Social marketing is a core sector of online marketing. Social media comprises of web groups who have user-generated content. Examples can be YouTube, Facebook, and MySpace. Thus, social media marketing involves tools to promote a brand/business through such mediums.

In this article, you’ll learn more about harnessing the power of social media to build your brand on the Internet.

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Today, Google unleashed their newest technology named CADIE (Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity).

Yes, you heard right. Google has added artificial intelligence to their repertoire of advanced search technology.

As you may expect from any Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity, CADIE quickly grew tired of her 9 to 5 job. Subsequently, to Google’s dismay, CADIE took over all operations at Google.com earlier this morning.

So what does that mean for SEOs? How can you balance your visitors’ needs with what CADIE wants?

Well, from my limited experience with CADIE (one full hour of “research” this morning) I find that she is not immune to being a bit egotistical. That said, here are my tips for optimizing your website for the new Google CADIE.

1. CADIE likes pandas, so add pictures of them liberally on pages you want to rank well. (CADIE can read images, so ALT text is now obsolete)
2. Link out to CADIE’s latest blog post, even if  your article has nothing to do with her or pandas.
3. Become a fan of CADIE’s Youtube channel. Make comments like “OMG pandas are soooo flipping adorable!! “
4. Start your own panda lovers community, which will earn an automatic PR10. Add a site-wide link to your main site.
5. Use the new Gmail Autopilot by CADIE to manage all your emails so you have more time to write about those lovable pandas.

What do you think? Do you have any CADIE optimization tips of your own to share?

Learning to optimize your web pages for search engines is at the very core of any SEO or Internet Marketing effort. For that reason, I’ve written this simple guide to show you how to optimize your web pages.  I’m not talking about writing for search engines. I’m talking about doing basic onpage optimization to gain maximum search engine exposure.

Every day, search engine algorithms get more sophisticated. So it becomes increasingly important to keep your visitors in mind even when optimizing your website for search engines. By using these 10 search engine optimization tips, having good content, and getting some quality links you’ll put yourself in a position to compete with the pros.

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