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September 2010

Marketing

Affiliate Marketing: What it is and how it can benefit you

Affiliate Marketing is an online advertising technique in which a business rewards an affiliate for each visitor or customer brought to it by the affiliate’s marketing efforts.  The idea behind the affiliate program is simple: other sites link to yours and you pay them for each customer they send your way, a percent of the customer’s purchases, or for completing any other desired action; it’s the equivalent of a modern day finders’ fee. (more…)
September 8, 2010
CultureDesign

Coffee Can Lamp

So there's been a lot of renovation going on at the Ninthlink office lately. As we're buffing out the interior, our goal is to be as sustainable and Earth conscious as possible. There's a lot of great resources to spark some ideas, and I love this coffee can lamp I came across on ReadyMade. We're on the hunt for great ideas and places we can find reclaimed materials to get the office spruced up. Some sites I visit are DIY…
September 8, 2010
DevelopmentMarketing

Google Instant: faster searches

So I split my windows in Vim and I wanted to rotate my viewports. I forgot the command, so naturally here comes Google to the rescue. I noticed something fast and new today: an ajaxy-like search. Basically, when you do a search now, the SERP will be re-populated *only* -- which means less reloads of the whole page. Google is calling it Google Instant and it's pretty sweet. Their most recent blog post says that it offers dynamic search, predictions,…
September 8, 2010
Marketing

Themes of the Month: Paid Advertising, Ad Networks & Affiliate Marketing

We recently wrapped up the month of August where we discussed the importance of Search Engine Marketing (SEM) in relation to generating site traffic and having success with marketing online.  And while getting found in search engines is an important aspect of online marketing, it isn’t the only option available to advertisers looking to be found online. This month we will be taking a look at Paid Advertising, Ad Networks & Affiliate Marketing, and digital signage solutions for local advertising…
September 7, 2010
DevelopmentMarketing

Blown up Google’s Logo yet Today?

Have you had a chance to check out and play with the latest round of innovating on the logo area of the default www.google.com search page? Using CSS3, HTML5, and some javascript, you might just never be able to actually get your mouse on one of the balls that makes up today's logo. Which caused MSNBC to come up with this humorous headline. Maybe today is Google's birthday. What do you think?
September 7, 2010