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Search Engine Watch
October 23, 2009
Chris Boggs |
It's Not Too Late for 2009 Holiday-Focused SEO Search engine optimization tips for marketers looking to push the needle further during the upcoming online holiday season.   |
Search Engine Watch
May 8, 2009
Chris Boggs |
Customer Segmentation and SEO -- A Beautiful Couple Search engine optimization on its own can be a very useful tactic to bring leads to your site. But developing a deeper understanding of your primary markets and using customer segmentation in your content become important SEO considerations that can lead to a higher probability of conversion. |
Search Engine Watch
June 12, 2009
Chris Boggs |
How Long Should It Take for SEO to Show Results? How long it takes to show results from SEO will depend on several factors, including age of the site and the level of competition. |
Search Engine Watch
May 11, 2009
Joshua Palau |
Why Settle for Best Practices? Part 2 As a marketer, you can't take SEO for granted when working with an agency. They may be following best practices to build a search-friendly site, but don't assume they're implementing a full-blown search engine optimization strategy. |
Search Engine Watch
June 21, 2010
Josh McCoy |
What Google Thinks of Your Site Paying attention to your site's Sitelinks, hierarchical listings, and internal link listings in Google SERPs are great ways to see how Google understands your site. |
Search Engine Watch
July 7, 2009
Mark Jackson |
Top Signs Your Site Isn't Ready for Prime Time, Part 2 We've already looked at three of the common failings of Web sites for "newbies" who are trying to figure out SEO. Now let's look the title tag, domain age, and link building to see if your Web site is ready for prime time. |
Search Engine Watch
November 8, 2010
Josh McCoy |
Diversifying Your SEO Imagine your site as you would your investment portfolio. Spreading your assets evenly is extremely important to long-term growth. |
Search Engine Watch
April 18, 2011
Josh McCoy |
Analytical Measurement & SEO: Ignorance Isn't Bliss Not establishing SEO goals is bad. Even worse is not knowing how to evaluate your campaign. Here's how to understand and assess the causation of analytical trends. |
Search Engine Watch
March 6, 2009
Chris Boggs |
Combating SEO Implementation Paralysis For many years, SEO consultants and agencies have faced one major challenge, beyond keeping up with ever-changing organic ranking algorithms: lack of implemented recommendations. Let's look at some causes of this implementation paralysis, and ways to avoid or mitigate its impact. |
Search Engine Watch
April 20, 2009
Ron Jones |
SEO Tools 101, Part 1 Getting started in SEO can be overwhelming, but your job can be made easier with the right tools. Here's an introduction to some of the keyword tools, site-grading tools and linking tools that will give you an edge in your search engine optimization efforts. |
Search Engine Watch
August 11, 2009
Eric Enge |
The 60 Minute SEO Site Audit Site audits are one of the most important tasks for an SEO professional, and sometimes you need to do one quickly. Here's how you can complete an SEO audit for your web site in one hour or less. |
Search Engine Watch
April 24, 2009
Chris Boggs |
Performance Management for SEO Teams Disciplined companies that are able to drive efficiencies through performance reviews and goal-setting can get an edge in SEO as well. |
Search Engine Watch
January 27, 2009
Mark Jackson |
SEO Web Site Review: Water Filter Corner This Web site recently launched and has several elements that need to be corrected to lay a sound foundation for future SEO success. |
Search Engine Watch
October 11, 2010
Josh McCoy |
Your Evil Twin: Identifying and Managing Duplicate Content Duplicate content can keep you out of the SERPs. A host of tools can help you identify and manage duplicate content. |
Search Engine Watch
April 13, 2010
Herndon Hasty |
Optimizing for Personalized Search SEO fundamentals, keyword targeting, and click-throughs are more important than ever to rank in Google's personalized search results. Is your site ready? |
Search Engine Watch
September 12, 2008
Chris Boggs |
SEO Reporting: Going Beyond Rankings Enterprise-level SEO provides consistently outstanding ROI over the life of the project. One of the best ways to substantiate this is through ongoing reporting. But if you're just tracking organic positions and nothing else, you're doing a disservice to your clients. |
Search Engine Watch
November 4, 2008
Mark Jackson |
