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Search Engine Optimization Tip: Include Keywords in URLs

Bill Hartzer

Think about your niche market for a moment. You also need to find out what the leader in search engines, Google, has to say about it. Until 2005, Google was putting all of the emphasis on the websites that had keywords in their domain name. This may be difficult to change now if you already have the business up and running.

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9 YouTube stats to inform your marketing strategy in 2019

Sprout Social

When YouTube first arrived in 2005, few likely had any idea how valuable it would become. The first video, “ Me at the Zoo ,” launched on April 23, 2005, and the first ads followed two years later. Additionally, Google has revealed that YouTube users often search for ‘how to’ videos and other ‘search engine-like’ queries.

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Conductor Searchlight Search Engine Optimization System Launched

Bill Hartzer

Conductor, a SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) technology company, has launched Conductor Searchlight , a full-featured search engine optimization (SEO) operating system. Conductor Searchlight helps you prioritize your efforts and gives you insight into which SEO techniques are most likely to garner you top rankings in the engines.

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Search Engine Optimization: Search Engine Ranking Problem Solved for a Reader

Bill Hartzer

Perhaps in response to one of my recent blog posts about search engine ranking problems , I got an email today from James who owns a website called 4insure dot net. He asked me if I would take a look at his web site and see if I can figure out why he is having search engine ranking problems. Tags: Search Engine Optimization.

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SEO Or Marketing?

Small Business Mavericks

Search engine optimization has changed a lot over the years. There are still some companies trying to do it like it’s 2005. For starters, if you don’t see SEO as an intrinsic part of your overall marketing efforts, then there is a disconnect somewhere. The goal of marketing is to increase your bottom line.

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Search Engine Optimization Horror Story Contest Launched

Bill Hartzer

Do we really need another Search Engine Optimization (SEO) contest ? This Search Engine Optimization is different. They’re looking for Search Engine Optimization Horror Stories, extreme examples of cases where Search Engine Optimization efforts have failed. Andy Beal, Marketing Pilgrim. Who are the judges?

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Why Images Make For Good Marketing

Small Business Mavericks

Online marketing has increasingly grown since its inception in the early 1990s. For a long time, it was mainly constrained to search engines. Since 2005, however, social media has taken on a much greater importance. Images are great marketing. And that’s why images are such powerful marketing tools.