DoNanza , the search engine for work-from-home and freelance jobs, has released today its quarterly State of the Work-From-Home and Freelancing Economy. The whole report can broken into two main categories: 1.

We have profiled and reviewed many various FireFox addons that provide some different search experience: for example, we had Web Pro Search that lets you search by dragging and dropping, Search Bastard that gives you a cool multi-search functionality, we even listed some ways to search Google using keyboard shortcuts . Today I am going to review new addons that let you easily search right from the page: by highlighting the term yo want to check out: 1.

Blogging is exciting as each great published piece brings you new listeners and builds your community. But is it all about new posts? Is there any way to leverage the power of already written and published content - can it be used to build and strengthen your online presence? Yes, this can be done, and here's how you can do that: 1. Tweet Old Posts " Tweet Old Posts " is a genius WordPress plugin I came across just recently.

Whether you are getting ready to publish a press release or going to launch a new product, you need to optimize your web site for journalists to come to give you a try. How do you make sure your news or news coverage looks great enough to attract journalists and prompt them to share it further? I have just a few )but effective( tips: 1/ Link to Official Sources This is Gold.

Guest blogging has been around for quite some time: plenty of blogs have been inviting contributions from outside for ages. On the other hand, it has always been a great way to expose your brand to a wide audience and win new followers and contacts via providing great content . The win-win concept behind guest blogging has made the tactic highly popular )this was the main reason I decided to build My Blog Guest by the way(. Recently,

WordStream , PPC mamangement toolset we have mentioned many times at SEJ, has released a new suite of AdWords Quality Score Management Tools , which are designed to boost Quality Scores in Google AdWords while driving advertising costs down .

The Ontolo guys Garrett and Ben are at it again with the launch of the V2 of their Link Building Toolset ' And from the demo videos it looks like link building just got easier. We interviewed them here , and wrote about one of their free tools here ' Here is what they said in the press release about the tool and how it benefits link builders.

What is Mind Mapping? Mind Mapping means graphically representing words, ideas, concepts, tasks in the form of a diagram - it is thus outlining some structural knowledge around some core word or concept. Mind maps are used to: Structure, and classify ideas and words )e.g. in keyword research( To visualize and ellaborate further on ideas )e.g. in writing and content brainstorming and research(.

Our great friend Joe Hall has shared some exciting news about his service WhosTalkin , a social media search engine that searches real-time conversations from around 60 different social media gateways. WhosTalkin has integrated Facebook's new API, giving the search tool unrepresented reach; the tool is also launching a new aggregation engine, a new real time metric, and the ability to export results directly from the search tool.

You should have several well-compiled online resumes even if you are not looking for the job and are not planning to. The main reasons why I am maintaining and updating carefully my online resumes are: Google SERPs reputation management : these resumes are usually very well ranked for your name in Google ; Social media marketing: online resumes work great for aggregating, interlinking and promoting your social media profiles . Today,

I reload web pages in FireFox constantly: usually when adding some tweaks to the page code and checking how it looks, also when a page won't load or loads improperly )with broken design or images(. I am sure you reload a lot as well: so here's my detailed guide on how to optimize,

What would make you want change your default search engine? I always have to change it because my browser may force me to use the local version of Google )as I am installing the browser from abroad( and thus I need to switch it to google.com. You can also switch off the personalization of search results or change it an alternative search engine.

Backlink research and link building are the two most tedious )yet unavoidable( tasks in website promotion process. Link Research Tools is one the most powerful link research assistants you should definitely try. The toolkit has advanced methodology, varied data sources, customized settings and quite a few unique tools inside - everything you may need in your link building efforts.

Scribe SEO is an on-site search engine optimization plugin that supports multiple platforms including WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc. Features: the Overview Basically,

Interclue is a nice FireFox addon that lets you preview the linked page content. But it does not only that. In facti it could be a cool Google search companion. 1. More informative search results The addon adds Delicious tags below each results for you to better understand the page topics as well as usefulness. when you hover over any tag, you will see how many times exactly that page was saved using the tag: 2.

If you are run a business online, you are most likely to be aware of press releases as marketing strategy. But have you tried multi-media enhanced press releases? Have you leveraged video press release to its full potential? The type of the video depends on your press release purpose and content - but it is almost always a great idea!

Successful viral marketing is art and in many cases pure luck. What makes the viral marketing campaign more likely to succeed is the properly created playful environment. The "Play" element is usually effective because: Motivation: We need NO motivation to play: we love playing. Play is an inherent instinct in us: since childhood we have been learning to live via playing. Engagement : Play is an activity that we engage in for enjoyment.

Personalized search has been a major annoyance to search marketers who have hard time finding out which of search results are ranked only "for them" and which ones are seen by other searchers as well. There are few options available to Google like a Ghost and recently I have come across another interesting alternative that may come in handy for search marketers who love to experiment.

Getting people to join, subscribe or follow is only one step in the process of building the powerful community around your brand or product. Another hard, yet crucial step is engaging your community members, getting them to return to your site and participate . Twitter lists can be a great help in reminding your community members about your site. I've been playing a lot with the tool and found it great in some cases.

Social media spam can take various forms. About two )or a bit more( years ago I used to be a social media newbie myself and I remember doing what I would now call spam: I registered at social media networks to drop my own links.