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Rand Fishkin at TBEX 2012

Rand Fishkin Presents SEO to Bloggers at TBEX 2012

By On June 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

With great foresight, Blogworld’s CEO & Founder, Rick Calvert brought in SEO expert Rand Fishkin for a full keynote conference presentation to the Travel Blog Exchange conference (TBEX) in Keystone, Colorado. Covering simple SEO tactics, Fishkin’s session focused on assisting bloggers in crafting their content into Google friendly format. Where these tips may be the [...]

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Secrets to Landing SEO Clients

By On May 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Along with the general SEO work I do with my clients, I also provide consulting services for online agencies and often will assist them in securing new clients. Selling Search Engine Optimization services is not difficult to do, these days. There is great demand from companies who realize success in their business is being seen [...]

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Social Media Weighs In on SEO

By On May 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I have a real passion for SEO and optimizing web sites. The thrill of the chase is probably what intrigues me the most about optimizing and ranking web sites. I check my ZoomRank accounts religiously each day to monitor the different web sites I am working with, and to see if my work has pushed [...]

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Quality Backlinks for Improved Search Engine Rankings

By On May 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The SEO playing field is one that is in a constant state of change. Link building has changed over the years, and with Google’s introduction of Panda last year, the tactics have changed again.

Backlinks have been one of the major elements in good SEO for as long as people knew what optimizing was. Backlinks [...]

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Do Longtail Keywords Drive A New Era of SEO?

By On February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

After a year of Google’s Panda updates, the approach to optimizing a web site has been changed for many SEOs. Google has made it clear that link building with quality, inbound links is a primary factor in raising the ranks of your web site. And many high ranking sites have found that low quality links [...]

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Is Search Engine Ranking Dead?

By On January 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The purpose of SEO is to optimize the pages of a web site to rank as high as possible on the search engine results pages, for particular key words. The higher the ranking, the greater the traffic through the site, and typically, an increase in conversions or sales. Depending on the competitive element in the [...]

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6 Web Site Tasks for 2012

By On January 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The new year typically marks the time for people to make resolutions and start fresh with a new year. It is also a good time to do some annual web site maintenance. Here are six items to do to your web sites in 2012.

Update Your Copyright Date. Starting with one that is obvious, but [...]

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Monitor More Than Google

By On October 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Not too long ago the word “Google” became both a noun, and a verb. As a noun, Google is a company and a search engine, and as a verb, when you search for something, you “Google it”. The search engine giant has clearly made a monumental impact on the Internet, search and those of us [...]

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How Long Does SEO Take?

By On September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Phrased in multiple ways, perhaps the most common question an SEO professional hears is, “how long does SEO take?” Of course, as an SEO pro, you know there isn’t a solid answer. So many variables come into play when optimizing a web site, that the answer is different for every keyword on every web site.

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Three Rules for Working with Panda

By On August 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Updates from Google over the last few months have changed the landscape of SEO practices. Google’s “Panda” updates have directly affected the way written content is reviewed, and how inbound links are recognized.  Content and inbound links are the key ingredients in determine search engine ranking. Doing the right things with content and links is [...]

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