May 2010

Link building through email requests is difficult

So one question I always get asked about link development is this: “Why can’t I seem to get any links via email request?” Let’s face it. This classic link building method is not easy, and it’s time consuming. Your typical request probably looks something like this: Hello there, [Our site] is a…. (short description here). [...]

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Google pays tribute to PAC-MAN's 30th Anniversary

Oh PAC-MAN, how you have kept me entertained over the years. For some quick-and-dirty fun and entertainment, check out the Google front page to play a game of PAC-MAN on the Google logo. For a two-player game, hit the “insert coin” button bellow the search bar. Player one controls PAC-MAN with the arrow keys while [...]

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Everything has flaws

The Perfect Landing Page Quite simply, it does not exist. What this does not mean is that you shouldn’t strive for it. Will you ever get it? No. But, you always need to be improving your pages to increase your conversions. This IS optimization. Always measuring. Always improving. Always converting. So, don’t get discouraged when [...]

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Post image for How to Find a Quality In-House Link Builder

When you work in-house search marketing, you come across the need to find a link builder for your site(s).  Now, I see Craigslist, Careerbuilder, and meta jobs search engines, etc. littered with job ads for link builders, but I noticed that I never see any consistency. It’s hard to come across a job ad, specifically [...]

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Make that traffic count

Well you may be wondering where to start. Like every great story, documentary, work of art, or instruction booklet, the answer is always, “at the beginning”. So, we start with the simplest of questions. What is Search Engine Optimization? SEO is making your page work for your users. Wait what? What happened to the whole [...]

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theory in action

At conversion theory, I intend on taking focus away from the more traditional aspects of online media, and, instead, redirecting that focus on one main goal: conversions. What is a conversion? It can be many things. It can be a sale, a goal in dollars, a click-through path by a user, a membership sign-up, a [...]

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