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Baidu Pay Per Click: 7 Tips for a Successful Campaign
Baidu is the most popular search engine in China, with over 400 million users. When Western marketers think of entering the Chinese market, Baidu is...
MajesticSEO Launches Backlink Upload Tool
Majestic SEO has added more tools to the SEO’s bag of tricks. Paid account users now have the option to upload their backlink list in...
Step-by-Step SEO: How to Setup Google+ Authorship
Google initially announced its authorship markup efforts at the 2011 SMX Advanced conference, and yet, many website owners and entrepreneurs have still failed to take...
Facebook Leaves the Privacy Barn Door Open to App Developers
Updated Post Yesterday afternoon, Miranda Miller of Search Engine Watch broke the news about how some Facebook app developers are exploiting the private information of...
Anchor Text Analysis: Post “Penguin” and EMD
We all know by now that over-optimized anchor text was a huge factor for sites that were dinged by the Google Penguin update. We’ve seen...
10 Post-Panda/Penguin Era Link Acquisition Strategies
In February of 2011, the introduction of the Panda update shook up the search results, altering more than one out of every 10 searches. Content...
Pubcon Presentation: Proactive Link Building Tactics
In the session at Pubcon Las Vegas 2012, I spoke about link building, essentially revealing what works and what does not in a post-penguin world....
25 Ways to Boost Community Engagement on Your Website
As a website owner, you’ve probably heard over and over again how important it is to build a community on your website. And while it’s...
Could Guest Posting Be Dead?
Guest posting has long been a killer way to get links, but is it dead? It’s no secret that the number one way online to...
How Marketers Can Work More Effectively with Their Designers
Marketers and designers always seem to be butting heads over their projects. But why is this? After all, managers and designers share the same goal:...
Strengthening Internal Relationships between SEO and Other Corporate Departments
As a relatively new introduction to the corporate world, SEOs often have trouble finding their place and building allies within traditional businesses. Really, unless coworkers...
SEO Clients Sometimes Don’t Implement My SEO Recommendations!
After being in the SEO industry for 13 years, I am still always amazed when a site owner chooses to completely disregard my on-site SEO...
How to Set Up Your Company in Bing Business Portal
If you run a business with a brick and mortar location, then you already know the importance of local SEO. While any good SEO can...
8 Mistakes Too Many Businesses Make on Their Chinese Websites
The allure to gain millions of new customers made many Western businesses chase the highly prized Chinese consumers. While many have invested heavily in product...
A Day in the Life of an SEO
Working in the field of website optimization may be many things, but it’s certainly never boring! If you’re new to the industry and wondering what...
YouTube Analytics: Measuring the Value of Your Video
For the past several years, rich content has been on the rise, and Google subsidiary, YouTube, has remained the undisputed leader of online video sharing....
Transparency is Key to Building SEO Client Trust
Let’s face it, the SEO industry, like any other, has its fair share of less-than-scrupulous players looking to take advantage of unsuspecting site owners. I’m...
50 Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2012 (So Far)
As we approach the Labor Day holiday, it’s a good time to look back and review all of the great content that’s been published so...
March of the Penguins, Which Led to a Friendly Panda and Finally a Recovery
April of 2012 was a rough month for SEO. We had three updates all within nine days: Panda on the 19th, Penguin 1.0 on the...
Weekly Webinars and Upcoming Events 8/29/2012
Don’t look, but it’s almost September, so 2012 is buzzing by! Hopefully, you’ll have some time to slow down and watch some webinars. Even better,...
3 Ways to Find Questions to Answer in Your Content
One of the best ways to approach evergreen content that draws in search traffic for years to come is to answer a question. At WordStream,...
Negative SEO: Does It Really Work?
Similar like the normal world, both good and evil exist in SEO society, as well. “Good people do not need laws to tell them to...
15 Tips on Managing an Internet Marketing Team
In some ways, it’s odd to even look at the statement, “managing an Internet marketing team,” as few companies actually had dedicated digital marketing departments...
36 Books on Digital Marketing
The rapid expansion of both the internet and ecommerce has resulted in some seriously dramatic shifts in terms of business marketing best practices. If you’re...
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Operation FrogLogic: How a Navy SEAL Would Tackle SEO [Insights from Navy SEAL Dave Rutherford]
In May of 2011, a team of 20-25 highly trained Special Forces troops landed in the middle of the night in a town outside Islamabad....
Google AdWords Display Network – Do it The Right Way
The amount of traffic volume delivered via Google’s ‘Display Network’ is massive compared to that of its search network, which makes it a huge area...
Google Algorithm Update: Search Engine to Penalize Sites Accused of Copyright Infringement
In a recent announcement, Google stated that they plan to begin penalizing websites that receive a high number of valid copyright removal notices. On Friday...
Instagram – The Basics for Businesses
Instagram is one of the most popular photo-sharing facilities around at the moment- rivalled by Pinterest and Flickr. It’s popularity has been consistent since its launch (with...
Google Spends $400 Million to Purchase Social Marketing Startup Wildfire
Although social media companies are still struggling to figure out how to monetize users, Google recently entered the crowded space by acquiring the advertising startup...
4 Qualities to Look for in a Good Guest Blogger
I like to compare blogging and guest blogging to news segments. Bear with me here. For the sake of keeping things light-hearted, we’ll use The...