If you’re blogging for business, you need to set some success metrics. Most business bloggers will measure visits and feed subscribers but are these the right metrics for your blog?
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Are You Tracking the Wrong Stats on Your Business Blog?
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://www.convinceandconvert.com 4958 days ago
NoFollow vs DoFollow Blogs and Your SEO
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://www.sitestreamseo.com 4960 days ago
A recent discussion and a post shared on Bizsugar brought up the issue of increasing blog comments by creating a DoFollow blog. Prompted by that discussion, this article considers nofollow use on blogs. Is DoFollow really the way you want to go to increase blog comments? and what issues should you be aware of surrounding rel=nofollow and comments
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Know Your Goals – 12 Post SEO Guide #2
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://www.sitestreamseo.com 4965 days ago
Before you start on the SEO for your site, it is important that you know your goals. What metrics you monitor, what kind of content you write, what keywords you target. All of these and more will vary depending on the goals you have for your website and your campaign. Part 2 of our 12 Post SEO Guide
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Why Your Web Developer and SEO Keep Asking You For Content
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://seoaware.com 4972 days ago
Made Hot by: Small Business Manifesto on August 18, 2010 7:10 pm
Are you irritated that your web developer and SEO keep asking you for content? Want to know why? You can feel the frustration dripping through in this post (which makes it a little funny) but if you are planning a website project or looking to improve your site, this piece of perspective could be really useful to yo
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Small Business and Search: Where's the Return?
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://searchenginewatch.com 4979 days ago
Made Hot by: lyceum on August 12, 2010 2:47 pm
Can marketing via search work for my small business? This article opens a very important discussion and considers the cost and rewards of search marketing (PPC or SEO) from a small business perspective
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Selling Clients on Content - Search Engine Watch (SEW)
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://searchenginewatch.com 4986 days ago
Made Hot by: benmaxmime on August 11, 2010 5:42 am
Creating great, linkable content has real rewards (namely: traffic, authority, a competitive edge, and increased ROI). Don't believe me? Read this and see what you think
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Your Online Marketing Strategy – Naive or Mature?
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://www.sitestreamseo.com 4991 days ago
Made Hot by: BusinessBloggerPro on August 1, 2010 7:20 pm
Two days ago, Bizsugar led me to a really good post- "How to Find Thousands More Prospects for Your Business" and a couple of questions. What happens to the 95% of your visitors that don't convert? How can figuring it out help us develop a mature online marketing strategy
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Didn’t My Web Designer “SEO” my Site?
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://www.sitestreamseo.com 4998 days ago
Made Hot by: maplesummit on July 26, 2010 4:11 pm
Simple answer: No. Your web designer didn't SEO your website. If you are asking this very reasonable question, your search engine rankings probably aren't where you expected. Mostly you'll be in one of these situations
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5 Signs Your Web Designer Knows Nothing About SEO
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://www.lunametrics.com 5000 days ago
Made Hot by: yoni67 on July 21, 2010 7:15 pm
This is a bit of a rant and it is funny but there is a serious point. Every web designer out there seems to claim to do SEO these days. We all come across companies daily who thought their designer was going to "SEO" their site. Can you spot an SEO in that crowd? Do you know why you might need to
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Real Time SEO: Monitor Your Brand & Build Links Simultaneously
Posted by alastair under Online MarketingFrom http://www.seo.com 5000 days ago
In our day and age, nothing is becoming more important than monitoring your brand name. What if you could use the time spent monitoring toward your link building efforts as well? Here are some tools
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