Google Spills the Beans on Keyword Searches!
I fired up my trusty Adwords Keyword Tool this morning to do some research and was surprised to see … Actual search numbers! Yes, you heard right – actual search data from the Google search network –...
View ArticleEPN is going PPC
Nothing is constant in life but change, and eBay has certainly been doing it’s part lately to make sure that statement rings true! Just when you thought it was safe to breathe a sigh of relief, along...
View ArticleIt’s official – Google doesn’t use the keyword meta tag
If you’ve been even half awake and following the news in SEO circles for the last decade or so, you probably know this already but Google just saw fit to make it official – Google does NOT use the...
View Article5 Adwords Mistakes Which Will Trash Your Budget
I sometimes get calls from prospective clients who tried to run an Adwords campaign on their own and failed miserably. It sounded so easy – they’re intelligent folks, they followed the instructions,...
View ArticleAdobe Steps Further Into The Cloud
It’s no secret that since the release of CS6 Adobe® has been aggressively promoting their cloud-based solutions – if you’ve visited their web site lately you may have noticed it’s getting harder and...
View ArticleHow to Get Corporate Sponsors for your NonProfit or Event
In a shaky economy with cutbacks rampant, many nonprofit organzations, from school sports teams and local events to name-brand 501(c)3’s are sorely in need of outside funding and looking for ways to...
View Article#1 SEO Problem With Mobile Sites and How to Fix It
Last week Eric Enge and Mark Traphagen of Stone Temple Consulting hosted a Virtual keynote with Google’s Gary Illyes For those who don’t know the name, Gary is a Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google...
View ArticleThe Case of the Faux Panda Penalty
So a site you monitor experiences a MASSIVE traffic drop on the date of a noteworthy Google update. Your first thought is “they got slammed by this update”, right? You may be wrong. The other day I was...
View ArticleGoogle: Header tags – Do They Still Matter?
Most modern-day web designers strive for semantically-correct use of header tags (H1, H2, H3, etc.) in their code. However, the fact remains that many sites still are not using them in a strict...
View ArticleClaim Business Listings or Get Hijacked
Let’s talk business directory listings, aka citations. You know, those directories like YellowPages, SuperPages, MerchantCircle and others. Their information comes from a combination of public data...
View ArticleHow To Add Your Business to Yahoo for Free
Contrary to popular belief, you CAN still claim or add a free business listing to Yahoo’s local directory. Here’s how. In October 2015, Yahoo’s Small Business program, including their local business...
View ArticleAdd your business to mapquest for free
Remember MapQuest? Sure you do! The first popular mapping application, MapQuest is still alive and well. Like the Yahoo Local directory and many other local business resources, MapQuest’s listings are...
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