Posts Tagged ‘post’

Google is Crawling Foursquare for Local Citations (but not GoWalla)

{ Posted on Mar 19 2010 by admin }
Thanks to a good question on Twitter from John McPhee, I discovered this week that Google is crawling business profiles on Foursquare and using them as citations in Google Maps. They’re not, however, crawling Gowalla business profiles. More on that ...Read More »

SEO for Government: What Does Your Local Government Web Site Offer Visitors?

{ Posted on Mar 13 2010 by admin }
I’ve been asking myself how local governments could use their websites to help them govern more effectively and save money. The question led to this post. Building Bridges in Communities Reading through one of the local weekly papers in my ...Read More »

Yelp’s Trust Problem

{ Posted on Mar 12 2010 by admin }
ClickZ is running an article today about Yelp’s current legal troubles. I’m quoted in the article (at the end) and I come across as a staunch defender of Yelp. While I do admire the loyalty they’ve built up amongst users, ...Read More »

Developers VS Users

{ Posted on Mar 09 2010 by admin }
Anyone who’s been involved in web development for any length of time has likely encountered the Developers VS Users situation. It’s a mistake that can often lead to expensive problems down the road. So what exactly is the problem? And ...Read More »

SEO Pricing and how we work

{ Posted on Mar 09 2010 by admin }
I have wanted for quite some time to write this post but just never got around to it so here we go. Side note before we start I don’t handle the pricing in my company (Becky does), in fact I ...Read More »

Are You Chasing Off Topic Traffic

{ Posted on Mar 05 2010 by admin }
When your blog or website becomes successful and starts to get traffic, if you don’t make direct sales yourself or commissions via affiliate traffic, you almost always look for other revenue streams. The most common revenue stream is CPM based ...Read More »

Hey! Editors! Leave Them Links Alone!

{ Posted on Feb 26 2010 by admin }
There’s a trend of editors in the SEO world uptight about linking out. A friend in the industry who guest blogs recently told me that he was told by his editor he couldn’t promise links to contributors who participated in ...Read More »

Thanks to This Month’s Sponsors – February 2010

{ Posted on Feb 26 2010 by admin }
I’d like to say thanks to the people who sponsored the blog this month. Without them, there wouldn’t be regular posts here. Text Link Ads – New customers can get $100 in free text links. CrazyEgg.com – Supplement your analytics with action ...Read More »

How to Set up Caching on Your Blog

{ Posted on Feb 25 2010 by admin }
The question for today’s post comes from Meg Geddes aka NetMeg. She wants to know more about setting up caching on Wordpress. Ok, let’s get the big question out of the way. What is caching and why do you want it? ...Read More »

Creating Better Auto-Generated Text

{ Posted on Feb 19 2010 by admin }
Over the past two weeks we’ve taken a look at different aspects of copywriting, including aspects such as the value of good copy, outsourcing your content, and tools to make your content better. To round out the series I thought ...Read More »