10
Jun
2009
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Internet News
Holy cow! Out of all the latest and "greatest" launches this one seems to be huge (I know it hasn't "officially" launched but still). Now, this is yet another PR stunt by Google to
squash it's competition (Google launches this new product, the same day
Microsoft announces Bing as it's new search engine, etc).

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Some information about
Search Engine Market Share: Microsoft has been hovering at a 9% market share of search queries. Yahoo around 20% and Google 60-70% of the market share. Also, in some countries Google has a massive monopoly of 90% market share. Yahoo has 80-90% share in Japan but is continually 20% throughout the world.
Google has commanded the majority of the search engine market share for 7 years and…
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27
Apr
2009
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Search Engine Optimization
All the major media networks are covering the Swine Flu like it's the next bubonic plague. It's sickening. Not only that;
people are talking out it like it's a legit reason to worry.
The truth is you have a
1 in 7.6 million chance to catch this type of flu (as of this post only 40 cases in the USA). You have a better chance…
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11
Mar
2009
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Refuge Design News
First off, I'd like to thank you for coming here! I really appreciate your interest in helping me decide this.
We have some great things planned in the coming weeks and we're trying to decide on an 'intro' and 'out-tro' for a video series (and all videos we do). I personally covet the blues. Southern blues. Mississippi Delta Blues. =)
I'm thinking something semi-upbeat, southern blues for the videos.
This is where you…
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4
Mar
2009
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Self Management
Life gets busy sometimes. We forget to have fun, rest, relax, and just enjoy life. At least I do. So, I want to encourage you to do what I tend to forget. Take a break and play some online games. On me. :)
From
religious scripture to
science, both resound with one voice, take a break!
Funny thing is one of my workers told me this. Haha. I've…
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25
Feb
2009
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Social Media
I'm just like a majority of the web. Addicted to Facebook, checking it once a day to see what my friends are doing. Poking people. Watching
funny videos about poking people.
Sometimes Facebook makes subtle changes and I never heard anyone reporting the additions. So, I'll try to update everyone on any changes I see from now on. :)
In my news feed I see a research poll. "Flyers…
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Whether you’ve already hired someone to optimize your site or are considering doing so, trying to discern whether or not they actually know anything about SEO can be rather intimidating. Assessing the competence of SEOs is often like trying to figure out whether or not a doctor actually knows anything about the field of medicine before becoming a malpractice victim.
Scams abound in the SEO industry and snake oil salesmen are…
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5
Feb
2009
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Blogging
It's been a long time since I've tweeted. I'd like to let you know what's going on and why I've been so silent.
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As many of you know,
Twitter is one of the most powerful social networking tools out on the web and there are many other sites not directly affiliated with Twitter, but developed to use Twitter in even more powerful ways.
Take
TweetGrid for example.
TweeGrid.com allows a user to search contents of a Twitter message (tweet) and sends the info back to you. Sounds pretty simple…
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16
Dec
2008
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Recaps, Video Marketing & Webinars
Hey Folks! Welcome new subscribers.
Earlier today we had a webinar on SEO basics. We had 50 people registered and only 30 people showed up. Some came via Twitter at the
last moment. I was hoping for 200, based on the promotions that I planned but many of them fell through at the very last minute and I had no time to maintain them since they were all delegated.
How
12
Dec
2008
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Recaps
There are some great topics we've covered and many of the new subscribers haven't read them yet. So, I'm going to give you an overview of the first week of blogging on Refuge Design's blog.
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11
Dec
2008
Author: Joshua Sciarrino
In: Video Marketing & Webinars
We got some new subscribers. So, what I'd like to do is invite you to our Webinar on December 15th. It will be at 2pm EST.
We will be covering three main concepts.
Which Search Engine to Focus On
What are some SAFE On-page tactics?
What are some SAFE Off-site tactics?
We will be giving away 250$ worth of prizes (iPhone, iPod Touch, Music Tickets, or 250$ in cash; the winner gets to…
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