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Search Engine Watch January 23, 2009 Chris Boggs |
A Linking Strategy Is About More Than Just Quality Content Some SEOs seem to think that all you need to do to get good links is to build quality content, but improving the quality and quantity of your inbound links doesn't rest on the shoulders of good content alone. |
Search Engine Watch March 28, 2011 Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
SEO Training: The Cornerstone of Successful Enterprise SEO Campaigns Which members of your internal team need training, and what that training needs to cover in order to successfully scale SEO across an enterprise-level organization. |
Search Engine Watch July 18, 2008 Chris Boggs |
SEO Is Not a One-Time Fix More and more marketers seem to understand the value and the importance of search engine optimization. But there are still those who feel that everything can be accomplished in 3 months. That theory couldn't be further from the truth. |
Search Engine Watch August 16, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Your Blog...Your Best Friend, Or Your Worst Enemy Is your blog off topic? Having an on-site blog can help your online efforts or greatly detract from you from your SEO and site conversion goals. |
Search Engine Watch January 11, 2011 Kevin Gibbons |
10 Tips for Top Business Blogging Is your business blog ready to work in 2011? Read on for some top tips for blogging success. |
Search Engine Watch May 3, 2011 Kristi Hines |
How to Use Blog Commenting to Get Valuable Backlinks and Traffic Blog commenting can help you build relationships and authority in your industry. This will ultimately lead to organic links and new traffic. |
Search Engine Watch April 28, 2005 Danny Sullivan |
Worthless Shady Criminals: A Defense Of SEO SEO has developed a bad reputation, despite having a lot to offer. In this article, a look at why we've arrived at this sorry state of affairs and how everyone needs to reassess the need for search engine optimization. |
Search Engine Watch June 27, 2008 Chris Boggs |
SEO Basics: Effective Iterative Keyword Research in 2008 The value of any SEO effort lies in the keywords you choose. It's really that simple -- you can't overestimate the importance of strong keyword research. |
Search Engine Watch October 7, 2008 Mark Jackson |
What You Need to Know Before Committing to SEO Rushing into a search engine optimization initiative without properly planning your SEO strategy is setting yourself up for failure. To enjoy the fruits that SEO can provide your site, you need to be well organized and develop a plan. |
Search Engine Watch April 1, 2011 Derek Edmond |
4 Content Strategies for B2B Corporate Blogging Here are four ideas and supporting examples for B2B corporate blog writing, designed to target specific audiences, help achieve marketing goals, and build links for SEO campaigns. |
Search Engine Watch September 24, 2008 Eric Enge |
Use Care When Choosing an SEO Agency It's important to beware of instant SEO experts who know a few things about what's going on, but don't get the whole picture. Don't hire an SEO or begin SEO work on your own without validating that it's the right course of action. |
Search Engine Watch May 20, 2008 Aaron Shear |
Social Media Marketing in an Enterprise Environment Social media sites like MySpace or Facebook, and even long-standing social media tools like blogs remain a mystery to many large organizations. But that's all beginning to change, as more big businesses find ways to incorporate these elements into their overall marketing strategy. |
Search Engine Watch November 30, 2010 Eric Enge |
Search Engine Optimization in an Increasingly Social World SEO is changing rapidly, in part due to the increasingly social nature of the web. A look at what's driving these changes and some of the implications of how they impact our behavior. |
Search Engine Watch August 9, 2010 Ray Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 2 How personalization, localization, and update frequency have changed search engine optimization; what the new key metrics are in Google Webmaster Tools; and why user experience will continue to grow in importance. |
Search Engine Watch February 21, 2006 Shari Thurow |
News Search Engine Optimization News search engines offer companies a great way to receive targeted traffic related to breaking topics through press releases and other public relations information. |
