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Search Traffic Declining? You’re Not Alone (and What to Do About It)

Webbiquity SMM

BuzzFeed mentions changes in behavior, greater use of social networks for content discovery, and a 52% increase in traffic from “‘Dark social,’ that netherland of direct traffic” (i.e., WPO is about creating valuable, highly relevant content and then leveraging across multiple channels.

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Why Article Marketing Will Never Die

Small Business Mavericks

The True Meaning Of Content » Why Article Marketing Will Never Die A couple of days ago I wrote about Google’s recent algorithm change and how it is beating down the article directories. I’m not willing to say that article directories are dead. What has changed is the face of article marketing.

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How To Promote Your Business In 2011 | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

Start a blog – Search engines like consistent fresh content. Social bookmarking – Bookmark and share all of your content at two or three social bookmarking sites daily. Claim your business – If you are a local business, claim your business in each of the search engine’s local business directories.

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How Search Engine Optimization Adds Value to a Website

Bill Hartzer

They invested in a few good website directory listings such as the Yahoo! Directory and a few others, and have been working on getting more on-topic links to their website. For pay per click through the Google AdWords program, the average cost per click (CPC) is $1.76 What if they paid for their visitors?

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Become a Digital Marketing Certified Associate (DMCA) with Simplilearn

Kikolani

As someone who has taken many certification training programs over the last couple of years (twelve in total), I can tell you that some contain great content that you can learn from, and some can even help you get clients as they come from reputable sources. Google Analytics and Google Adwords Certifications. Absolutely! In Conclusion.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup and Blog Post Ideas

Kikolani

The metaphysics of SEO ethics – a look at paid vs. non-paid links, manipulative vs. content driven links, and more. Do massive Google changes signal the death of Yellow Pages and major online directories? Top 10 local search directories – all should have a free listing option.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Official Eclipse Trailer

Kikolani

5 additional ways to recycle your content. Tips for guest posting and protecting your content and reputation when guest blogging. Free business listings in local search directories. Adwords and PPC – the biggest money wasting mistake new users make. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing. The five hour blog post.

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