SEO Marketing on a Daily Basis
A couple reciprocal links, maybe a few blog followers and some intentional page titles and boom! You’re on the first page of Google… yeah, like 10 years ago. Today it’s harder than ever. If you didn’t start 10 years ago you have a lot of catching up to do, but it’s not impossible. Simple maintenance […]
Is Your Website Competing or Just an Online Calling Card?
Real estate SEO is getting so difficult and while it’s not impossible, it is harder and harder to compete with the big, national companies. For many searches real estate related, the entire first page of most search engines is covered by Trulia, Zillow, Homes.com, Realtor.com, or national brokerage sites. There may only be one or […]
Google’s Panda 4.0 Update Targets More Low Quality Content
The Panda 4.0 is a major update versus just a refreshing of the current algorithm. Pandas identify sites that have low quality content such as thin or duplicate content. Currently tracking down low quality sites and knocking them down a few pages and boosting high quality content up the search engine ranks. This could be […]
Google Wants to See You Everywhere… Well, everywhere that matters
Google Wants to See You Everywhere… Well, everywhere that matters 10 years ago it was easy to get ranked because not that many people were doing it. Search engine optimization was a new technique that not many knew about and those that were, were finding shortcuts, loopholes, and ways to scam the system. Those that […]
The Basics of Today’s SEO
SEO changes all the time and Google is constantly making updates and new strategies on how they rank sites. The last big shift was towards branding and Google has been promoting those websites that have significant branding which is why sites like Trulia and Zillow (which as a name have nothing to do with real […]
Is it better to blog on your website or off-site and direct links back?
Is it better to blog on your website or off-site and direct links back? Google has certainly given us a run for our money over the last few years as SEO professionals scramble to keep up with the latest algorithm shifts and changes. First it was link building then its quality link building then it’s […]
The 2 Most Important SEO Factors to Remember
If you don’t remember anything else I say remember these 2 SEO tips Personal SEO does a lot of training and coaching on optimization for websites and blogs and while most of those sessions can get a little overwhelming, there are two key ideas out of the entire process that I really want people to […]
Which Social Media Should I be Using?
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, tumblr, and numerous other lesser well-known social media websites are inundating our Internet faster than most people can keep up. Regardless of your industry or your business, being on social media has become important and if you’re not on at least one of them you can get left behind. Today’s […]
Duplicate Content on your Site and your Blog
How to Have the Same Content on your Blog as your Website Unless your website and your blog are one and the same, many times people have and off-site blog or subscribe to a blogging platform. While this is important as the blogging platform may have the higher authority and get your blog indexed quicker, […]
Meta Data is Still Key
Meta Information is Vital to Proper SEO Regardless of what type of platform you’re using, WordPress, blogger, or any other type of blog platform, your metadata is really the lifeblood of your rankings. If you’re not filling in the right information, Google cannot find you and people cannot find you. The metadata information is the […]