Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s a well known fact that 80%-85% of traffic for almost every website online comes from the search engines. It should seem to reason then that website owners and managers should spend that much time on search engine marketing efforts rather than social media or other forms advertising. But are you getting any work done?

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 31, 2019

Your company’s reputation is can be significantly impacted by its social media presence. Since 2011 more than 10M consumers and businesses have used Vast Bridges’ web properties to search for Internet and TV service. ’s leading home services (broadband and TV) search engine.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 5, 2011

No matter what innovations the search engine introduces, it will likely involve Google Places in some way. J Log in to Reply Caroline Melberg says: May 6, 2011 at 5:25 pm Thanks 4 the RT! This is why I think the No. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You must be logged in to post a comment.

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Small Business Google Case Study Press Release 170

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 9, 2011

The more reviews you have, the more likely your local listings will appear in the search engines. It can appear in the search engine listings for any search involving the name of your business plus “reviews.&# Other sites like Yelp and CitySearch offer local business listings and a way for customers to review a business.

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Small Business Review Case Study Press Release 156

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 1, 2011

Local, then the search engines know your business address and phone number. Larry King says: May 1, 2011 at 12:09 pm "What Factors Affect Local Search Rankings? &# Larry King says: May 1, 2011 at 12:09 pm "What Factors Affect Local Search Rankings?" So how can a non-link affect your search rankings?

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Small Business Real Estate Hubpages Case Study 173

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

This compared to only 8% for search engines and 5% for social media. Tags: e-mail marketing , promotional e-mails , social media marketing This entry was posted on Sunday, February 6th, 2011 at 7:19 am and is filed under E-mail Marketing for Small Business. At least, that’s according to data reported on WebProNews recently.

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Social Media Marketing Small Business Case Study 187

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 8, 2011

The search engines crawl your website every time you update it. GrassRoots says: May 8, 2011 at 4:24 pm #grassroots #dm2 Do You HAVE To Blog Every Day? – One of the things that you'll hear often among professional Intern… [link] Log in to Reply Caroline Melberg says: May 9, 2011 at 12:27 am Do You HAVE To Blog Every Day?

Small Business 170

Small Business Case Study Press Release Adwords 170

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 9, 2011

GrassRoots says: May 9, 2011 at 4:27 pm #grassroots #dm2 What’s An Internet Marketing Strategy Consist Of? link] Log in to Reply Caroline Melberg says: May 10, 2011 at 12:34 am What’s An Internet Marketing Strategy Consist Of? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

Small Business 150

Small Business Strategy Case Study Press Release 150

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 20, 2011

GrassRoots says: April 20, 2011 at 6:28 pm #dm2 Who Profits From Social Media? Tags: small business , Social Media This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 at 9:27 am and is filed under Social Media. So what is meant by social media? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Social Media Small Business Case Study Press Release 156

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 30, 2011

Longer Content – It seems that the search engines are favoring longer content. 3 Responses to “5 Current Internet Marketing Trends With Staying Power&# Caroline Melberg says: March 31, 2011 at 12:34 am 5 Current Internet Marketing Trends With Staying Power – Trends come and go, but not all trends end up going.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Here’s another caveat: If you are not at least engaged in social media and search engine optimization, then you are likely not being effective. With that kind of bold statement, I guess I should define what is “effective&# online marketing. So let’s do that. If you are not engaged, you cannot be effective.

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Small Business Press Release Case Study Adwords 115

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 15, 2011

Why are the search engines and social media sites so full of spam. Tags: blogging , content , internet marketing , Social Media This entry was posted on Friday, April 15th, 2011 at 9:23 am and is filed under Small Business Internet Marketing. It could just as well be “The Surest Way To Earn Fans.&#

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Case Study Press Release Small Business Adwords 156

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 12, 2011

BizLaunch says: April 12, 2011 at 11:50 pm Do Your Headlines (Get The) Click? &# BizLaunch says: April 12, 2011 at 11:50 pm Do Your Headlines (Get The) Click? link] Log in to Reply Caroline Melberg says: April 13, 2011 at 12:33 am Do Your Headlines (Get The) Click? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 14, 2011

Tags: Android , business , facebook , VOIP This entry was posted on Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 10:10 am and is filed under Tools for Small Business.

Small Business 161

Small Business Facebook Case Study Press Release 161

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effective search engine marketing is dependent upon the rules of supply and demand. In other words, what keywords are people typing into the search engines right now in order to find what they are looking for? Jay Vidal says: February 1, 2011 at 7:23 pm Have You Updated Your Keywords Lately?

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Case Study Press Release Small Business Adwords 98

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 6, 2011

I believe Google uses page load speed to determine search engine rankings. Tags: analytics , google , page load speed This entry was posted on Friday, May 6th, 2011 at 8:18 am and is filed under Tracking & Analytics. This announcement all but confirms that. If not, then they will likely be doing so at some point in the future.

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Small Business Case Study Press Release Adwords 150

Small Business Mavericks

MAY 11, 2011

to prevent others from getting it first and doing damage to your reputation. I wouldn’t expect a great deal of search engine traffic from About.Me.Me domain names don’t typically do well in the search engines. Ditto if you are a local business person just getting started with your local online marketing.

Small Business 150

Small Business Domain Name Case Study Press Release 150

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Here’s a question: If Google can create an extension like that for Google Chrome, then why can’t it allow all users of its search engine to block content from any domain right from the SERP? Pardon the digression. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Google Content Case Study Press Release 150

Kikolani

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Creating a Strong Online Reputation – Learn how to create a strong online reputation for yourself and your business. Part III: 40 Top Keyword Research Posts of 2011 – 40 of the top posts on keyword research tools, strategies, and optimization. Here is what you can learn from it and how to fix it.

