March 2nd, 2010
“Good design is good business.” Tom Watson, Chairman of IBM, said this.
A good designer can be a huge asset to your business. But how do you choose one? [...] Read the rest of this post »
Carmen Yazejian - Network9 - Website Design - Corporate Identities - Corporate Branding
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February 8th, 2010
If you ever find yourself in a room with 10 SEO providers, 9 of them should probably be arrested, and at least one of those should be taken out and shot! The quality of SEO in today’s marketplace is really appalling. There are dozens of providers making claims they cannot support and usually failing to deliver even the most basic services. If you are currently engaged in an SEO campaign or thinking about doing SEO there are a few simple things you need to know. [...] Read the rest of this post »
Tags: Keyword Phrase Rank, Partner Linking, Rank Monitoring, Search Engine Optimization
Posted in SEO - Search Engine Optimization | 1 Comment »
February 2nd, 2010
It’s not completely up to your designer to do a good job on building your brand. Good design takes thoughtfulness, collaboration and planning. It’s not an accident. [...] Read the rest of this post »
Carmen Yazejian - Network9 - Website Design - Corporate Identities - Corporate Branding
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August 1st, 2009
You’ve done everything they told you to do to optimize your site, and now you are showing up on the first page of search engines. Eureka! But wait - you’re getting lots of hits but no conversions. Hmm… Perhaps now it’s time to consider the usability of your website.
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Cathline Marshall - Studio K&M - Usability - Design - Graphics - Identity
Tags: Traffic Conversion, Website Usability
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July 8th, 2009
Despite the dismal economic conditions, SEO expenditures grew to record levels in the first quarter of 2009. However, a survey of the top search engine optimization consultants and service providers in 7 major US cities found that selling conditions have actually gotten tougher. When SEO was young and the search engines were less sophisticated, nearly every SEO expenditure yielded a decent ROI. This is no longer the true, and many website owners have become more cautious when budgeting for search engine optimization. [...] Read the rest of this post »
Tags: Keyword Phrase Rank, Rank Monitoring, Search Engine Optimization
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June 19th, 2009
When we first started doing search engine optimization (SEO) one of the selling points was that we could convert Google Adword budgets (SEM) into permanent effective organic rankings. Website owners who were spending thousands or tens of thousands of dollars every month buying traffic could undertake a one-time SEO campaign and eliminate those expenses forever. Though we meant well, and it sounded great, we were wrong! [...] Read the rest of this post »
Tags: Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, SEM, SEO Firms
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June 11th, 2009
The Web 2.0 concepts are responsible for the development of web based communities including, but not limited to social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), wikis, blogs, video sharing, subscriptions, partner link exchanges, and other interactive websites. The development of these applications has had far reaching implications for search engine optimization; specifically in the areas of content and inbound partner linking.
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Tags: Blogging, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Social Networking, Video, Web 2.0
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June 5th, 2009
We all know how critical inbound hyperlinks are for the success of your website. High quality relevant links from established sites or sites involved in aggressive SEO campaigns add the most value to your website. However, many websites lack a comprehensive partner linking strategy. Here are some basic elements which will help you maximize your link acquisition efforts. [...] Read the rest of this post »
Tags: Partner Linking, Search Engine Optimization, SEO
Posted in Inbound Hyperlinks, Partner Link Exchange, SEO - Search Engine Optimization | 1 Comment »
May 5th, 2009
The buzz term “SEO” has been around for a few years and stands for “Search Engine Optimization“. SEO describes any effort directed at “optimizing” your web content/budgets to get the most effective “organic” result from the search engines resulting more traffic! This is not to be confused with SEM (Search Engine Marketing) which pertains to buying traffic through the use of sponsored listings, ads, etc. The organic (left side) result is typically the most effective and the approach for getting good rankings is fairly simple. [...] Read the rest of this post »
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, SEO
Posted in SEO - Search Engine Optimization | 2 Comments »
April 25th, 2009
The overall intent of search engine optimization is to increase web traffic by improving organic search engine traffic. Organic search engine traffic is the result of web visitors clicking on search engine results that are NOT sponsored links or ads. A search engine result on the first page is going to produce more traffic than one on the second page. It is critical that webmasters learn what search terms produce the best traffic. [...] Read the rest of this post »
Tags: Keyword Phrase Rank, Rank Monitoring
Posted in Keyword Phrase Rank, SEO - Search Engine Optimization | 1 Comment »
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