1. How Does Twitter pick the top Tweets on it’s home page? 6 minutes ago via web
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3. @Greatvine32 just rt you, Love the fact you are in Montana (Gods Country) we are in Seattle, hope to visit Glacier NP this summer. about 12 hours ago via Twitterrific

4. Learn about the power of Blogs for #SEO, Search and Social Marketing free eBook: http://MyTypes.com #Marketing #faceBook about 12 hours ago via Twitterrific

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You can click on the link below to go to the full article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Best-places-to-shop-for-conreps-2904135702.html?x=0

I just tried to tweet about it and Yahoo would not let me use Bit.ly, too bad for them, so they won’t get the Twitter link juice.  Here is the top part of the article: Best places to shop, Retailer Costco

Illustration by John Pirman

Last year shoppers spent $405 billion at Walmart, the world’s largest retailer. But according to a new study by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, they might be better off if they switch stores.

For all the talk about Walmart’s low prices, 30,666 subscribers we surveyed said the prices at 10 other retailers, including JCPenney, Sears, Dillard’s, and Meijer, were at least as good. And bigger wasn’t necessarily better when it came to the overall shopping experience. Almost three-quarters of respondents who shopped at Walmart found at least one problem to complain about, and half had two or more complaints about the store or its staff.

Walmart and Kmart scored notably lower than the other chains, but Costco stood tall. In addition to citing the warehouse club’s rock-bottom prices, survey respondents praised its bang for the buck: It was the only store judged much better than average for value. In our surveys over the years, Costco has earned high marks as a source of a surprisingly large selection of goods, including mattresses, electronics, small appliances, groceries, and books. In recent years, the chain’s Kirkland Signature products have often performed well in our tests.

“Costco surprises consumers with great products and brands at exceptional prices,” says Will Ander, senior partner inMcMillanDoolittle, a retail-consulting firm in Chicago. “They don’t promise to have everything, but they do offer a true treasure hunt where everyone seems to find that exceptional item at an unbelievable price. Most customers will give you great satisfaction marks if you exceed their expectations, and Costco is light-years ahead of the other discount competitors in that respect.”  ..please go to link above to read full article…

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Best-places-to-shop-for-conreps-2904135702.html?x=0

Major retailers looking to utilize best in breed IBM Websphere Commerce solutions, check out CrossView.com.

I attended a great webinar by the folks at Hubspot today, the topic was SEO and Social marketing.  Some of you know from our marketing book above that I am a huge fan of blogging and we connected the dots between SEO and blogging years ago.

Here is a slide from http://HubSpot.com on statistics that prove, blogging gives your more inbound links, which is the #1 thing you can do for SEO:

Did any of you just notice that Google does not allow easy access to their Keyword Tool any more?  Before you just went to http://adwords.google.com and you could search for keywords right there.  Now you have to go in to your Adwords account, Click on the Opportunities Tab, then click on Keyword Tool, then you get the same information as before.  So much for easy access Mr. Google:-). 

I wanted to do some research on the keywords around SEO, especially for WordPress SEO, and Blog templates. for our SEO Blog Templates site.  That site, still ranks in the top 30-100 for those keywords.  Surprised, as I have not blogged for a long time about any of those keywords.  I tweet now days, and don’t really spend as much time as I should on blogs.  I need to keep my skills refreshed and keep up on the marketplace, so I decided to write this post.  For those interested in following us on Twitter, you can do so here at http://Twitter.com/enthos  Here are some recent Tweets:

ReTweet, eBook covers: Blogs, SEO Search and Social Marketing with faceBook and Twitter http://MyTypes.com #Business about 7 hours ago via Twitterrific

Is Google Page Rank as important as ever?

August 17th, 2009 by admin

Just wrote this on our SEO blog templates blog: 

Yeah for Yahoo and Bing, #1 on Bing and Om Yoga Clothing

August 2nd, 2009 by admin