Gaining Awareness Through Link Building
Many people have asked me why, after working with my own private perl scripts for 15 years, I decided to create link building software called Link Insight, with the help of the highly regarded search intelligence firm AdGooroo.

Date: 2010-08-31

Adding More Site Traffic With Automated Translation
Want more blog traffic? Want more eyeballs in front of your content? Then why not translate it into other languages to appeal to a wider audience?

Date: 2010-08-17

Using Criticism To Build A Better Site
The only way to avoid hearing criticism is to be deaf or dead. The only way to avoid being criticized is to never have been alive. As history books have shown, even the dead can't escape criticism.

Date: 2010-08-03

Increasing Traffic To Your Site With Strong Content
Many SEO practitioners as well as clients of SEO firms like-mindedly dream of watching organic search referrals climb from month-to-month and from a year-over-year perspective for that matter.

Date: 2010-07-20

Talk to All Your Customers and Increase Sales
Talk to all your customers, increase loyalty and watch your business grow. Send your customers coupons, sales announcements and newsletters with VerticalResponse.

Date: 2010-07-15

Working With Your Weaknesses To Grow A Better Site
I very rarely watch TV, and when I do it’s not to watch reality shows or similar. But this video from So You Think You Can Dance stopped and made me think (and thanks to my wife for the heads-up).

Date: 2010-07-06

Learning To Optimize Your Site From An SEO Specialist
You don't always need to be a search engine optimization specialist or link building expert to make sure your site is moving up the search engine listings.

Date: 2010-06-22

Fixing Content Syndication Outranking Your Content
Getting outranked for your own content. I wanted to highlight a little problem that might see you being outranked for your own content.

Date: 2010-06-08

Selecting The Proper Links For Your SEO Strategy
It's no secret that we're fans of Rand Fishkin and the team at SEOmoz. So when Rand posted a recent video on choosing the right kind of links to build your ranking, we just had to share it with you.

Date: 2010-05-25

How To Promote Your Content To Share On Facebook
Leonardo Da Vinci once wrote, "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." Kelly Johnson modernized that philosophy with an alternate twist, KISS, Keep it Simple, Stupid a.k.a. Keep it Short and Simple.

Date: 2010-05-11

Can Hackers Access Your Site Through Google Analytics?
A friend of mine told me that by including Google Analytics code on my site I am leaving open doors for hackers to break into my site and deface my pages or hijack the server entirely. Now I'm kinda freaked out. Is this true?

Date: 2010-04-27

Making Your Site Searchable And Shareable For Social Media
Search isn't an isolated experience. The act of looking for information is now fused with validation, which means the socialization of search will unite discovery with context and relationships.

Date: 2010-04-13

Hoarding Links Could Be Hurting Your SEO Ranking
A common piece of advice given to webmasters by Google is to create a site as if search engines did not exist. In the world of search engine optimization (SEO) this hint carries a good piece of value when it comes to link building practices.

Date: 2010-03-29

How To Add A Discrete Pop-up Navigation
If you're a regular visitor to this blog, you'll know that it's "enhanced with Apture." Well, you may not know that, actually. But you will have experienced Apture when you've clicked on certain links that show you information as elegant popup screens overlaying what you're reading on this site instead of taking you away.

Date: 2010-03-16

Gaining Small Business Momentum With SEO Tactics
A recent report shows that Fortune 500 countries aren't very good at SEO. This can be very good for small and medium sized businesses who are competing in the same product and service fields with major players.

Date: 2010-03-02

Get a Free Trial of The Most Award Winning Ecommerce Software
"Volusion's ease of use, flexibility, power, and price make it great for small and medium businesses, though it's been tapped by major clients like Motorola and Disney."

Date: 2010-02-19

Self-hosting Your Social Media Hub
So far we've looked at prepping the networks you're going to be using for your hub, and what features you might want to consider. By now, you should have a pretty strong idea on what your hub is going to look like, so all we need to do now is find a home for it.

Date: 2010-02-15

How To Create A Social Media Hot Spot With Your Blogs
This is the first part of a seven part mini-series looking at how and why to turn your blog into a social media hub. You'll be able to find the complete series here.

Date: 2010-02-02

Removing The Misconception Of Social Media Costs
Social media is free. Social media is inexpensive. You don't have to outspend your competition. Social media saves time. Social media will save your business thousands, if not millions.

Date: 2010-01-19

Segmentation Is The Heart Of Most Real Analysis
I didn't quite stop working this past week (when Semphonic is closed) but it sure feels that way as I get ready for the New Year!

Date: 2010-01-05