Web Page Speed Testing

Published on July 29, 2011

Light Speed!

One factor that used to determine if your visitors stayed on your site or not is the time that it took for your page to load.  Back in the days of Dial-up, it was very common to wait minutes for a page to fully load, but as the internet has become faster we have all [...]

Your Success Is Built On Trust!

Published on July 28, 2011

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In the Internet world, success is built on trust. We want to be sure that while we are searching for varying topics, products, and other information, it is going to be accurate; and if we are planning to purchase something, we are protected and feel safe while surfing. With the recent Panda update released by [...]

Which Redirection Should I Take?

Published on July 27, 2011

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A few months back Matt Lloyd wrote a great blog post on 301 redirects. I think that you should check it out and see what you can learn from it. I wanted to add just a little bit more information about redirects in this post and also show you how to check and see what [...]

SEO and PPC for Small Business

Published on July 26, 2011

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I’ve had many conversations with small businesses regarding their online marketing. There are often reoccurring themes that spring up when SEO or PPC comes up in the conversation.  The PPC conversation might sound like this: “We threw some money at Google Adwords and ended up spending a lot of money very fast with limited results, [...]

Is Valid HTML Code a Ranking Factor?

Published on July 25, 2011

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For years there has been a big debate going on in the SEO world if having proper HTML code is going to increase your rankings or not. Both sides have valid points, and it can be a debate that will continue for years to come.  I just wanted to gather and give you some data [...]

Google Places New Look

Published on July 23, 2011

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Google has recently updated not only the look of Google Places, but what information is and is not being included on business listings. Avni Shah, Director of Product Management at Google recently commented on the update: “Some of the changes you’ll notice today have been made so you can quickly get a sense for what [...]

Organic Search vs Paid Search

Published on July 22, 2011

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There is a lot of talk for those that are wanting to start an online campaign as to what is going to be the best option for their company and for their money. Is an organic search going to have a better ROI or is a paid search better? First off, I want to give [...]

My Take on “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh

Published on July 21, 2011

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This may be a little different than my standard blog posts about SEO, but I truly think that this is relevant for business owners. I truly believe this book will help anyone that is wanting to start a business, or owns one already. The full title of the book is “Delivering Happiness; A Path To [...]

Google Maps Optimization and Search Engine Optimization

Published on July 20, 2011

In the United States today, many small businesses are currently suffering under the strain of the national economy as it attempts to recover from the financial crisis of 2008. Because a good deal of American families lost the equity in their property and were unemployed for a large period of time, citizens have less spending [...]

Google Tests New Kind of Search

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Google is always striving to improve and create a better user experience for searchers around the world. It looks like in the near future we might have a new change that could make a pretty huge impact on SEO.  I am sure that you have seen some of the changes already in place with the [...]