352 Media Group Services Company Our Work Our Clients Contact Us
RANTING AND RAVING - The good, bad and ugly of interactive media

Featured Posts

Why pay for what you can get for free?

by
August 26, 2011 in SEO & Marketing
thumb I Google a lot. It's my job, and I kinda dig it. But one thing that's been ruffling my feathers recently is companies wasting dollars on paid advertising when there's no need. While I can admin that there are some measurable benefits when it comes to Google AdWords, like being able to see dollar for dollar which keywords of yours are best converting, but it's no surprise that I'm [More]

Ranting & Raving is brought to you by 352 Media Group, a Web development and digital marketing company.
1
More posts about SEO & Marketing
More posts by

Finally, a Social Media Message Worth Reading

by Amy - Marketing on August 17, 2011

thumb As social media networks are slowly making changes to become more business friendly (read: Facebook ads, sponsored tweets, business profiles and pages), there are some networking sites that aim to put the “social” back in “social media.” According to a recent article from TechCrunch, sites such as the Know Cancer Community, Planet Cancer, and [More]

August: Summing Up SEO & Web Marketing

by Erin Everhart on August 15, 2011

thumb It's hot, we get it. But the temperature hasn't been the only thing that's heating up this month. From Panda (finally) being officially released worldwide and Google's update to their image algorithm to a possible infinite scrolling feature in search engines and removal of third-party reviews in local listings, it's been a hot month for SEO and Web marketing with Google [More]

The Eulogy of Old Twitter

by Erin Everhart on August 12, 2011

thumb This week, we lost a dear friend. One who touched the lives of many, one who will be sorely missed. On Monday, former social networking and microblogging interface Old Twitter died at 5 years young after suffering from redesigns for nearly a year.Old Twitter was a simple man. He lived in a time before never ending streams, before dashboard searching, [More]

August: Summing Up Web & Mobile Development News

by PeterV - CMO on August 9, 2011

thumb We're deep in the dog days of summer, and while all I want to do is sit in a hammock sipping something with an umbrella in it, I have a duty to bring you the latest goings on in the world of Web development and mobile. It's raining outside anyhow, so that can wait. Prepare yourself for a late July, early August news recap overload.. [More]

Convenient: Website Load Time Impacts Google Rank. Paying Google Improves This.

by PeterV - CMO on August 4, 2011

thumb Google announced a new service last week where they'll optimize your site's page load speed. The new Page Speed Service, which is currently open to a limited audience by request, actually has you point your DNS CNAME entry to Google which will serve code they've rewritten. Speed tests are impressive, with results ranging from 25% to 60%. [More]

August: Summing Up Social Media

by Amy - Marketing on August 1, 2011

thumb It seems like there are more and more cool things coming out every day in the world of social media. From the unveiling of Google+ and its rampant growth to politicians taking to Twitter like never before, this month is no exception. So, in case you were busy following debt ceiling negotiations, here are the top ten stories from social media for July 2011... [More]