Don’t pay for bad clicks! - Part 4: Job Seekers

August 27th, 2008

Job seekers, or anyone seeking employment opportunities, are very active in search engines. With a little care, you can ensure they don’t use up part of your advertising budget.

Don’t pay for bad clicks! - Part 3: Researchers

August 22nd, 2008

There are a lot of people out there looking to research your business, market or industry. It’s a fact of life, but don’t let them empty your bank account in the process.

Video: 10 Myths About SEO, Part 1: Meta Keywords

July 6th, 2008

There was a time when you could stuff all your important keywords into the Meta Keywords tag of your home page, and you’d get good rankings in search engines. Times have changed.

Meta Description Tag: SEO’s dark horse money tree

June 29th, 2008

The Meta Description tag is a one-two SEO punch: the jab is search engine rankings, but the uppercut is that this is one of your best tools to maximize clickthrough.

Metrics That Matter: Organic Keywords - Part 2

June 10th, 2008

Organic keyword research provides a variety of insights essential to your marketing campaigns. Often times, it’s the best way to qualify marketing ROI in a low-risk environment, before you’re ready for the main stage.

Metrics That Matter: Organic Keywords - Part 1

June 7th, 2008

Organic keyword research provides a variety of insights essential to your marketing campaigns. One is that you shouldn’t put too much effort chasing rankings for your own company/brand names.

Collaborative mediocrity: trading links with webmasters

May 29th, 2008

Link building — so essential, and yet so many options. All those SEO tactics are roads pointing in different directions. How do I know that the road I choose will pay off in the long run?

Cross-sectioning SEO: the fibers of a comprehensive campaign

May 4th, 2008

“Some pictures are worth 1,000 words. But who’s got time to sift through 1,000 words?”

Spawning the next transactional query (Part 2)

April 23rd, 2008

“The number of people “just browsing” in search engines vastly outnumbers those walking up to the cash register. Therein lies your opportunity.”

Spawning the next transactional query (Part 1)

April 21st, 2008

“If only 10% of search engine queries are transactional in nature, what is the big deal with search engine marketing (SEM)?”

Consumers continue to demand good online advertising

March 19th, 2008

“Your ad campaign may not have worked the first time, but the growth potential of online marketing continues and the opportunities remain. Is it time to engage an expert for a followup effort?”

Pictures, worth (almost) 1,000 keywords (Part 2)

March 15th, 2008

“Imagine you’re a clothing designer, and you want to show off your new fall collection — why rely on Google to point to one image, when you can have visitors see the whole series?”

Pictures, worth (almost) 1,000 keywords (Part 1)

March 11th, 2008

Image search, still largely untapped as a target for good SEO, represents an opportunity for small businesses to leap right past larger competitors.

Number one in Google is NOT your priority

March 9th, 2008

Saying “we are #1 in Google” connotes instant credibility. But #1 rankings are hard to come by. So what should you, the business owner, be looking at in addition to search engine rankings?

Usability: from caviar to sliced bread in just a few years?

March 5th, 2008

“Assuming a continued dedication by Yahoo to seeing its patent through (and similar inroads by its competition), usability experts will be a very well-fed group in 3-5 years’ time.”