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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

In the early days of Web marketing, webmasters spent their SEO capital writing impressive meta descriptions and stuffing their web pages with keywords. Article marketing took on a whole new air of importance and website directories were full of useless descriptions for the sake of a good link. Create value to receive value.

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

This is the scenario discussed in Mark Munroe’s presentation at SMX East 2014, a search marketing expo that Russell Savage reported on for Search Engine Land. Russell’s recap highlights three possible snags in your SEO strategy: De-Indexing Issues. SEO Can’t Be Completely Automatic. seo disasters'

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MAY 31, 2011

There has been a lot of speculation as to whether or not Twitter is good for SEO. I think there is one thing that is evidence that Twitter is, indeed, good for SEO (but that’s not the only benefit). So how can Twitter help you improve your SEO? If a tweet’s author has a high authority, it will be a high value link.

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JULY 15, 2015

Is SEO dead? Typically, the “SEO is dead” people argue that the search engines have changed their algorithms so much that attempting to rank your web pages using traditionally keyword-targeted content is a waste of time. Real SEO will take care of itself. If Keywords Matter, Is SEO Really ‘Dead’?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

There were SEO strategies , but they didn’t involve social media. Content marketing – First and foremost, you should look at your on-page and off-site content. Technical SEO – Even bad content can rank for keywords. Great content + technically sound SEO is the best strategy you can have.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Marketing & SEO Are About Language. Christian Arno just covered the subject of making your international e-commerce site SEO-friendly on SiteProNews. (It’s He suggests creating tailored websites for each market, choosing appropriate keywords, and localizing your content. That still makes me laugh.)

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MAY 22, 2015

Ibemere Obinna makes a good point when he says, “ SEO for real estate marketing is a journey, not a destination “ But his observations actually are valid for all internet marketing, because no matter what your industry is, the same two sides of SEO apply: the process of reaching your search engine ranking goals.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

With so many changes happening at the search engine level, this is a trying time for many online marketers. That’s especially true where SEO is concerned because it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to measure results. The challenge for webmasters today is not in performing SEO but in tracking SEO results.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The SEO community is all up in arms over a little change that Google announced regarding encrypted searches. You can read Frank Reed’s take at Marketing Pilgrim. I can see where this might affect a group of SEOs more than others is in the tech industry where a high number of prospects might have Google accounts.

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APRIL 24, 2013

So does SEO. In fact, SEO is not the same today as it was 10 or 15 years ago. Below are 4 distinct SEO ideas that are no longer valid, yet I hear people talking about them all the time as if they are still good and valid ideas. SEO for Small Business search engine optimization SEO Social Media' The Web changes.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Whether you are a big business executive, middle manager, or a small business owner, you’d be hard pressed to succeed at SEO (or any Internet marketing) without the use of analytics. You could say that analytics are the eyes and ears of the marketing department. Analytics are important for any marketing.

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MAY 29, 2015

SEO has been around a long time. Here are a few of the worst: SEO is no longer being used in internet marketing. SEO may have changed a lot, but it absolutely is an important part of any Internet marketing plan. SEO is a matter of using a secret formula. SEO is dishonest because it is trying to trick Google.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

Search engine optimization (SEO) is just as important today as it ever was. Many online marketers have jumped on the “ SEO is dead ” bandwagon, but I assure you it isn’t dead. While SEO isn’t dead, it isn’t quite the same in practice as it used to be. But it’s still important.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

Everybody should understand enough of how the internet works to utilize SEO, even if all you are doing is trying to find something. For a business, though, SEO skills are increasingly sought among employees. Chuck Price just gave us the 2015 Guide to Free SEO Training Courses Online and it is nice to see all that help in one place.

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MARCH 19, 2015

I was talking with someone who works in a company specializing in helping local businesses become effective in their internet marketing. Past SEO Tactics Can Haunt Us. They’d been told this was a legitimate SEO tactic. link building bad seo link schemes paid links'

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

If you listen to them talk, these are the Holy Grail of online marketing. SEO is important. I mean, how will you rank in the search engines for the key terms you want to be known for if you don’t employ sound SEO strategies? But you should also understand that there are some things about SEO that you can’t control.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

How important is search engine optimization (SEO)? Is it so important that you should pore over every word on your blog and website to find ways to improve your SEO so that your content ranks higher in the search engines? SEO is still important. Content marketing is about priorities. I’ll have to agree.

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JUNE 7, 2013

There’s a new trend among Internet marketers to explain social media in a way that makes it synonymous with search engine optimization. You are likely to perceive social media marketing as primarily a link building exercise when, in fact, it isn’t. I think the confusion stems from a misunderstanding about link building.

