Big Data From Little Scottsdale: Stremor's New Heuristic Search Tools

When it comes to online search, relevance is everything, right? Unfortunately, “relevance” as we presently know it may not be enough. According to Scottsdale-based Stremor CEO Bill Irvine, “Relevance is no longer relevant. Too many results on the first page of a search are mediocre content at best, stuffed with all the right words to rank … Read more

Scottsdale’s GoDaddy.com Reaffirms Company Vision And Announces New CEO: Blake Irving

The outrageous success of GoDaddy (over 10 million users, and over 50 million domain registrations) hasn’t come without the ups, downs, product changes, pivots, controversial media attention, attacks, major site outages, and leadership changes. Most recently, GoDaddy announced on Tuesday of this week that Blake Irving, the former Microsoft and Yahoo! executive will be assuming … Read more

Phoenix-Based Axway Inc. Streamlines & Secures Business Interactions Worldwide

Enterprise companies deal with a high volume of sensitive data, internal processes, file transfers and other business-critical interactions, so it is essential that these businesses are able to manage and secure these interaction networks while keeping up with current market conditions and regulations in a cost-efficient, streamlined manner. Founded in 2001, Axway provides enterprise businesses … Read more

BeenEvaluated Provides 'Amazingly Accurate' Website Appraisals

Joshua Elizetxe knows a few things about appraising the value of a website. In fact, he sold his first website when he was only 14. He used that knowledge and experience to jump into the field of brokering website sales. It was during this time that Joshua had the idea for BeenEvaluated. Joshua had tried … Read more

ICANN receives 1,930 proposals for new gTLDs – Be on the lookout for .apple, .amazon, .inc and much more!

Back on January 12th of this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) – the “.com” part of website addresses at $185,000 a pop! Potential domain buyers had until April 12th to submit their application(s), and yes, the $185,000 was for the application … Read more

Join AZ Entrepreneurial Rock Stars at Techiepalooza: Thursday, June 7

While you [probably] won’t see Perry Farrell or the Red Hot Chili Peppers there, this week’s Techiepalooza is definitely still worth a visit. Join ASU Venture Catalyst and a sizable group of partners/sponsors (see below) for a networking event that brings the Phoenix entrepreneurial and tech community together. The event will showcase some of the hottest … Read more

When it Comes to Search Engine Results, AuthorityLabs Pulls Rank

No matter what you’re looking for, chances are the first place you’ll go to find it is your favorite search engine. But unlike those 30-pound phone books we now use as doorstops, all business listings online are not created equal. For today’s businesses, a low ranking in search engine results due to poor search engine … Read more

Scottsdale's SpyFu Boosts Search Marketing Stats by Spying on Competitors

Choosing the right keywords is crucial for search marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) strategy; however, it can quickly become an expensive and frustrating exercise in trial-and-error for many companies and industry professionals. Thankfully, SpyFu has taken the guesswork out of keyword selection and more—by allowing its customers to spy on their competitors’ keywords, ad … Read more