The following tip was shared by Gregg Murray of Website Blueprint
Reading blog posts and SEO tips is always helpful, but hearing an audio interview about the topic can be great reinforcement to follow up on your SEO strategies and concepts. I recently had the opportunity to spend nearly an hour interviewing SEO expert Craig Fifield about everything a newbie may want to know about getting started with SEO.
Craig delivered a ton of great insight in the interview especially for small businesses new to SEO. Here are just a few of the 25 questions we covered during the interview:
It's been said early and often that the best form of SEO is to market your "brand" first and foremost.
Marketing a particular product, service, website or brand in a lot of markets leads to links being given naturally. However, despite what anyone tells you natural link building doesn't produce a horde of backlinks, editorial reviews, Diggs, or social media mentions unless you nudge it forward, ie. market your content.
Marketing Content via social media
If...
*The following is the guest post by Emily Thompson*
The Google Local Listing has grown in importance more and more in recent time. In many instances, the local 7-pack, consisting on local listings, is appearing at the top of a search results page, above even organic listings. This placement creates huge opportunities for small businesses to gain visibility and traffic on the web.
There are many components that work together to create...
Some days, it's nearly impossible to come up with fresh content for your blog. Other days, you're brimming with ideas.
Or maybe you think your website is as perfect as can be - all of your visitors find exactly what they came for.
Regardless of which camp you're in, your website and blog probably have some form of site search.
Ever take advantage of it using Google Analytics?
If...
Want to get into affiliate marketing and puzzled on which way to go and which programs to work with? The Affiliate Marketing Report Card may be right up your alley. If you are looking for an interesting comparison of affiliate programs.
Every affiliate marketing account offers different types of commissions, order sizes, and may have specific payment thresholds .. so be sure to do your homework :)
Source: Affiliate Marketing Review Report Card by...
Have you ever wondered why that really good looking website that you thought had all the perfect information on it to get tons of traffic doesn’t rank anywhere near well on the search engines?
Sure it’s great looking, but who can tell if they can’t find it?
And how about your web site? Are you working hard hard on your web site SEO (search engine optimization) to improve your search engine rankings and conversions, but doing...
*This is a guest post by Jason Capshaw*
If you have been in the internet marketing game for any length of time, chances are that you have run up against a highly-ranked Wikipedia page in your search vertical. SEO is no exception.
Not only does Wikipedia have the first two spots, but it also has a “Show more results from the wiki” underneath its listing. Of course, Wikipedia has major domain authority with...
*This is a guest post by Christopher Holland*
I recently signed up to a few business and SEO forums and was amazed at what people still recommend.
As there are so many people offering outdated or wrong tips and tricks on how to improve your search engine optimisation (SEO) campaigns, I thought I’d let you know of some of the biggest myths around.
Search engines are always changing their algorithms, and over...
*The following article is by Christopher Holland*
As the saying goes, patience is a virtue. Patience is one of the key parts to running a successful search engine optimisation (SEO) campaign.
Creating a website that will rank highly on search engines does not happen over night. There may be quick fixes (as there are in any industry), but quick fixes are usually short term and can lead to many problems further...
*The guest tip is by Matthew Yarro who writes about link building at JuiceeLinks.com*
I think that everyone understands that top-ranked websites receive more traffic, more sales and more brand recognition than lower-ranked websites. But do you know what surprises me? Those top listings also gain a higher level of esteem and authority than lower-ranking websites.
It would appear that search results are perceived to be more of a top-10-best listing than an alphabetical phone...
