmak

In a sense this is a follow up on my previous post What Minty Fresh Indexing Means for Google Search Results and Bloggers.  I was monitoring the success and indexing of that post and ironically enough it was not indexed for several days.  This struck me as extremely odd since the last few posts I had written were almost all indexed within 24 hours and I thought that this one would be as well.  The entire circumstance left me starring at my laptop screen in absolute confusion wondering what I had done differently on all of my other posts that I did not do on this one. Continue Reading »

Recently I read a post by Matt Cutts about Google’s improved Minty Fresh Indexing and found it to be very interesting and impressive all at once.  At first my thought was “Wow!  I can’t believe that I could just write to my heart’s content and most likely be indexed and visible within 24 hours for my Niche terms.”  In a sense I was correct and still impressed but unfortunately I didn’t consider the downside of minty fresh indexing and yes unfortunately there is a downside. Continue Reading »

Several weeks ago I order Verizon Fios so that I could consolidate my TV and Internet and not pay out the nose with my previous provider.  The ordering process was ultimately REALLY simple and the install happened the next day with one of the best techs that I have ever had come into my home to install something which made me even more excited.  The speed is great (2Mbps up 10Mbps down) and the Verizon Fios router comes ready with a built in hub and wireless capabilities which was perfect since I no longer believe in desktops J  Everything about Verizon Fios was fantastic…great install time, great service, great speed, great convenience…what’s not to love?   Well…that is the reason I am writing this review on Verizon Fios, because there is in fact something not to love.  Continue Reading »

I am sure that there are books, blogs, and other resources both on paper and online that would instruct an online marketer on how to make their SEM keyword list as extensive as possible but I feel the need to write this post as I continuously see lost opportunities for paid search campaigns.  Whether I was working as a consultant, for an agency, or in house on the client side I find that SEM campaigns are typically only hitting 60% of their potential due to incomplete keyword lists and as far as I can tell the reason is due to incomplete keyword research. Continue Reading »