SEO is no different than any other project. Before you make proposals to your client, be sure you’ve done your research. No one wants to look silly in front of a client, any more than they did a class full of peers.
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The Dirty, Unmentionable Secrets of Local SEO
Local SEO has a tendency to be the name many agencies give when they simply put a website in Google Places. In fact, Eric did a great post yesterday on what separates Google Places from those other directories that have all but lost their value.
Good companies will do the following: …
Google Places brings Salvation from Directory Hell
There’s a main problem with online directories. It’s the same reason you come home and you find a stack of phonebooks at your door.
SEO News Roundup for July 2, 2010
July 2nd, 2010 | Robert | SEO News Roundup
You may or may not be familiar with the SEO Fail Blog but, by the title, you can probably guess what it’s about. In this particular blog post, the SEO Fail Blog is actually featuring it’s own failure. Check out their 302 Redirect Fail and use their tool to ensure you’re not having the same problem. Here’s hoping your site is never an SEO Fail Blog feature!
This guest blog at SEOmoz is sure to give you a second-wind on …
Our Greatest Hits For June 2010
July 1st, 2010 | AmyHoffman | Greatest Hits
The page views have spoken! Below we have gathered SEO Boy’s four most visited, and hopefully most valuable, articles from June. Whether you’re a new or long-time subscriber you may have missed these insightful and helpful SEO management tips. Enjoy!
SEO can be a lengthy process; the last thing you want is added time attributed to miscommunication or indecipherable notes. Before you send suggested changes, be prepared for the document to go through the hands of many, all of whom …
How to Handle Blatant Content Scrapers Who Double as Clients
June 30th, 2010 | Finn | SEO Copy Writing
At some point in time you’re going to deal with a client who is going to hand you “research” and expect you to spin copy magic from it. It will probably be the fallout of a web project from which the client originally said they will write the copy themselves …
SEO Panic: When to react
June 29th, 2010 | Eric | Site Review & Analysis
There are times that I have had to compose myself and not fly off the handle. There are things that happen that are more of a damage to pride issue rather than a loss of business issue. There are some signs that you need to start taking your SEO very seriously and figure out what is going on and a plan to fix it.
A Short But Sweet Guide to Google Webmaster Tools
There are certainly a lot of tools available on the web that can help you trouble shoot your SEO ranking issues. Google Webmaster Tools is one of the first places to start as the online interface provides detailed reports about your site’s visibility on search. For those who may be new to SEO, this guide to Webmaster Tools will point you in the right direction to make your site more search friendly and in turn boosting your rankings. …
SEO News Roundup for June 25, 2010
June 25th, 2010 | Dan | SEO News Roundup
If you’re anything like me you would love to spend the day on YouTube and call it productive. But alas we live in the real word and we all have work to do and deadlines to meet. However if you haven’t checked out Google’s webmasters tools videos then your missing out on a SEO goldmine of advance. So if you don’t have 10 hours to watch all of the videos or you’re not a over achiever check out this …
At Least Use an Article Spinner Before You Start Posting the Same Content in Multiple Spots. (Did I Say that?)
June 24th, 2010 | Finn | SEO Copy Writing
I about lost it two days ago. A friend of mine is starting up a blog of his own while at the same time assisting his company in revitalizing their blogging efforts. His blog might have 6 posts at the time of this writing. Their new, new corporate blog might have the same.
Wait, let’s look.
Sorry: the new, new corporate blog has 7 posts.
Anyway, in his haste to promote a good charity event, he rushed to post the event …
