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I had recently written a post about Facebook’s “new and improved” account deletion tactics on our social marketing journal which you can read here, so just when I thought things where over they have started all over again. read more »
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A WebMasterWorld forum thread discussed one members view that they had run out of link building ideas. Some of the suggestions were interesting; some were also quite valuable from an search engine optimization perspective. read more »
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There are times when you do a search and find the results less than stimulating. In fact, you have to wonder how these pages made it to the top of the SERP’s. Links are one of the major factors in determining a pages rank. When scraped content is ma read more »
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It all began when blogger Leslie Richard who is the owner of an eco-fashion business, wrote about her experience (in this article) with a company called Vision Media Television who offered to do a special on her and her clothing line that would be s read more »
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Some META tags are used on a daily basis to fine tune a website page for the search engines. There are however, several META tags that many people have never heard of, yet should probably either have in their knowledge cabinet to use where appropria read more »
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For anyone doing a search these days looking for some good reading material on how to educate themselves on search engine optimization for either themselves or their company they know that it can quickly get overwhelming with the amount of informati read more »
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While it is hard to find concrete figures, it seems that only half of all internet users actually rely on search engines when they access the internet. If only 50% of the online population uses a search engine, should we be primarily concentrating o read more »
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Rules were meant to be broken or so the saying goes. It is probably a part of human nature, however as soon as you say to people, “don’t do….XXY”, they bust their gut trying to do it. Search Engine Optimization is no different. read more »
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While having a good reputation is a must when it comes to attracting customers, does it have any search engine optimization benefits.... read more »
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Newspapers, yes they do still exist, generally report on news. It is rare for them to make the news, unless your a cynic of course. The LaTimes has made its own news with a record 127 million page views in July, and most of it can be laid at the fee read more »
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If your new to the internet, or at least new to the world of search engine optimization, you may be wondering what all these acronyms stand for. Here is a brief run down on each acronym with a Wikipedia reference for each one. read more »
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A question on WebmasterWorld has brought up a few interesting comments. As part of a search engine optimization program you may decide to include your own business blog - an activity I highly recommend. The question was, “What are the problems assoc read more »
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One of the first steps in the long and arduous search engine optimization plan is the research of keywords. Keywords are center of all SEO programs, your content is written around keywords, your titles should be keyword optimized and your link build read more »
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If you run any pay per click campaigns, you’ll have to build landing pages. Here are the top 5 most important things about landing pages... read more »
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The major aim of a websites search engine optimization strategy is to balance on page and off page activities. The off page activities lean heavily towards building inbound links. Microsoft’s BrowseRank will base ranking on an entirely different set read more »
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Many businesses prefer to undertake their search engine optimization programs in-house rather out-sourcing the service. Whilst it can be done successfully, there are quite a few pitfalls that should be considered before selecting in-house versus out read more »
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The search engines aggravate us a little from time to time; different search engines at different times for different reasons. However the one point it all proves is that your search engine optimization strategies need to target all search engines.. read more »
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This is some SHADY stuff. Apparently a ton of the .ME domains were purchased months ago. read more »
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We heard the news! Today GoDaddy.com opened the doors for people to register .Me domains. How exciting....then they FAILED MISERABLY. read more »
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Do you have exit links on your landing pages? If so, you could be killing your own PPC campaigns. I’d recommend killing the links before they kill you. read more »
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Google are pushing their offline advertising with a new blog - called - Let’s Take It Offline. Most advertisers aren’t aware of Google’s offline advertising in more traditional media outlets such as print, radio and television... read more »
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There is an interesting discussion on the search engine optimization forum at WebProWorld around the topic of NoFollow-DoFollow.... read more »
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Analytics is one of the most important things about running a website, whether you use PPC or not. But especially if you are running PPC campaigns. Are you underestimating the power of analytics information? read more »
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Search engine optimization is as easy as you want it to be - and as difficult as you want it to be. The reality is that it is as simple as A,B,C. read more »
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Every now and then this little question raises its head and the same information seems to be broadcast. Search engine optimization for you images using the Alt - or using Titles? Problem is - it’s always from the Google perspective. read more »
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