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Pagination and Duplicate Content is a very real issue within SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Pagination is basically breaking up long "stuff" into shorter chunks, with a navigation system to move…

It still surprises me how many people, businesses, big brands and even agencies miss this extremely important yet basic concept: Listen to Market. Yes it’s a double entendre; a play…

Which is better? If you know me at all, you’ll bet I choose Quality; and you’d be right – every time. Consider all of the times you’ve dealt with Customer…

In today’s world of Content Management Systems (CMS), CPanels, plug-ins, applications and the like, many people rarely encounter this old-world text file. But sometimes "going old school" is just what…

Google recently released their new HTML/CSS Style Guides for Webmasters; to help create better websites, as well as the nudge-nod-wink to enhanced SEO. While some of the suggestions seem fairly…

Has this ever happened to you? You’re watching a pretty great movie on Netflix streaming and someone else on your WiFi network is playing a game and every few seconds…

Microsoft’s Bing is rising strong and fast in the battle of Search Engines. Google experiments with Universal and Social Search. Facebook knocks out the competition. Google attempts to integrate. I…

As you all know, Bing is the second-most used Search Engine, behind the obvious leader Google. But did you know that there are some very specific things to look at…

Social Media. Everybody uses it. And they recognize the social media buttons and icons. Do these little social graphics actually have any effect, aside from being a click-able way to…

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and links go hand-in-hand. That’s why we hear so much about it all over the internet: blogs, forums, groups, social media – you name it; everywhere…

Canon: A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged. A member of the clergy on the staff of a cathedral, esp. a member of the chapter….

Has this ever happened to you on LinkedIn? You’re on LinkedIn and you get a few connection requests. You’re kinda hurting for connections and want to expand your network so…

(Scroll down for the Big List.) Trends are powerful things. Knowing what’s hot and happening now in the world can be fun. It can also be a great source of…

Okay, so I usually post once per month, but from time to time I’ll post an extra goodie – I do have that right, don’t I? You’ve heard about Google+,…

Last month we discussed the Whys and Hows of Local SEO, including localized content ideas, such as including rates and locations. We also touched upon some ideas for link placement,…

Local SEO – its concepts, strategies and tactics, has become increasingly important in the Search Engine Optimization game. Just look at Google Places or Bing Local to get an idea…

SEO involves links. We know this. It’s also known that Quality over Quantity is extremely important to Search Engines. But what do Google, Yahoo and Bing consider to be quality?…

Spam. Long gone are the days of this word simply referring to a food item; A canned meat product made mainly from ham. Now Spam invades our privacy, offends, annoys,…

Fresh, new and magnetic content is good for SEO and good for conversions. Finding inspiration for this content, however, can be a chore. Google, the search engine, is one of…

Problem You really love your favorite RSS Reader / Feed Reader / Aggregator / etc., but it’s starting to get hairy; you’ve subscribed to so many of them that simply…

Last week, I hinted that for marketing tools, you only need Social Media. That’s not completely true. But it’s a good start. Social Media, indeed – the internet in general,…

Social Media is big. Smart folks in Marketing understand that the various sites and tools are excellent opportunities. Not to simply throw your stuff out there – links, likes, fans…

Earlier I wrote that Google helps SEO via Speed, and several of you wrote to me asking if there were other tools around to help improve your SEO for speed….

"Get the most out of your blogging time." That’s what the producers of a pretty cool tool says about their blogging add-on service, Zemanta. I’ve been looking into it, and…

If you’ve been under a rock or just haven’t heard, about a year ago Matt Cutts announced on the Google Webmaster Central Blog that Site Speed is a factor in…

Jeremiah Owyang, of the Customer Strategy group, Altimeter, will be teaming up with Social Media Solutions group, Social: IRL, on April 26th to lead the Social Business Summit. Hosted at…

WordPress has released an update to address close to thirty maintenance and security issues found in release 3.1. Some of the notables: Some security hardening to media uploads Performance improvements…

Yesterday I posted about Facebook Acquiring Beluga to bolster to make use of their mobile group messaging technology. Mobile Group Messaging War Facebook is not the only contender in this…

You’ve created a social Group on Facebook for the SMM in your Online Marketing campaign; yet you see very little activity… Sound familiar? With smart phones all the rage of…

Tools for the SEO Consultant and Online Marketer Here’s links to some tools & knowledge-base sources I’m currently wading through: Popular Social Media Pages Free Training Online Media SEO Competition…

We all know that most folks are a bit up in arms about Facebook’s Privacy issues… But, did you know that you can actually be a “Fan” of Facebook’s privacy?…

