WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in WebMarketCentral's final list of the best posts on business blogging from the last year. 15 Rules for Business Bloggers by Conversation Marketing The brilliant and often very funny Ian Lurie offers up his list of "rules" for writing a successful business blog, such as "Take the B.S.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 6, 2006

George Dixon of the Minneapolis-based virtual marketing agency KC Associates recently put together a concise but helpful summary of the pros and cons of business blogging titled To Blog, or Not to Blog. Blogs may show up well in search engines, though I remain unconvinced at this point.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 29, 2005

Recently added to WebMarketCentral.com , the Web marketing portal, are three new pages providing Internet marketers with everything they need to know (for now) about creating and maintaining an effective business-related blog. And they are loved by the media as well as by search engines. They are less formal than a newsletter.

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 24, 2006

Mike Schultz , a principal at the Wellesley Hills Group , and his team of professional services marketing experts at RainToday.com have released a follow-up report to The Business Impact of Writing a Book , published earlier this year. Their new report, The Ultimate Guide to Publishing and Marketing a Business Book , lives up its name.

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 17, 2009

What common mistakes should you avoid when optimizing a site for search? Which factors do search engine algorithms weight most heavily in determining search position? How can you generate more clicks even when your site isn't in one of the top three spots in search results?

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WebMarketCentral

JUNE 30, 2009

Looking for the best career search websites? Specialty search engines? The Big List Of Major B2B Search Engines by Search Engine Land The resourceful Galen DeYoung notes here that while "most search marketers focus on Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft.B2B search marketers also have a growing number of vertical search options."

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

What key trends in search should you be aware of, and how can you adapt to them? Blog SEO Tips: Top SEO Mistakes to Avoid by Blogsessive Alex Cristache details five common SEO mistakes bloggers make that cause their sites to fare more poorly than necessary in search engine rankings. How do you create a 301 redirect?

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WebMarketCentral

OCTOBER 19, 2009

How do you determine who your competitors really are for top search engine position? Find the answers to these questions and others here in the first set of the best blog posts and articles on search engine optimization (SEO) from 2009 (so far). that seems to suggest the search engine can "optimize" pages automatically.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Setting up PPC Campaigns 101, Part 1 by Search Engine Watch The prolific and always helpful Ron Jones steps through the basics of setting up a search marketing campaign, from sorting keywords into ad groups to identifying negative keywords to use. Is The Hype Over Google AdWords Quality Score Justified?

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Find the answers to these questions and others here in more of the best blog posts and articles on search engine optimization from the past year. B2B Marketers: Setting Expectations For Your SEO Campaign by Search Engine Land What’s the magic formula for SEO success?

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WebMarketCentral

AUGUST 24, 2009

Search engine rap (oxymoronic, but true). Search Engine Rap Battle Geeks + alcohol + rap = something you just have to see. Signs that you need a break from SEO. Poking fun at Web 2.0 naming conventions. Copywriting mistakes to avoid—and tips for writing better copy from a standup comedian. How not to use PowerPoint.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 20, 2009

Resources for starting a new business, ideas for naming that business, mistakes to avoid, lead generation strategies to embrace, how to apply some of Warren Buffet's wisdom to online marketing efforts.find all of that and more here in this final collection of the best posts on strategy and branding from the past year. What's in A Name?

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 28, 2009

How can the Google AdWords search-based keyword tool be used for competitive research? Measuring a Text Ad's Effectiveness by Search Engine Watch The always insightful David Szetela demonstrates the importance of grouping keywords properly before rushing to judgement on the quality of a text ad.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 26, 2009

How about tools for checking search engine rank, grading the SEO efforts on a website, developing an optimized keyword list, and link building? Brown , consultant and natural search marketing strategist for Netconcepts , reviews Link Counter , a simple tool to help evaluate links on any website.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

How does Google view search quality, from the inside? When, Why and How to Construct a Meta Description Tag by Search Engine Guide The ubiquitous Stoney deGeyter delves into the details behind the meta description tag, demonstrating how its value lies more in generating higher click-through rates than purely SEO.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 2, 2009

Local Search Ranking Presentation - SMX LoMo 2008 by Website Promotion Is Not Voodoo Will Scott , president of Search Influence, shares his presentation from the San Francisco for SMX Local Mobile event. His deck actually covers the organic search marketinging basics—keywords, content and links.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 10, 2009

If your company is thinking about hiring an outside firm for search engine optimization (SEO), please read this post. Search optimizing your website has become an essential part of doing business. And most of those searchers will click on at least one of the top organic search results.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 23, 2009

Ten Copywriting Tips for B2B SEO by Search Engine Land Galen DeYoung offers tips for meeting the unique challenges faced by B2B copywriters, such as watch the lingo, don't be afraid of long copy, and use image "captions as another opportunity to sell to the prospect and another opportunity to influence search results."

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The importance of search engine optimization—helping websites stand out in an increasingly cluttered online world amid rapid growth in global search volume —combined with the fact that search is one of the few growing areas in an otherwise brutal economy has led to an influx of new providers in the space. Guarantees.

