Bill Hartzer

APRIL 10, 2009

Now, Leapfish has brought back a popular feature of their site, their domain name appraisal service. Type a domain name into their search engine and they will attempt to put a dollar figure on it, telling you how much it’s worth. How much would that domain name make?

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Unfortunately, there are still people out there, like Domain SEO Service Registration Corp., The fact is, there is absolutely no need to submit your website to the search engines; most likely they have already crawled your website (especially Google). Domain SEO Service Registration Corp. 5379 Lyons Rd.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 16, 2014

There is nothing about Negative SEO in Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. After a review of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines, from what I can tell, there are no actual references to the practice of Negative SEO. So, technically speaking, is Negative SEO okay? Are you surprised? Well, I am, and I am not.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 28, 2010

This is only one SEO tip out of many search engine optimization tips I have been providing over the years. Technically speaking, Whois is is a query/response protocol which is widely used for querying an official database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

4 Things to Consider When Choosing a Domain Name for Your Blog. Today I’m talking about what to consider when naming your blog and choosing a domain name for it. I’ll share four things to consider when choosing a domain name. sends the right message to Google and the search engine bots.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recently received an email from Duane Long asking a question about redirecting a domain name that he had recently purchased. He is trying to redirect the domain name so that he can get the proper link credit; so that the links from the domain name he bought is credited to his current, live website.

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

With foreign languages experiencing exponential online growth, it’s important to consider whether or not multilingual SEO might be of benefit to your company. The following three principles outline core strategies for implementing multilingual SEO within a website. Cultural relevance is just as important as content quality.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 8, 2013

Breaking News : It is still possible to game the Google search results, even for commercial keyword phrases. In fact, you can even put up low-quality, low-content, spam web pages and get them to rank well in Google. Or, they may have bought the site and put up the old content. Links from Unique Domains: 1455.

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Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Are there any duplicate content issues if all sites are going to be written in the same language (e.g Does Google give more value to sites which site be hosted within the targeted country so they rank higher than if hosted elsewhere? – Pros of CCTLDs. Cons of Sub-domains. No advantage from keywords in the domain name.

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Kikolani

MAY 17, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. Search Engines / SEO.

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Socialmedia.biz

JUNE 20, 2016

Almost nobody knows everything about how SEO (search engine optimization) really works. It’s a bit of a black art, and Google especially has been less than forthcoming in communicating best practices. Those who do this for a living have identified more than 200 SEO ranking factors that Google takes into account.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 7, 2014

If we study how SEO has evolved in New Zealand, we can learn a lot about how the field of search engine optimization has changed in the last few years. This has a great deal to do with changes made by Google, of course. SEO tactics vary a great deal from one company to another. Part of this was due to ignorance, no doubt.

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Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 31, 2013

A while back I wrote about how many SEO companies and so-called SEO experts have been offering a Google Penguin Recovery Service. You actual gain search engine reputation over the years, and your domain name has a history. Google Penguin is entirely about links to your site, right?!?

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Either that, or the person reviewing the suggested changes I had to a spammy listing on Google Maps isn’t doing their job. I recently made a suggestion to what I consider a VERY spammy listing in Google Maps, which appears to violate a several of their guidelines. First, a little background.

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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 27, 2013

Whatever you do, don’t rely on a bot (a robot) to handle your online marketing and SEO (Search Engine Optimization). And, it’s even more outrageous when someone sends spam to get more SEO business. A company like the one below who sent me spam trying to get me to hire them to do automated SEO (even more spam).

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Buzzlogix

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Google claims that 4 out of 5 people use search engines to conduct local searches. So, if you own a local business and yet, you don’t invest in a local SEO strategy, you’re missing out an opportunity to dominate the SERPs and hook the attention of your target audience. But, what is local SEO? Optimize your Site Properly.

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Oktopost

JUNE 14, 2021

Demand generation efforts utilize sophisticated content marketing, conversation intelligence , and digital marketing techniques to build trust and confidence in your brand. . This includes looking for keywords to target when publishing content and monitoring the conversation on social media. How Do I Find Keyword Opportunities?

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Kikolani

JULY 20, 2016

Let’s get this out of the way first: there is no time guarantee of when your new website is going to be added to the Google index. Google says, “ Crawling and indexing are processes which can take some time and which rely on many factors. Google indexing factors. If the content is crawl-able. The website structure.

