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By Bracken King |
August 26th, 2010
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The 80-20 rule describes a common scenario in which a relatively small portion of causes (e.g., 20%) account for a large amount of the effect (e.g., 80%). This type of situation crops up all over the place and is particularly relevant when thinking about the amount effort you put into SEO.
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By Tyler King |
August 25th, 2010
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The two most popular systems for powering blog comments are Disqus and IntenseDebate. Recently I've decided that I don't like either of them.
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By Tyler King |
August 9th, 2010
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SheerSEO is an online tool that helps you stay on top of your site's SEO performance. It helps track keyword rankings, referring sites, social networking activity, and more. In this review I'll describe the pros and cons of the software.
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By Tyler King |
July 26th, 2010
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Most of our SEO advice focuses on things that probably sound pretty intimidating to SEO rookies. In this post, I'm going to suggest a few things that are so easy that you won't have an excuse not to do them.
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By Tyler King |
July 19th, 2010
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Google Webmaster Tools help you understand how your site is showing up in Google search results, and across other sites on the web. These tools are particularly useful if you spend time working on SEO and you need to evaluate how you're doing.
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By Bracken King |
July 15th, 2010
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Earlier this week, I talked about how checking out your competition online can be a good way to get some ideas and identify opportunities for establishing your small business online. I briefly mentioned that there are a number of online tools available to help you do just that, and today I want to talk about one in particular: SEMRush.com.
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By Bracken King |
July 13th, 2010
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Establishing your small business online can be a bit of a daunting task, and taking some time to see what your competition is doing online can be a great guide. Obviously, you don't want to just copy what everyone else is doing, but by exploring other companies' strategies, you can both learn some lessons and identify areas where you can stand out.
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By Tyler King |
July 7th, 2010
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Earlier today I was having a conversation about SEO and website optimization and I realized that there's a very important concept that we haven't really talked about yet on this blog. Starting your website optimization efforts can be really overwhelming. There are thousands of different things you might want to try, but you have to start somewhere. Well here's a quick tip to help you figure out what to do first: just start from the beginning.
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By Bracken King |
June 30th, 2010
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Earlier this month, Google started using a new web index called Caffeine, which is designed to provide more rapidly updating search results. The full impact of Caffeine will be hard to know until it's been out in the wild for a while, but it's worth thinking about how the changes may impact search and search engine optimization.
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By Tyler King |
June 23rd, 2010
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With the growing popularity of the internet, there's a (somewhat) new type of marketing that helps businesses easily reach targeted customers. I'll explain what exactly inbound marketing is, how it works, and why it's different from old types of marketing.
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