SEO

Guidelines for Choosing a Domain Name

by Shannon Steffen on February 1, 2012

printOut of everything else in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), your domain name ranks the most crucial element in the success of any website. The domain name you choose can either push you to the first page in the search engine results page (SERP) or be your web site’s pointiest of thorns. When starting a new [...]

Where to Use SEO Keywords for Best Results

January 31, 2012

You’ve done the research and know the keywords used in your industry, business and by your customers. Now it is time to put those keywords to use on your website and social media network platforms to start drawing in targeted customers and visitors. The best places to make use of those high quality, long-tailed, keywords [...]

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Explaining SEO Within a Company

January 26, 2012

Understanding search engine optimization (SEO) is important not only for a company’s search marketing team but also for each person within an organization. This blog post helps to explain to impact concept of SEO and its impact on a team or company based upon the function of that person within the organization. Hopefully, this will [...]

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5 Top SEO Keyword Research Tools

January 24, 2012

Keyword research tools can cost as little as nothing or as much as several hundred dollars. Although many small businesses understand the importance of keyword density in their online strategic planning, most don’t have a few hundred dollars set aside for such tools. There’s no need to sacrifice quality SEO due to lack of funds. [...]

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SEO Tip: Optimizing for JavaScript and Image Menus

January 17, 2012

If you absolutely must use JavaScript drop down menus, image links or image maps in your website design, then you must be sure to put text links somewhere on the website (or in the template) for the search engine spiders to follow. Let me explain. That cool website with all the bells and whistles may [...]

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The Milwaukee SEO Takes On Dirty SEO Tricks

January 12, 2012

While doing a search on my local SEO competitors this morning, I was amazed at the tactics they were applying on this own websites to come up for the top keyword phrase: “Milwaukee SEO”. Now, I’m in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and I also do search engine optimization (SEO) but I don’t believe in buying every keyword-rich [...]

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The Importance of Keyword Rich Domains

November 17, 2011

It should come as no surprise that even Google has had enough with overzealous keyword rich domains. When used correctly, keyword rich domains can help a business or brand elevated search engine rankings through white hat search engine optimization (SEO). However, there are too many scrupulous characters (calling themselves “SEO Experts”) that inundate us with [...]