Mar | 20 | 2008
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Blog SEO: Keyword Tools (WordTracker)
Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features, Software and Widgets One of my all time favourite keyword tool to use is WordTracker. I used it before I even discovered Google Keyword Tool and continue to use it whenever I need a good analysis of keywords. Note though that when I talk about Wordtracker I am not referring to their Free Keyword Suggestion Toolbecause quite frankly that one sucks. It is good for giving you a list of alternative keywords but beyond that you will almost get nothing from it. Here's an example of what you'll get from the free keyword suggestion tool....Comments (3)
Mar | 19 | 2008
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Blog SEO: Keyword Tools (Google Keyword Tool)
Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features On my last post I discussed the importance of choosing the keywords with which you want to optimise your blog for. It IS however, pretty hard to choose which keywords you should use without any help. Thankfully there's plenty of keyword tools available on the internet. When using keyword tools though remember that you should use one that not only allows you to come up with a good list of relevant keywords and phrases but that would also help you determine which of those relevant keywords are likely to bring you more traffic. Here are a few of the best ...Comments (0)
Mar | 16 | 2008
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Blog SEO: Choosing Your Keywords
Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization If you have a blog you and you wish to get more traffic you should know by now that even though content is still king there are other things you also need to pay attention to in order to get the amount of traffic you want. The other things I am talking about is of course SEO. One of the most basic things you need to know about search engine optimisation is that it all revolves around the search terms that users enter when looking for information using both generic search engines and blog search engines. In order to be ...Comment (1)
Mar | 14 | 2008
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Give Your Blog A Haircut
Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Design, Linking, Tips We all need one from time to time – how often depends on you. I have this friend who keeps his head almost totally shave so he has to have one every week. Personally, I prefer to get a hair cut every month or so. Same thing with blogs – take a look at your blog. Try to see it from the eyes of an outsider. This could be hard but try it nonetheless. If you can’t be objective, have someone else look at it and give you their honest opinion. Does your ...Comments (0)
Mar | 13 | 2008
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Wordpress Plug-ins
Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, Plugins, Software Features, Software and Widgets If you blog using Wordpress and can't do something that you want done like adding Sphere-related content at the end of your blog posts you might be surprised to find out that there are already plug-ins available that make it happen. To find good Wordpress plug-ins all you need to do is search for “wordpress plug-ins” in Google and you'll find more than enough results to choose from. If you don't feel like having to click through pages and pages of sites that actually offer just a handful of plug-ins but a whole lot of ads go directly to ...Comments (0)
Feb | 19 | 2008
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SEO and PR
Posted by Guru as Linking, Marketing and Search Optimization, Promotion, Tips Lee Odden wrote a very interesting post on SEO for Public Relations. Here's a summary of the important points of the post. 1. People also search for information using news search, which means that we should also optimise news articles (interviews, press releases, etc.) in order for users to find the information they need (and we want them to see) more easily. 2. Help clients raise brand awareness and optimise the news article by coaching them to use keywords BEFORE an interview starts. 3. For press releases do not be a stickler about keyword density but make sure that keywords can be ...Comments (2)
Feb | 18 | 2008
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Social Media Shouts to Promote your Blog
Posted by Guru as Community Building, Promotion, Tips It has been established over and over again that the social media is a very useful tool for promoting websites on the internet. One way people like to promote things is by using shouts (called that in Digg called some other thing in other social media sites but you get the idea). The problem though is that spammers seem to find their way to everything they can exploit so that shouts have become littered with spam shouts so that people tend to ignore shouts. The good thing though is that many social media sites have caught up with these spammers ...Comment (1)
Feb | 12 | 2008
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Search Marketing Expo - SMX West Registration Details
Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization If you are interested in learning more about search marketing and would be somewhere near California this last week of February you'd better take the opportunity to attend the Search Marketing Expo. This year's SMX West has something to offer to everyone from newbies in the search scene to experts. Newbies get to participate in a boot camp where they can learn all the fundamentals of SEO and search marketing. Those with more experience in SEM can also attend sessions that fit their skill level. Registration is open now and costs $249 for a Networking Pass, $745 for ...Comments (0)
Feb | 01 | 2008
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A Quick Look at Social Media Marketing
Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, Promotion I have posted several times about the effectiveness of using social media as a marketing tool. Although social media marketing is nothing new I was reminded of how useful it can be after reading Roger Park's post about the topic on the Yahoo Publisher Network blog. To summarize the important points of the post I will cite the advantages of using social media marketing as well as some of the strategies listed there. The advantages include garnering more links, traffic, an increase in brand awareness, and increasing the possibility of getting noticed by mainstream media. The strategies suggested include: • Submitting ...Comment (1)
Jan | 25 | 2008
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Blog Performance: Goals Come First
Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, Tips Many bloggers blog for personal reasons. If your blog is a personal blog then this post isn't for you. However, if your blog is a commercial one then you should make sure that you are aware of how your blog is currently performing. (Note: If you are a personal bloggers obsessed with your blog's stats, like I once was, then feel free to read on.) In any business venture getting baseline data is important in order to measure if how the business is thriving. But before you can do this you must have a goal in mind in order to have ...Comment (1)
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