There are seven common untruths often pedaled by so-called SEO gurus who are more interested in making money off you than in truly helping your business excel. They are: 1. Content is King Sure your need to have good content but content is not king. Popularity is king. If your site has the most users […]

The title of this post really should be: “How to Use Popular Trends to Drive Targeted Traffic to Your Blog.” However, that title would only appeal to a select audience and I am looking for an edge. I have done my research so I know Edward Snowden, Ronda Rousey and Donald Trump are trending heavily […]

Video marketing is one of the fastest ways to get top listings in the search engines for your keywords. YouTube, DailyMotion, and Metacafe videos seem to shoot to the top of the SERPS. Often the thumbnails are conspicuously displayed directly in the natural search listings which seem to jump out at searchers pushing viewers to […]

You just got off the phone with Oprah Winfrey’s people. They read an article about your business in the New York Times Sunday edition about how you are putting former foster care young adults to work in your green technology company. They are especially interested in your story because you came out of foster care […]

When you do a Google search have you noticed that next to some search results there is a nice picture next to certain blog posts in the search engine results? You tend to want to click on those blog posts first don’t you? Actually, according to some tests, blog posts with pictures in the SERPS […]

Google+ is now allowing the creating of business pages. Previously Google+ was only open to individuals. Now you can create a business page for your brand on Google+. Since Google basically owns search and all their other properties like YouTube, Blogger.com and Google Places get priority in search it would not be a bad idea […]

I have been working quite a bit on SEO lately. It works but it is very time-consuming. It is frustrating because every time I create a new Squidoo page, create a new blog post or relevant link I know I will not see immediate results. So what can you do to get traffic to your […]

First the results: On the first page of Google, as of writing of this article, I have 3 listings in Google’s natural search listings for my keywords. On the 2nd page of Google I have 9 out of 10 of the listings. On the 3rd page of Google I have 5 out of 10 natural […]

I have been doing this online marketing thing full-time for over 10 years. I have failed hundreds of times. One of the huge advantages of internet marketing over traditional offline marketing is that you have room to make mistakes since the entry cost to start a new venture is usually just web hosting, a domain […]

Guest Blogging is becoming more and more popular for good reason. Posting guest blog posts on popular blogs is one of the fastest and least expensive ways to get highly targeted visitors to your website. With paid traffic sources drying up, for average marketers, guest blogging is an even more attractive and cost effective alternative […]

Google Place Search (formerly known as Google Places) rules local search. Just try it. Go to Google and type in “Personal Injury Attorney Your City.” The first seven listings in the “natural search listings” are all Google Places pages. Since 20% of searches are local and the majority of their over $30 billion in revenue […]