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Category Archives: SearchEngines

Tips For Choosing A Search Friendly Domain Name

One thing that many people do not think about when they choose a domain name is whether it is search engine friendly. However, if you are starting a business then you will need to ensure that your website is easy enough to find. After all, the easier the site is to find the more potential [...]

16 SEO Tactics That Will NOT Bring Targeted Google Visitors

By Jill Whalen In my day-to-day reviews of client websites, I see lots of things done to websites in the name of SEO that in reality have no bearing on it. In an effort to keep you from spending your precious time on supposed SEO tactics that will have absolutely no effect on your rankings, [...]

Feeling the pain

Amazing: I can post a link to a deep, researched article and have it go Pffft. But “Anne Hathaway’s Oscar Looks”? http://bit.ly/hPfbeP Bang!Mon Feb 28 20:01:47 via TweetDeckEsther Schindler estherschindler I’ve noticed this myself. I was waxing on about it the other day in AOL Taking its lead from Demand Media.

AOL taking its lead from Demand Media

Business Insider hit the news with LEAKED: AOL’s Master Plan. The master plan sounds eerily like what’s going on at Demand Media. They leaked the entire master plan. Details of the plan leaked by Business Insider include: AOL is using this document to train editors right now. It is an illuminating look into how AOL, [...]

Any Googlegangers in your life?

You’ve searched Google for your own name. I know you have. Did you find other people with your name? That’s a Googleganger. Here’s one man’s story about finding his Googlegangers. Years ago in the early days of the web, I was contacted by another Virginia DeBolt who was also a writer. I never met her [...]

Changes at Google will Reduce Spammy Search Engine Results

There have been complaints. Loud complaints. I’m talking about complaints about Google’s search results being full of spammy links that lead to nothing of value. The complaint department window at Google was open for business, because they were listening and they’ve made some changes. Complaints and Alternatives Before we get into the changes, check out [...]

Useful links: LinkedInMaps, using HTML5, CSS3 logo, LinkedIn button, Foursquare badges, Blekko

Hubs and Connectors: Understanding Networks Through Data Visualization talks about LinkedInMaps. Very interesting stuff. Get familiar with HTML5 at Opera Dev is another great post from Chris Mills that explains what HTML5 offers and why teachers should be using it now. CSS3 gets a new logo is a new look at the HTML5 logo event. [...]

Terri Jenkins: entrepreneurial woman in tech

She’s been in the SEO and PPC business for 16 years. Sixteen years! You don’t find that kind of longevity and expertise in many web-based businesses. She owns a company that enables her to do the thing that is closest to her heart: find young women with marketing backgrounds and train them to be both [...]

How good link text makes you a better blogger

I’m going to tell you a little story and then I’m going to give you a quiz. A few days ago, I posted a guest article by Lior called Increase your SEO Knowledge in 2011: Must Read Blogs. Lior sent me the post pasted into an email. I use Microsoft Entourage (a Mac mail program [...]

Increase Your SEO Knowledge in 2011: Must Read Blogs

For almost as long as there have been blogs, there have been blogs about finding ways to rank higher in the search engines and get more traffic. Search engine optimization (SEO) has been a popular topic for bloggers for some time and though countless have tried, few have risen to the top to create truly [...]