SEO Site Review: Custom Creations, Unlimited The author performs his quarterly SEO site review, and this time the subject promises to implement his recommendations. Like many Web sites, it isn't in bad shape from a SEO perspective, but it is a great example of the importance of the little things. |
Search Engine Watch
June 10, 2008
Mark Jackson |
SEO Competitive Analysis Search engine rankings change regularly, are different on various data centers, and won't generate traffic to the Web site, much less generate leads and sales. Instead, marketers should be focused on reports that mean something, like a competitive SEO analysis. |
Search Engine Watch
May 20, 2008
Mark Jackson |
Don't Hire a Butcher to do a Baker's Job - Part 2 If SEOs are bakers, then Web site designers are the butchers of the search engine world. Here are 13 questions customers need to ask their butchers. |
Search Engine Watch
September 24, 2008
Eric Enge |
Use Care When Choosing an SEO Agency It's important to beware of instant SEO experts who know a few things about what's going on, but don't get the whole picture. Don't hire an SEO or begin SEO work on your own without validating that it's the right course of action. |
Search Engine Watch
October 24, 2008
Chris Boggs |
SEO During E-Commerce Application Development E-commerce applications for Web sites can take thousands of hours to build, and require patience and determination on the part of the organization. Putting search engine optimization off until after the fact can be a costly mistake. |
Search Engine Watch
July 17, 2009
Chris Boggs |
Building Directory Links: A Valuable SEO Tactic? One of the longest-tenured tactics in link building is to build links within topical free and paid directories. Is that still a valuable SEO tactic? |
Search Engine Watch
February 28, 2011
Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
The Canonical Tag Can Save You from the Duplicate Content Monster How the very useful rel="canonical" tag solves many common SEO problems that exist around duplicate content issues. |
Search Engine Watch
September 30, 2008
Mark Jackson |
Tin Foil Hat? I Have Mine On When Google advises against URL rewriting in their Webmaster Central blog, is there an ulterior motive? |
Search Engine Watch
May 27, 2008
Mark Jackson |
It Pays to Link Consistently You have control over the internal links on your site, so be sure you're taking advantage of that when creating them. Taking a look at your Web site's consistency in internal linking and the use of your domain name can make a big difference in your site's organic search engine rankings. |
Search Engine Watch
October 4, 2010
Ray "Catfish" Comstock |
The Challenges of Measuring SEO Success, Part 3 A deep dive into how businesses should use Webmaster tools search rankings, brand vs. non-brand traffic, and long tail keyword performance to gain actionable strategic insights that drive SEO beyond just understanding performance. |
Search Engine Watch
August 13, 2010
Nichola Stott |
Internal Link Housekeeping To get the best from your internal link strategy, it's a good idea to perform regular housekeeping checks looking at these three areas. |
Search Engine Watch
June 8, 2010
Adam Audette |
Crawl, Index, Rank, Repeat: A Tactical SEO Framework (Part 2) A framework for SEO strategy that captures the three primary elements of search engine optimization. Part two in a three-part series. |
Search Engine Watch
September 11, 2009
Chris Boggs |
When to Run Away from an SEO Company There are some tactics that should raise a red flag if your SEO company tries to sell them to you. Others are so outdated and worthless, that they should send you packing out the door. |
Search Engine Watch
January 20, 2011
P.J. Fusco |
Enterprise SEO: 3 Secrets to Scalable Success in 2011 Enterprises should allocate the bulk of their SEO budgets this year on realigning three core areas: CMS optimization, site speed, and social media marketing. |
Search Engine Watch
July 6, 2010
Adam Audette |
Crawl, Index, Rank, Repeat: A Tactical SEO Framework (Part 3) A framework for SEO strategy that captures the three primary elements of search engine optimization. The final installment of a three-part series. |
Search Engine Watch
November 4, 2010
Adam Audette |
The Art and Science of SEO Site Audits SEO audits are essential. Here are tips on how to get started with your own technical SEO audits, diagnosing on-page and off-page issues that could be hurting your organic rankings, plus some recommended tools. |
Search Engine Watch
February 15, 2010
John Greer |
Mastering Google Webmaster Central From site verification and crawl errors to newer tools and features, Google Webmaster Central is critical to the success of search engine optimization campaigns and keeping ahead of the competition. |
Search Engine Watch
