Fact #1: The longer it takes your page to load, the lower rank your page receives. Fact #2: The higher your page ranks, the more Google traffic you get. Conclusion: You need to test your website’s loading time and choose the fastest tools. Confused? This infographic should clarify this SEO tip… and yes, it does say that Infolinks is the fastest solution of its kind. Hurray! Source: Tipsotricks.com. Thanks!

The Google team has rocked the boat yet again. The recent change of the Google search algorithm has affected website publishers significantly. Some lost many visitors and even higher volumes of online advertising revenues. Other publishers actually see better results these days. Here are some thoughts based on inside information from a giant network… New Google Search Algorithm So, the Google team has rocked the boat yet again. On February 24th, 2011, Google announced a modification to their search algorithm which they referred to as “a pretty big algorithmic improvement” impacting...

Website as Storefront So much has been said and written about the importance of your website for your business efforts that it seems pointless. Yes, we all know by now that optimizing your landing page with multi-variant tests to reach the highest conversion rate is basics for online marketing ans sales. But do we actually execute? I have to admit that at least in my case, it took some time. In fact, it took a lot of time to realize that our company’s website is actually our storefront and it can’t be neglected. And I’m talking about an Internet company so I can imagine that...

Microsoft vs Google Does Microsoft have an answer to Google AdSense? The two New World giants have open fronts in almost any field they operate in. From mobile phones through browsers and on to office applications. It’s a battle. But the golden egg is still online advertising and Google’s ability to grow fast and fight Microsoft on so many fronts is based on advertising revenues coming from the Google AdWords platform and its distribution through Google AdSense. If Microsoft wants to stand a chance in this battle of giants, it’s the online advertising distribution that needs...

Media Planning Glossary How complex has it become? The once rather simple online media plan has now become a monster. And considering the fact that it is just a fraction of the largest all encompassing advertising plan, it’s simply mind blowing. After the competitive research, campaign goals discovery, audience targeting, geographic distribution, and all the other necessary steps… Only then comes the media mix which in all template plans includes sponsored links, sponsored search and SEM, banners, rich media advertising… And then each of these is further analyzed according to...

Website Magazine Ranks In-Text Advertising Networks among Top 50 Good news for in-text advertising: Website Magazine has ranked in-text advertising networks among the Top 50 viable advertising and affiliate networks to consider using in 2011. It seems that the double-underlined links have finally become standard for Web content monetization. I was personally happy to find Infolinks (#39) as the highest ranked pure in-text advertising network. I take this opportunity to post here an article I wrote for Website Magazine (originally published in July 2010) hoping to start the New Year with a good...

I have a question: How can I reach the pay-per-click online advertisers in India? In most of my posts here on Online Siesta, I try sharing something I know about online marketing and in text ads. But in this post, I kindly ask to post a question hoping you can help me and others. PPC Advertisers with Google India When using Google India from an Indian IP address, search results are covered with AdWords advertising from local online advertisers. Insurance, investments and financial services, traveling, Internet related solutions – you name it. And as we know well, Google charges AdWords by the...

Technology Background In order to better understand in text advertising, some technological background is required. I’m not going to dive into the code structure here; in fact, I’m not the right person to attempt that… but I do think that some basic clarification could help when considering this method. Also, the leading in text ads networks utilize different technology and the following analysis may be helpful in choosing the right partner for you. The Magic a Little JavaScript Does When you integrate in text ads on your website, all you’re required to do is insert a little piece of JavaScript...

Online Publishers get Together to Create a Wacky Video What do thousands of publishers who work with the same in text ads network have in common? Well, first, they all operate a website, but that’s a given that derives from the very definition of an online publisher. What else? Usually not much. But lately, several publishers from around the world came together to create a wacky video, as part of an initiative for the New Year from Infolinks. Double With A Bubble If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I don’t often mention Infolinks here, as I’m trying to avoid...

Choosing the Best In Text Ads Network And the winner for Best In Text Ads Network is… well, did you really expect that it’s going to be that simple? While I can easily name the nominees for Best In Text Ads Network Award, and also detail the important aspects to compare before choosing your provider, there’s only one name I can put on the winners pedestal with sound mind, but I can’t just write it here. As I stated before, I work at Infolinks and this is where I collected my experience about in text advertising. If I would have recommended a single company, it would have been Infolinks,...