- Could Twitter be ruined by paid Tweets? It’s very possible says Shoemoney in a recent interview with Aaron Wall. In the interview the two promoted their SEO training programs and talked about how to best market products and services in the SEO industry.
- SEOptimize has a good post on link building and how some people just don’t get the true concept of SEO, link building and how the two come together. Tad basically explains that ‘less is more’ when …
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Archive for May, 2009
SEO News Roundup for May 29, 2009
May 29th, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
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Local Marketers Take Note: It’s Time to Review Your Local Search Strategies
Taking up the torch for the 2nd year straight, David Mihm has put together an updated (and inspired) list of Local Search Ranking Factors. Twenty-six contributors and 49 criteria later, David unleashed the results of the survey earlier this week. The survey’s criteria included everything from local business listings to on-page optimization and even negative factors like negative reviews and using 800 numbers.
Let me be clear, this is a monster of a local search report. But if you are …
You Are Hurting Your SEO By Ignoring Image Optimization
May 27th, 2009 | Joe | Nuts & Bolts of Optimization
With a laundry list of SEO strategies at your disposal, there is a tactic that can be easily overlooked: image optimization. This is one of those nuts-and-bolts tactics that can get lost in the shuffle because there are so many other “big rocks” to tackle as you optimize a site. Don’t let this happen!
Almost every search engine has a version of image search and you don’t want to be left out! Here are a few quick and easy things …
10 Ways to Build Your Website with SEO in Mind
May 27th, 2009 | Amber | Basic SEO Tips
Whether you are just now building your website or you’re thinking about a re-design, it’s critical to build your site with SEO in mind. This is something many graphic designers don’t think about during the design process. Most marketing people are focused on look and usability, which are important, but if you’re not generating enough traffic to your site via organic, then the design and usability isn’t going to matter much.
1. Think Keywords: Remember, search engines crawl your site looking …
How to Handle Negative Reviews in Local SEO
The power of the Internet with local SEO can bring more leads to your business and increase your branding. The cost-per-lead can be dramatically cheaper than traditional media. There is, however, a different part to this animal that one needs to take very seriously and that is online reviews.
The Power of Online Reviews
The Internet is a powerful force that is built on anonymity and opinions expressed in online reviews hold tremendous sway to a searching public. Anytime you find a …
SEO Boy’s Super Friends Interview Series: Destination Search Engine Marketing and More with Stoney deGeyter
Thanks for joining us for yet another installment of the SEO Boy’s Super Friends Interview Series! We recently spoke with Stoney deGeyter from Pole Position Marketing. He is the associate editor of the Search Engine Guide Blog and he owns his own blog, the E-marketing Performance Blog. In 1998 he founded Pole Position Marketing where he pioneered the concept of destination search engine marketing.
SEO Boy authors Amber and Carrie spoke with Stoney …
The Force is Strong With This One! Happy Anniversary to Star Wars!
Today marks the anniversary of the release of Stars Wars: A New Hope and the SEO Boy team is celebrating in fine fashion! We will be watching all 6 films in a row without taking a break! That’s only about 16 hours of seriously awesome science fiction spectacle! Okay, maybe I’m the only one who will celebrate in this way… who’s joining me?! And we’re also doing some celebrating over at PPC Hero too!
Below, our fearless SEO Skywalker …
SEO News Round Up for May 22, 2009
May 22nd, 2009 | Joe | SEO News Roundup
- Jill Whalen posted an amusing list highlighting differences between web designer & SEO beliefs/methods at SearchEngineLand- mostly for fun I think, but as I was reading it I realized it actually does end up being a quick list of things to check/watch out for on the site(s) you’re SEOing.
- Thank you, Ann Smarty! Twenty three fabulous things you can do with Google Analytics, with explanations of how to actually do them. …
Is Google Obeying Your Canonical Tag Directives?
So I was cruising through my Twitter feed this morning and ran across links to Stephan Spencer’s latest blog post. Glad I clicked through, too. Stephan posits that Google isn’t 100% up-to-speed in following or is simply not obeying the new canonical tag directives. In a nutshell:
The lesson here: I wouldn’t bet my business on the canonical tag being obeyed by Google.
In his post, Stephan references a specific example of Google’s “disobedience.” The site in question has instituted …
What To Do if Your Organization is Resisting Your SEO Efforts
With the nature of our lovely blog, we discuss how to best optimize your website for search engines. However, what do you do if you work with/for a company that is resisting and/or are incapable of making the robust SEO changes you have planned?
What’s holding you back?
There could be a few reason that your company/client are incapable of making SEO changes:
- Logistical limitations: The optimizations can not be implemented due to a lack of resources within the IT department. Or the …
