Everyone I work with says “The website is good enough, it works”, “What is the difference if I end up on the first page of Google”, “Why do I really need a website, I still get business other ways”. My answer… simple, there are 5 reasons why.Read More »5 Reasons you need a website that works
Yesterday September 28th was Google’s 13th birthday. Yesterday’s doodle hinted at a little more than previous years. Read More »Google Celebrates it’s 13th birthday!
Now anyone actually thinking that I would be recommending someone to watch our wonderful US Democracy in action without some sort of understory obviously doesn’t me. However, today’s senate hearing (they are streaming it at 2pm EST) is set to cover the possibility that Google is a monopoly.Read More »Quick, Turn on the US Senate Hearing! Google is talking!
We have been working with a lot of customers that already have a website, already are paying someone to help them manage it, but either aren’t happy, or are interested in saving some money on hosting, SEO, SEM, or whatever. When we start the engagement it becomes obvious that there are some major roadblocks that have to be overcome, and some that simply might not! Here are 4 simple ways to make sure you are protecitng yourself when working with a third party web or SEO company.Read More »4 simple ways to protect your business when working with a Third Party SEO or Web Development Company
This evening I received an email from our friends at Google’s AdWords department. Anyone with an AdWords account likely received this email as well. Question I have (and many others likely is why?Read More »Upcoming AdWords Change Review of Paused Ads
As reported by multiple channels today, a new stealth startup is preparing to take the game of travel to a whole new level. Hopper Travel, started by former Expedia employees, recently raised over $8 million in startup funding to chase their dreams of revolutionizing the search for travel information.Read More »A new search is coming… Hopper Travel
Yesterday a client, who hosts a bit of images on his site, approached me about his Google Analytics. The Client noticed that suddenly his number of referrals went down, but at the same time his organic search trends were increasing. He couldn’t understand it, and personally neither could I.
Read More »Don’t freak out… your images are no longer Referrals
Recently I have gotten a lot of questions from business owners. They typically ask “What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? And why do I need it when my site is cool enough?” So I began a very simple process or set of canned responses. Some might seem harsh, but more often than not, they are true.Read More »SEO Combats Egocentric Site Syndrome
With the launch of Google+ less than 1 month ago, today marks a historic moment. They have reached the 20 million user mark. Now the question is what happens from here. Well, based on my math (which isn’t always the best), this shows two interesting trends. The first the overall adoption of social platforms as a must have thing, as well as the fact that the beat the 3 years it took Facebook to reach the same number.Read More »Google+ on the fast track to take over Facebook
Well as anyone that follows this blog knows, the concept of a single taxonomy for the web has been a topic of discussion for some time. Bing, Google, and others have joined up in the Schema.org project as we reported previously, but Google has taken it to a whole new level!Read More »Google forces taxonomy via Products