The Power of Blogger Relations

Blogger relations is like media relations … except with blogs. Seems obvious, right? Instead of working to get media coverage, you’re working to get mentions on blogs. I had the opportunity to watch up close this week how a “hit” from a blog can be more valuable than a hit from a [...]

Google Street View of My Neighborhood

Not really related to media relations or SEO PR, but I just noticed that Google has added street level viewing of my town in Virginia. Must be a very new thing because I use Google Maps fairly frequently and it wasn’t there last time I looked. Their photography stops within view of the [...]

An Update on the Google Pagerank Update

I’m flabbergasted.
I just realized a post on this blog jumped up to PR 7 in the latest Google Pagerank update! I was playing with the Smart PageRank Tool tonight, which allows you to check the pagerank of your inbound links (great tool for looking at the effectiveness of your link-building strategy) and entered in [...]

Google Pagerank Update

For those who watch these things, it appears Google has done another pagerank update. I noticed today that the front page of this blog went up to PR6, which is quite exciting really. The EndGame PR front page and Startup BizCast front page each stayed at PR5. A client website, FightSMA.org, went [...]

Social Media … Not a Fad

Still think social media is a fad that will fade away, much like the pet rock or parachute pants?  Think again.  According to one study, social media is rapidly reaching mainstream status.
Read more at Podcasting News.