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SEO

Near the start of each month we bring you a look back on the last few weeks in the search and social media industries. Here’s some of the social media and search engine news that caught our attention.

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When website projects involve web designers and SEO’s, it’s almost a sure fire recipe for conflict. However, it doesn’t have to be that way if both sides are willing to communicate and understand each other’s point of view. [...]

This is a Guest post by Christian Arno of Lingo24.com

It’s true that English is widely spoken these days, but when it comes to web and search engine optimization (SEO) strategy, businesses shouldn’t forget that over 50% of [...]

Today’s businesses compete aggressively for top placement in popular search engines. In fact, some marketing professionals view search engines as modern versions of telephone directories. While many SEO companies help entrepreneurs improve their rankings, the best providers [...]

I’m sure by now you’ve heard about Google Instant, where Google displays results as you type in your search query rather than waiting for you to finish. (I guess Big G’s mommy never told him it was rude [...]

 

I used to run a PR firm, and I still do a good deal of PR writing. Press releases are naturally something I come across a lot with my client work. While there are plenty of mistakes [...]

 

“Google can make or break my business, so I have to do whatever they say.” I can’t even count how many times I’ve heard similar things from small business owners and webmasters. Do you know what I [...]

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Linkbait. You’ve probably heard of it. You probably know people who love it. You probably know people who hate it. Maybe you’ve even used it. Linkbait gets a bad rep, put on [...]

I have a very love-hate relationship with article marketing. On one hand I come from a public relations background, so I’m a big fan of focusing on building visibility and authority status in a niche. Article marketing does [...]

Whether you want to promote a business or improve your own professional visibility, being interviewed online can help. You want to make yourself available as an authority source in your industry, but how do you go about [...]