Google makes search even more personal with stars. Replacing SearchWiki, Google is now adding Stars to search results as a way to make it easier for you to rate your…

Google, the search engine giant, gets even bigger. For $50 Million, Google has purchased the social search service Aardvark. Formerly known as Mechanical Zoo, Aardvark was founded by a group…

So there’s a new SMO and Social Networking tool out… Google Buzz has now been released. A tool very much like FriendFeed, it easily integrates into your Gmail and other…

As everyone knows, the new "iPad" has recently come out. But I think I will pass on this gadget and here’s why. Not big on gadgets. No physical keyboard One…

Interesting…Google’s Chrome OS

So you’re steadily optimizing your site using various SEO strategies, and you’ve made some visible progress. You’ve come up in the SERPs, and yet – there is that one competitor…

Domain Names are an extremely important consideration in SEO. If you’re selling used green pants, how do you think www.usedgreenpants.com or www.pants.com/usedgreen.hmtl would fare in the SERPs? Well, I think…

Google’s Personalized Search is a very cool feature, but when working with SEO (Search Engine Optimization), can give a skewed view in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). Attempting to…

Google’s Webmaster Central is a must have for your SEO toolbox. After signing up, you add a site, get it verified, and you’re off and running! The Webmaster Tools section…

Server Headers are great indicators in SEO work. You need to check them. Go to Google and do a search for "server header check". You’ll find a number of free…

Don’t ignore images in your SEO efforts. Ensure the image is relevant to the content you’re putting it into. Give it a name that contains the keywords for the page…

Wait a minute…Did this big corporate giant just sign up as a player within their competitor’s (of a certain niche) field? Yes they did. Google finally has a Facebook page….

RSS Feeds can add to your SEO campaign. Aside from being a great alternative way to receive updated content on your site, RSS feeds bring you closer into that hip…

Links to your home page should obviously be found pretty much all over your site; on every page. Perhaps linked from your company logo in the upper left, and or…

Links are an important consideration in SEO. The two types of links we’re concerned with today are those on a page of your site pointing to another page on your…

Title tags are an extremely important factor in SEO. Unlike other aspects of Search Engine Optimization, page titles can not be over-emphasized. Think about it for a minute…A Title Tag:…

PageRank is an important consideration in SEO, however don’t get too caught up in it. PageRank is just one small piece of the SEO puzzle, being a Google-specific link analysis…

Site Navigation is an important consideration in SEO. The first step is to think about Usability. Always think about your visitors first; we’re not just wanting to be found via…

Sorry, folks just had to mention this…Too funny! Google had a hiccup recently, where almost every single search result (including its own www.Google.com) was giving out the "This site may…

As you may have figured out by now, using SMO, tied in with SEO in your Online Marketing efforts, is fast becoming a must-have. But with all the Networking sites…

Microsoft’s search brand, MSN, will be discontinuing their Groups services in February 2009. They suggest that you move your group to their partner, Multiply (Updated) Windows Live Groups. You can…

In my SEO consulting, I can’t tell you how many times I hear this flawed phrase "I want my site on the top of the search results. Please optimize my…

I’m into SEO and it helps to know what people are "searching" for. People everywhere are looking for stuff; business stuff, relationship stuff, news stuff, fun stuff, illegal stuff –…

Thinking of SEO and looking at two quotes from the founder of the Internet Archive, I again run into the common debate over content. I remember in an interview with…

In today’s web, a good site needs imagery; design, colors, and yes, even photos. Finding them (for free) on the internet for re-use can be difficult, if not downright dangerous….

Not like it was really a question, but the SEO work I’ve done on this site has proved useful… Although not an "official" report, I would like to share with…

Tired of searching for actual information and instead just being bombarded by commercial sites, ads, and spam? Aren’t we all. Well there’s a new Search Engine out there that addresses…

For those of you who haven’t heard, there’s a new Internet browser out there. Chrome, by Google. People have been talking about this, and there is of course, a Wikipedia…

Like many of you, I read a great many different blogs, and come across even more on a daily basis. Also like many of you, these add up to overwhelm….

So I was working on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Progress reports for the site and checking CSKnet’s stats on Yahoo… And found that Yahoo is getting Linked In…In more ways…

On August 18th, I read on the Search Engine RoundTable that Yahoo has started to follow Google’s footsteps (what else is new?), by indenting entries in the SERPs. What are…

Simple commands in Search Engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask, will return all you need for your movie viewing pleasure. Does this scenario sound familiar? You want to go…

Take your Design to the next level – Web, Print, Product Ideas and More. There is actually a group who decides on the official colors for the year. This is…