Atari’s Social Media Marketing Strategy for Star Trek Online

With the success of the recent blockbuster Star Trek, Atari has been creating commotion using various social media marketing (SMM) techniques for its upcoming game “Star Trek Online.” Marketing companies, such as DKC Connect, have joined in the efforts to campaign for its February release. One of their social media strategies is their use of…

Spam Within Search Engine Optimization

Spam is a word that we’ve all grown to hate. Unfortunately, the word has, at least to some degree, almost become synonymous with the internet. Despite an abundance of search engine optimization (SEO) techniques available to be employed, chances are, anyone involved with search engine optimization (SEO) will encounter spam first hand at some point…

How not to use Twitter for Social Media Marketing

The idea that businesses can use social media marketing platforms like Twitter to promote their brand and their products isn’t exactly a new one. Companies like Ford, JetBlue, Marvel, and even sports teams like the San Diego Chargers and the Dallas Mavericks have used it to engage consumers and fans of their product. Individual celebrities,…

4 Social Media Marketing Styles via Twitter

It doesn’t come as a surprise to hear that marketing and Twitter go hand in hand in as a strategy for social media marketing (SMM). Twitter has become the medium for reaching the critical mass. There are four major types of marketing styles: the Conversationalist, Conversationalist Marketer, the Salesman, and the Broadcaster. Each type shows…

Caffeine Goes Live

According to Irbtrax, an SEO Internet Marketing firm, Google has started rolling out the Caffeine update to its search algorithm, and the effects of it have already begun to manifest themselves. The company reports that, although Caffeine has yet to be implemented in its entirety, some sites have already seen their rankings fluctuate, search speeds…

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) versus Google

Liz Gannes conducted an interview with David Glazer, Google Engineering Director, and spoke about Google’s plans for integrating Social Media for 2010. Google plans to incorporate more social results (who you are, your contacts, what you do) into current Google tools – Gmail, Google Talk, etc. However, it should be acknowledged that search engine optimization…

Google Reconsidering Their Presence in China

Google is on the verge and threatens to pull out of China due to cyber attacks targeting human rights activists and censoring search queries. Google announced that the attacks were directed at its Chinese-language search engine and Gmail accounts. Other companies such as Adobe Systems confirmed similar cyber attacks on their China operations. In 2006,…