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Facebook v. Google: Battle of the Search Engines
While Google has been the dominant player for many years in the search engine function market, Facebook is the online company and service who is hoping to eventually put an end to that domination. While Google holds over 63 percent of the market share for search engines and over 95 percent of the market share when it comes search engines for mobile devices, Facebook is steadily making some of that ground up. Due to the fact that Facebook has over a one billion active user base, a large audience, and a great amount of both financial, labor, and technological resources, they are the only ones out there who could compete with Google for Search Engine users.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
My Adventures as a Pizza Delivery Driver
There is no worse time, weather-wise, as when it is raining, storming, thundering, lightning, hailing, and the wind blowing furiously outside to be delivering pizzas. Pizza Delivery Drivers are like the Post Man, we go in all kinds of weather, except I do not go in the snow or any kind of bad road situations that may arise in the winter months of the year due to inclement weather. Here is another scenario of getting to know your local part of town.
By Rhonda Farley9 years ago in Journal
SEO: A Powerful Marketing Tool
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is a powerful marketing tool that can help to take your website to the next level. In order to make your website progress, you’re going to need to optimize your search engine results as much as possible in order to drive more traffic and eventually more business to your website. When you’re developing your website, search optimization is an important part of that so you have to make sure that your categories, tags, and your keywords are in line with Google and other search engines. In order to use SEO as a marketing tool, there are a number of steps that you have to undertake so your website will continue to grow and develop.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
How Breaches and Hacking to Your IT Systems Can Affect Your Business
The safety and security of your company’s IT systems may be the most important thing that you need to take care of in order to be successful with your online business. A breach or a hack into your data or IT system could be devastating for your business so it’s important to make sure that you are aware of the causes that could make this a possibility. By being aware of the causes of these breaches and hacks that have occurred to other companies in the past, you will be able to take the necessary steps and precautions in order to avoid that from ever happening to your company. It’s better to be safe than sorry and the security of your IT systems should be the highest priority on the list.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
Localizing the Translation Business
In this day and age of global markets, some things can simply get lost in translation. Even though having translation services are important, especially when dealing with different languages of various backgrounds, what’s often left out of the equation is making sure that localization the translations is a key part of these services. If you happen to make a mistake in your translation, it can have a negative effect on your business or on your project. The target market that you could be dealing with could be very specific, which is why localization the translations is a necessary thing to do.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
Swagbucks.com
As a stay at home mother of two, I have explored several different ways of supplementing my husband's income while working at home. There are many scams out there, so this can be a dangerous venture to undertake. The first rule I have established is to not give anybody money in order to make money. Most sites asking for money will not make you money, only themselves. The second rule is to not count out the little money makers. Many people will refuse to work with some sites because they will not make you millions. I learned from an early age that you must start small. One small money maker will not make you millions, but several could make you thousands or just save you hundreds. It all depends on what you are doing.
By Amanda Haywood9 years ago in Journal
My Adventures as a Pizza Delivery Driver
It is the Holiday Time of the year again and I find myself delivering pizzas to the large country music venue hotel. The hotel is beautiful at Christmas time. Millions of Holiday lights are set into place, and all kinds of beautiful outside decorations are placed all around the hotel. The hotel at Christmas time also plays seasonal music for all to enjoy. The valet parking people are all busy running here and there to park and return the hotel guests' vehicles to them. The hotel’s shuttle buses are all decorated with either big stars on the bus with their Holiday outfits on or the other popular bus that the hotel has running during the Holiday season is the famous Grinch bus. The horse and carriage rides are all out in full force, and the hotel adds a security guard right as you are approaching the front of the hotel. This would be the first of many times that I would see this security guard during the busy time of the year.
By Rhonda Farley9 years ago in Journal
Signs Your Company Is Going Under
There's already a lot of talk about the upcoming recession—it's really unavoidable, and if you're like many people, it's a terrifying thought to have.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart9 years ago in Journal
The Purpose of A Photograph
As the popular phrase goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” You can tell a lot about a person or an animal or an object based off of a photograph. While a photograph does not tell the whole story, it’s quite common to think that a picture can give a lot of insight into a situation, an event, or a passing moment. Photographs are extremely visually appealing to most people and that’s why they are used often for marketing and/or advertising purposes. By using photographs in order to market yourself, your business, or your firm, you may have an advantage over other companies that you’re competing with. An attractive or powerful image can have a major positive impact and cause your business to become more popular than ever before.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
Why You Should Be Strategic with Your Social Media Presence
In this day and age, with the rise of social media, more and more companies are looking to be more strategic with this part of the Internet. If you strategically use social media in the correct ways, it can be a boon to both your marketing and advertising efforts. Social media does not pay off for every business so it’s important to be strategic with how you use this tool in order to be successful. There is a lot of research out there about using the presence of social media in order to benefit one’s company and it’s well-known that there are a few strategic ways that it can be utilized in order to boost your business’s profits and online notoriety.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
5 Ways Startups Can Save Setup Costs
If you just started up your small business, you’ve probably heard that terrifying statistics claiming that 8 out of 10 startups fail in the first 18 months but the truth is: those numbers are a myth. However, it’s also true that, depending on the industry, almost 50 percent of startups don’t make it to four years and you probably can guess what the main reason is for that. That’s right—it’s because of money so finding any way to save a bit is precious to new entrepreneurs. If you don’t want your business to fall under that scary statistics, here’s how you can save money on setup costs and improve your odds of turning into a success story.
By Carolin Petterson9 years ago in Journal
My Adventures as a Pizza Delivery Driver
Boy, the year sure did fly by again and once more upon us all is the holiday season. I guess that this had to be my favorite time of the year to deliver pizzas, driving along to all of my customer's houses and seeing all of their beautiful Christmas decorations neatly placed in their yards for everybody to see. Around the holiday season at the store, we are all busy like little elves, running here and there and hurrying here and hurrying there. Everybody is having and also attending Christmas parties, office parties, and family get togethers at this busy time of the year, oh yeah, and how could I forget the shopping? Plus decorating, gift wrapping presents, cooking and working.
By Rhonda Farley9 years ago in Journal