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Keeping Your Audience Engaged
[2010-09-01] In my last post, I talked about training your text to "engage", "inform", "speak" (call to action), and "convert". The first step is to make sure the content doesn't overstay it's welcome.
Does Your Blog Need To Be Updated Daily?
[2010-08-20] There's a bit of a debate as to how often you should blog if you want to have a successful blog and grow the community around it.
Maximizing Your Traffic Through PPC And Organic SEO
[2010-08-06] Are you engaged in any active Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? What about Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising? The fact is you should be working on both.
What Is The Value Of FaceBook SEO?
[2010-07-15] Are you spending valuable time thinking about FaceBook and SEO? If so, then read on my friend and we'll have a look-see if that time has been well spent. First things first, I don't really like to think of FB as a search engine per se. At least not a web search as we're traditionally accustomed to.
Re-tooling Content To Improve Your Site
[2010-07-01] If George Lucas taught us anything with his re-tinkering of the original Star Wars trilogy it's that there is no such thing as "perfect." When it comes to your website's content, the same holds true. But in the case of your website, the tinkering should improve upon the original rather than create a bastardize version of an mildly flawed classic.
WordPress 3.0 Is Officially Released
[2010-06-18] Well it's out. WordPress 3.0 is here and packed with a ton of exciting new features. We've been testing all through the betas and the release candidates.
Gaining More Control Over Your Blog With Chrome Extensions
[2010-06-04] As Google Chrome continues to grow, so to the extensions that go along with it and their functionality. Below are a few extensions that bloggers can use to quickly create new blog posts without leaving the page they are on.
Adding A Facebook Like Box To Your Site
[2010-05-19] I've been inspired by your Facebook fan page, Dave, and have one of my own. Now that I have it, though, I'd like to be able to inclue a "like" box on my blog so that people not only see a link to the fan page, but see a few members, etc. I have seen it done on other blogs but can't figure out what they did. Is it a Wordpress plugin?
Archiving Your Content Rich Sites
[2010-05-06] Today's post is an answer to a question I took a few weeks ago: How to organize archives/categories on Wordpress for news site/blog that publishes a lot of articles, around 30-50 daily.
Setting Up Your Site For The First Time
[2010-04-21] All right beginners pay attention and I'll instruct you "How To Set Up A Web Page Free"!!! There are a lot of sites out there that make you believe that they are going to give you free website or free web addresses or free something or the other.
Increase Your Site SEO With Chrome Extension
[2010-03-17] Ever since Google has allowed Chrome Extensions, a number of interesting SEO tools have been popping up. These are now beginning to rival some of the toolbars and add-ons available for Firefox, so I thought it would be a good time to share my three favourite Chrome SEO plugins.
Testing Your Site's SEO With The SEO Report Card
[2010-03-05] Google has issued what they are calling an SEO Report Card, an effort to provide Google's product teams with ideas on how they can improve their products' pages using simple and accepted optimizations. This is very interesting, because as you might recall, a while back on the Vizion Interactive Search Engine Optimization blog I wrote about how Google issued a Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide, set up an example web site, and used a 302 Temporary Redirect. Matt Cutts from Google explained that Google had done this "on purpose". And then later on they changed that redirect. Go figure.
Using Open Source To Reach A Broader User-Base
[2010-02-19] Over the last weeks Alfresco, Sonatype and WaveMaker made their own decisions about licensing. Alfresco went LGPL, Sonatype - a company with a strong Apache background - for the very first time decided to release some code under GPL, while WaveMaker dumping the AGPL in favor of Apache.
Finding The Real Truths About SOA And Cloud Computing
[2010-02-01] I had the pleasure of presenting at Utah St.'s 26th Annual IT Seminar yesterday. The conference was planned and run by the students. I was impressed both by the work the students did and the support and guidance given by Utah St. Very impressive! I must also add that the snow covered mountains of Logan, Utah was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen.
Learning The Essentials of SEO
[2010-01-21] When you've been writing about SEO as long as I have you sometimes feel that you've run out of things to say. We forget that there is always someone new just learning about SEO and hasn't had the chance to read every article ever written on the topic. Not many people have that kind of time on their hands.
How Value Proposition Effects All Aspects Of SEO
[2010-01-14] It is very difficult to oversimplify the value proposition of Search Engine Optimization, since it is based on the following 2 premises: 1. People use search engines to find things. 2. If people can't find you in the search results, you don't have a shot at their business.
Creating Google Ready Video Site Maps
[2009-12-21] So back in December of 2007 Google's Video team announced changes to their sitemap protocol. Specifically changes to the way Google uses sitemaps to index your video content. Now this can be done for a number of different sites that have videos, but would be an absolute killer change for sites that contain mostly video content, and we all know there are a lot out there.
A Few Tips For Authority Links
[2009-12-03] Erik Ortega is going to get a link from me for TriFilliate PayDay as he left a comment with a link to his review. The reasons why I am mentioning this? I think Erik represents the "good" human side of affiliate marketing and is learning his lessons well, and working hard.
How Real Time Search Can Ultimately Hurt You SEO Strategy
[2009-11-18] Not too long ago, having a website in the top spot of a search engine results page came with a certain amount of security. There wasn't a whole lot of volatility, and you could see a real spike in traffic if a sudden news event led to more searches, or you anticipated a surge in search traffic far enough in advance to get some good SEO in place.
Testing On A Hidden Domain May Soon Become Illegal
[2009-11-06] You know that domain name that you don't want anyone to know that you own? The one that you're either testing out some SEO stuff that's in the "gray hat" area? The one you don't want your competitors to know that you own? The one you've been considering for sending spam emails?
Taking Traffic Into Consideration With Your Analytics
[2009-10-23] Not knowing what to expect, in some cases can be really exciting, like river rafting or hiking or exploring a reef while snorkeling, however, when it comes to your website it can be more important to have a better perspective on what to look forward to and what to look out for especially when your livelihood is on the line.
Choosing The Best Keywords For Your Site
[2009-10-09] This is SEO tip number 32 in our continuing series of Search Engine Optimization tips. All of these search engine optimization tips are meant to be specific in nature, they will not take that long to review, and are directly to the point. This search engine optimization tip has to do with your what I would call your best keywords and focusing your SEO efforts on those keyword phrases.
Microsoft Adds New Financing Options For Web Developer Licensing
[2009-09-25] Microsoft announced a new "Spark" program targeted at small web development shops with fewer than 10 employees. WebsiteSpark provides the following Microsoft development and production software licenses:
If Your Site Is Not Optimized You Are Losing Potential Traffic
[2009-09-04] A popular bumper sticker among college professors reads "if you think education is expensive, try ignorance." A similar analogy can be used for SEO. If it is done right, it is worth every penny. If it isn't correctly executed, then the same money would have been better spent on some other form of marketing. In fact, we have had to turn away potential clients who spent tens of thousands of dollars on black hat SEO techniques that got them banned in Google.
Bringing Augmented Reality Search To Mobile Devices
[2009-08-21] In the last article we talked about "augmented reality" and its applications for mobile search use. Augmented reality (AR) is where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time. This technology is combined with a GPS on a mobile phone that has a camera.
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