What is Search Engine Optimization? Search engine optimization (SEO for short) is simply the process of obtaining website visitors (or traffic) from “free” or “organic” search results in search engines like Google or Bing. All major search engines have primary search results that are ranked based on what the search engine considers most relevant to users. We call these organic results, because they are free and not driven by paid advertisements. Search engine optimization helps maximize ... Read More
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With Good SEO Google Has a Memory Like an Elephant
I’ve always said short-term memory is like lake front property. There is only so much lake front property to go around and you have to allocate it to the most important things within your life. Now that I’m forty, my lake front property – aka my short-term memory – seems to erode faster with each passing day. Google is far from forty and has a memory like an elephant. Good SEO only makes this elephant stronger. My SEO Efforts Will Outlive Me This concept has been overly apparent to me this ... Read More
Google’s Search Results Skews Your Self Image?
What is your view of your current website traffic and Internet marketing campaigns? Are you receiving as much traffic as you’d like or are you scoring as high on your top keywords as you had originally hoped? No, this isn’t my sales pitch; there is a point to these questions. If you’re the average small business owner, you know enough about organic search engine optimization to make you dangerous. You know a little about SEO (search engine optimization) and you periodically check your keyword ... Read More
The Value of Search and the User Experience
I’m currently reading a book titled Search Patterns by Peter Morville and Jeffery Callender. Picking up a book is a rare treat for me, so even though this book is technically work-related I’m don’t mind. It is a good book and speaks to the Internet geek within me. As I read through the pages I’m awestruck by the explanation given for the qualities associated with the searcher’s experience. The authors boil this down to a simple illustration called the User Experience Honeycomb. The User ... Read More
Google and Twitter Make Social Search a Reality
Last week Google officially announced their newly formed partnership with Twitter. The officially statement indicates this partnership will allow social media updates on Twitter to appear in Google’s search results. Google also demonstrated their new Social Search feature at the Web 2.0 conference to really get Internet marketing consultants excited. Although this new feature isn’t live yet, Social Search will be launching soon on Google Experimental and Google Labs. What does Social Search ... Read More
Google Releases Beta of New Search Functionality
It is an Internet junky’s dream – faster search AND a Google feedback request all in one day. Yes you heard that correctly, Google is developing next-generation architecture for their already incredibly popular web search feature. Should we expect anything less from Google? According to Google’s Webmaster Central Blog the new search technology is supposed to improve the search engine’s ability to process large chunks of data, increase indexing speed, heighten the accuracy of search results, ... Read More
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