A blog of advice, discussion and resources to help Small Business Professionals increase their income through the internet
Later this week I am working with two different clients to select new domain names for websites that have been up for about a year. Both are small businesses. In one case the domain name seems huge. It is 30 characters before adding any of the http:// or .com which is another … [Read more...]
It will often take a month or two or more after you get your domain name before you will have your final website. And it is not unusual for another month our two after that before your site is indexed. But as I have written before you can use that time to get your domain well indexed … [Read more...]
He also said that "WordPress is a fantastic piece of software". So why should we care what Matt Cutts has to say? Well here is what the Wikipedia has to say about who is Matt Cutts: Matt Cutts works for the Search Quality group in Google, specializing in search engine optimization … [Read more...]
The words "conversion" and "conversation" seem very similar to me. Plus I have never experienced converting anyone from a lead to a client without having a conversation. So if you can give your website the ability to engage in "conversation" or a dialog with site visitors you should … [Read more...]
Such is the situation in the race for the Texas governor's office. But, what is the website for the campaign for Texas governor doing that is causing the uproar and that help us in our own efforts to get higher search ranking on Google? It is more than keywords, it is auto-generated … [Read more...]
Most meaningful lasting improvement is search page results comes for improving your site content and structure. But a few months ago I shared an SEO tidbit about increasing the time to expiration for your domain name. Something that takes just a few minutes and has no cost other … [Read more...]
A few weeks ago we began an effort to move a client's internet presence up to the top ten Google results. And reduce their monthly expense. I blogged some about the big increase in SEO score we gained for the site last month it in this post SEO that works! Now, less than 30 days … [Read more...]
The best thing about natural or organic search is that in the long term it costs less and you reach more prospective clients with it. A very lot more. The difference is in the details. It may be easy to think that it does not matter how you get your website listed on the front … [Read more...]
The best and most economical way for a small business to achieve high search engine results placement is to simply have a solid proven platform for their website. We all know how important search engine results placement (SERP) can be to your website and sales. Not only will … [Read more...]
If you own a Bludomain Flash website and want to increase your search engine referal traffic, congratulations it is possible to make your website the fastest gazelle* in the herd. Don't blame Bludomain or Flash for sub-par search engine results. That is the nature of Flash websites. … [Read more...]
When starting a new domain name and related website I like to use a simple WordPress blog as the landing page. This makes the old style landing page more of a launch page. Often typical practice has been just to put up a single static HTML page announcing the coming website. In … [Read more...]
Fortunately your website is not a relative, friend or family pet ... it is just a business tool. Before spending time and/or money to try to keep it alive with SEO, SMO, SEM and social media, to try to get it to produce results ... consider replacing it with a newer less expensive, … [Read more...]
There is no doubt that Bludomain provides a beautiful platform for showcasing your photography on the web. Unfortunately they are not good websites for internet marketing. Bludomain describes their websites as "portfolio websites". Heck, even Bludomain's own website isn't Flash. … [Read more...]
While we were working on the new TrollbeadsTrail website, the store owner was also contemplating making changes to the website for her long time southwestern jewelry and accessories shop ... Santa Fe Trail Jewelry. Once she saw how good the Trollbeads site looked and started adding … [Read more...]
Smart small business professionals see the opportunity of being able to market and sell on the internet. Your business can have a dialog with current and potential customers 24/7/365. Of course the challenge is being noticed with all the competition on the web today. Having your … [Read more...]
The email quoted below was forwarded to me by a client wondering if it was legitimate. He asked how a company could guarantee front page search page results placement. There are some ways it can be done, and you can do any of them yourself if you want to. 1) Bid high enough … [Read more...]
Wouldn't be nice to know what words/phrases get the most search engine traffic for your competitors? One of the problems with maximizing your organic search results traffic is that it is difficult to know what words or phrases will increase your traffic. But having an insight … [Read more...]
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