Summary: SEO Link Building
Link Building Strategies That Work!
If you are endeavoring to navigate the world of link building
services you might be surprised at how quickly you become
overwhelmed with all the choices. Links are currency in the online
world and just like in the real world, there are many practices
akin to counterfeiting in that they take your real money and give
you nothing much in return. The learning curve for evaluating link
building services is fairly steep and the education usually comes
at a premium. Finding a link building consultant that can navigate
that for you is one of the better ways to get real [...]
Date Published: Nov 26, 2010 - 7:04 pm
Why does your SEM need to be balanced? Once the SEO web design and
e-commerce platforms are finished, search engine marketing is what
occupies most of an SEO consultant’s time. There are many aspects
and avenues for search engine marketing, and choosing the right
channels for your project is almost always a challenge. In the
past, and lately with the social media craze, website owners could
focus on one marketing strategy that was viable in its own right,
whether it was directory listings, link exchanges, article
marketing, social bookmarking, blogging, press releases, ezine
marketing, viral marketing, affiliate programs, contextual ads,
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Date Published: Jun 11, 2010 - 9:02 pm
Unique, original, quality content is the ultimate ruler. Content is
king. That’s not going to change as far as the internet is
concerned. What does change are the search rankings of websites
that create useful content for their target audiences. From the
SEPOV (search engine point of view) it is important to create fresh
content on a regular basis. It can be any regular interval, but it
needs to be consistent. Of course, the amount of content you
publish is directly related to the level of competition for your
target search terms. The greater the competition, the more content
that [...]
Date Published: Jun 11, 2010 - 8:27 pm
What Does Structure and Content Have to Do with Paid Search? Solid,
tightly-targeted content is obviously vital for organic search
rankings, but did you know that your organic content also affects
your bid prices when you bid on search traffic using Google
Adwords? It’s a part of the landing page algorithm that contributes
to overall Quality Score… and Quality Score can make or break a
campaign. Organic content is often overlooked as an aspect of
PPC (pay-per-click) campaign management because it requires a
lot more work to establish a granular campaign. But, granular
campaigns that are continually split-tested (also more [...]
Date Published: Jun 11, 2010 - 8:02 pm
How Does a Business Dominate a Niche Online? Corporate web projects
are usually more technical than content-driven, although a good
content balance is still necessary to make the jump from “blah blah
corporate website” to “Wow… this is a cool company!” Sometimes
corporate websites exist just because they are expected to be
there, and it’s usually obvious. When that’s the case, the
opportunities that are being missed to set your business leagues
apart from your competition are enormous. Imagine being the
undisputed King of the Hill. Imagine informative reports or white
papers on every aspect of your products and services, [...]
Date Published: Jun 11, 2010 - 7:28 pm
What Makes a Small Business Website Effective? There are many kinds
of small businesses, and each one is unique in several ways.
Whether a business is a local, “brick-and-mortar” company or an
internet-based goods or services company, the long term success of
the internet presence depends heavily on quality SEO web design.
Small business web design can only be effective when the target
market is clearly identified and targeted. Initially this is done
by incorporating SEO keyword research into the design and content
of the site, followed by more search engine optimization and
aggressive marketing through other online channels. Of [...]
Date Published: Jun 11, 2010 - 6:54 pm
Are You are Making the Best SEO Choices? With all the choices in
the marketplace today for e-commerce platforms it can be difficult
to know which one is right for you. Some cost more, some less, but
most function off of one dynamic index page, which offers no
beneficial SEO for e-commerce purposes. Many of these plug-in
systems have become popular products for e-commerce companies to
sell because of their simplicity for newbie webmasters; however,
the sales people fail to mention the long-term repercussions of
choosing one of these platforms. The price is relatively low for
one of these platforms, [...]
Date Published: Jun 11, 2010 - 12:29 pm
Website design without SEO is pointless. In fact, targeted keyword
research should be done before anything else. After that is when
strategic design and copywriting decisions are made. Usually this
step is tedious and more involved than website owners want to deal
with, so they jump into the design phase because it’s more fun…
until they either have no traffic, or traffic that fails to
convert… because there is no alignment with purpose. Invariably the
next seemingly logical step in this desperate downward spiral is to
buy pay-per-click traffic for specific keywords. Of course, since
the content of the landing [...]
Date Published: Jun 11, 2010 - 12:37 am