20 July 2009 ~ Comments Off

Duplicate Content – Who Cares?

One of my favorite blogs, SEO Blackhat, recently did a post on duplicate content and what it means today. Yes, I read black hat blogs. There is a ton of great info to learn from black hats and they do alot more experimenting and pushing of the proverbial envelope than other SEOs do. Black hat [...]

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19 July 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Google May Be Fixing Issues With 301 Reirects

So this has been reported on before, the post that comes to mind is one by Patrick Altoft over at Blog Storm a while back. The idea is that Google is filtering certain types of 301 redirects in order to combat “bait and switch” tactics.
What I mean by bait and switch is when SEOs take [...]

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10 June 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Certification in Online Marketing

I received and email blast today from the people at Search Engine Strategies, the ones that do the conferences and expo. Apparently they now have a Certified Online Marketing course that they offer.

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12 March 2009 ~ 3 Comments

How To Register With Google Local Business Center

Optimizing for Google Local is still one of the most underutilized and cheapest forms of online marketing. There are thousands of local businesses in every town and the competition for local search is underway. It is becoming increasingly critical that you are ranking for your local keywords as competition gets tougher by the day. The [...]

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