Southern Indiana Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Blog

Yesterday, Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer publicly announced the end of Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. In recent weeks, the bid had grown, largely on impressive 1st Quarter results by Yahoo. From Mr. Ballmer’s press release:
“Despite our best efforts, including raising our bid by roughly $5 billion, Yahoo! has not moved toward accepting our […]

Are you the GREATEST real estate agent in the world?

There is a contest underway on the internet to see (according to Google) who the Greatest real estate agent is…not just in your location, but the world. Their contest ends on May 1, 2008. what I offered members of my team was IMMORTALITY!

How can you be […]

Our team for the Greatest real estate agent in the world contest, Team Eric, has had a lot of fun, learned a lot and made a lot of friends along the way. But our original greatest real estate agent

Since Southern Indiana Web Works is devoted to web development and online marketing, it only makes sense to analyze the news this morning of Microsoft’s offer to buy Yahoo! Rumors had been going around for awhile and many in the industry were hoping for a rival to Google, but now the offer is on the […]

I get asked occasionally from Search Engine Optimization clients about my recommendation that they “ping” Google after each addition of content to their site. “Why do I need to do that after each post or page?” “How do I do it?’
With WordPress as your blogging platform or website CMS, pinging could not be simpler, but […]

With the news breaking this morning that Yahoo will reportedly layoff hundreds in an effort at retaining profitability. WOW. What caused this, in an industry that is generating a stagggering increase year after year in advertising revenue? How can you have layoffs in such a great environment?
Here’s my take:
This is a CLASSIC example of […]

Southern Indiana web works has clients looking for local domains in a variety of industries. Domains have value. If you are closing down a shop, shifting to a new line of work, retiring, or otherwise in for a change, your website and its domain can have value to others. Here are a few tips to […]

So you are thinking about building a website or two. You go to Network Solutions and look up some domain names. But then you look around and decide to register them elsewhere and they are not available? WHAT!!!!????
Network Solutions (as reported in several places on the web–Like Here. ) is temporarily buying those domain names […]

It is Sunday morning December 23rd. I am sitting on my couch and counting the blessings of this past year. Among the great things that have happened:
From a business perspective:
Southern Indiana Web Works was “officially” launched, offering search engine optimization and website design services to Southern Indiana and Louisvlle as well as consulting services to […]

Well, let’s just say it was a BUSY time….(grin)
And since I have been back, I have not had a chance to write much up. So instead of doing that, I am going to point you to a couple of posts from folks who have written some stuff up in posts on their blogs….
Yeah, I’m lazy..(grin) […]