If you are in the search engine optimization industry or you are trying to break into this incredibly saturated industry to make a name for yourself you might have a difficult time getting accepted into the circle of friends at the top of the food chain. The “elite” group that has been in the industry [...]

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I think one of the best things I have ever heard a webmaster blog from a major search engine say is to build your website like a brand. Bing’s exact words state: “Develop your site as a business brand and be consistent about that branding in your content”
To many people out there get all [...]

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It doesn’t matter how large or small your business is targeting your local audience is always very important. Your surrounding communities can often times be some of your best customers and clients. Many times businesses will search for a vendor that is local just because they would rather give the business to someone locally rather [...]

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Anything that can connect you or your business to something that is surrounded by a great deal of industry chatter will always be great for your search engine optimization efforts. Viral marketing attempts when done correctly can lead to a great deal of bloggers writing, people chatting and links building. If it is a really [...]

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Have you ever been to a website where there is so much going on you almost start convulsing? There is a thin line between having good on site search engine optimziation and way too much. I often times visit websites where the footer has hundreds of links mashed in between content followed up with even [...]

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For some reason there are some people out there, that automatically classify SEO professionals as spammers but when done correctly all we really do is clean up search results and allow search users to find exactly what they are looking for. When you proceed with your SEO efforts the right way you will get much [...]

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People blog for different reasons. Some people have an idea for a blog and they want to turn that idea into a real moneymaker. There have been real successful bloggers who have done this, but most attempts that I have encountered have failed. They had an idea and turned their blog into a business model. [...]

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You’ve heard the entire search engine optimziation world repeatedly talk about how you need to create compelling or “great” visitor focused content. We all have heard many times that once you have great content then you will magically make you a lot of money or boost your search engine rankings like a magic carpet [...]

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If you know who Ann Smarty is then you’re probably going to punch me in the gut for calling her “Ms. Smarty Pants.” Sorry, Ann, for using you for title fodder.
But I wanted to mention this new spam technique. It seems that someone thought it would be cool to use Ann Smarty’s name and avatar [...]

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If you are trying to calculate your ROI on performing SEO for your business you are going to be greatly disappointed. Search engine optimization ROI can be measured over time through an increase of visitors, and conversions (sales, leads, phone calls, etc.). But since SEO is such a long term effort that never really [...]

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