Great story by Jason Lee Miller at WebProNews on the revised White House robots.txt file. I wonder who I need to talk to about the SEO Cabinet position?

The Info Group has partnered with Elkore to create 2StepSite.com a CPA Web Design & Marketing venture. The site offers CPA’s , Accountants and Financial Services Companies the means to create a website they can update at anytime with ease and speed and one that attracts targeted visitors with Search Engine Marketing options for any budget.

“The Yellow Pages are a dying breed, now everyone “Google’s” the service or product they are seeking and Financial Services oriented businesses are no exception.” said Mark Stone, a partner with The Info Group. “So, if you’re not online you limit your opportunities to compete in todays business environment.” he went on to say. “Finally, Elkore always delivers superior web design projects and when you combine that with our experience in online marketing I know this partnership will deliver results to CPA’s, Accountants and Financial Services companies anywhere.”

CPA, Accountants and Financial Services companies 2StepSite.com offers web design and marketing packages starting from as little as $159 a month.

I just read this post on the number of advertisers Google has. What made me stand up and look was the average spend per year is 16k … now multiply that by 1 million. No wonder they crush the competition. Read the full post here.

Here we are in the New Year! I’m sure a lot of people are asking where did 2008 go but as they say you can’t look back and so I won’t except to say it was a great year with several highlights.

So 2008 was great and 2009 looks to be even better especially for search. Several questions intrigue me, like, how much will mobile search grow? How will Google promote impact search engine rankings?

I wish you all a wonderful and prosperous New Year!