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Google MayDay Update – A Closer Look At Impact
By now, most of us know about the big change Google performed this past month to the algorithm known as the “Mayday” update. We know...
Google Buys Invite Media to Strengthen Display Ad Service
Google’s shopping spree continues with its latest acquisition being that of Invite Media, an ad tech startup which specializes in “real time bidding” technology that...
Why Becoming an Expert in Your Niche is So Important
This is a Guest Post by Dee Barizo, a loyal SEJ reader who sent this in and is very relevant to something I preach in...
The 7 Deadly Sins of Google Local Listings
It really doesn’t matter if you consider yourself a sinner or a saint for you to benefit from some lessons I have had to learn...
Take A Few Blogging Hints From Keynote Speakers
What if your writing could have the captivating influence of a keynote speaker? Writing is little more than presenting with words, after all. It could...
Link Building with Great Web Design
Does your website (or your client’s) have a beautiful design? You can take advantage of a unique, creatively designed websites in your link building efforts...
PopScreen & Jinni : Taking Video Search to the Next Level of Innovation
Search engines catering to targeted niches are gaining in popularity. Most of them add a social interaction element, like sharing, embedding, and voting to keep...
The 5 Fools You Meet In Social Media
I’ve been very busy, up to my knees in Social Media lately. In addition to regular client work and developing my Social Media teaching materials,...
Why Being an SEO Is So Awesome!
I recently read an article by Sarah Carling entitled “The Best Job In The World.” and found it so compelling that I wanted to add...
How to Turn Black Hat SEO into a White Hat Approach
The SEO industry has seen its share of horrendous grey and black hat approaches for many years. It is truly amazing to me that I...
Wordpot: Another Keyword Suggestion Tool to Add to Your Arsenal
My rule of thumb as to keyword research tools is: the more the better. Various tools have different algorithms and metrics to compare and when...
Easily Create a Page Heading Map in FireFox
I have previously outlined the importance of heading stucture for accessibility and usability as well listed some best practices as to using h1-h6 tags. Today...
Use Titles & Descriptions to Get Best Exposure (and SEO) for Your Site on Social Media Networks
Social Networking and Bookmarking sites have become a great way to boost the profile of your website across the internet and automated sharing and posting...
Simple Yet Effective Charts For Helping New SEO Clients Understand Their Current Keywords
When you begin working with a new SEO client, it’s always a great idea to help them understand their current state before moving forward. As...
Geo-Marketing As A New Business Marketing Tool
Geo-Marketing (or Geographic Marketing) is a new method of marketing a business and its website through web searches, mobile searches and social media. As you...
4 Easy Steps to SEO-Friendlier Blog Categories (WordPress)
We all know which issues blog templates usually have with SEO – and one of the most wide-spread problems is a duplicate content one: blog...
Registered Trademarks and Other Symbols in the Title Tag
Take a moment and pretend you’re a search engine bot – It’s early in the morning. You are enjoying a fresh cup of coffee while...
Link Building Interview with Ontolo’s Garrett French and Ben Wills
April 27th 2010 marked the launch of Ontolo’s Link Building Toolset, in the works since 2008. The Link Building Toolset uses targeted SEO keywords to...
Despite the News, SEO is Not Dead
For years now, search engine marketers have been predicting the death of SEO. I’m not sure why we’re all so quick to denounce our livelihoods,...
Local Search Recipe: Making KML Files and GEO Sitemaps Are a Piece of Cake.
Last month I shared one of my favorite recipes on tracking local search data with Google Analytics for wordpress. This month I figured that one...
Crawling and the real time web
It’s all about happiness metrics A while back I wrote here about how search engines go about discovery, the act of finding your pages. I...
3 Creative Ideas to Use Google for Link Building Search
Most of us will agree that Google search is insanely useful. However most people don’t know how to use it to its full potential. This...
Google Starts Displaying Pages Similar to Search Results
Google has just launched a new search feature that aims to help you easily find new websites that are similar to the ones you are...
Do Negative Headlines Work?
If you’ve dipped a toe or two into copywriting, one of the first things you’ll learn about is the power of negativity. Words like “Don’t”...
How To Motivate Employees to Contribute Content
Sometimes it can be like pulling teeth to try and get others in your organization to contribute to your content development strategy. Of course the...
Top Local Business Listing Questions Answered – Interview with Will Scott
I have had many opportunities to chat all things local with my good friend Will Scott, and just the other day we were at it...
Heading for an SEO Interview? A few Ideas to Help You Along…
Over at Mediaedge:cia (recently rebranded as MEC), we’ve been in the great situation of recruiting a number of SEO’s over the last few months to join the MEC SEO team. This has meant that...
WordPress Plugins to Interlink Your Blog Content Efficiently
A couple of weeks ago I shared a handy WordPress plugin that helps to smartly interlink your blog content (best to naturally link to your...
Beginner’s Guide to Link Metrics
In the beginning, search engines were crap. I don’t mean to knock the pioneers, but they simply relied too heavily on what webmasters said their...
3 Ways to Use Multiple Search Engines Simultaneously
How much do you search? As you read this blog, you are likely to search quite a lot. This post is aimed to enhance your...