Link Assistant SEO PowerSuite Review
***This is a paid product review of the SEO PowerSuite Software. SEO is and will continue to be an integral piece of the Search Engine Marketing puzzle. As new components continue to be added to the search marketing mix, the importance of SEO continues to remain. Having the base of great SEO is a necessity that cannot be ignored. Link Assistant offers a variety of editions of their SEO PowerSuite Tools to suit any SEO needs out there. The Link Assistant SEO software stands up as one of the best and most useful in the industry, right up there with some of the best SEO software tools on the market. Link Assistant SEO PowerSuite is made up of four essential SEO CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Blog Posts To Read Week of December 2, 2010
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! Everybody’s Doing It: How Social Media is Being Used for Business This post includes a great infographic on Social Media and how it is being used by marketers as an effective tool for brand awareness. One thing is for sure, Social Media is here to stay! Top 15 National Retailers by Twitter Followers Interesting post that really kind of speaks volumes about the demographics of twitter followers. Quite an interesting find that opens your eyes to what demographic is on twitter, but could that CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Optimize Your Website Sooner Than Later
Search engine optimization is something that allows your website to poke its head through the ugly clutter that exists online in the search space. Every day you see more and more junk finding its way into the pages of search results creating even more of a barrier between you and your audience. Waiting longer is not going to do anything for you so you must act now or be invisible even longer. Here are four reasons why optimizing your website now is imperative: More & More Online Clutter The online clutter is not going to stop any time soon and more and more is being poured into the web almost every single day. Will all of it find its way to the front pages of the search results? CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
What’s New In SEO for November 30, 2010
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: Controlling Crawling and Indexing Now Documented on code.google.com Google announced a new site where information about robots.txt files, robots meta tags, and X-Robots-Tag HTTP header directives can be found. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: The Top Bing Searches for 2010 It's that time of the year, everyone is releasing their "Top of 2010" lists, Bing has released their Top Searches List..seems that Kim Kardashian was the most searched this year! CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH YAHOO!: Get Ready For Your Holiday Shopping Yahoo! announced their new and improved shopping shortcuts just CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Where to Keep Up with Google SEO Changes?
Does the Google SEP song and dance have you sweating on a monthly basis? Does it seem like things are always changing before you even have the time to grasp the concepts that are almost out of date? Don’t be overwhelmed because you are not the only one. It takes a lot of time and dedication to keep up with everything Google is doing in today’s marketplace whether you are researching different technologies or just trying to keep up with the latest marketing trends there are a few ways to do it. Here are some great areas you can keep up with the latest Google SEO stuff going on: Google Webmaster Blog The Google Webmaster Blog is one of the best areas to focus on when it CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Basic SEO Lingo to Know
If you are new or eager to learn about search engine optimization you are going to have to understand the lingo that is thrown around the industry. For starters it is a must if you are trying to offer this service to your clients but by learning the different lingo or verbiage that is used in the industry you will ultimately be able to really learn different aspects of the industry at the same time. Let’s go over some of the more frequently used words in the industry so you can get a better understanding: Crawling The search engines use bots or spiders to crawl a website for indexing purposes. When someone says a website has been crawled that means the search bots have scanned across your CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Top Blog SEO Techniques to Use
Blog posts have been all the craze for quite some time and they have many internet marketing benefits but they have to be approached correctly. There are many search engine optimization elements that should be present with each blog post and it is important to realize this if you want your blog posts to go the extra mile. Here are several top blog SEO techniques to use: URL Structures: Often times a blog post will use programming language that looks like a string of characters or the entire title of your blog post. Either one really doesn’t do much for your SEO. The entire title is better than the random characters but ultimately you want to pull out your most important words from your title or CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Blog Posts to Read November 24, 2010
Happy Early Thanksgiving to All!!! We wish you all a great start to the holiday season. 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! Last Minute SEO Tip for the Holidays This is a fitting post for the season! It's not too late to implement some clever SEO techniques in order to boost your visibility and increase online sales. Stop Comparing Social Media to SEO to Denounce One of Them This post talks about SEO and Social Media Optimization or SMO, and how you cannot compare the two and only choose one to CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
What’s New In SEO for November 23, 2010
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: Petits Fours In Your Search Results Google announced an expansion to their update search results feature. Now when we search, instead of two results from an official site, Google will produce up to 4 results from a site, including pages that the algorithm deems important, driving traffic to other pages of a site. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: The Bing Million Dollar Giving Challenge to help schools launches for the holidays Ok, this isn't search news, but it comes from Bing, and I am happy to share. Bing is teaming up CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Blog Posts To Read Week of November 18, 2010
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! Google Instant Previews Choke On Meta Description Tags This post talks about Google's instant preview feature, and how the use of the Meta Tag description in the SERP's affects your call out text in the preview feature. 3 Thoughts on the Future of Online Marketing This post talks about the ever evolving online marketing industry and 3 areas in particular that are seen as something to focus on for the coming year. Use ‘Twinkie Diet’ Example to Make Your Marketing Messages Stick This post addresses the importance CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
What’s New in SEO for November 16, 2010
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: What A Feeling! Even Better Indexing of SWF Content Google discusses the measures it has taken over the past couple of years in collaboration with Adobe in regards to indexing SWF content, or in laymans terms, flash based content. Although they have come a long way, efforts will continue. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: Bing for Mobile now available on all major US mobile operators Bing announced that its "for mobile" app is now available on all major US mobile operators. The app is even preinstalled in some of the newly CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
10 Ways to Mess Up Your SEO
I see it and hear it all the time. I speak with potential clients that claim everything was going great and then all of a sudden everything hit the fan. Rankings gone, traffic gone and business down. Here are 10 ways to royally mess up your SEO: 1. Not asking enough questions When you hire a search engine optimization company make sure to ask questions on process. Find out to make sure there are no black hat methods being used. 2. Dangerous Linking A link is good but not everywhere. Linking to the wrong types of websites could land you in the hot seat very quickly. For instance, always strive to have relevant incoming links that could generate visitors to your website, not just a link for the sake CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Blog Posts To Read Week of November 11, 2010
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! Search Engine Marketing Guide for Entrepreneurs This is a great post that outlines some tips for entrepreneurs looking to get into SEM, it gives a good idea of the basics for those new to Search Engine Marketing. Leadership by Amputation This is a clever post about what makes a great leader. Takes a good spin on the Randy Moss football debacle, and calling the Vikings head office great leaders for looking out for the greater good, and ridding the team of what they felt was CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Great Ways to Kill Your SEO Progress
There are many ways that you can really hurt your search rankings in today’s search space and it is important that if you are planning on doing anything online you consult with a professional especially if you base your livelihood on your organic rankings. Website Overhaul If you are doing a large sweeping website overhaul and you are planning on changing everything including URL structures and content you will see a dip in rankings. The proper way to change URL structures is by implementing a 301 redirect on the old webpages you are converting. This is common as websites do often times change technology platforms. Removing all old content can also pose a problem. Rather than changing content completely try just updating the old content CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
What’s New in SEO for November 9, 2010
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: A Chrome Extension for Reporting Webspam For those who like to report web spam, or at least would like to have the option to do so, Google has released an easy convenient extension through Google Chrome that links to search results and your Web History, taking you directly to the spam report form and auto completing some form fields for you. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK WITH BING: One of many reasons to get your hands on Windows Phone 7 Ok, yes I know, what does this have to do with SEM? Well I CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
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