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Search Engine Optimization History: June 12, 2005 Was a Historic Day

Bill Hartzer

When it comes to the Search Engine Optimization industry’s history, I bet that you did not know that June 12, 2005 was a historic day. According to a new tool by Google called Google Correlate , there were far more searches for “search engine optimization&# than ever before. Enough said. Post on Google Buzz.

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Search Engine Optimization Tip: Include Keywords in URLs

Bill Hartzer

Your keywords are a great tool to reach potential customers, so make them a priority. 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. They should also be found in your URLs.

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Today A Search Tool Dies

Small Business Mavericks

has announced that today spells the death of a search tool that has been with us since 2005. actually tried to be a search engine. Site Explorer is a tool that many webmasters used to see who was linking to them, and who was linking to their competition. That was when Yahoo! Site Explorer is no more. Site Explorer.

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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. 6 month subscription to Trackur Corporate (worth $528). –

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Best Social Media Monitoring Tools

Bill Hartzer

What is needed are powerful methods, and tools to track your brand in the social media paradigm. While there are many more tools available out there, here is a list of some of the best monitoring tools and sites available that you can use to monitor your brand across the social media landscape.

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Five Actionable Social Media Tips for Your Web Development Business

Webbiquity SMM

Do a bit of research with an SEO tool like SEMRush to identify the best keywords to use in your bio. 4. The more content you generate , the more social sharing you do, which creates a consistent online presence and drives traffic to your search-optimized pages, improving your search engine rankings and traffic.

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Why Images Make For Good Marketing

Small Business Mavericks

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