Increased pay-per-click competition combined with low consumer confidence and spending levels often leads to higher cost-per-conversion for advertisers. One way to find new pockets of opportunity is by making use of geo-targeted PPC campaigns. ...
Reaching out to help the local community is a great way to create a positive public relations campaign in the media. Besides being a good thing to do, this will also create some much-desired links, including those from government sites. ...
Will Google's new Web-based operating system change the world? It's possible, but there's a long way to go before that happens. ...
We all want to create "meaning" and see the larger patterns in our tests that can apply to other circumstances. But the world is very complex, and trying to generalize universal truths from a single landing page test result is often a horrible idea. ...
What's better, having one big site covering five niche topics, or five niche sites that somewhat compete against each other? Having multiple sites is not a bad thing, if you've set them up correctly, and it's possible to rank multiple sites for the same long-tail keyword. ...
We've already looked at three of the common failings of Web sites for "newbies" who are trying to figure out SEO. Now let's look the title tag, domain age, and link building to see if your Web site is ready for prime time. ...
By participating the right way in social media, you can set yourself up for some great rewards. Being in the right place, at the right time, and having a plan for dealing with negative issues can be a great way to use social media channels for your business. ...
One of the best ways to approach your blog posts is to put yourself in the shoes of your followers and identify a question they might have. Your assignment is to answer that question with a post. ...
The world may be all a-Twitter, but it seems the inordinate amount of time now spent there is costing other places traffic. Given the social aspect of Twitter, it could be a forum killer long before it becomes a serious threat to Google. ...
Google's new rules affecting PageRank sculpting bring us back to high school. Instead of letting us vouch for our cool friends and disavow the geeks who want to hang out with us, Google is now punishing us for being one of the cool kids. ...
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