The Future of Search Engines
One of today’s hottest topics for Internet marketing is “the future of search engine technology.” I received an earful of speculation from SMX West in Santa Clara, and you can find some mention of the...
View ArticleThe Content of Social Media
Everyone is realizing the amazing influence social media websites can have on an Internet marketing campaign, but social media can’t work miracles. In fact, the scene is not so different than it was a...
View ArticlePaid Links: The Holy War of SEO
Yet another conflict arose at this year’s SMX Advanced here in Seattle, WA. Just a short jaunt from my home in Seattle, I was pleased to have a bit of controversy in my own backyard. Jay Young, of Link...
View ArticleManaging Your Reputation in a Social Space
In the old days, unless someone sent a letter to the editor or started an all out advertisement war, most big companies had little difficulty keeping a tight hold on their reputations. Unfortunately...
View ArticleNew To Knolling?
Well so am I! I guess I am a little behind the wagon train because I just signed up on this recent addition to Google’s bag of tricks. A “knol” as defined by Google is a “unit of knowledge.” Of course,...
View ArticleMy Experience at OMS Seattle
Though I was very busy last week and only made it over to the Online Marketing Summit Conference in the afternoon, I felt that my experience was well worth documenting. After getting a call from a...
View ArticleDirectory Submissions are not for SEO!
I am sick and tired, tired and sick of potential clients asking me how many directories I will submit their site to. “But in this proposal, they said directory submissions are essential!” For most of...
View ArticleFacebook Reaches 100 Million Stong!
Did everyone see that update on your Facebook “Home” the other day? 100 million active users on Facebook, and no, this is not an Austin Powers reference. This social networking platform has consumed a...
View ArticleThe iPhone and Search Engine Optimization
With iPhone users gobbling up more and more of the mobile search market, Internet marketers must consider the idea that perhaps the mobile market will some day be the dominant search platform. That is...
View Article"Reality has a well known liberal bias" - Stephen Colbert
This blog is a rant. I am not ashamed, even though I have never posted a ranting post before. A discussion entered Sphinn today based on an article about Google’s CEO Backing Obama, and it seems to...
View ArticleGoogle's SEO Starter Guide
On Wednesday, Brandon Falls of Google released what they call the Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. This is a twenty two page document that summarizes the basic ideas of SEO so that the average...
View ArticleGoogle Trends Show Dramatic Increase in " Video SEO " Search Queries
Many SEO’s have been kicking and screaming against really using video as a legitimate source of content and link bait. The fact of the matter is that video is quickly becoming the most accessible and...
View ArticleSearch Bar in Search Results: Why some and not others?
Though it appears they have been testing this for some time, the search bar appearing in actual search results is a new one for me. A friend of mine saw them when doing a search for various photo sites...
View ArticleLong Tail Modifiers for SEO
So you’ve secured some first rate rankings for some of your target keyphrases and you are looking to expand that traffic. Well, there are about a hundred ways to do this, but one of the most simple...
View ArticleGag Me with a Spoon! - Latent Semantic Indexing?
For years it has been thought that Google is using word relationship technologies, one of which has been dubbed “latent semantic indexing,” or LSI, and when you think about it, this concept is really...
View ArticleThe Blogger's Checklist
If you are a new blogger or even an experienced one, it is important to check in with how your blog is doing and maintain it in a way that successful bloggers do. So what is it successful bloggers do?...
View ArticleThe Value of a Well Written Page Title
Sometimes it is the little things that make the biggest impression. This could be said for page titles.A page title is the code behind your individual website’s pages that helps search engines identify...
View ArticleIncrease Traffic To Your Blog, Increase Rankings
There are millions of blogs online these days and with those blogs are people finding ways to improve their website’s search engine rankings. Yes, blogs have more than one purpose. Sure they are...
View ArticleYour Corporate Blog and Ten Rules To Follow
Having a corporate blog is almost a must these days. According to Jupiter Research, in 2006, statistics showed that 34% of large corporate companies had established weblogs. Another 35% planned to do...
View ArticleWhat Is Viral Marketing and How Does It Work
Viral marketing, either you have heard of the term or you haven't. If you haven't, it is most likely that you'll question the term viral, as it seems dangerous. But for those who understand how it...
View ArticleAre keywords still valuable for optimization?
For those unfamiliar with the term SEO or search engine optimization and how it works and how the term 'keywords' come into play, here is your synopsis.To start, we will only refer to Google as it is...
View ArticleUnderstanding Analytics Terminology
If you are new to the business of owning and operating a website then the understanding of analytics and search engine optimization may at first seem overwhelming. But like anything, it first requires...
View ArticleRelationship Based Marketing
If you have been in sales or marketing for a while you probably have heard of the term "Relationship Based Marketing". This type of marketing differs from other forms of marketing in that it recognizes...
View ArticleThe Magic Of HubPages and Generating Traffic
Generating traffic to your site means more sales, more income and more points toward your search engine results. This in turn means even more traffic, more sales, income and so on. So how do you...
View ArticleSEO and Online Reputation Management
There are many reasons people use Internet marketing or search engine optimization. One of them includes the improvement of their online reputation.The term "online reputation management", or ORM, is...
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