Tag Archives: search engine optimization

What Every Webmaster Should Know About Google Search

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Search engine optimization is easy right?  Ranking in Google can be accomplished relatively easy by using keywords and adding backlinks right? Reading many of the “make money online” blogs would like you to believe it’s that simple.  After all, this is their premise these sites use to create foolproof products and services they offer. Understanding Google search and what goes into ranking well within this … Continue reading →

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SEO Strategies for New Websites

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Are you about to launch a new website and are wondering about some SEO strategies to use?  If you’re like many site owners you have your site online before giving any real thought about optimization. Everyday thousands of websites come alive.  Each new site brings new competition and often it’s the search engine optimization strategy employed that determines its success or failure. You have a … Continue reading →

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Social SEO – Social Factors Contributing to Ranking

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Have you recognized the social evolution happening on the internet?  If you haven’t, the future of your website may have a very bleak outlook. Today’s internet is dominated by social activity.  The popularity of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus is unmatched.  Millions of users each day communicate, share and interact with each other and businesses on these sites. Until recently, social … Continue reading →

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Dominate Local SEO and Crush Your Competition

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Small businesses in many cities and towns cater to a local market.  They generally focus on a specific geographical area and rely entirely on that area for their customer base. Even most mom-and-pop operations now have a web presence that contains information about their company, products/services, location and contact information.  Most of the sites are maintained in-house or by a local web design company with … Continue reading →

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SEO Pointers for Beginners

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an extremely powerful tool for any Internet and website marketing strategy and it will directly impact the amount of traffic that flows to your website from targeted searches performed in the major search engines. Many will refer to this type of traffic as “natural” or “organic” traffic in that it is website traffic that is not attracted through direct advertising. … Continue reading →

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Duplicate Content will Destroy SEO

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Duplicate content will destroy SEO efforts for a website.  The importance of having unique content has been emphasized throughout the SEO community.  Developing effective, keyword rich content that is unique and will rank well within the search engines can be time consuming and expensive. The size of the internet and the ease to copy content makes it easy for individuals to “steal” content and pass … Continue reading →

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SEO is Dead! (Well Almost)

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

SEO is dead.  That’s a sentiment that I’ve read on many forums, across many blogs, and in a few magazine articles.  Is SEO dead?  Not in the least, but the strategies of SEO are changing, and the environment across the digital landscape is definitely evolving. As search engines migrate to more localized content, customized searches and smarter ranking algorithms, ranking well for some keywords will … Continue reading →

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