WP Smush.it is my new favorite WordPress plugin. Sure it may not be as awesome as Joost de Valk’s WordPress SEO plugin, but it solves a(more…)
Avoid This Huge #Brand Management Mistake With Social Media Profiles
I constantly run into this massive brand management mistake involving Social Media profiles; they forget to claim the profile’s custom URL. When you forget to claim(more…)
Google’s Stance on Guest #Blogging Flies in the Face of the Purpose of the Internet
Good old Google and Matt Cutts have finally gone after guest blogging. They claim it is SPAMMY and is dead. Another narrow minded reaction to(more…)
Andrew Martineau: An Interview With an #SEO
Andrew Martineau is an excellent SEO, and I have worked with Andrew for the past couple of years and he is situated at our headquarters in(more…)
3 Client Management Tips When Starting Your SEO Engagement
A client has retained you for an SEO engagement. You are excited and dive right into the work analyzing their site and web analytics. You(more…)
Surprising Companies That Don’t Rank for Their Logo in Google Image Search
A majority of time I am shocked and confounded that a large company does not rank for their own logo in Google Image Search. If(more…)
How to Get Privacy for Your Home in Google Earth Street Search
Usually SEO is all about increasing your search engine visibility and getting visitors to convert. Simple tactics can increase your sales, membership numbers, decrease your(more…)
The Hunger Games, Skin Color and Twitter
The Hunger Games buzz on Twitter is in full swing, but did you expect to see complaining tweets about skin color? “Fans” of the popular(more…)
Sound SEO Resume Advice
Managing an SEO team requires being very active throughout the hiring process. As the business grows or when a team member moves onto another opportunity(more…)
The Rel Canonical Tag is Not The Solution to Every Known URL Problem
When Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft joined forces and endorsed the rel=canonical tag back in 2009 SEOs across the land jumped for joy. Rel canonical does fulfill(more…)