What’s New in SEO for May 31, 2011
We have compiled the latest news and updates from the big three, Google, Bing and Yahoo as it relates to SEO and the search engines overall. WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH GOOGLE: Social Search goes global Google Social Search, which was first introduced in 2009 and designed to help you find more relevant information from your friends and the people you care about, is now available to more users around the globe. WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH YAHOO!: Yahoo! Search Trends: American Idol Projections Yahoo! Search looks at geographic searches, demographic searches and overall searches to project a leader in the American Idol race and can often indicate a favorite in American Idol contestants. WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: Coming to CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Be Wary of SEO Firms That Spam You!
Google spells it out for website owners in their Webmaster Guidelines for SEO, “Be wary of SEO firms and web consultants or agencies that send you email out of the blue.” Regardless of what others may say regarding their motives, Google does not want to see website owners get taken advantage of by unscrupulous, black hat SEO service providers. While some of these “SEO con men” have the smooth talking skills to convince unsuspecting website owners to hire them on as SEO consultants, you don’t have to be one of them! One of the biggest red flags warning you about the motives and practices of an SEO provider is if they contact you first. Unsolicited e-mails or phone calls are annoying for everyone. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Bring Your Old Blog Posts Back to Life
Anyone who has been operating a blog for a while is bound to have a few posts they aren’t particularly proud of. Maybe you couldn’t think of anything to write about that day. Maybe you were under deadline. Maybe you had a lot of other projects going on, so you focused more on the word count than what you were actually saying. Somewhere, in the recesses of your blog (whether personal or business) are diamond-in-the-rough posts waiting to be rediscovered. Breathing new life into your old blog posts can help them re-index in the search engines, potentially driving more traffic to your blog. It also tightens up the overall value of your blog, since low-quality content will be replaced with valuable content. This can remove CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Blog Posts to Read for May 26, 2011
Below you will find our favorite blog posts that are related to SEO, search engine marketing and social media marketing from this past week. Please feel free to visit each, we hope you find them as helpful as we do! Bing Search Share Up Again – Slowly Catching Up to Google Bing’s search share continued to grow in April. Google is down 0.3 percentage points and Yahoo and Bing each gained 0.2 percentage points. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE When to Tweet This post discusses a Twitter tool called 14 Blocks, which analyzes your entire following’s behavior to determine when most of them are online. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Writing for print vs. Web: 5 tips for catalog copywriters This post discusses the CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
The Power of Video Marketing
Creating videos is a great way to push your content in an innovative and engaging format, promote yourself or your company as an industry authority, help with your SEO and link building, build your brand reputation, increase online presence and more. In essence, video marketing has the potential to do it all! I think that where many companies get hung up with video marketing (as it was for me) is that they think videos need to have the budget of a Steven Spielberg film, the effects of a Michael Bay movie and the reach of a James Cameron mega-hit to be successful. But that simply isn’t the case. While having the technical skill and gadgets to create a great looking video is a nice bonus, it CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Black Hat SEO is like the Dark Side of the Force
Star Wars is a quintessential story of good versus evil. The dark side of the force offers limitless power—and even though Darth Vader’s suit is pretty much the greatest uniform ever, it also means he’s half machine. The light side of the force requires self-discipline, training and a lot of patience. In essence, the force is a great metaphor for SEO, where black hat SEO and white hat SEO are fighting for search engine ranking positions instead of Luke’s soul. But Luke wins in the end, and even Darth Vader realizes the error of his ways. Practicing white hat SEO is the only way to go to come out unscathed. Just like the dark side of the force, engaging in black hat SEO can be CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Creating Company Descriptions and Profiles – Video Tip
There are many places online where you'll have the opportunity to publish a company description (directory listing) or create a company profile (social networking site). Each of these descriptions/profiles needs to relate to one another, keeping the branding and messaging the same. By having a synergy across all platforms, your present a much stronger online brand personality and avoid confusing your audience with different messages. Watch the SEO video tip here: For more SEO video tips and lessons from Nick Stamoulis, check out the Brick Marketing SEO video lesson archive . CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
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