Search engine optimization (SEO) requires time and money. Are you putting your efforts into the right places? This column will examine tactics for improving the effectiveness of SEO initiatives, such as Web site structure, link building, and social media marketing, as well as business issues such as selection of an SEO provider, managing your reputation management, and the process that goes into a proper SEO initiative. This column will ultimately help you to determine where you may want to spend your time and/or money so that you are successful in gaining traction in this very dynamic medium.
Feb 22, 2012 - If you want to use Google to determine searcher intent, you need to disregard your own common sense and be willing to accept that your intuition could be wrong. Comments
Feb 15, 2012 - Incremental gains in SEO get harder to achieve, but not impossible. Here's how to overcome obstacles. Comments
Feb 8, 2012 - Give visitors all over the world a passport directly into your content with these five tactics that can and should be applied to any multinational website. Comments
Jan 25, 2012 - Should marketers prepare for the day when they will not be able to obtain keyword data from web analytics packages? Comments
Jan 13, 2012 - Some contend the move puts Google+ on par with Facebook. Comments
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Jan 11, 2012 - A look at the key benefits of HTML5 and what types of sites can gain the most from it. Comments
Dec 19, 2011 - Up to 50 managers for a page will be permitted. Comments
Dec 14, 2011 - A look at the major differences in the new enhanced Twitter profile pages. Comments
Nov 30, 2011 - What can we learn from black hat SEO forums? Comments
Nov 16, 2011 - Three unique elements that you should consider before writing Google+ brand pages off. Comments
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Nov 2, 2011 - Even when following all the rules, site traffic and revenues can suffer. What's an SEO to do? Comments
Oct 19, 2011 - How will Siri, and voice-based search in general, change how people search from their mobile devices? Comments
Oct 6, 2011 - Four opportunities for controlling your own domain zone that can enhance your ability to take advantage of well-known SEO techniques. Comments
Oct 5, 2011 - The winners and losers from the updates and what they can tell us. Comments
Sep 28, 2011 - Google is in the business of using all available information to offer the most accurate relevancy possible in its results. Comments
Sep 21, 2011 - Netflix is a great example to look at two major SEO considerations of rebranding: migrating to a new domain and acquiring social media profiles. Comments
Sep 7, 2011 - How long does it take Google to detect change? A five-week SEO journal. Comments
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Implications of new top level domains for natural search and SEO.
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Aug 24, 2011 - The SEO implications to consider with Google's 12-pack sitelinks experiment. Comments
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