There is one trend that many SEO professionals rue and that is the explosion of blogs. However, the explosion of blogs has also led to an explosion in social media outlets and the two can walk hand in hand - in fact, they must.
One reason that SEO professionals dislike blogs is due to the lack […]
There has been a little Twittering of late about how some individuals Twitter profiles are outranking their websites or blogs for their name. It could be an SEO nightmare if your name and product/service are synonymous and often used in searches.
Of course, there is one simple fix - don’t use your exact details when […]
Depending on who you talk too, social marketing provides either a valuable stream of traffic, or a flow of useless traffic that does nothing but send your bounce rate through the roof. There is more than a grain of truth to both arguments.
How can they both be true? A lot will depend on the type […]
Out of the thousands, if not millions, of forums available, I often find it difficult to believe when someone says they cannot find a forum to suit their niche. If the niche is that tight then perhaps there is just not enough traffic to warrant a forum. On the other hand, there are many forums […]
Many web sites lack the one feature that could make a huge difference between closing a sale and having the customer go elsewhere and that is a contact point. I see many sites with postal addresses and many with telephone numbers. However, I may live in Mexico or Australia so snail mail is out and […]
With the advances to web design and the scripts that can be included on web pages, if you don’t have a means of interacting with customers or visitors, then perhaps it’s time you did.
There is one big advantage in having a blog, the comments. Your visitors can leave comments, you can respond to them, […]
Yahoo’s Digg like bookmarking experiment has finally been opened to the public. It was a low key opening of the doors although the news has spread pretty quickly. What’s the Buzz?
Very simply, it is simply another social bookmarking site. It does however have rewards that far exceed all others. If you can get your content […]
With the advent of web 2.0 and the effect that social sites are having on traffic and generating leads, website owners now need to consider social optimization as part of their SEO efforts.
Web 2.0 social sites are not search engines and do not operate in the same way as search engines. They do have however, […]
One of the great things about Web 2.0 and the social communities that have developed is the increase in interaction. When it comes to SEO, we all crave inbound links and social interaction has certainly helped on that score.
Social bookmarking is on the increase with individuals either submitting their own content or bookmarking content they […]
Social Optimization is not just about getting onto Facebook or StumbleUpon and marketing your business. Social Opptimization includes submitting articles to article directories and listing your sites in directories.
Directories are often interesting particularly those that charge a fee for listing on their directory. I have seen some great ads from these directories making claims […]