Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Jul 31st, 2008 | No Comments
Gary Beal is the Head of Search and Training for Sticky Eyes a U.K. based search engine optimization firm. He recently wrote this great Google Nol about search engine optimization tips. If you are a self starter and you are interested in learning search engine optimization techniques then I recommend his post, “SEO Top 12 Tips.”
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Jul 28th, 2008 | No Comments
This is a great interview about Yahoo’s search algorithm and how it works. It is written by Eric Enge who has done a series of great interveiws with a wide variety of search engine optimization and online marketing professionals. Here is Eric’s, “Interview with Yahoo’s Priyank Garg.”
Posted by admin in Internet Marketing, Sales and MarketingJul 24th, 2008 | No Comments
I had the pleasure of participating in a great webinar conducted by Habeas the other day. Interested parties should be any of the following, “Executives and managers in marketing, strategy and technology roles that are interested in B2B and B2C trends and best practices regarding brand protection, email marketing, e-commerce and digital services delivery online and the mobile web; today and in the future.” If you fall in this category, then the recorded version of this presentation is for you! The presentation is entitled, “Your digital company Today and in 2013.” I hope...
Posted by admin in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Jul 21st, 2008 | No Comments
Anyone who has an online shopping cart knows that having an SEO module for the cart is essential to be competitive today. Without an SEO module, your product pages will probably not be relevant to the search engines and therefore you will lose a lot of potential traffic to your website from “long tail†keywords and product specific phrases.
One of my clients www.cargocatch.com was in need of an affordable way to add an SEO module to their X-Cart shopping cart. I lead the research effort and we finally settled on WebSiteCM as the company we would use. This turned out to be one of the...
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingJul 17th, 2008 | No Comments
Many of my clients ask me how to take advantage of social media marketing. I found this excellent article at Search Engine Watch that summaries what the opportunities are and how to take advantage of them. Click here to read this interesting article.
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingJul 15th, 2008 | No Comments
According to a press releases from Comscore “In May 2008 , Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with 4.2 billion videos viewed (representing a 35 percent share of all videos viewed), with YouTube.com accounting for more than 98 percent of all videos viewed at the property. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 778 million videos (6.4 percent), gaining 1.3 share points versus April. Yahoo! Sites ranked third with 347 million (2.9 percent), followed by Microsoft Sites with 246 million (2.0 percent). Hulu.com, a joint venture of NBC and Fox featuring full-length broadcast...
Posted by admin in Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Jul 11th, 2008 | No Comments
With very little fanfare Google has finally made average monthly keyword search volume data available to the public for the first time! Previously the only way to get the average monthly searches for a keyword phrase from Google was to use automated software. Now businesses of all sizes can view the most popular keywords related to their business via Google’s revised Keyword Suggestion tool.
Having access to this information will be great for businesses and search engine optimization firms. It can also be a little dangerous in the hands of the uneducated. It is important to note that ranking...
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingJul 9th, 2008 | No Comments
One of the questions I frequently receive is, “How do I compare my website traffic with my competitor’s traffic?” Until recently there weren’t many options available. Many people use Alexa.com but the problem with Alexa is their statistics come only from the people who have downloaded the Alexa Tool Bar and added it to their computer. This is a small sampling of Internet users so the data is highly questionable.
The next source I really like is Compete.com. The nice thing about Compete.com is it also gives you an idea of what keywords people use to find your competitor’s...
Posted by admin in Internet MarketingJul 7th, 2008 | No Comments
I have had a number of clients interested in learning more about Google Trends. One of the better articles I have come across is this article from SEOChat entitled, “A New Trend for Google.” I hope you enjoy the article.
