SEO

Online SMB Reputation Management

Reputation Management is the practice of monitoring and managing the opinions and information that that are posted about your company on the Internet. It is a developing practice but vital for long-term success for online marketing. By utilizing available tools, companies have the ability to interact directly with what customers are saying about them and [...]

SMB SEO – Search Engine Optimization

SEO Over the last decade, broadband speeds have allowed businesses and consumers to connect in new unimaginable ways. With a simple search on Google, customers have gained unparalleled access to any information they are seeking – both good and bad. This week, I will take a step back from discussing IP communications and focus on [...]

Question of the week – Meta Tags

Recently, a friend of mine sent me an email asking for a favor regarding some SEO she was helping out with: Please look at this for me, I know you know a lot about websites, I think this guy has too many meta tags.  I sent him a separate email with screenshots of other people’s [...]

SEO index cheat sheet

Here are a few quick pointers to remember when developing your individual html pages 1.  Meta Tags – Keep your Meta Description at or below 150 characters.  Often times, SEO’s will frequently overload the meta descriptions with tons of keywords, phrases, etc.  This is detrimental for SEO success.  Keep Meta Descriptions as accurate as possible [...]

Google Maps API and SEO

In recent months, I have been working a lot with the Google Maps API.  I have been utilizing the API to optimize landing pages for “multiple location” websites.  In customizing these sites for the API, I have discovered that Google’s organic listings absolutely love when a website utilizes their Maps API. In less than two [...]

Landing Page SEO + SEM part 1

Landing Pages for increased Search Engine Optimization. Landing pages and their correlation between a website and Search Engine Optimization is a difficult process that can end up very beneficial or detrimental.  The union between these two entities to increase profitability and exposure is very volatile.  A Landing Page is the first page that shows up [...]

Small Business SEO and SEM in a Recession

During the last year, a lot of businesses have been making cuts in all aspects of their respective operations.  For an online enterprise, Search Engine Optimization is one area that should not catch the ax of cost cutting and I will explain why. During this period of Economic uncertainty, Big Businesses are taking sweeping cost [...]

How popular is your website?

Have you ever wanted to know how popular your website is?   Many people want to know the reach of their website.  A company called Alexa monitors almost all websites and ranks each website according to popularity.  For instance, in the United States, Google, Yahoo, and MySpace are the three most popular websites respectively.   [...]