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PPC Tips for the Small Business Owner
It can be difficult for the little guy to compete with corporations¾moderate SMB programs are no match for endless marketing budgets and the resulting inflated...
YouTube Ads Are Cheapest Source of Traffic
YouTube Channel and the initial findings are contained in this blog post. First step to setup a campaign is easy as much of your YouTube...
How to Easily Analyze and Translate Any Robots.txt File
I have already shared my opinion on the variety of various Robots.txt checkers and verifiers: be aware of them but use those with caution. They...
Adapting SEO for Personalized Search
If there’s one thing that’s made me borderline OCD (happy now Michael?) would be the world of personalized search. Probably more so, behavioural data, is...
Create a Technology Report of Any Website with W3Techs
I have once shared a web-based tool that allows to view “technologies” behind any website (like server information, widgets, etc). This week I am sharing...
Google I/O & SMX Advanced Lessons – Android & Don’t Beat Matt Cutts at Pool
Over the past month there have been 3 major conferences in the new search world: Google I/O, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, & SMX Advanced. I...
13 Online PPC Marketing Courses
If you are relatively new to PPC marketing, it’s a good idea to consider taking an online course. There are quite a few of these...
Good Copy, Bad Copy: The Magic Is In The Headlines
You Blog and tweet and optimize your site and pay for ads and Facebook and syndicate articles….all to drive traffic to your site. So what...
Link Campaigns for Foreign Sites
At my office of 20 people, two speak German and one speaks Spanish. Some of us know a bit of Italian, and we’ve had a...
Google Rolls Out Local Business Tags Nationwide, Soon on Mobile Too
Recently, Google started rolling out its new advertising feature for local businesses – Tags. This feature is geared for local businesses throughout the U.S. who...
SEO Automatic for the People: My Interview with Scott Hendison
I’ve known Scott for over 4 years now and I’ve been trying to get him to do an e-interview for almost that long. He’s a...
WordPress plugins to Automatically Watermark Your Images
It’s been a while since I published my post on why and how you can watermark the images you publish on the web (this helps...
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Tick Tock: The Limitations of Average Time on Page and Average Time on Site in Google Analytics [EXPERIMENT]
I’ve been told that I don’t have a very good poker face, and I’m ok with that. I find it actually helps my clients, since...
Google MayDay Update – A Closer Look At Impact
By now, most of us know about the big change Google performed this past month to the algorithm known as the “Mayday” update. We know...
Google Buys Invite Media to Strengthen Display Ad Service
Google’s shopping spree continues with its latest acquisition being that of Invite Media, an ad tech startup which specializes in “real time bidding” technology that...
Why Becoming an Expert in Your Niche is So Important
This is a Guest Post by Dee Barizo, a loyal SEJ reader who sent this in and is very relevant to something I preach in...
The 7 Deadly Sins of Google Local Listings
It really doesn’t matter if you consider yourself a sinner or a saint for you to benefit from some lessons I have had to learn...
Take A Few Blogging Hints From Keynote Speakers
What if your writing could have the captivating influence of a keynote speaker? Writing is little more than presenting with words, after all. It could...
Link Building with Great Web Design
Does your website (or your client’s) have a beautiful design? You can take advantage of a unique, creatively designed websites in your link building efforts...
PopScreen & Jinni : Taking Video Search to the Next Level of Innovation
Search engines catering to targeted niches are gaining in popularity. Most of them add a social interaction element, like sharing, embedding, and voting to keep...
The 5 Fools You Meet In Social Media
I’ve been very busy, up to my knees in Social Media lately. In addition to regular client work and developing my Social Media teaching materials,...
Why Being an SEO Is So Awesome!
I recently read an article by Sarah Carling entitled “The Best Job In The World.” and found it so compelling that I wanted to add...
How to Turn Black Hat SEO into a White Hat Approach
The SEO industry has seen its share of horrendous grey and black hat approaches for many years. It is truly amazing to me that I...
Wordpot: Another Keyword Suggestion Tool to Add to Your Arsenal
My rule of thumb as to keyword research tools is: the more the better. Various tools have different algorithms and metrics to compare and when...
Easily Create a Page Heading Map in FireFox
I have previously outlined the importance of heading stucture for accessibility and usability as well listed some best practices as to using h1-h6 tags. Today...
Use Titles & Descriptions to Get Best Exposure (and SEO) for Your Site on Social Media Networks
Social Networking and Bookmarking sites have become a great way to boost the profile of your website across the internet and automated sharing and posting...
Simple Yet Effective Charts For Helping New SEO Clients Understand Their Current Keywords
When you begin working with a new SEO client, it’s always a great idea to help them understand their current state before moving forward. As...
Geo-Marketing As A New Business Marketing Tool
Geo-Marketing (or Geographic Marketing) is a new method of marketing a business and its website through web searches, mobile searches and social media. As you...
4 Easy Steps to SEO-Friendlier Blog Categories (WordPress)
We all know which issues blog templates usually have with SEO – and one of the most wide-spread problems is a duplicate content one: blog...
Registered Trademarks and Other Symbols in the Title Tag
Take a moment and pretend you’re a search engine bot – It’s early in the morning. You are enjoying a fresh cup of coffee while...