For most businesses, providing a link to your location on Google Maps is a must. It is a part of doing business on the web for a local business, especially if you have a location where you want people to visit and do business with you. Some businesses, though, may have to rethink that plan, including a link to your location on Google Maps.
Every year, Standing Dog holds a Halloween Costume Contest. Everyone here in our offices are encouraged to dress up as some sort of Halloween character, in a costume. Then, at about 3:00pm, we tally the votes and see who wins. There are prizes, of course, and all sorts of Halloween fun.
Today, Shelby at Standing Dog noticed a new Google AdWords Format of ads that totally creeped her out. This is no Halloween joke. In fact, the creep factor is here big-time in this case.
There’s a new hot plugin in town, called Bonfire Twitter Chat.
Recently, I posted a review of SEM Rush, a great search engine marketing tool that can help you with your keyword research.
There are a lot of search engine marketing tools out there. And some are free, like my CombineWords.com keyword tool, and others are paid tools.
When it comes to building websites and optimizing your website for the search engines (search engine optimization), the importance of the meta description tag sometimes is not really clear for a lot of people nowadays. The meta description tag plays a key role in search engine optimization, because it is often used in the actual search result listing. It entices potential visitors to click through and come to your website.
A lot of friends ask me about what I do for a living. I tell them that I’m in internet marketing. I recently spoke to a neighbor who told me that they were looking for work, as the economy has been tough for them.
The title tag is one of the most important parts of any web page. It describes what is on the page, and is often used by the search engines in their search results. Here is why the title tag is so important to search engine optimization, and why it is part of my series of search engine optimization 101 blog posts.
When it comes to search engine optimization, the search engine ranking factors are important to follow. They steer you in the right direction when creating and optimizing your website. Many of the SEO ranking factors really are just best practices, and even more deal with web design best practices. Here are five more important search engine optimization ranking factors that you probably forgot about.
For search engine optimization purposes, to increase the amount of traffic to your website, you also need to be highly visible on other websites that are on-topic to your website, you need to get links from other websites to your website. That concept has been around for many years now, and overall online visibility is going to continue to be increasingly important in the future. When working on your website’s link building strategy, here are 7 tips that you should consider.
So, what does Justin Bieber have in common with Lauren’s dad? I mean really, if you read this headline you would probably not think that they have much in common. But take a look at what really these two, Justin Bieber and Lauren’s dad, have in common.
Bill Hartzer Search Engine Marketing