Back in June of 2010, Google announced Caffeine. While this was a new way of indexing and ranking sites on a real time basis (rather than in layers as they did previously), it set the stage for several features we see live today. One of the bigger features is Google Autocomplete. What is Autocomplete? I’m glad you asked! Ever notice when… read more →
Today I came across the following video while conducting some SEO research. Based on the title, you might think this holds all the secrets to Google’s algorithm. After all, it features their head of web spam, Matt Cutts. On the contrary, this is not at all a useful resource for search engine optimization. Matt Cutts: Max Headroom Style? This mashup… read more →
My how things have changed the past 5-7 years. Up until the last few years, it was rather impractical to think of mobile phones or tablets as fully-functional devices with computing power akin to that of a full computer. After Apple changed the game with the iPhone and later the iPad, others followed suit. Similar to the PC industry, though, Apple… read more →
The following blog post comes courtesy of George Kent of Pentech Consulting. In this post, George provides seven insights that should help you improve the conversion rate of your landing pages. How many people have signed up to your mailing list in the last 30 days? Have you considered the benefits of designing your landing page more effectively? Most people… read more →
The following slide deck was my supporting material for a presentation to the Austin Online Marketing Club on November 27, 2012. It addresses the question of whether you should be managing a website, or a more comprehensive web presence. In the document, you will find a couple of case studies, a review of how the buyer’s journey has changed, and… read more →
The following guest post comes to you courtesy of Jessica Donnovan. In this post, Jessica reviews three important factors in your PPC / SEM effort that might be limiting your ability to convert leads into sales. If you ask any entrepreneur or business owner in this generation about their marketing strategies, there’s a big chance that they are utilizing the… read more →
If you own and manage a website, which all businesses should do these days, you need to be sure it is properly written, configured, and optimized for the search engines to crawl and rank it. There are multiple options for handling your SEO: Put in the time to learn it yourself and hope for the best Hire a full time… read more →
On October 2, 2012, Marketing Sherpa released one of their popular “Charts of the Week.” This one is focused on what the top media are for driving leads on behalf of your company. Below you can view the chart for yourself. Keep in mind that the respondent base was a mix of B2C and B2B marketers. They also included “traditional”… read more →
In the past couple of weeks, multiple clients and networking contacts have asked me for information regarding Baidu, the flagship search engine in China. Since I have collected a list of good data points for responding to those inquiries, I thought it would be a great idea to summarize here for you as well.
Most SEOs and webmasters are rather adept at finding information they need on the leading search engines. While some of this is the result of years of trial and error in entering searches, as well as a deep understanding of how Google indexes and ranks information, there are shortcuts that any of us can use. This post will review some… read more →
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