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This year Matt Cutts, the guy at Google who makes sure spam doesn't happen, said on his blog that he's going to be RickAstley for Halloween this year (You know, that awesome 80s singer that shows up everywhere these days?). He says he's going to be RickRolling everyone who comes within 10 feet of him this Halloween. Well I happened to take a peek at James's Halloween costume this… Continue reading Don't Let Spam Get You Down On Halloween!.

Holy crap! I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks and I just found out that PPC Whiz has broken the record for best click thru rate ever!  At a rate of 92,233,720,369,547,776.00%, he has challenged anyone to beat his CTR, and he says he's got $50 to give if it gets beat. Unluckily for PPC Whiz, while I was moving everything I own to Honolulu (although it's… Continue reading CTR Record Set!.

Posting has been slow this week because a lot is happening right now: Shane is moving to Hawaii to pursue a Master's Degree in New Media. We're going to run a satellite office for him from there. If you're in Hawaii, we would love to chat with you - or if you want to come out on 'business', we would be happy to meet with you for a short time so… Continue reading Traveling From Coast to Coast.

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 United States Justice Department has stepped in on the Google/Yahoo! ad deal, opening a formal antitrust investigation. According to the Washington Post, "Google and Yahoo officials have said since the deal's announcement that they would delay its implementation for a voluntary Justice Department review." In essence, the deal that the two search engine giants have worked out is that when Yahoo! runs out of ads to serve, Google will… Continue reading Wishful PPC Thinking.

The past few weeks I have been pushing 90+ hour work weeks...and the only part that I'm bummed about is the lack of time spent with my family - who are very important to me so I will slow it down because family is, and always will be, an acceptable and enjoyable reason to take it easy. Take it easy means 50-60 hours a week instead of 90+ hours. :) Why… Continue reading How Is Working 90+ Hours Each Week Inspiring?.

I hope you enjoy this brief intro to Shane - our new VP of E-commerce! You can expect to see some blog posts from him as he forges onward with our advertising experiments in E-commerce settings that we wouldn't otherwise try with our clients. :) Shane Snow received a bachelors degree in Business Management with an emphasis in Marketing from Brigham Young University-Idaho. Prior to joining semvironment, Shane was… Continue reading Introducing Shane Snow - semvironment VP of E-commerce.

I get random, trailing thoughts throughout the day that go something like this: "That would make a good blog post..." "I should write that down so I don't forget about it...better yet, I'll blog it so I have a searchable catalog of it" "This is interesting, I wonder what others think about this" "I definitely have an opinion about that, I should post it" Then, I don't get a lot of time to expand on… Continue reading Small Thoughts To Break Up the Roundups.

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Sorry for not posting as frequently as usual. I have 6 posts in draft that I'm trying to wrap up but in the middle of all that we have several new clients (thankfully!) :), new business development and planning to do, we're pushing forward and onward with our social initiative (make that 7 posts in draft now...) You get the picture - it's crazy here at semvironment! Stick around and you'll see… Continue reading Slow Posting - Sorry!.