Archive for category: Google / SEO

Why Being ‘Local’ Is More Important than You Think

9 March, 2010 (18:53) | Google / SEO, Search Engine Marketing | By: admin

Think about it: Consumers shop local for a reason and it’s not a coincidence Google launched, Google Local as well as personalized search results that serve up local businesses which are closest to the end users i.p address.
Jobing.com, a local job search engine is a pioneer in the locally focused business arena. Aaron Matos, the [...]

Yodle Organic Review

2 March, 2010 (15:56) | Google / SEO, Search Engine Marketing | By: admin

Yodle a Local Internet Advertising company based in New York City, NY recently announced the launch of it’s highly anticipated service, Yodle Organic, “a new offering specifically designed to help local businesses build their web presence and generate more website traffic for less than $500 per month.”
The big question is: Does Yodle Organic Actually Work?
There [...]

Yodle Twitter Account Gets Phished

26 February, 2010 (19:40) | Google / SEO, Social Media | By: admin

Roughly 15 hours ago I received a direct message from Yodle who was an obvious victim of Twitter Account Phishing. The DM from Yodle on Twitter read this…
hey, i’ve been having better [removed] and longer with this here http://someURL
Obviously this wasn’t Yodle so it’s important that all you kids and businesses protect your brand by [...]

a new look for Google in 2010?

25 February, 2010 (02:01) | Google / SEO | By: admin

I posted a quick blog post a few months back when I noticed an odd change of appearance for Google search. About 10 mins after I published the post the new Google Search Appearance was gone – it’s now back, could this be the new  and improved ’social’ look for Google 2010?
Here is a quick [...]

About iClick Performance Websites

24 February, 2010 (23:36) | Google / SEO | By: admin

What exactly is an iClick Performance Website and why would it make an incredible addition to any small businesses marketing campaign.
Performance Websites by iClick are little websites that are designed to showcase your company and its services while promoting exceptional placement in all major search engines and across over 100 local directories and social networks [...]

My Comments Are All No Follow

23 February, 2010 (20:53) | Google / SEO | By: admin

For all those who book marked my website as a resource for your link building – you can go ahead and remove the link. I made the mistake thinking all WordPress Themes by default add the rel=’nofollow’ attribute to comments – I was wrong so I went a while passing pagerank to all of you [...]

WOW I’m an Idiot!

23 February, 2010 (17:43) | Google / SEO | By: admin

Notice the change in templates? I’ve noticed a massive decrease in rankings over the past few weeks and was having troubles finding out why the drop… Welp that’s because the previous template I was using DID NOT place rel=”nofollow” into comment links. OUCH!!! No wonder so many were comment happy!
Welp – now that it’s fixed [...]

Google Caffeine Affecting Denver SEO Searches?

23 February, 2010 (17:04) | Google / SEO | By: admin

About a week or so ago I noticed my website dropped to the second page  in Google for Denver SEO – at first I was thinking this was a result of forgetting to add rel=’nofollow,’ now I think that might not be the case.
Over the past week the 1st search engine result page for Denver [...]

Google Page Rank = Website SEO Score?

15 February, 2010 (23:43) | Google / SEO | By: admin

I had a conversation a week or so ago with a really nice gal who was under the impression that Google ranked her ‘SEO LOVE” based upon a measuring tool called, Page Rank. I muted the phone, had a good laugh and returned to the conversation in shock and awe.
Apparently Search Engine Optimizers in not [...]

Google Caffeine Data Center 209.85.225.103

6 February, 2010 (01:38) | Google / SEO | By: admin

This isn’t new news by any means but its helpful for those who are looking to test their search engine results with Google’s new roll-out; Google Caffeine.
Matt Cutts from Google confirmed that the IP Address 209.85.225.103 is hitting the data center that is running the Caffeine index about 50% of the time.
So there you have [...]