Does a negative comment someone posted about your services or business bother you? Even if your main business isn’t online this should be a major concern. Actually, many businesses are concerned about their online reputations and they taking proactive action to protect that reputation. Why is the Issue so Important? Whether you are a local [...]
SEO Tips and Tricks
Information related to SEO and the things you can do to improve the search engine rankings for your website. If you need more help with SEO for your website, I am available for hire.
My history in website development and design began many years ago with SEO. I started my first website approximately 10 years ago with a stock template and quickly discovered that a website is useless if nobody but me could find it. Therefore SEO became one of my main disciplines. My first job after moving to [...]
SEO leaves a lot of people spinning their wheels because they’re not sure how much work (or money) needs to be put in to see the results they want. That’s understandable. SEO is a mystery to many people.
The formula I like to use when explaining to people how much work they need to put into optimizing their site for search rankings is this:
x + 1
It’s a rock solid equation that will bring search engine success to everyone who follows it.[...]
Not too long ago I received an email from someone I built a website for in the past. She has a business website with a blog built into it. She updates her blog frequently, and several months after I turned the keys over to her I get this in my inbox from her: I’ve been [...]
Yesterday I posted a brief rundown on how to implement captions in HTML5 video. This is a great way to increase the accessibility of online video, but I never mentioned the SEO benefits from this. A great example of this in action would be a common blog post which consists of only a video and [...]
Category pages are one of the most often neglected areas of any WordPress site. This is a shame, because if category pages are used in meaningful way, they can become a strong force in search engine rankings. The key to higher ranking category pages (according to Chris Pearson) is to add a unique headline and [...]
I have touched on some topics relating to WordPress SEO in the past and they may be worth mentioning again. In case you missed it the first time, here they are again. WordPress SEO For Beginners 1. The Permalinks – The best type of permalink structure is one that includes keywords pertinent to your article [...]
There are several steps I take when I’m writing a blog post that I want to specifically target a keyword with. They aren’t technical or difficult, and when combined together they can make a huge difference. As an example, let’s say that I’m writing a post about Ethiopian coffee and I would like for Google [...]
Here’s a quick tip that can help provide a little bump in your search rankings: tweak your blog post permalinks to reduce the amount of words in them. Let me explain by giving you an example. You’re writing a blog post on a new company that sells green widgets and your desire is for this [...]
Do you struggle with the thought of SEO for your website? Do you find SEO to be a confusing and mysterious affair and therefore avoid it at all costs? You don’t have to, thanks to Glenn Murray’s “SEO Secrets“. I have had this book for quite some time now, and it is a goldmine of [...]