Is there a more difficult and competitive industry on the internet to optimize for? I’ve optimized websites in a number of industries but have found the mortgage industry to be the most difficult one to get any traction with.
Whether you’re a mortgage company or a mortgage broker the key is to go local.
The national [...]
Archive for November, 2007
29 Nov
SEO & the Mortgage Industry
28 Nov
Text to Voice Web 2.0 Application
Found an interesting application called VozMe which converts a block of text into a computerized/British sounding MP3 file. VozMe is at the very least fun to play with but can also be embeded into a website to vocalize your content and possible attract your visitor’s attention.
28 Nov
Web 2.0 Application
TOKiBiz has recently finished the design of its corporate site and we are continuing to develop the Web 2.0 Application called Bizak. For additional information about TOKiBiz’s Web 2.0 development and the Web 2.0 Application Bizak please visit the link below:
Web 2.0 Development & Applications
27 Nov
E-Loan Terminates Commission Junction Affiliate Program
It appears that recent mortgage failures have forced the “best mortgage website” to not only layoff over 400 (out of 900) employees but also terminate it’s Comission Junction hosted affiliate program.
According to an email deliverd today to Eloan affiliates “E-LOAN will begin scaling back some operations/programs to reduce its cost structure and unfortunately [...]
26 Nov
Heavy Holiday (Cyber Monday) Traffic Stalls Yahoo Merchant Solutions
Jim Goldman of CNBC is reporting that Yahoo Merchant Soltions customers are experiencing significant technical problems on this Cyber Monday. Yahoo Merchant Solutions hosts e-commerce shopping carts for roughly 3 million customers. According to Goldman the Yahoo technical problems are due to “excessive holiday traffic” but other then that Yahoo isn’t saying much [...]
26 Nov
Cyber Monday 2007 to top $700 Million
The first Monday after Thanksgiving is now referred to as Cyber Monday. Since the brick and mortar retailers have black Friday the online stores needed their day and that is today! According to comScore this Cyber Monday could be the biggest ever topping over $700 mllion in sales.
comScore bases this estimate [...]
26 Nov
Mobile 3.0
The Apple iPhone, Google Earth and GPS phones have helped Web 2.0 take a major step towards integrating Mobile 3.0 into their online applications. Web 3.0 integrates the user generated content (UGC) of Web 2.0 with the location based services & GPS capabilities of mobile phones that can access online user generated content of [...]
21 Nov
iMac Touch?
Not until today did I realize how accustomed I’ve become to the technology behind iPhone’s touch screen interface. While using a building’s directory I immediately found myself trying to scroll through the computer listings with my fingertips. To my surprise I automatically discredited the computer as outdated since I was unable to scroll [...]
20 Nov
U2’s “Red Hill Mining Town” Video
With today’s 20th anniversary reissue of The Joshua Tree U2 fans can finally view the video for Red Hill Mining Town. It was always known this video was produced however it never saw the light of day (and released as a single) because Bono could not sing the song live. Now fans can [...]
20 Nov
Purple Violets Premieres on iTunes
Purple Violets, an Edward Burns’ Film, premieres exclusively on iTunes today. Purple Violets marks the first film to bypass the movie theaters to go directly to digital. Though it has received critical claim, and won a best narrative film feature award, Edward Burns knew it would still be limited to small independent theaters [...]
20 Nov
Verizon Voyager Commercial & Apple’s 1984 Commercial
Is it just me or does the new Verizon Voyager commercial appear to have similar coloring and sound effects to Apple’s legendary 1984 commercial? Is Verizon trying to make a comparison and say this is the doomsday for the iPhone? Now that’s funny! - Written by Tom @ TOKiBiz.netVerizon Voyager Commercial [...]
20 Nov
Verizon LG Voyager to Compete with the iPhone?
On November 21, 2007 Verizon will be releasing the Voyager (manufactured by LG) which appears to be Verizon’s (and LG’s) first attempt to compete with Apple’s iPhone (on the AT&T network). At first glance it appears similar to the iPhone, especially with the high resolution touch screen that the iPhone uses. From image [...]
16 Nov
TV Online
Since I don’t have cable and my iMac has a much nicer screen then my circa 1987 television I’m always looking around for TV online. Since I love “How I Met Your Mother” I find myself watching it on CBS innertube more then a few times per episode. NBC also has a very [...]
16 Nov
Website Launch!!!
This weekend we will FINALLY be giving TOKiBiz a website – well one that is nice to look at. Over the weekend we will be launching the new website for TOKiBiz designed by Fortunate 13 of Arlington, MA. TOKiBiz is based in Brookline Village, just steps away from Boston.
TOKiBiz: www.TOKiBiz.net
