October 2009
Search Engine Optimization Tip 30: Promote Others
If your web site or company name is mentioned or some other site links to you then you should do your part to help promote those who link to you or mention you.
Quick Tips for Assessing Site Visitor Behavior
If you have done search engine optimization on your website, you need to take the next step and assess your website visitor behavior. Here is how to do that.
Yahoo Thinks a Cell Phone is a Mobile Home
This is exactly why I do not use Yahoo Search anymore. A search for mobile home on Yahoo brings you T Mobile, not Palm Harbor Homes.
July 2009
comScore Releases Search Engine Rankings for June 2009
This is the first time that the new Bing search engine is included. It is interesting to see how Bing did after one month.
Courseopedia Educational Course Search Engine Launches
Courseopedia is a new search engine that aggregates courses from many different educational institutions.
Yahoo adds Search Pad feature
Called Search Pad, the feature is supposed to solve a problem that many researchers on the Web have -- how to keep track of those bits of information they dig up from multiple websites
June 2009
Google PageRank Sculpting and Effects on SEO
Google has been making updates on how they treat Google PageRank Sculpting and how they treat the NoFollow tag. Here is what you really need to know.
Rushmore Drive Black Search Engine Shutting Down
After one year and two months later there are reports that Rushmore Drive is closing, shutting its doors. Why am I not surprised?
May 2009
KeywordSmash Free Keyword Research Tool Launched
KeywordSmash is a free keyword research tool that lets you search every major online keyword research and content source you could imagine.
Vary Anchor Text for SEO with Google Wonder Wheel
When it comes to search engine optimization and search engine rankings, one factor to look at is the anchor text pointing to your website. It might need to be updated.
April 2009
How to Remove Google Personalization from Search Results
I am not sure if you have noticed, but Google is serving up personalized search results even if you are not logged into a Google Account. Here is how to remove the personalization from the Google search.
LeapFish. Brings Back Domain Name Appraisal Service
Leapfish has brought back a popular feature of their site, their domain name appraisal service. Type a domain name into their search engine and they will attempt to put a dollar figure on it, telling you how much it is worth.
March 2009
How to Keep PPC Strong When Budgets Get Lean
Despite a reduction in marketing budgets, the volume of searches performed is still showing strong growth. People are using search more than ever, putting your online campaigns front and center in your marketing mix. How do you keep your PPC efforts strong when the budget gets lean?
February 2009
Logic361 Launches PPC Automated Bid and Ad Tool
At a time where everyone seems to be cutting costs wherever possible because of the economy, this is a much-needed tool for search engine pay per click advertisers.
November 2008
The Future of Google s Search Personalization
Like it or not, personalization of the Google search results is here. Many are seeing it right now for several search queries.
Search Engine Optimization Tip 23: Issue a Press Release
This search engine optimization tip is pretty simple: issue a press release whenever warranted.
Search Engine Optimization Tip:Link Building Using Coupons
This search engine optimization tip is pretty simple: if you sell something on your site you should offer a coupon.
Microsoft Launches Live Search API for Publishers and Web De
Today at PubCon Microsoft launched a new release of the Live Search API for publishers and web developers. Now, in one place, Microsoft is making available what is essentially a content management system for your site or blog, plus the ability to monetize by selling ads.
October 2008
Search Engine Optimization Tip 20: Check Whois on Domain
Search engine optimization tip 20 is about checking the whois on your domain name. Do you own your domain?
Search Engine Optimization Tip 19: Move JavaScript to Extern
This is search engine optimization tip number nineteen. this search engine optimization tip is short: it is about what I would call code bloat. You do not want to have fat web pages that are full of code. For SEO purposes, we want thin web pages: pages that are light on code.
September 2008
Vizion Interactive Releases SEO Audit Document
Organizing your SEO audit will make sure that you are requesting the same information from each search engine optimization company or SEO consultant. After the SEO audit, you should have reasonable consensus on how well your web site is optimized for the search engines.
July 2008
DFWSEM Questions Closing of Google Dallas Office
The board of the Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM) is perplexed at the recent announcement that Google would soon close its Dallas sales location.
SEO is an Orchestra, Not an Instrument
A good web developer will undoubtedly build a very search engine friendly website. But it takes someone steeped in SEO to truly optimize it.
Twitter Caught Spamming Google
I noticed recently that twitter.com has recently made a change to their site that is causing them to spam Google and the other search engines by allowing duplicate content to get indexed by the search engine spiders.
May 2008
How to Show Your SEO Clients Proof of Your Efforts
One challenge that faces SEO firms is that if you improve organic search traffic for a client, how do you demonstrate how much of the growth you are responsible for?
