Tag: SEO
Internet Marketing: Writing Web Copy for SEO
Some of the old myths about search engine optimization are still floating around, causing website owners to display copy that not only can’t be read, but seems to annoy the search engines. Why does it annoy? Because the search engines have gotten smart enough to recognize “keyword stuffing” – and they don’t appreciate it! But [...]
Posted: June 21st, 2010 under SEO, search engine optimization.
Tags: internet marketing, marketing, search engine optimization, SEO
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Don’t Use this Copywriting Shortcut
Last night I somehow ended up on a web page advertising software that would improve your SEO. According to the ad, running your article and your headline through this software would tell you if you were using enough key phrases and apparently would insert them for you. I’m not really sure, because it wasn’t making [...]
Posted: February 10th, 2010 under SEO, advertising, marketing, search engine optimization.
Tags: copywriting, copywriting software, effective marketing, marketing, search engine optimization, SEO
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Marketing Tidbits for 2010
Bob Bly’s letter this morning offered up some interesting tidbits that he’d found, and since he gives permission to re-use his letters, here are a couple of them: ***The ideal length for a web page*** According to web expert Gerry McGovern, the ideal length for a page of web copy on a regular web site [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2010 under SEO, business writing, copy layout, copywriting, customer service, effective marketing, internet marketing, marketing, search engine optimization, trust in marketing, web copy, web copywriting.
Tags: customer service, effective marketing, marketing, marketing copy, search engine optimization, SEO, web copy, web marketing, web pages
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Search Engine Optimization: Check Your Title Tags
This is turning out to be a busy week, with new assignments from current clients and inquiries from new ones. It appears that people used the Memorial Day week-end to think about their marketing and decide to make some improvements. Of course, I think that’s a good thing! The first thing I do when a [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2009 under SEO, search engine optimization.
Tags: alt tags, photo captions for SEO, quick SEO upgrades, search engine optimization, SEO, simple SEO methods, title tags
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Search Engine Optimization – a quick boost
Is your web site gaining ground – inching its way toward that elusive page one location? If so, you probably want to find some easy ways to give it an extra shove in that direction. One such way is to give extra attention to your title tags. You know, those words that sit up there [...]
Posted: May 23rd, 2009 under SEO, marketing, real estate marketing, search engine optimization, web copy, web marketing.
Tags: alt tags, marketing, search engine optimization, SEO, title tags, web marketing, website optimization
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Thinking of adding a website? Choose your URL carefully
Every little bit helps when it comes to search engine optimization, so think it through before you choose the name for your next website. First do some research and find the keywords that people will use when they search for the product or service you offer. Nobody told me that when I first started out, [...]
Posted: March 31st, 2009 under SEO, advertising, marketing, search engine optimization.
Tags: Add new tag, choosing a URL, search enginge optmization, SEO, your web address
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Use your photos for SEO
If you use photos on your website, do a little work before you post them. You probably already crop and re-size each picture. Now take a minute to give each one a name that reflects one or more of your keywords. Hopefully, you’ve done the research and know which of your keywords gets the most [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2009 under SEO, Uncategorized, search engine optimization, web marketing, web pages.
Tags: alt tags, naming photos, photos, search engine optimization, SEO, website photos
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Yes, your local business needs a website!
So you have a local business – and maybe you think that since all of your customers come from the immediate area, you don’t need a website. Take a minute and re-think that position. Few live in a community as small as mine – population about 1,500 – but even here, businesses would benefit from [...]
Posted: February 1st, 2009 under advertising, marketing.
Tags: business promotion, how to promote a local business, how to promtoe a small business, internet marketing, local business, SEO, small business, small business promotion, website marketing
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How SEO Scammers can deliver page 1 of Google
It’s simple, really – you should have thought of it yourself. All they have to do is choose a long-tail keyword that is somehow related to your site, and optimize for it. A quick keyword search, even with free keyword search tools, will show you long tail keywords that no one else is optimizing for. [...]
Posted: January 6th, 2009 under SEO, advertising, fraud, marketing, search engine optimization.
Tags: fraud, fraudulent offers, search engine optimization, SEO, too good to be true
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A quick SEO boost for your site
Every little bit helps when it comes to search engines noticing your site and ranking it, so here’s a little bit you can do right now – and it only takes a few minutes. Go to www.aboutus.com and enter your site URL in the search bar. If you’re not already there, a page will be [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2008 under SEO, advertising, marketing, search engine optimization.
Tags: aboutus.com, search engine optimization, SEO
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