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OCTOBER 29, 2011

SEO stands for search engine optimization. It’s not the only online marketing strategy available, but it’s still effective. Consider that most of your competition don’t practice sound SEO strategies in their content marketing efforts. So what makes for sound SEO practices? But the work is tedious.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

When it comes to marketing your business, you have to give some serious thought to priorities. One question that you’ll have to answer early on is this: Is branding or SEO more valuable to your business? As much as I believe that SEO is unavoidable, when it comes down to pure marketing value, branding is a lot more important.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

When it comes to SEO, I’ll have to echo that. There’s a fine line between White Hat SEO and Black Hat SEO that can get lost to the new practitioner. White Hat SEO tactics are SEO strategies and techniques that are approved by the search engines and that usually won’t get your web pages penalized.

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APRIL 22, 2011

There are other benefits to blogging, but these are three of the biggest SEO benefits. 3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise | Small Business Mavericks [link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. 3 Ways A Blog Helps You SEO-Wise | Small Business Mavericks [link] Log in to Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

For most of Internet history there has been a growing battle between on-site SEO and off-site SEO. Put another way, marketers have debated the relative value of on-site content and off-site content ever since the advent of the World Wide Web. Other marketers will sing the praises of on-site content.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Instead, you’ve got to think about ways you can make all of your marketing pay off both for offline business and your online business brand. Ask conference organizers and other organizations you speak in front of to put your website address in your bio on their marketing collateral. online vs. offline).

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

Sometimes you pick up something at a flea market and have to guess at what it does because you have no idea why that tool exists, but it exists for a reason. It also works for tools you won’t find at a flea market. Tools for Small Business paid search and seo tools tools tools for small business' I love tools.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Most search marketers do it for the short term. Short-term SEO can be characterized by a list of do’s and don’ts on your search company’s list of best practices. Long-term SEO is different. For instance, a short-term SEO strategy usually leads to broken links and bad website navigation.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Search engine marketing professionals love to talk about ranking factors. But I like what Danny Sullivan has done at Search Engine Land in creating The Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors. That’s a big leap forward in terms of learning SEO for someone new to the game. Sometimes they get a little too deep in the weeds.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

SEO consultants are not magicians. Small business SEO consultants can, however, make a big difference to your search results if you’re patient and prepared to let their work bear fruit. What an independent SEO consultant can do is bring a new set of eyes, a new perspective, to your website.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Internet marketing is not only about chasing SERPs for that coveted No. Savvy Internet marketing is all about taking advantage of every opportunity and using multiple channels to promote your website and business. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use one channel to learn about marketing through another.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Well, there are several things you can do right now to improve your SEO. In just a couple of weeks, you can improve your SEO tremendously. Here are the top 5 ways to improve your SEO right now. Tailor Your Title/Meta Tags – If all of your Title and Meta tags are the same, then you’ve lost the SEO war.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Forget video marketing as inbound link building. Create a sitemap - This alone has a ton of SEO potential. Let’s talk about ways you can increase your on-page optimization using videos. Design a niche-related video section – Why not encourage other people in your niche to upload their videos to your website?

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JULY 11, 2012

I was taken aback after seeing how marketers and ad agencies differ in their use of specific online marketing tactics. It seems that neither marketers no ad agencies have increased their value on blog content since 2009. I have nothing against any of those marketing tactics. Don’t get me wrong.

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JULY 31, 2014

Being able to market internationally does take some thought, though, because there are some challenges. These challenges are part of the discussion in a video interview Murray Newlands of Search Engine Journal had with Eli Schwartz of SurveyMonkey at a recent conference on SEO. What Does Going “International” Involve?

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MARCH 20, 2011

» Are You Getting Bad Real Estate SEO Advice? Hat tip to Matt McGee for bringing this to my attention, but I have long thought that real estate agents and brokers were getting bad SEO advice. There are other things I’d recommend for SEO. I mean, for example, Twitter is a great marketing tool. Just so-so.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

You know how I feel about mobile marketing. This is just more evidence that mobile marketing is coming into its own. There are a lot of ways to market your business to the growing mobile market. Organic SEO. Facebook marketing. Video marketing. Marketing is changing. Pay-per-click advertising.

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DECEMBER 17, 2011

From social media to search engine optimization (SEO) to classified sites. More small businesses are going with SEO because the visitors to their sites got there by doing a search for something that related to their business. But, effective SEO delivers far more traffic and converts better. That is great! It works like this.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Now, marketing isn’t warfare, but there is a real similarity in the idea that strategy has to be flexible. In marketing, this happens when a PPC campaign is cherished despite results, or when a slogan is kept even when nobody but the boss likes it. marketing tactics. SEO methods. mobile marketing.

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