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Entries Tagged as 'Search Engine Optimization'

SEO will Improve Google+ Engagement and Traffic

November 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Search Engine Optimization, Social Media

SEO will improve Google+ Engagement and Traffic When I first encountered Google+, I ultimately tried to downplay the importance of Google’s new social network. I even became frustrated when I saw infographics and metrics stating its rapid growth in comparison to Facebook and Twitter. It’s not a new brand people! I setup my Google+ profile [...]

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Business Listings are Both SEO and Social

April 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Search Engine Optimization, Social Media

We are talking about Google Places, Bing Local, Yelp, CitySearch and the other business listings in which a company should claim their listing and track customer activity. We want to breakdown how claiming and optimizing these listings will show both SEO and Social Media benefit to your business. SEO Benefit for Business Listings Quick, Google [...]

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Evaluate SEO with Business or Product Names

February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Search Engine Optimization

SEO doesn’t typically seem like the first thing you would think of when you want to start a company or introduce a new product or service. However, I will break down the reasons for why you should research and analyze SEO before moving forward with naming your business or product. 1) Industry Competitiveness for Acquiring [...]

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My Observations on the SEO Industry

November 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Search Engine Optimization

Well it has been harder than I thought to find time to write meaningful blog posts since my beautiful daughter was born. But I must push on forward and provide my 20 visitors per month (slightly joking, its actually 10) some relevant content to talk about. As a member of the ever evolving SEO community, [...]

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Review and Resources of Google Instant Search

September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · News Links, Search Engine Optimization

Review and Resources of Google Instant Search by Andrew Grinaker Leave it up to Google to rock the proverbial SEO boat with their announcement of Google Instant. The explanation of Google Instant, from Google reads as follows, “Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits [...]

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6 Tips to Help Bing catch Google (or make a dent)

August 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Search Engine Optimization

6 Tips to help Bing catch Google (or make a dent) by Andrew Grinaker Some would probably argue that Microsoft and their decision engine Bing.com have little to no chance of knocking Google off the search pedestal, or even coming close for that matter. However, Bing has slowly seen market share increases over the past [...]

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Establish a Content Strategy first

June 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Search Engine Optimization, Social Media

Establish a Content Strategy before SEO and Social Media by Andrew Grinaker Every business has come across this dilemma. They have identified that their SEO strategy is flawed or their Social Media strategy isn’t engaging their audience deep enough. They ask questions like, “how do we get to the first page of Google for our [...]

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How does Social Media help SEO efforts?

June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Search Engine Optimization, Social Media

How does Social Media help SEO efforts? by Andrew Grinaker Just the other day, I had one of our SEO employees ask me, “if Facebook and Twitter have a strict policy on no follow links, then what benefit does social media provide to search engine optimization (SEO)?” It was a valid question, seeing that any [...]

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A Basic SEO Guide for a New Site

February 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Search Engine Optimization

You’ve just started a new site, for your company, your organization, your church group, your sports team or any other website. You have focused on designing and building pages that are asethically pleasing and provide compelling content for your visitors. Your website is now live and you go to Google to search for, “Insert Company [...]

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