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Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

We all know that Google updates can be highly frustrating, especially when Google are never forthcoming about exactly what changed and what you can do about it if you feel you were unfairly penalised. For some though, Google changes can slice millions of dollars off the valuation of your company. When Panda 4.0 When Panda 4.0

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Kikolani

JULY 20, 2016

Let’s get this out of the way first: there is no time guarantee of when your new website is going to be added to the Google index. Google says, “ Crawling and indexing are processes which can take some time and which rely on many factors. Google indexing factors. If the content is crawl-able. The website structure.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 19, 2013

Google likes to help new webmasters. These few suggestions Google offers won’t guarantee your website a page 1 ranking, but they do give you the basic run down on what Google is looking for from websites. Choose a domain name that is easy to read and descriptive.

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Kikolani

JULY 5, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. Search Engines / SEO.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 8, 2015

If your website is receiving reduced web traffic or the present strategy in place is not working as efficiently as it once did then you probably have been penalized by Google. Every web portal has to abide by Google’s webmaster guidelines to reach amongst the top ranking in search engine results. Why did we get the Penalty?

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 9, 2010

WordPress has changed the game and opened up the door giving the potential for anyone to create and publish great content and possibly earn a few bucks in the process. Secure your domain name. There are hundreds of places you can go to secure a domain name. I personally use Go Daddy. Install WordPress.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 18, 2012

I find posts with no Alt tags on the images, meta tags that just weren’t well thought-out, and content and data that, while correct at the time, is now a bit outdated. The data provided to you by Google can be a goldmine in finding and fixing 404 errors. So why not go back and create links between similar articles.

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Kikolani

AUGUST 16, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. Search Engines / SEO.

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OnlineRockersHub Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Create killer content. What is a realistic number that would mark the success of an SEO campaign? In his Whiteboard Friday piece on “How do you set smart SEO goals?” Rand Fishkin states: It’s incredibly important that [SEO goals]…provide specific, measurable metrics you can work to improve.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 27, 2013

I’ve covered some pretty controversial topics in recent weeks when it comes to SEO. Though at times it may seem like I’m being a bit harsh on Google, I have acknowledged that the job their staff have must be one of the hardest in the world. On the face of it, you have to give Google credit for making the effort.

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ProBlogger

JULY 27, 2017

This is a post by ProBlogger's SEO expert, Jim Stewart. They choose a popular platform to build on, select an attractive theme with all the bells and whistles, sign up for hosting that appears value for money, before finally writing awesome content and waiting for the audience to explode and their rankings to rocket.

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Small Business Mavericks

JULY 9, 2013

Every two years Moz asks the most powerful SEOs in the industry what they think are the most important ranking factors right now. On-page keyword-based content is still a high ranking factor. SEOs seem to think that future rankings may be determined by higher importance on social signals, authorship, and structured data.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 10, 2014

Working with clients’ online marketing plans, SEO, and their websites, I often recommend during an SEO audit that a website should have a blog. A blog is a good way to regular add content on your website and start engaging with your website visitors. For many years there was enough to write about on the SEO topic.

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ProBlogger

MAY 12, 2015

When there’s more than 284 million registered domain names online, you’re going to want yours to stand out. But you also want to be easily remembered, have a URL that accurately describes your business, and it would help if it ranks well in Google. The SEO Perspective. It also helps if it’s easy to type.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 29, 2011

I was just looking at the WordPress dashboard for my blog and noticed that I have written 587 blog posts (this is the 588th blog post to be exact) and 31 pages of content (well, that’s 31 articles that I have posted here on my blog). I mean, really–how in the world have I come up with 587 blog posts and 31 pages of content?

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Kikolani

MAY 24, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content. Search Engines / SEO.

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Small Business Mavericks

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Not all domain names are equal. When you decide to purchase a new domain name for your business you’ll have to decide on a few things. You really have only three options: Exact match domain name. Partial match domain name. Branded domain name. You can of course do both.

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Bill Hartzer

JUNE 4, 2014

US Patent US8515941 B1 granted Aug 20, 2013, is titled “System for unique automated website generation, hosting, and search engine optimization” And their websites still rank well in Google despite Google Panda 4.0. It’s pretty rare that I out another SEO firm or company (okay, well maybe not).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

However, the number of SEOs I’ve come across are much fewer and farther between than social media marketers. In fact, I hear the same SEO names every day; I learn of a new “social media expert&# twice a day. When it relates to SEO, you can start right away. Why, then, is SEO really easier?

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