SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, and it refers to the process of increasing your website’s search engine ranking for a specific keyword or set of keywords. Said another way, search engines look for specific things on and off of your website that determines whether or not it’s relevant for a specific query, and SEO is the goal of doing those things. Search engine…? Search engine marketing is the strategy to increase your traffic and sales through the search engine channel. Paid Search Search Engine Optimization search engine marketing sem seo MORE >>

The Perfect Social Media Measurement Plan (Search Engine Land): Brian Massey illustrates a system that gives reliable conversion data to a spreadsheet automatically. Share Well with Others: How to Get Social Content to Go Viral (Search Engine Land): This post explores the motives behind content sharing, the ways content spreads, and tips for creating content for viral sharing. The 5 NEW Rules of Social Media Optimization (Influential Marketing Blog): In 2006, Rohit Bhargava formulated the concept of SMO, or Social Media Optimization. Today, I turn 30. Enjoy! Twitter. Video. MORE >>

Several 2006 wishes came true. hope you enjoy the 2006 - 2009 comparisons. Elana Centor , Funny Business 2006 If I am going to be completely honest and self-absorbed, the thing that I would like it see more of in 2006 is more traffic at Funny Business. My second wish for 2006 is that I would like to see "professional journalists" get over themselves in their attitude to those of us who choose to blog. Yvonne DiVita , Lip-sticking 2006 MORE Smart Women Bloggers. Arieanna (Foley) Schweber, //blogaholics 2006 More niche blogging. More humor. MORE >>

This invites the search engine spiders back to your site to crawl it. Increased Search Engine Rankings – Not only do you have more opportunities to rank with each blog post, but each blog post can rank according to its own merits. Every blog post is considered a separate web page by the search engines. Linkbuilding – Because you can link to your website pages from your blog, you can drive up those pages in search engine rankings using powerful link anchor text. About Us What’s a Maverick? As such, each blog post can rank for a separate keyword phrase. MORE >>

As you might recall, a while back I talked about the Hotpads Search Engine when it was launched. Recently, HotPads.com , the housing search engine, introduced a new way for cost-conscious shoppers to plan their next vacation with an interactive, map-based Vacation Rental search. This is the first map-based vacation rental search engine. This is on top of another $160 MM they raised in 2006. Search Engine Marketing and Website Marketing Services As a search engine marketing and website marketing professional since. Tags: Search Engines Digg this! MORE >>