Search Engine Watch December 9, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Is it Too Late for Holiday Search Traffic? Holiday phrases like "Christmas" show up in Google's universal search results, so there still may be an opportunity to show up. For other competitive keyword phrases, you'd be better off targeting New Year's, or even Valentine's Day. |
Search Engine Watch March 9, 2010 Eric Enge |
Don't Over Optimize Your Site SEO is a best practices game. Understanding how not to over optimize is an important part of the mix. |
Search Engine Watch August 26, 2008 Mark Jackson |
SEO Success -- Guess What...Content Works! Fixing problems and implementing some search engine-friendly practices can have an immediate effect on a site's search engine rankings. But no search engine optimization technique works better than creating quality content. |
Search Engine Watch August 24, 2010 Gareth Owen |
Don't be Afraid of URL Links Monitor and manage the spread of URL vs. keyword rich links across your client's profile. And don't worry if you get really high quality links that only use your client's URL. |
Search Engine Watch October 13, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Addressing the 'O' in Search Engine Optimization Tips for improving optimization efforts. |
InternetNews October 29, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Blogs Better at Pushing Product? New research finds that bloggers' links are gaining heft as trusted guides for finding useful content and product purchases. |
Search Engine Watch February 23, 2010 Mark Jackson |
Focus on the User How do you make sure that your Web site is user friendly? Here are some tips to avoid setting yourself up for search engine optimization disaster. |
Search Engine Watch December 2, 2008 Mark Jackson |
Link Building, Circa 2008 SEO isn't as easy as it was in years past. At one time, optimization meant dropping some keywords in your meta keywords tag, using your most important key phrases a dozen or so times on a page, and exchanging links with anyone who had a Web site. |
Entrepreneur May 2008 John Jantsch |
The New Frontier These days, everyone's blogging. Is it time for your business to join the club? |
Search Engine Watch January 20, 2009 Mark Jackson |
The Better You Rank...the Better You Rank! The more popular your Web site is, the better the likelihood that your Web site will rank. You need to maintain momentum in your SEO and general marketing efforts to keep a steady flow of traffic coming to your Web site. |
Search Engine Watch September 19, 2008 Gregg Stewart |
Getting to Know Local SEO Local SEO is a must for businesses that sell products locally to a specified geographical area. The channels consumers are using to search are changing. |
Search Engine Watch August 8, 2008 Chris Boggs |
Oil and Water? SEOs vs. Content Owners When it comes to bringing an outside SEO consultant in, content owners need to pay attention to the role corporate politics and the review process play in planning SEO projects. |
Search Engine Watch October 20, 2010 Gareth Owen |
On-page Optimization is Dead Further proof that there are lies, damned lies, and statistics -- especially in SEO. |
Search Engine Watch May 11, 2009 Joshua Palau |
Why Settle for Best Practices? Part 2 As a marketer, you can't take SEO for granted when working with an agency. They may be following best practices to build a search-friendly site, but don't assume they're implementing a full-blown search engine optimization strategy. |
Search Engine Watch March 17, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Setting Expectations for Search Engine Optimization How many SEOs have suffered because of unrealistic expectations from clients? That situation can be avoided if you spend the time before an agreement is signed to have a frank and sincere discussion with your client about what they can expect from your efforts. |
Search Engine Watch April 2, 2003 Danny Sullivan |
Loving Each Other More: Search Engines & Blogs There's a good reason for Google or someone else to create a robust, blog-specific search engine. In addition, there are things bloggers could do to make their content more accessible to ordinary web search engines. |
Search Engine Watch November 8, 2010 Josh McCoy |
Diversifying Your SEO Imagine your site as you would your investment portfolio. Spreading your assets evenly is extremely important to long-term growth. |
Search Engine Watch August 28, 2009 Chris Boggs |
Common SEO Problems of E-commerce Sites All sites must address technical infrastructure, content and linking strategies. For large e-commerce sites, some problems in these areas are magnified due to the size and complexity of their sites. |
