When it comes to lists of SEO tools, you typically see the same names bounced back and forth. Today, I’d like to share some tools I use on a regular basis that you may not have in your toolkit just yet. The best part – they’re all perfect for SEO’s and businesses with smaller budgets. …
Have you ever wanted to really see your link profile, beyond a list of links, without having to export them into Excel to create a series of charts? If you have been waiting for a visual link-profiling tool, then you’re in luck. cognitiveSEO recently released the new Visual Link Explorer that allows you to see …
You’ve likely read a lot about using broken links as a strategy. The questions that usually come up with this strategy are the following: How do you find broken links that could turn into link building opportunities? And how do you encourage the webmasters with broken links on their website to change the broken link …
When it comes to online marketing in the post Penguin and Panda age, two strategies that many marketers are turning towards are guest blogging and blogger outreach. While you can do a lot of leg work on your own by searching for bloggers related to your industry on Google, you can also turn to networks …
There’s always a huge debate going on about the value vs. authenticity of automation in Internet marketing, but some strategies are considered ok when others are considered an absolute evil. But are they really that different? A few weeks ago, I asked fans on my fanpage (mostly bloggers) about automated messages, particularly Twitter direct messages …
If you are shopping for domains, then you will want to do some research as a bad choice in domain names will lead to branding and search optimization issues down the road. Here are a few of the tools I use when I am setting out to find a great domain! 1. Google Adwords Keyword …
There is a lot of debate about how creating content can help a website improve its search rankings. While some would like you to believe the “if you build it, they will come” theory, most realize that isn’t going to be the case. I could write the greatest blog post EVER tomorrow and it never …
If you’re trying to figure out what keywords to go for, chances are you are going to take a look at some of your competitors to see what keywords they are ranking for. But if you don’t have access to professional and premium SEO tools, how do you find out this kind of information? Here …
There are lots of posts circulating about predictions for social media, Internet marketing, blogging, and more for 2011. So, without further ado, let’s look at some predictions specifically for link building 1. Less use of keyword-based anchor text, more use of brand names. With the recent penalization of sites possibly due to over-optimized anchor text, …
We all know about the value that you can find while performing keyword research using the Google Suggest feature for regular search as well as images, videos, and more. But let’s look beyond Google for a moment – other sites are incorporating the suggestion feature in their search box as well. Here are just a …
