Author Archive

Getting into Google News and bumping up traffic

By admin May 28th, 2008

Glen Allsop continues to share another experience with a client on how being profiled in Google News boosted visitors to about 8,000 extra visitors or so.  He claims it only took one article. 

Getting a huge traffic spike in SEO using Social media

By admin May 27th, 2008

In a post by Glen Allsop, he describes how he got 55,000 visitors in one month using Social web sites to promote one of his client’s site.  Most of it is relatively basic if you’ve read material about how to utilize social media, but if not, it’s probably a good thing to get the concepts [...]

As the SEOsons turn…

By admin May 21st, 2008

A recent spike in traffic reminded me to keep my eye on the calendar.
While the season or rather the SEOson hasn’t drastically changed recently, in many parts of the United States students are graduating and it’s basically officially Commencement season. As a result, people online are doing more searches on topics related to graduations, Universities, [...]

2 the point: 8 strategies simplfied in two sentences about keyword research

By admin May 21st, 2008

Simplifying what Jennifer Laycock’s article titled “Two handfuls of tips for picking keywords” summarized in SearchEngineGuide.com wasn’t easy. She shortened Christine Churchill’s post titled “Eight Keyword Research Mistakes That Are Costing You Money” (on SearchEngineLand.com) which basically said: 1) be original, but do not let quantity override common sense like considering user intent & appropriateness [...]

Creative & Free SEM Tips: This one will save you $19.79 and maybe more!

By admin May 21st, 2008

It hit me.
I do like a good book.  I like the idea you can sit back in your bed and take it all in instead of crouching & straining your body and eyes staring at your computer.  Then again, there’s laptops… 
I was researching some SEO/SEM books I was considering buying on my trip back stateside.  [...]

2 the point: Shorten your urls because Search Engines like it

By admin May 19th, 2008

In an article entitled “Supercharge your URLs for maximum SEO Impact” by Stephan Spencer on Search Engine Land, Spencer tells us basically that shorter urls work better for Search Engines & consumers.

2 the point: Making Flash Search Engine Friendly

By admin May 19th, 2008

Eric Enge writes in Search Engine Land that you can use either Scalable Inman Flash Replaced (aka sIFR) or SWFObject, if applied as intended, to get around the limitations of Flash in web pages. Click here for this article in April 2008.