You may think your site has only one homepage, but search engines may think otherwise. Open www.(yourdomain).com in a browser. Then, open up (yourdomain).com, sans the “www.” Did the second URL redirect to the first? If not, then you have a two-faced website on your hands! While this may sound [...]
Yahoo search marketing can prove to be a highly profitable means of reaching your target audience in search. Unfortunately, Yahoo’s campaign management interface is relatively unintuitive when compared to that of Google AdWords. To make the most of your PPC campaign, possessing a solid understanding of the tools you’re using is mission [...]
Mark your calendars for this Saturday, because there’s about to be a new wave of username squatting. On June 13th, Facebook will roll out a feature which allows users to associate a username with their accounts.
Log into your Facebook account and you’ll most likely see this notification:
What exactly does this mean? The Facebook blog explains [...]
So your site is ranking #1 for your industry’s top keyword? You may be tempted to forget about SEO, but don’t be fooled: there is still plenty of work to be done! In a few posts to follow I’ll review some activities you can perform on an ongoing basis to make the most of your [...]
According to Wikipedia, Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (”organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. This is most commonly accomplished by making the site of interest appear in the first page of search results for specific keywords. [...]
The old adage “be careful what you say, because someone might repeat it” would be better phrased these days as “be careful what you say, because someone might repeat it on the internet.” Negative PR that makes it to the web can be immortalized in search results, forever tainting a person’s or company’s name.
One of [...]
If you’re tired of waiting weeks for your websites to be crawled and listed in search engines, you don’t need more patience…you just need a better search engine submission method.
Chances are that one or both of the following items appear on your website post-launch checklist:
Submitting your URL to Google/Yahoo/MSN via a URL submission form
Submitting an [...]
Over the past couple of weeks, President Obama has focused much of his administration’s energies on the mortgage foreclosure issue. With interest rates at a historic low, millions of Americans now have the opportunity to refinance their mortgage and, in many cases, save hundreds of dollars a month. Part of Obama’s strategy for encouraging more [...]
Creating quality META tags may seem like a tedious task, but it’s a task that shouldn’t be neglected. Here are three reasons why.
META Tags Are An SEO Tool. Perhaps the most common context in which META tags are discussed these days is search engine optimization. While META tags may not be the SEO silver bullet [...]
If you’re a Mac user and you haven’t tried Fluid yet, you’re missing out! Fluid is an application that turns any webpage into a standalone application, giving you convenient access to your favorite web apps via the Dock. Here are five great ways to use Fluid to free up a few browser tabs [...]