I’ve always said there will always be work for SEOs because the business of Search will never stop evolving AND search will always be important to the natural functioning of the Internet. Therefore it make absolute sense that the near-term future of SEO is Strukturierte Daten or Structured Data. However you choose to call it, Rich Snippets, Schema Tags, etc., the...
Proof that a well written article will not, by virtue of content alone, result in a #1 position in search rank. I was writing an article about “seo for franchise organizations“. So I searched for other ideas and for competition in the space. My jaw dropped by this post in #1 3 On-Page SEO Mistakes and Tips for Franchisees I...
My recent search rank reports indicate that the BuildMyRank.com take-down is not an isolated event. Google seems to have added some formula to the algo that especially targets baclink techniques. The effects are not obvious to the average small business but in my regular SEO competitive analysis reports for clients I’m seeing some websites getting hit pretty hard. And those...
Are you really still paying for Yellow Pages? (Newspaper ads, Magazine ads) Almost all consumers SEARCH for what they intend to buy. (97%) Are you spending hard-earned $ targeting that 3%? How is that working out? YouTube gets 300 million visitors a month. Do you have a video of/for your business on Youtube? What if you could reach 2% of...
Here is both a lesson for those of you seeking an SEO Professional and a good laugh for SEOs. One day I stumbled upon SEOCertification.org thinking, “hmmm, maybe I should get one of these slick Certified images that will convince visitors to my site that I know what Im doing?”. I had seen this SEO certification image before. I see...
This question comes up often. Matt Cutts has answered the question in one of his Google Webmaster videos. The answer is, as usual, logical; if you are not doing anything out of the ordinary, you’re safe. Get a FREE audit of your Website
The way users interact with SERPs is one of the most frequently discussed topics in the SEO community and is also a very important field of study for the SEO. To answer the critical questions regarding click distribution on a SERP page
Google webmaster blog reveals a new, small, but good-to-know about feature. The Fetch as Googlebot in Webmaster Tools now provides a way to submit new and updated URLs to Google for indexing. After you fetch a URL as Googlebot, if the fetch is successful, you’ll now see the option to submit that URL to our index. When you submit a...