Google recently announced that they are sharing more detailed data about search queries in Google Webmaster Tools. It seems that most of the SEO and Internet Marketing world completely overlooked the announcement, so let’s take a quick moment today to look at what this means and why we should all care. Why Detailed Search Queries […]
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Earlier this week, my father shared an interesting story with me. It reminded me of a situation I face when potential clients approach Return On Now looking for “Cheap SEO” or “Affordable SEO”. My dad runs his own uniform company, selling to the oilfield and other industrial companies near the Gulf Coast. Given the up
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With the holidays upon us, now is a great time to think ahead to 2014 and what it holds in store for us. There are five areas within SEO that jump into my mind rather quickly, so let’s move on from the small talk and get right to the point. 1. Get Serious About Your
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Social networking platforms run the gamut of features, usage patterns, and adoption, and Google Plus is no different. If you are in the social media marketing game, you should already know a lot about Google Plus. That includes the biggest knock on it as a social media platform – that adoption remains too low for
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Having been involved in websites and web technologies for the bulk of my career, I get a lot of questions about website redirects. The reasons for the questions vary widely. Some folks are unsure what the proper purpose of a redirect is. Others simply can’t understand the technical jargon used in most blog posts and
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We’ve all witnessed the transformation of marketing in the past decade. With digital technologies have come a variety of new options for targeting and reaching out to both potential and current customers. Where we once had direct marketing, mass media advertising and similar tactics, we now have search marketing, social media, pay-per-click advertising, mobile marketing
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Guest contributor Dixie Somers outlines four of the key rules to keep in mind when marketing your business on social media. The views expressed in this post are those of the author and not necessarily that of Return On Now. The Internet’s profit potential has brought new businesses online in droves. While this is great
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If you are like most webmasters and SEOs today, you are very careful about link building, and especially blog commenting. And with good reason. Google has gone on record speaking out against link schemes as a whole. The passage below from Google’s Link Schemes Page summarizes their overall stance on the matter: Any links intended
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Enjoy the following guest post focused on how to promote a new e-commerce website, courtesy of professional internet marketer Alan Lucas. The views expressed in this post are those of the author and not necessarily that of Return On Now. Creating an e-commerce site can be one of the most profitable moves you could ever
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I am a huge proponent of responsive websites and responsive web design. Having completed an in-depth analysis about the topic very recently, this is a subject that is near and dear to me. Today I was happy to come across a new video from Google’s Head of Webspam Matt Cutts on exactly this topic. On
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