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Writing from the fall 2008 SMX East conference, Virginia Nussey relays the advice of several search experts—including Christine Churchill , Ariel Bardin and Marty Weintraub —on the next steps to take beyond basic keyword research. Advanced Keyword Research Tactics by Bruce Clay, Inc.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 30, 2008

5 Rules of Social Media Optimization (SMO) by Buzz Marketing for Technology Ãœber-blogger and podcaster Paul Dunay provides five unconventional tactics for improving search engine rank, such as adding social bookmark site buttons to web pages, making content portable (e.g. The Alternative Search Engine of the Year, 2007!

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 6, 2009

5 More Business Social Media Sites You May Not Know About by The Caffeinated Blog In this follow-up to her original post on 5 Business Social Media Sites You May Not Know About , Kari Rippetoe reviews five more business-oriented social media sites including wiki site Smallbusiness.com and local business site Briz.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

How can small businesses cost-effectively add sophisticated capabilities like custom search and social networking features to their sites? Top 10 Reasons A Website Fails To Perform by Internet Search Engine Database You spend significant time, effort and money on a website redesign, and then get lackluster results.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 6, 2009

25 Design Best Practices for Your Small Business Web Site by Search Engine Watch Carrie Hill provides a helpful list of website design tips such as installing analytics software right away, using at least 250 words per page whenever possible, keeping contact forms simple, and using H1-6 tags, bold text and text links strategically for SEO.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Mixxr This is a cool alternative search engine that lets you search Google, Yahoo, Bing and Twitter simultaneously. Great for viewing the differences between "traditional" and real-time search results. Their suite of apps ranges from simple branded buttons to social commerce tools, advertising and social rewards programs.

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WebMarketCentral

JULY 6, 2009

They not only provided practical, helpful information for SEO's trying to optimize for dominant search engine but legitimized the entire practice as well. Redirects for SEOs by Search Engine People Shannon Hutcheson does an excellent job of dissecting why redirects are important and the relative value of different types of redirects.

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WebMarketCentral

MARCH 19, 2009

11 Top WordPress Plugins Every Blog Should Have by Yoast tweaking websites Internet strategist Joost de Valk details some of his favorite plugins for functions like feed management ( FeedBurner ), rearranging pages ( pageMash ) and internal search ( Search Excerpt ). Tags: Blogging for Business.

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WebMarketCentral

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

How can you maximize the business value of tools like LinkedIn and Twitter? He also quotes a HubSpot study finding that three-quarters of bloggers in small to midsize companies say that " their company blogs were 'useful,' 'important,' or 'critical' to their business." But which social media tool do marketers find most valuable?

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Domains for SEO and Reputation Management by Search Engine Journal Loren Baker describes how to use a.tv More Search = More Customers. More customers = More business. Get the answers to these questions and others here in the final set of the best posts on social media marketing from last year. Take Advantage of.TV

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WebMarketCentral

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Before embarking on a serious search engine marketing (SEM) program, it's critical that your website is designed to take full advantage of the increased traffic. 12 Website Design Decisions Your Business or Organization Will Need to Make (PDF) by Ralph F.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Search Engine Performance Report: ROI up 13% in Q4 07, 97% of Additional Spend Goes to Google by Efficient Frontier It's hardly a shock that Google dominates search marketing budgets, but it is somewhat surprising, as this post reports, that the 800-pound gorilla continues to grow at the expense of competitors with higher ROI increases.

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WebMarketCentral

MAY 4, 2009

Building Relationships is More Important Than Building Links Alone by Search Engine Journal Blog links have become a valued commodity in the PR world, so much so that popular bloggers receive a constant stream of pitches by email. SEO social media interactive PR? SEO social media interactive PR? tags: PR 2.0

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 7, 2009

by Search Engine Journal The ubiquitous Ann Smarty explores the relative SEO value of.com top level domains (TLDs) vs.net,edu,org etc. How to Fix the Bloated Code that is Jacking Up Your SEO by Search Engine Guide First off, you gotta love that title. Not her best stuff perhaps, but still interesting.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

But what separates SMO from SEO is that search engine optimization is about owning a top spot in the search engines for your website on a specific term, while social media optimization is about owning the entire first page of the search engines for multiple sites that point back to you for a specific term.

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WebMarketCentral

JANUARY 23, 2009

In Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets , he gives away all the secrets of creating a website and search marketing program that effectively sells products and services. King's book makes it possible for any business to improve its online performance. Or at least almost any business.

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WebMarketCentral

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Government, enterprise, it was all business to me. Same product as before, only they'd made a few tweaks to optimize it for business use. Sure, the CTRs were decent, but the conversion rate was uglier than the business end of a sharpee. Sugar explained the plan. Sweet new white paper to go along with it as well. Not in the city.

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WebMarketCentral

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Use social media to enhance your SEO efforts and build your business? How 30 minutes a day can result in 250 inbound links by Search Engine Marketing Exposed Anthony Kirlew , a.k.a. The Office', 'CSI', and 'Ugly Betty' get it by CNET News Search marketing strategist Brian R. Listening and sincerity are high on her list.

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