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10 Things Everyone Should Know About SEO in 2011
Published on September 6, 2011You don’t have to spend too much time in the SEO world to know that there’s a heck of a lot of contradictory information about there. As an SEO consultant, what is common knowledge to you reads like black magic rocket science to someone else. And sometimes that can be okay – it’s job security. But when it’s NOT okay is when the person infected with Bad SEO Information-itis is your boss. Or a client. Or that designer you’ve been tasked with working with. Or anyone else you need to have a basic understanding of SEO so that YOU can do your job without their meddling more effectively.
Read MoreHurricane @Irene and Small Business Online Marketing?
Published on September 1, 2011I’m not going to mince words here: sitting at my family dinner, I was utterly captivated by Hurricane Irene! “This is going to be the worst storm to hit the Atlantic seaboard in 50 years,” newscasters were telling me. Even though all I could see was an amazing array of fancy graphics, confusing charts that showed the hurricane spinning off in all different devastating directions, several amateur cell phone camera videos of swaying trees, and a few newscasters in neon slickers getting pelted by rain drops… you had this ominous sense that: It was coming!
Read MoreWhat Does the Recent Bing and Google Social Search Change Mean for Businesses?
Published on May 20, 2011Just a few days ago Bing announced how it would begin to fully integrate Facebook data into Bing’s search results. Of course Google didn’t want to be left out, such just a day later they announce how they will integrate their social search worldwide. Basically Facebook is in a pretty sweet position right now.. with over 500 million active users and that number growing everyday, the major search engines are realizing they need to strike deals with the social media giant in order to compete for traffic.
Read More10 Tips to Writing SEO-Friendly Blog Posts that Google Will LOVE!
Published on March 30, 2011With the recent Google “farmer” algorithm update, unique content that is regularly updated is rewarded by obtaining higher rankings in Google. One of the easiest ways to achieve first page rankings in Google is by having a blog.. but a blog alone will not get you top rankings – SEO-friendly blog posts can push your site to the top of Google in no time. But.. you have to do it right and you can’t overdo it. There is a fine line between SEO-friendly and spamming.
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