Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

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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Bill Hartzer

JULY 22, 2010

– Translate client’s marketing goals into a responsible and successful organic strategy based on your knowledge of the search engine algorithms. – Analyze monthly search engine performance reports to determine if new optimizations are needed. – Stay updated with new search engine algorithm changes and tactics.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2011

When it comes to optimizing your web site for the search engines , search engine optimization, there are a lot of things that you can do that will hurt your search engine rankings. In fact, there are literally hundreds of different factors that come into play when it comes to search engine optimization. Duplicate Content.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. comScore, Inc. search marketplace. AOL LLC Network 2.2% Americans conducted more than 16.9

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 15, 2010

Most likely, if you have a website for your business, you probably have been pitched by a host of companies about the benefits of Search Engine Optimization. But search engine optimization should do a lot more than just help you “get found&# in the search engine results. Let’s take, for example, Gun Barrel Ranch.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 10, 2010

Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. If my actively engaged social media colleague James posts a photo of his young son Harold on his Facebook page, James might expect comments by me and other peers who may not know the mother of that child.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Google Instant is an enhancement to Google’s search engine that shows you, and changes, the search results as you type, in real time. As you type, Google’s algorithm predicts and displays search queries based on other users’ search activities. What it means for Search Engine Optimization. What does this mean?

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 18, 2009

Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. billion searches at the core search engines. Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Microsoft Sites** 8.2 Ask Network 3.8 Microsoft Bing will be included with June qSearch data.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 18, 2010

Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and cross-channel searches. Searches for mapping, local directory, and user-generated video sites that are not on the core domain of the five search engines are not included in the core search numbers. Ask Network 3.8% 3.7% -0.1 -- - AOL LLC Network 2.8% 2.6% -0.2 -.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic by Adam Sherk on August 25, 2009 July and August are a time when many content sites see a seasonal dip in all forms of traffic, including search engine referrals.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

As a search engine optimization pro, I have been intrigued by this part of the search engine algorithm. Presently, controlling the Google search results in this way calls for a combination of certain types active social media accounts from certain social media websites that are connected together properly. So how did I do it?

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and. search engines are not included in the core search numbers. Based on the five major search engines including partner searches and. search engines are not included in the core search numbers. Ask Network 3.9% AOL LLC Network 3.1% 3.0% -0.1 -.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 17, 2012

Facebook: 955 million active users. Qzone: 576 million active users. via Search Engine Land. Other favorite social channels included YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Stumbleupon and Tumblr. The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Twitter: over 500 million users. via Twopcharts. via TechCrunch. via Tagged.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 28, 2010

But here are three areas where many companies aren’t realizing the synergistic benefits of coordination with their SEO efforts: Blogging: given that less than half of companies —both small businesses and the Fortune 500—actively maintain industry blogs, this is an underutilized area for SEO benefit. Share this on Bebo.

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yMarketingMatters

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Tip #3: Before deciding which social media channel to be active on, work out a clear and implementable plan. billion people using the site each month, 665 million active users each day, and generates up to 645 million local business page views per week, Facebook has proved that its popularity amongst users is here to stay.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

At a recent BlogWell event I got a chance to hear Robert Raines from Chevron present his Social Media program and how he reports their activity into the Boardroom. They used Boolean searches (which are available in most listening engines today) to narrow their searches to only the most relevant posts. Email this to a friend?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

And while tweets, likes, and +1’s are now becoming important ranking factors alongside links, having websites link back to you is very much still a basic requirement for getting search engine fueled website traffic. Digg is great for traffic generation, and while not the powerhouse it once was, is still a large community. Foursquare.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Increase your search engine rankings: Social media profiles (especially those on Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn ) frequently rank highly with major search engines. Videos from popular sites like YouTube can also be optimized for indexing by the major search engines. Are you using social media to grow your business?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Data like this is interesting to check out, and it can provide useful insights for marketers and content producers in getting a better understanding of user interest and activities in both search and social media. What types of stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit? Happy New Year.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In my Top 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 blog post last year I called that day to be February 14, 2010 (betting on the social activity that the holiday brings) but I was actually 2 months late – the first time Facebook surpassed Google was on Christmas day 2009. Facebook also overtook Google in page views just recently. Tweet This!

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Social and Alternative Search Engines. A realtime social search engine that pulls current and recent results for any term from Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Digg and Delicious. A free service for setting up, promoting and hosting Twitter chats. Searches can also be filtered by platform. Related Post. Share this on Bebo.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

But 57% also indicated that they plan to increase their focus on SEO: That’s good news, because even just 2-3 years ago many companies’ efforts to integrate SEO and PR activities did not extend much beyond press release optimization. That’s certainly important but it’s just one tactic; there are a lot more opportunities to explore.

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Saying It Social

APRIL 21, 2010

Your Friends Find out what your friends have liked, shared, and commented on through the Activity Feed and Recommendations social plugins. These features enable you to share the things you care about on Facebook and with other visitors to that website through the activity feed and recommendations plugins. What are Social Plugins?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Blogging is a social activity. Links are good things; they drive direct traffic to your blog as well as helping improve your rank in the search engines. You can post your email address, use a WordPress contact form plugin , or incorporate an interactive business card (see the upper-right of this blog for an example) on your blog.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Advantage: SAINTS __ 2nd Quarter: Digg Ok, which team has seen the most activity on Digg? According to Digg’s search tool 1,549 Colts articles have been submitted, with only eight being promoted to the front page and three receiving more than 500 diggs. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Twist Image

JANUARY 8, 2011

Answers can be voted up and down (ala Digg ) and you have the ability to follow the individuals and topics that are of interest to you. Pushing that further, what happens when a well-known entity is active on Quora (posting questions and answering them), but then ignores a question being asked on Quora by a legitimate source?

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 8, 2010

In addition, Sriram Vadlamani has talked about it on the Asian Correspondent site Quotes from the Asian Correspondent Story Many companies are using Twitter actively and many users are on Twitter but not much activity. Also, knowing the reason behind in active companies – lack of interest / confidence / resources / knowledge ?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 26, 2009

Thumbplay chose Attivio’s Active Intelligence Engine(TM) (AIE) because Thumbplay needed improve its ability to support massive search query volumes and frequent, low-latency updates, while reducing costs and expediting development. Tags: Search Engine Technology Search Engines. Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 2, 2010

You can call it Inbound Marketing (like the folks at HubSpot do) or you could call it Content Marketing (like the folks at Junta42 do) but whatever you call it this is the basis for all your online activity. Stay tuned to this blog for more updates and to see how we are doing that! Tweet This! Share this on Facebook. Share this on Linkedin.

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Kikolani

APRIL 11, 2012

Actively develop your reputation by creating “positive” content. With those two techniques in mind, here are six simple, yet effective tools that might help you along the way to monitor what people are saying about you as well as actively develop and influence your online reputation. Me On The Web. SocialMention.

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Idaconcpts

DECEMBER 21, 2010

This is perhaps where more optimization goes in as this is where we can actively see the cash draining out of our budget. Adwords landing pages can have much more freedom than pages on your website, as typically you can forgo much of the optimization you do on your main site to appease search engines. Share this on Facebook.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

To investigate further I did a quick check for Twitter activity. In terms of search engine visibility, as of today the Tumblr site is #9 in my Google results for “Newsweek” so it’s working its way up. I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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