Monthly Archives: February 2008

When Push Comes to Shove

How much traffic and potential revenue are you losing each month to your online competition? It really doesn’t get any more simple than that. All idioms and clichés aside, when friendly competition escalates into an all out hostile takeover for a competitive keyword and push comes to shove in search engines, the winner boils [...] Read more »

SEO Marketing - Why Writing Valuable “Web Page Content” is Worth it!

If you want your business to thrive online, then using search engines for advertising and marketing is mandatory for optimal visibility. The real question is how much can you afford to spend? and how cost-effective is the medium for producing traffic and conversion?

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Survival in the SERPs - “Surveying, Scouting & Defense”

There is something about using distinct visual analogies to illustrate parallels between search engines (the jungle), traffic (information foragers), competition (predators) and survival in the algorithmic food chain.

Just like a jungle, survival in the SERPs (search engine results pages) can be tricky. The uncertainty of search engine algorithms, the survival based impulses that by default [...] Read more »

Blended Search is Here - Are Your Pages Optimized Yet?

Regardless of what you call it (Blended Search, 3D search, Video Optimization, Press Release Optimization, Social Media Optimization) the fact is, it is here, but are you ready?

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Small Business SEO - Internet Advertising and Promotion

Do you have a small business that has to compete with larger corporations who are vying for prime market share on a daily basis? If you said no, then you may need to reconsider your niche. If you said yes, then search engine optimization (SEO) is something worth investigating.

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The World Wild Web - Bagging Wild Keywords and The Thrill of the Hunt!

Nothing like the World Wild Web – Stalking your Prey and the Thrill of the Hunt…

Just like a predator, the parallels between SEO, hunting keywords and hapless animals falling prey to the food chain while grazing wild in the safari are too common to be ignored. Despite the concept being a disturbing thought, the parallels, [...] Read more »

Competitive SEO Rates, Finding the Best SEO / SEM Pricing

Does finding a qualified SEO company that offers competitive SEO rates have you up against the wall?

With weeks of due diligence required in most instances, finding a reputable search engine optimization company is not always as easy as it seems. Then again, once you do and you have refined your search, are they realistically within [...] Read more »

Are You a Search Engine VIP?

Want to rank like a Search Engine V.I.P? Then you need to dress up your content and link popularity to get your name on the (Top 10) list.

Although quality, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. Search engines are algorithmic and only do as they are told to maintain the quality of the [...] Read more »

3 Imperative Search Engine Ranking Factors

Never discount the power of titles, links or content for procuring a high ranking search engine position. More importantly, their numeric equivalents and ratios that impact search algorithms.

For those unfamiliar with the fundamental building blocks of on page and off optimization, each of the following components have a profound influence on how search engines view [...] Read more »

Is MSN Live’s Style Sheet Search Broken?

It appears that MSN Live Search was performing some routine maintenance and forgot to put up the be back in 15 minutes sign while it went streaking.
I was just minding my own business and conducting a few searches between 7:30-8 PM CST on Thursday Feb 7th, and low and behold all I received was [...] Read more »