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search engine optimization

Search Engine Rankings and Click-Through Rates: Be Not Deceived

by Roger Pimentel October 3, 2011

A new graph has been making its way around the social media circles, part of an excellent white paper about long-tail CTR. While the piece was shared by some very smart people in the industry, and people that I have a lot of respect for, this kind of report makes me cringe because its implications [...]

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Avoid Black-Hat Like The Black Plague: Ask Questions

by Travis Unwin February 18, 2011

By now, you’ve heard the story about how retailing giant JC Penny got caught up in the perils of “link building.” Google is applying little “negative feedback” (my term) which will likely prove more costly than the fees they paid to the black-hat-wearing SEO firm that did the deed. Several SEO pundits, including Search Engine [...]

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Pulling Back the Curtain on Content Strategy

by Greg Chapman December 13, 2010

What’s all the hubbub about Content? It’s the king, the queen, the prince. It’s also the enigma – it’s everything, but where does it come from? Content. What is it? Why is it so important? What makes it the king? Why does it need a strategy of its own? As the leader of a full [...]

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Search Marketing: Evaluating The Experts

by Travis Unwin September 1, 2010

You admit it. Figuring out the intricacies of how your business shows up in search results is hard. Your business is your business, and your business is not the business of search engines. You’ve come to terms with this, and you understand that you need to write a check to someone who is in the [...]

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Optimization Without Limits

by Leslie Jackson July 26, 2010

The luster is gone from SEO. The mystique, the veil of secrecy, has long disappeared. In its place are shiny new objects – social, mobile, augmented reality, geo-location.  SEO is the “Woody” to new media’s “Buzz Lightyear.”  As least that is how it is perceived. While it may lack the bells and whistles, SEO remains [...]

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10 Ways to Encourage Users to Engage Your YouTube Ad.

by Andrea Beltran June 25, 2010

Google’s AdWords integration with YouTube (2nd largest search engine) allows users to conveniently promote their most engaging videos.  To start, you will need a YouTube account, AdWords account, a relevant video and a daily budget.  Similar to a typical AdWords campaign, the management set up consists of a campaign, ad group, keywords and video ad.  [...]

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