February 3, 2009
Carrie Hill |
Users and Search Engines Want the Same Things Optimizing your site for users is just as important as optimizing your site for search engines. While those are two very different things, you can often serve both audiences by being smart with your Web site development. |
Search Engine Watch
July 18, 2008
Chris Boggs |
SEO Is Not a One-Time Fix More and more marketers seem to understand the value and the importance of search engine optimization. But there are still those who feel that everything can be accomplished in 3 months. That theory couldn't be further from the truth. |
Search Engine Watch
January 23, 2009
Chris Boggs |
A Linking Strategy Is About More Than Just Quality Content Some SEOs seem to think that all you need to do to get good links is to build quality content, but improving the quality and quantity of your inbound links doesn't rest on the shoulders of good content alone. |
Search Engine Watch
March 31, 2009
Mark Jackson |
3 Keys to a Successful Web Presence A sound organic search strategy should be the core of every business's marketing efforts, but being found is just the beginning. |
Search Engine Watch
October 13, 2009
Mark Jackson |
Addressing the 'O' in Search Engine Optimization Tips for improving optimization efforts. |
Search Engine Watch
June 16, 2009
Herndon Hasty |
SEO Friendly Site Structure - If You Build it, Will They Come? Your site's content is at the heart of what your site will rank for, and how well it will rank. But visitors will only come if you've structured your information in a way that's easy for visitors to navigate, and for search engines to understand. |
Search Engine Watch
May 24, 2010
Josh McCoy |
Breaking the Single Keyword Obsession in SEO Campaigns Structuring a site to be SEO-friendly, as well as reinforcing a keyword theme in your content strategy that greatly expands the broad term desired, should result in great rankings for competitive terms. |
Search Engine Watch
November 11, 2008
Carrie Hill |
Six Things You Might Be Doing Wrong (And How to Fix Them)! When you look at what is and isn't working for a small business Web site, you'll find that the most frequent issues fall within six categories. Some are flaws in site architecture, while others are the result of poor planning or marketing discipline. All are fixable, if you know what to look for. |
Search Engine Watch
February 6, 2009
Chris Boggs |
Don't Believe Everything You Read Some marketers choose to base their search marketing strategies on blog posts. |
Search Engine Watch
December 8, 2010
Adam Audette |
SEO for Bing: Don't Ignore It Bing offers a heavily e-commerce-focused demographic that can deliver modest, but incremental, traffic and revenue. Here are some SEO tactics and best practices for Bing. |
Search Engine Watch
September 22, 2009
Herndon Hasty |
Improve Your SEM in Time for the Holidays While it's the beginning of ramp-up time for your holiday paid search campaigns, you're nearing the end of your opportunities for SEO improvements. But there's still time for changes to increase those free holiday visitors in November and December. |
Search Engine Watch
September 23, 2008
Mark Jackson |
Who Audits the Auditor? There are some individuals and companies who will provide SEO audits. But some of these folks look at this as an opportunity for them to earn new business or referral checks. |
Search Engine Watch
November 3, 2009
Eric Enge |
Getting Started with a New SEO Project Beginning search engine optimization efforts during the initial stages of a Web site project can save you time, effort, and money. |
Search Engine Watch
February 25, 2009
Eric Enge |
Maintaining an SEO Log At its root, SEO is an inexact science. It's a world where we follow best practices and use our best judgment to make decisions on what to do next. |
Search Engine Watch
January 30, 2011
Mark Jackson |
Search Engine Optimized vs. Search Engine Friendly Websites Having a search engine friendly website structure isn't the same as optimizing a website for search engines. Here's how to make sure your website is actually search engine optimized, as well as friendly. |
Search Engine Watch
May 1, 2011
Eric Enge |
The Role of On-Page SEO Content: Relevance, Not Rankings From an SEO perspective, on-page content is solely about helping establish what search queries your page might be relevant to. Visualizing how the major SEO components fit together. |
Search Engine Watch
December 11, 2009
Chris Boggs |
The Demise of SEO Won't Be Caused by Personalization Search engine optimization is evolving, not dead. Let's forget about rankings and focus on traffic and its quality, and improve the user experience. |