Search Engine Watch January 30, 2008 Kevin Newcomb |
Search Marketers' Wish Lists Predictions of the future of Internet marketing from several search marketers and social media marketers. |
Search Engine Watch January 30, 2011 Mark Jackson |
Search Engine Optimized vs. Search Engine Friendly Websites Having a search engine friendly website structure isn't the same as optimizing a website for search engines. Here's how to make sure your website is actually search engine optimized, as well as friendly. |
Search Engine Watch August 22, 2008 Chris Boggs |
Word or Phrase Co-Occurrence within Particular Industries Are search engines smarter now than 4 years ago? I certainly hope so. There are too many words that could mean multiple things, and so many Web sites have at least some content that appears to humans but not text browsers. |
Search Engine Watch September 11, 2009 Chris Boggs |
When to Run Away from an SEO Company There are some tactics that should raise a red flag if your SEO company tries to sell them to you. Others are so outdated and worthless, that they should send you packing out the door. |
HBS Working Knowledge November 28, 2005 Katherine Heires |
Does Your Company Belong in the Blogosphere? Here is advice from executive experts on helping your company realize the full benefits of blogging. |
Search Engine Watch August 27, 2010 Marty Weintraub |
Online Marketing Fundamentals For New Professionals, Part 2 A new crop of search marketers need to learn the fundamentals of our industry. Class is in session once again. Today's lesson: organic and paid search for newbies. |
Search Engine Watch October 23, 2009 Chris Boggs |
It's Not Too Late for 2009 Holiday-Focused SEO Search engine optimization tips for marketers looking to push the needle further during the upcoming online holiday season. |
Search Engine Watch November 17, 2008 Frank Watson |
Creating Simple, Yet Impressive Charts A graph can illustrate the results of your SEO efforts in ways that numbers just can't. |
Search Engine Watch August 10, 2010 Eric Enge |
How Much Optimization is Too Much? When figuring out what to do with your site, see what other players in the same space are doing. This can help you identify some boundaries for your search engine optimization efforts. |
InternetNews July 22, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Sifting Through The Blogs As blogging moves into businesses, presenting useful content and links is essential. Search services and recommendation engines are helping blog posts reach interested readers. |
Search Engine Watch August 25, 2009 Eric Enge |
10 Common SEO Mistakes Especially in larger organizations, it's common that SEO doesn't get the credit it deserves for driving traffic to a Web site. Unfortunately, this can often lead to uninformed senior managers making decisions that are catastrophic from an SEO perspective. |
Search Engine Watch May 2, 2008 Chris Boggs |
Top 5 Non-SEO Ways to Increase Your Search Rankings Contrary to what some search marketers may think, marketing is not all about search. By branching out into other areas, like usability and PR, you can increase the effectiveness of your search efforts. |
Search Engine Watch May 20, 2010 John Lynch |
Powerful SEO Content: Understanding Breadth of Coverage More credible pages leads to more authority and greater opportunities to rank for competitive terms. Here are four ways to demonstrate breadth of coverage to search engines. |
Search Engine Watch November 8, 2007 Bill Hartzer |
Corporate America Can Learn a Lot from Bloggers Corporate marketers can make their sites more user-friendly, and more search engine-friendly, by taking a page from the playbook of successful bloggers. |
Search Engine Watch February 13, 2011 Mark Jackson |
10 Types of Helpful SEO Content Forget algorithms. The biggest influence on search rankings is content. Content in all of its forms is what will drive you to success. |
Search Engine Watch February 16, 2011 Gareth Owen |
SEO and PPC: A Love-Hate Relationship Three big trends are changing how we attribute value in SEO. We are increasingly turning to tactics that were previously considered to be the realm of paid search professionals to meet client expectations. |
Search Engine Watch July 17, 2009 Chris Boggs |
Building Directory Links: A Valuable SEO Tactic? One of the longest-tenured tactics in link building is to build links within topical free and paid directories. Is that still a valuable SEO tactic? |