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Analytics Research Real Estate Google 118

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 2, 2011

If Bing, or any search engine, took that approach, it would be revolutionary. Would you respond to a search engine taking this approach? Tags: bing , google , local search This entry was posted on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 at 9:41 am and is filed under Local Internet Marketing. But that likely won’t happen.

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Case Study Press Release Small Business Adwords 87

Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 11, 2011

Search Engine Submissions – Submit to all the search engines you want. The best search engines will crawl your site if it’s crawlable. You don’t need to submit to search engines. Your visitors will know what the site is about, but the search engines don’t care about these tags.

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SEO Widget NoFollow Case Study 93

Writtent Blog

APRIL 30, 2013

There’s no room at the top of major search engines for information that’s thin, repetitive, or that doesn’t add value to your niche. Since the introduction of the Panda and Penguin algorithm updates in 2011 and 2012, there’s a slim chance anyone will even see content if it isn’t outstanding. It Can Damage Your Reputation.

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Reputation Meme Case Study Engineering 87

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Inbound links are still the lifeblood of any search engine optimization program. No matter what the search engines do with social media data, search result will rely heavily on inbound links as a major factor for a long time. Your emphasis therefore should be to chase those quality links that search engines find important.

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Review Case Study Press Release Small Business 79

Proactive Report

JULY 24, 2011

In the State of the Media 2011 Pew Research stated that search is the one factor that most affected the news business in the past decade. How do they gauge this reputation? Remember that it’s not only your content that appears in the search engines – while you are carefully crafting your content, others are doing the same.

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Reputation StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 85

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Get Verified – All of the search engines have a process for verifying a website. Add Fresh Content – The only thing that keeps search engines coming back to your website again and again is fresh content. Update your site often and you’ll see the search engines more often.

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SEO Case Study Press Release Small Business 87

Twist Image

MARCH 29, 2011

Social 2011. On April 7th and 8th, the company will be hosting an event in Boston titled Social 2011 - their first-ever user conference that features marketing professionals from companies like Dell , PepsiCo , the American Red Cross and hundreds more. brand reputation. search engine. social 2011. business column.

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Radian6 Findability RSS Sentiment 102

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 27, 2011

Which site do you think will have better search engine rankings? Tags: article marketing , articles , link building , SEO This entry was posted on Sunday, March 27th, 2011 at 7:52 am and is filed under SEO for Small Business. Go out of your way to get as many links as you can, especially high PR links from relevant websites.

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Case Study Press Release Small Business Adwords 98

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 28, 2011

The sole purpose of the search engine is to help searchers find the best information for their search queries. Whose fault is it that the search engines are full of those types of useless web pages? But I’d argue that the spam market would be a huge market no matter what the search engine policies were.

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Case Study Press Release Small Business Adwords 79

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Bing responds: “We use over 1,000 different signals and features in our ranking algorithm,&# Bing vice president Harry Shum said Tuesday, referring to the mathematical code that search engines use to choose their results. It was 20 engineers that used the Bing Bar opt-in clickstream data to manipulate Bing results.

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Google Press Release Case Study Small Business 79

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 18, 2011

Caroline Melberg says: March 19, 2011 at 12:44 am Online Reviews: Opportunity Or Obstacle? Tags: customer service , negative reviews , online reviews , positive reviews This entry was posted on Friday, March 18th, 2011 at 9:59 am and is filed under Reputation Management.

Review 79

Review Small Business Case Study Press Release 79

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

While 47% felt somewhat good at social measurement in 2011, just 38% said the same in 2012. One-third of CEOs fail to consider their compananies’ social media reputation when making business decisions. ( Still, organic search on search engines drive 50% of all referring traffic, compared to less than 8% for social media.

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Social Media B2B Marketing SEO 245

Kikolani

AUGUST 2, 2011

This month’s featured piece just went live today and is part of the 2011 Conversion-Fest Blogging Contest. 5 Ways to Make Your Blog Appear in Search Engines – Boost your blog’s search engine visibility with these five tips. Featured Post – Social Media ROI with Google Anlaytics 5.

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Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

But as a small business person who is seeking coveted search rankings, what should you do if you discover your SEO firm is engaging in practices not approved by the search engines? If you deal with firms that are above board and use only search engine approved practices, then you can’t go wrong. Can you take the risk?

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Small Business Case Study Retail Press Release 79

Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 13, 2011

Take a play out of the playbook of Bing, the search engine. One Response to “The New Gamer, Women 25-44&# Caroline Melberg says: March 14, 2011 at 12:40 am The New Gamer, Women 25-44 – Do you have a 40-year-old mom? Offer an incentive in one of the games for people to friend you on Facebook, or your fan page.

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Small Business Case Study Press Release Delicious 87

Proactive Report

JANUARY 26, 2011

According the to the 2011 Edelman Trust Barometer out yesterday, that appears to be the case. Search engines are still the number one place people go to find information about a company, followed by online news sources and then traditional print and broadcast media. Corporate reputations depend ever more on trust.

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Training Engineering Flickr News 71

Small Business Mavericks

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

What SEOmoz’s experience doesn’t tell us is whether or not the tweeter’s authority with the search engines has any effect on that ranking. Tags: search engines , search rankings , SEO , Twitter This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at 12:37 pm and is filed under SEO for Small Business.

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Case Study Press Release Small Business SEO 79

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 30, 2011

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. Everyone’s all abuzz and atwitter about Plus, the new social network from a search engine company with which you might be familiar. (Happy Holidays! This is #1. – Jay).

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