Tweet “Why can’t you just give me a straight answer?” Johanna’s voice showed a trace of irritation. “All I’m asking is how much you charge for SEO services!” I smiled. This was familiar terrain. As an SEO consultant, almost every client asks me a similar question. My answer is always [ Read More ]
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TweetLocal business marketers often hyper-focus on Google search rankings, but it’s important not to forget that even if Bing and Yahoo! do not have the lion’s share, even 15% of search volume can create a sizable number of potential business referrals. So, here are a few basic tips for optimizing [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetOne of my favourite SEO anecdotes goes like this: two men are walking through an African game reserve when they come across a lion, one of the men calmly puts down his backpack and slips on the running shoes he has been carrying. The other man chuckles and says, “You’ll [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetIn the real world, things go wrong. While we might all wish that everything we did was “fix once, stay fixed”, that’s rarely the case. Things that were previously “not a problem”(TM) can become “a problem”(TM) rapidly for a variety of reasons: someone changes something unrelated / without realising it [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetVideos Indexed in the SERP Did you know that major search engines want you to make video sitemaps for all of your embeds, even if you’re hosting on Vimeo or Youtube? Not only does it help them spider your website by giving the search engines clues as to where to [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetFor a long time I’ve been pulling an RSS feed from Twitter for the query: “guest post” OR “guest author” [TOPIC] into my Google Reader. Every morning I would check it, blaze through 15-20 URLs — most of which were the same URL being tweeted. Then, I’d record the best [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetHow much does SEO cost? How much time do you have to discuss the various models and prices out there! However, a new survey sheds some light on the subject. Over 500 people and companies who offer search engine optimization services were asked about how their models. Turns out, it’s [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetWhen it comes to targeting search engines to reach international markets, we’re going to have to do things a little differently. As we expand our horizons we begin to form connections with those who not only speak different language but bring a whole set of different cultural expectations to their [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetThe Google Webmaster Blog and Google Analytics Blog announced they are changing how they define the average position in the search query report in Google Webmaster Tools and search optimization report in Google Analytics. The new definition will take the average of the top ranking of your site for all [ Read More ]
ContinueTweetLink building is the practice of getting other sites to implement hyperlinks back to a web site. Especially for SEO experts, it is essential to have an in-depth knowledge on the link building. It is not an easy job to find a quality authoritative websites to get a back links. [ Read More ]
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