Category Archives: News

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Searchme: the new way of searching?

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Last week Searchme launched the "private beta" version of its visual search engine. With this search engine you can ‘stroll’ through your search results.

In addition to the ‘apple’-like look-and-feel, the search engine is also innovative in how it categorizes search results. This again is very visual. For example, if you search for "Apple" you can get icons to choose between categories like "Fruit" or "Technology".

This makes searching obviously a lot more pleasant for the user. Moreover, there is another dimension to optimizing a page for search engines. For example,yYou need to ensure a clear  page that even on a ‘smaller’ format makes clear that the visitor can find on that page what they are looking for. Clarity and design will then play a greater role.

As I have said, the service is currently only in private beta. This means you cannot try the service right away. If you sign you get an invitation sent to you a.s.a.p.. Until that time you can see the demo and see how ‘beautiful’ it will be: [/lang_en]  


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Clinton experiences the danger of using stock material

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Getty ImagesGetting stock material is getting photos and videos on the Web, for a small fee, or sometimes even for free. Stock material can be used for various purposes. As owner of a website you do not have to get photos or videos specially made for you. This saves money. The disadvantage may be that the material also can be used by others. The content is not "unique".

Hillary Clinton experienced another disadvantage. For a campaign film about the sense of security her campaign team used stock material of Getty Images. On one of the images figures a little girl asleep. The images used have been made a number of years ago. This girl is now ready to vote AND a big supporter of Obama… So she decided to walk directly to the press…

Watch the video:


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Ajax report on the Internet

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Ajax logo - Rapport Ajax op InternetThis weekend there was a lot of rumor about the report on the problems at the football club Ajax. On Friday the report leaked to a number of journalists. On Sunday it was presented.

One of the many criticisms heard was that Ajax is no longer the ‘open club’ of the past but is a closed organization. This, they say, has everything to do with the IPO of the club.

Ajax is still not really open about the follow up of the report. The President yesterday did not answer any questions dealing with the consequences of the report. Still there was some openness: the dissemination of the report. Ajax placed a PDF of the entire report on its website. At least that is openness.

Anyone can now read the report. That would not have been possible 20 years ago. Long live the medium Internet!

Read the whole report in PDF format (see also website Ajax)


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Top five February 11 to 17: Search Engine Marketing

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Top vijf 11 t/m 17 februari: Search Engine Marketing[lang_nl]Omdat ik de komende week de Search Engine Strategies in Londen ga bezoeken deze keer een speciale Top vijf. De top vijf staat vandaag geheel in het teken van Zoekmachinemarketing. Vijf artikelen die meer inzicht geven in het hoe en wat van zoekmachinemarketing.

1. 7 Things I Love About Small Business SEO (14 februari)
Website: Searchengineland
Op Valentijnsdag besloot Matt McGee zijn liefde voor zoekmachineoptimalisatie aan de hele wereld duidelijk te maken. In dit artikel legt hij in zeven punten uit waarom zoekmachineoptimalisatie voor de kleinere organisaties zo’n leuk onderdeel van zoekmachineoptimalisatie is. Uit persoonlijke ervaring kan ik het hier alleen maar heel erg mee eens zijn.[/lang_nl][lang_en]Because this week I will be visiting the Search Engine Strategies in London a special top five. All the articles are about Search Engine Marketing. Five articles to teach you more about SEM!

1. 7 Things I Love About Small Business SEO (February 14)
Website: Searchengineland
On Valentine’s Day Matt McGee decided to share his love for Search Engine Marketing with the entire world. In this article in 7 points he explains why Search Engine Marketing for smaller organizations so much fun. From personal experience I can only agree.
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Top five February 4 to 10: Tips for your website, SEO Experts, search and write scanable

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Bas van den Beld - Top 5 4 - 10 feb: Website Tips, SEO Experts, Search behaviour & Scanable writing[lang_nl]Deze week in de top vijf veel search. We beginnen echter met tips voor een succesvolle website voor een miljoenenpubliek. Verder wordt ingegaan op Search-experts: bestaan die? En wanneer zet je die in? Tot slot weer een artikel van de veel in deze top vijf voorkomende website Frankwatching. Zij geven een checklist voor het “scanbaar” schrijven van teksten.

1. Tips voor website succes (6 februari)
Website: Multiscope
John Kivit van Multiscope is een fervent twitteraar. Via die weg werd ik door hem dan ook gewezen op zijn posting “Tips voor website succes” op de website van Multiscope. John schrijft hier een lang artikel over de randvoorwaarden waar je site aan moet voldoen wil je miljoenen bezoekers kunnen bereiken. Kivit geeft vijf tips en benoemt een aantal valkuilen. Hoewel niet op iedere site toepasbaar zijn de tips goed om in je bouwproces mee te nemen. Tip van de week dus![/lang_nl][lang_en] This week in the top five a lot of search. We start, however, with tips to get a successful website with millions of visitors. Next we focus on Search-experts: do they exist? And if so, when do you use them? Finally, another article from the much quoted website in this top five Frankwatching. They provide a checklist for writing "scanable" webtexts.

1. Tips for website success (6 februari) (Dutch)
Website: Multiscope
John Kivit of Multiscope is a frequent twitterer. Through that way, he pointed me to his posting "Tips for website success" on the website of Multiscope. John wrote a long article on which issues you have to think of if you want to reach millions of visitors. Kivit gives five tips and appoints a number of pitfalls. Although not applicable to each site the tips are good to keep in mind while building your website. Tip of the week! [/lang_en]

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