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- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Oh Uh… Google Just Launches the SEA Industry
Search Engine Assassination. Have you heard about it? You will. This week, the SEO world was turned upside down when Google decided to drop JC Penney off the index because of spammy, keyword-rich backlinks found on sites other than its own to push up ranking. While the entire industry is acting shocked, most of us within the industry know that…
- Sales and Marketing Training
Innovation Without Utility Is Death for Startups
Tonight, I found myself in a passionate discussion with a mentor of mine. The topic was a company we both care about, but our perspectives on their direction diverged significantly. My concern centered on the company’s inability to deliver on the promises they make to their customers. My mentor, however, argued that their innovative approach and success in capturing industry…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Have You Set Up Parameters in Webmasters?
This week, I was reviewing client sites utilizing webmasters tools. One of the oddities it identified were that many of the internal links on the site had campaign codes attached to them. This was great for the client, they could track each of their calls-to-action (CTA) throughout the site. It’s not so great for Search Engine Optimization, though. The problem…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Agencies: Quit Wasting Your Clients’ Footer Powered By Links
Agencies and designers are typically diligent at adding their powered by to the footer of the sites and applications they build. Still, I’m surprised at how many don’t utilize that opportunity to gain some search engine ranking. When I explain search engine optimization and ranking to folks, I typically explain it this way: On-page Keyword Optimization – using keywords effectively…
- Analytics & Testing
SEOmoz Releases Mother of all SEO Apps
I’m a huge fan of Rand Fishkin and SEOmoz. Often I hear murmurs in the Search Engine Optimization industry about SEOmoz being right or being wrong… but I have yet to see a single organization amass as many resources, professionals, tools and tests with regard to SEO. Rand, himself, is another reason why I love SEOmoz. Recently, when I discovered…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
Our Secret to Search Engine Optimization
Here’s a typical example of the ranking stats for competitive keywords for one of our clients: Each line represents a keyword, and the Y-Axis is their ranking as recorded by Authority Labs. Less than 2 months in, and we’re about to get them on page 1. Within 6 months, we’ll really have some great rank for them. With over 20…
- Paid and Organic Search Marketing
What Your Site Hierarchy Looks Like (Design, Index, Links, and Journey)
So many companies I work with focus so much of their time on their home page, navigation, and subsequent pages. Many of them are bloated, with unnecessary content and pages that no one reads – yet they still ensure they are out there. Designers and agencies sit down and develop the site with a great hierarchy in mind that typically…
- Sales and Marketing Training
For Traditional Businesses, New Media Is NOT Easy
Social media is easy. SEO is easy. Blogging is easy. Stop saying it. It’s not true. Technology is daunting. Conventional companies struggle with leveraging technology and newer channels to get positive results. Many abandon or avoid it altogether. Online search and social media are no less daunting. Twitter is simple. Right? How hard is it to type 140 characters? It’s…
- Marketing & Sales Videos
How Comments Impact Search Engine Rank
Does commenting on other blogs help my search engine ranking? Google’s ranking algorithm weighs heavily on relevant links back to your site. Since links back to your site help, wouldn’t it make sense that commenting and leaving your links everywhere would benefit your site? Not exactly. In this recent video, Matt Cutts (Search Quality for Google) discusses the potential risks…
- Content Marketing
Blogging for Business
If you weren’t at the Webtrends Engage 2010 conference, you missed an incredible business intelligence conference. Engage is unlike any other company conference I’ve been to. The objective is to provide customers and industry professionals with exposure to some of the best and brightest experts throughout the online industry. Register for next year’s Engage in San Francisco – they always…
