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Will Scott Head Shots for SMX Local Search Ranking Tactics
I’d like a little help here please. Like my friend, Portland OR Web Designer, David Mihm I needed a head shot for SMX Local Mobile where I’ll be on a panel with a fine bunch of fellows on ranking factors for local search. I went to see one of our …
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Quick Followup to Yelp / Scream
I placed a comment on Greg Sterling’s writeup of the Yelp issue pointing him to my post. In a reply to my comment Greg Sterling says , and I totally agree: “There also need to be clear rules at these sites to that SMBs understand the “Hows†and the “Whys†…
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Yelp Makes Small Businesses Scream
I got this link by email from one of our clients (for Botox, San Francisco folks can’t go wrong with Dr. Roy Kim – yes, it’s a blatant link-drop) and it got me going on a pet peeve of mine: Small Business owners giving up control over their own online …
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Dress shabbily, they notice the dress. Dress impeccably, they notice the woman.
This came to mind while working with our designer on the redesign of the Search Influence web site. I thought it appropriate. Coco Chanel – from Quoteland.com
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7 Searches You Should Have Already Done with Gustav on His Way
So it looks like Hurricane Gustav is heading this way and it makes me think… What are the 7 searches we should have already done in preparation for Gustav? Is it too late to find a Hotel near Graceland? I’ve never been to Graceland and it’s on my list. Hurricanes …
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Reputation Management – DKI Gone Bad
So, I was reviewing my ranking for “Swine Insemination” on the heels of my last post and noticed the ad on the right, below: Dynamic Keyword Insertion is one of the ways Google tries to allow advertisers to make their ads more relevant to users searches. In this case it …
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Joycelyn Elders says it’s OK to Google Yourself
I want to apologize for any juvenile references to follow — my 40th birthday is ~ 6 weeks away and this may be part of my mid-life crisis. Or as my friend Michael, a New Orleans commercial insurance agent, says: “go Google yourself”! Surely you realize Dr. Elders didn’t really …
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Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide
I just saw this – I’m sure others have written about it since its publication but I must have missed it somehow. Finally, the document we’ve all been asking for! Google has released the official Google SEO Starter Guide. More to come when I have a chance to read it …
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David Mihm Rocks – WordPress Spam Injection Sucks
I happened to stop by Mihmorandum, the blog of Portland Oregon Website Designer David Mihm and David solved a problem I didn’t know I had. WordPress Spam Injection = Google Penalty for My Blog (But Not Website) I had been wondering for about two weeks why I was no longer …
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How to Outsource Your Brain for Fun AND Profit
This post is in response to a request for Business How Tos at Sparkplugging.com in response to the question “How can I increase the profitability of my business?” A little background Way back toward the end of my time punching someone else’s clock I had an idea for a service …
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