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The team over at web-ideas.de translated the Link Builder plugin into German! We're honored that they would think so highly of the tool and we wish them continued success in Germany and abroad for their contribution. The Link Builder "Spread The Love" Wordpress plugin tracks the websites and pages you link to in your blog and sends an email message to that website owner/administrator notifying them of your link. You… Continue reading Spread The Love (aka Link Builder) for Wordpress - German Translation.

Shane should be back up and at it writing and working for semvironment from Hawaii within the next two days - he will start covering news again so you might see a few quick, short two or three paragraph posts outlining some of the events of the past week or two that we missed. Chrome is insanely fast - I'm already a huge fan. Can't wait to develop plugins/add-ons for… Continue reading Quick Update - News Coverage, Chrome and Upcoming Post Series.

So I logged in the other day to one of our clients' AdWords accounts, and saw the following somewhat familiar sight:

This is one of our most productive accounts as far as volume of conversions goes, and our cost per conversion is staggeringly low. Out of curiosity, I took a look at what Google's recommended budget for us… Continue reading Google Recommends I Pay Them 3x as Much.

Download another semvironment wordpress creation today and start improving your organic traffic! Rand just published a "Headsmacking Tip" this morning about the importance of researching and optimizing your blog post titles and content before hitting 'publish'...and roughly 24 hours before he published the post, I wrote to our lead wordpress programmer about developing a plugin that let's us do exactly that! We planned on using the KeywordDiscovery API - and… Continue reading Keyword Research Wordpress Plugin!.

Introducing the Link Builder for Wordpress The Link Builder simply tracks the websites and pages you link to and sends an email message to that website owner/administrator notifying them of your link. Download the Link Builder for Wordpress here Then watch this video (update: haha - if you turn up your volume, you can hear a 'darth vader' breathing… Continue reading Link Builder for Wordpress - Download it Now!!!.

The new look is what we are. :) Fresh, vibrant, green and fun! Shane Snow is the genius behind the new design - and in fact, we have given him a new official title to add to his box of titles - lol - he is now our copywriter and creative director. That's really where his best experience and expertise is...he has already rewritten some of our ads for clients and… Continue reading New Look!.

Woohoo! We just became a 'dofollow' blog - all author names and links included in comments are now dofollowed...however, there is a caveat to having this privelege. :) Here are the rules: 1. After 3 useful comments with the same email address, all future comments coming from the same email address will be dofollowed...the author and links within those comments, as long as they're relevant, will be dofollowed. 2. After you follow rule number… Continue reading We DoFollow Author and Comment Links Now!.

This is a work in progress... But here it is! The SEM Daily Reading page at semvironment!!!!! I plan on adding 15 - 30 of the top blogs in the industry to this page - obviously leaning towards pay per click marketing with a healthy dose of SEO. Yes - it is similar to p*purls while significantly different. :) What do you think? Visit every… Continue reading Introducing the SEM Daily Reading Fix!.

If you're a new visitor or subscriber to our blog, you might have missed some of our best posts: NUDE: AdWords Keyword Data Exposed With Google Analytics Create A Dynamic Landing Page in 15 Minutes or Less with PHP 70 Quick Tests to Get More Conversions Out of AdWords There are others but I… Continue reading Some of Our Best Blog Posts.

It's an honor to write for a powerful audience like you. Readers are the best reason for us to share our thoughts, ideas, opinions and more. You already know that the blog has been on a half-hiatus type of a schedule for the past month or two...with awesome roundups and a few relatively decent posts in between. The industry is booming and more people are blogging about the subject of pay… Continue reading Blogging Hiatus Schedule, Upcoming Book, Company Updates.