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3 Things You Can Do Today To Grow Your Business

Nope, no magic pill or fairy dust here. Sorry. But there are 3 things you can do today to help grow your business. Then do 3 more things tomorrow. The next day you could try doing 3 more things. Get the message here? There is no overnight, magic pill. You need to take action DAILY [...]

Your Results in 2010?

2010 started with a whole lot of excitement and a lot of changes in the engines.  I personally spoke with a lot of people that had great plans to take advantage of these new changes and to take advantage of social media.  This was going to be the year to really make things happen. So, [...]

Load Time (Site Speed) A Factor in SEO?

Based on recent comments from Matt Cutts, of Googe, there is a lot of speculation that the speed of your site is going to factor into the algorithm in the near future. “Historically, we haven’t had to use it in our search rankings, but a lot of people within Google think that the web should [...]

Lessons From An SEO Diva

Not feeling so Diva-ish today.  More in my thoughtful and geek mindset today.   Not sure I’ve ever encountered a geeky Diva before – but it works for me!  So, onto what I am so pensive about today… A lot of people ask us how hard it is to handle their own SEO and what they [...]

Google Removes PageRank From Webmaster Tools

“We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it’s the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true,” says Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Susan Moskwa.  “We removed it because we felt it was silly to tell people [...]

SEO Drama Queen Responds To SEO DIVA and Shoes

SEO Drama Queen Responds To SEO DIVA My dear colleague Jennifer, aka: Jenn, aka: SEO DIVA,  just did a pretty sweet post called: Lessons From AN SEO DIVA Well, she is the SEO DIVA and she certainly likes shoes. But now it’s my turn…..so TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES and bare those feet! In life, I [...]

Lessons From An SEO Diva

Bonnie Burns, my Director of SEO came up with an idea for a great article years ago – Confessions Of An SEO Drama Queen.  It was a lot of fun and people really liked it. So I was thinking what if we did something like that again and turned it into a series of articles?  [...]

It's Not Too Late…

The holidays are approaching quickly and it’s definitely time to act – or it will be too late soon. In preparation for the holidays, there are 3 things you should consider: Are you listed in the engines so you can tap into the holiday shoppers? If you aren’t on the top of the engines, you [...]

Discover the Secrets of SEO

There is so much information floating around out there about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how to get some rankings.  So much of it is contradictory and confusing.   I wanted to spend a little bit of time talking about the secrets of top rankings. So, let’s jump right in with the secrets to SEO success… [...]

Treasure Trove of Website Tips

Recently people have been asking for tips and “Do’s and Don’ts” for website design and content. Whether you are building a new site or redesigning a current site, here is a collection of tips that you’d be wise to follow: • Create your site with clear a hierarchy and interconnection of pages. • Your most important pages [...]