Monthly Archives: December 2010

Are You Still Chasing Google?

If you’re still chasing Google around trying to beat out their algorithm let me give you a little a little tip going into 2011, STOP!

Instead here is a suggestion from Matt Cutts that he gave during his keynote address at Pubcon this year “Don’t look at us where we are today, but look at the direction we are moving and what we are focusing on, the big five are the Mobile Web, Local Search, Social, Blended results in the SERPS and HTML5”
The Mobile Web:
The mobile web refers to mobile applications or browser based access to the Internet from a handheld ... Read More

Facebook SEO Tips

“For connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them, for creating a new system of exchanging information and for changing how we live our lives, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is TIME’s 2010 Person of the Year” – December 15th 2010 – Time Magazine
“Facebook is a bigger threat than Google” – Yahoo; December 8, 2010
Today Facebook has more than 500 million active users and half of them log into Facebook every day! And here are some interesting stats about Facebook;

The average user is connected to 80 pages, groups and events
The average user creates 90 pieces of ... Read More

Can You Create an Online Buzz??

I’m often asked the question by allot of folks who follow our SEO Training tips “Can I really make some decent money in affiliate marketing” and my answer is yes, if you can create the buzz, let me explain.
As many of you are aware I really got my start in Internet Marketing and SEO with my launch of my RadarBusters website back in 1997. I was very successful at creating the persona of “Radar Roy” the retired cop who reviewed radar detectors, gave advise on how to beat traffic tickets and sold various speed counter measurement equipment.
My motto when I ... Read More

How Do You Rank a Phone Book?

This perhaps is the number one question Google thinks about each day since their roll out of Local Search on April 1, 2009 and certainly something that every local business owner in should concern themselves with too.
Google estimates that ten billion searches each month or 20% of all desk top searches or have local intent and Bing reported recently that over 53% of the searches done with mobile devices have local intent.
Because of the increasing growth in the Local Search landscape a dramatic overhaul has been done in the SERPs over the past few months where Local results have entirely ... Read More

Is Your Website Dynamite?

People browse the Internet for one thing only: information. The reason why most websites fail is they either fill it with information that is better-found elsewhere, or cloud up the information with portfolios and clutter. In most cases the problem is the latter. In other words, the information is fresh, but the means of communication are poor. This is the number one reason why an advertising campaign fails. When the customer doesn’t know what you’re selling and why, they have little incentive to buy.
The Customer Is Priority One
One critical mistake businesses make is to shift the focus to the company ... Read More

Is Your Website a Magnet?

Are the visitors to your website failing to return and perhaps making their purchases on another website? If so here are five simple SEO and Internet Marketing tips that you can implement today that will turn your website into a magnet, luring your clients back time and time again.
Most web designers will often tell you that the most important statistic for demonstrating website value is the unique visitor, however I disagree. While it’s important to draw people to your website, the real trick is to convince them to return, over and over again. Having more repeat visitors will ensure that ... Read More

Search Engine Optimization Terms and Marketing Glossary

I remember when I started out learning Search Engine Optimization back in 2001 and being confused with all the terms and jargon associated with SEO and Internet Marketing such as 301’s, .htacess and 404 pages.
Therefore I put together this handy Search Engine Optimization Term and Marketing Glossary that you can bookmark and use as a reference.
If there are terms you feel that I feel that I have missed, are unclear or are inaccurate please use the comment box at the bottom of this page.
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301 Redirect – A method to redirect a webpage on your website to another page on your ... Read More

SEO Blog Tips

Question:  “What are the best tips to optimize a blog for SEO?”    – Charles, Orlando
We received this question a few days ago, and this question is probably one of the biggest questions that we are asked on a regular basis.
So, I will try to give you some tips on making your blog a solid foundation for all of your Search Engine Optimization.
Answer:
1.     Permalinks
On initial install, WordPress automatically sets up the blog to a Dynamic URL that looks like:  http://domain.com/category/?P=123
As you can see, this is not keyword optimized and does not help your SEO value.
To change your Permalinks to an ... Read More