Google Local (now called Places – http://www.google.com/places) has been around for several years now. The results from the Google Maps, combined with Places gives results in what is known as Google OneBox. Most of you see the OneBox results when you search for anything like “Birmingham Dentist.” Anything with a place associated with it has [...]
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Are you ready to open?
Being in business for yourself and being successful in business for yourself can be different. Gary Vaynerchuk explains in his book Crush it (linked below), that now is the time to define and pursue your passion. In a recent interview in Professional Photographer magazine, Gary gives us 21 steps to building your brand.
Two new keyword research videos
I just finished recording and posting two new keyword research videos today. These two videos talk about winning searches for the lesser or smaller keywords sets to build traffic to your website. Quite simply, the more traffic that you receive, the better off your search rankings will be. And,
Why SEO for Google?
Google dominates the search engine traffic, so we concentrate our efforts on SEO for Google. By following their lead and instructions, we can get the most bang for our SEO efforts.
Smart Cabbage Movers and Shakers
This post highlights some of the moves that our users are making. Please note that these links on this page are perfectly formatted. You should be formatting all of your links back to your site like these when possible. Light Rain Images has show up on Bing on
Five reasons you should want to be number one on Google?
Being number one on Google, the largest and busiest search engine on the planet, has huge benefits for businesses fortunate enough to rank in that coveted position. Let me point out just a few. Instant credibility – Think about it. When you search for something,
Building Incoming Links
Incoming links can help your ranking One of the search engine marketing practices that I am constantly involved in is building links to websites that I market. This means that I contact other webmasters with websites that may have a similar theme to see if they may want to
Get the right accounts
The first and most important step in getting ranked on Google, ranked on Yahoo!, and ranked on Bing is to sign up for free accounts on the web. What accounts though? This video will show you which accounts you should sign up for and how to get started in getting
Optimizing for Local Search Tutorial
Optimizing your site for local search engines and directories is one of the most important things you can do to help get more traffic to your website. We have several different tutorials that focus on this one concept. It is not hard to do, but you want to do it right.
Adding video to your website
Adding video to your website can make all the difference To say that I recommend adding video to your website is an understatement. Adding video to your website will help you in so many ways. Video creates a personal connection with your site visitors – When someone visits your site, they get to hear your [...]