Lately I’ve had a lot of clients who were unsure as to why they should even consider Pay Per Click search engine traffic. I’ve noticed a stigma around these ads with non Internet Marketing professionals. The common complaint I hear about PPC traffic is that the clients don’t see why they should bother with PPC [...]

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DrupalSN, an online community for Drupal users and developers, is currently featuring CommonPlaces on their website. CommonPlaces is the first in a planned feature that will highlight a notable Drupal development company each month. You can read our interview with DrupalSN here. It was great to talk with the people at DrupalSN, and we’re really [...]

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We’re really proud of the work we’ve done on the NSCS site, so I figured it deserved a quick mention in the blog. NSCS (The National Society of Collegiate Scholars) is a prestigious honor society that invites high achieving college freshmen and sophomores. They offer members a great wealth of scholorships, as well as a [...]

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In July 2008 we were bombarded with endless hype about how this huge, more technologically advanced, Google killing search engine was being released and how it was going to give Google a run for its money…

Cuil Fails
Cuil Fails

Six months later and it’s apparent that very few use Cuil, and that it’s more likely that it will suffer a slow and painful demise in the search engine world. I have looked at hundreds of thousands of visitors across all different types of sites that I have stats access to, without seeing a single visitor coming from Cuil! Is it possible that these sites are just not optimized for Cuil’s algorithm? What happened to this supposed giant?

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Here at CommonPlaces, we sometimes like to think of success on the Web in terms of The Five P’s: Plan, Publish, Promote, Profit, and Protect. We want to help all of our clients to reach their online goals, and each ‘P’ represents an important step along the way. Pursue the Five P’s, and it’s probable [...]

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Ben is very excited to have been selected as a member of the Advisory Board for Twolia.com, a site that CommonPlaces is currently developing.  Twolia is aiming to become an online destination for women ages 18-35. This demographic is very active in the social networking realm, and this site will appeal specifically to their interests [...]

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Choosing a developer for your Drupal project can be a daunting task. Drupal is a hot technology, and there are a lot of talented (and some not-so-talented) individuals out there who are offering their Drupal services. Who should you choose? Here are five questions you can ask Drupal developers you encounter to find out if [...]

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Nearly all intermediate and advanced SEO’ers know about all these tools and have used them all, but for the beginners I hope this quick list will prove to be very informational!

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Happy New Year everyone! While we’re all setting personal resolutions for the New Year, here are a few suggestions for e-Resolutions you can (and should) adopt for your business to make 2009 a year to remember.

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Get blogging. If your company doesn’t have a blog, now is the perfect time to start one. If [...]

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Despite a downright scary economy, and the idea of 2008-2009 harboring the worst financial crisis of our time; there are still plenty of reassuring signs that show that 2009 will be a healthy year for Internet Businesses.

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