SEO Mistake – Getting Spammed By SEO Companies

Online Marketing SEO HoustonYou’ve been told you need to be concerned about SEO (search engine optimization) but weaving your way through the labyrinth of conflicting search engine optimization information can be confusing and frustrating, no matter how much experience you have. So when you suddenly receive an email in your inbox promising guaranteed results… you’re tempted.

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SEO Tips for On-Site Optimization

I ran across a good article by Kevin Gibbons listing 21 On-Site SEO Tips that can serve as a checklist for checking your blog or website for proper search engine optimization. Although, a simple blog post can never do justice to the detailed subject of SEO, a checklist can serve a good reminder of subjects you have already studied in depth.


This checklist covers such topics as Title tags, Meta description tags, Headings, Internal linking, Keyword usage, Keyword density and Images. In terms of SEO, On-Site is just one of four areas that need attention. The other three include technical issues such as fixing broken links and proper indexing protocols, On-Page SEO such as the titles of the pages and posts and duplicate content, and External Linking or having your key pages linked to on other authority websites.


Browse to http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2009/11/10-seo-copywriting-tips-beginners-guide.html for the complete story.

SEO Mistakes — 3 Reasons Why You Will Not Be on the First Page of Google

For any keyword or phrase, there are 10 non-paid spots on the first page of Google and competition for those spots is fierce. If you do not have an SEO (search engine optimization) strategy, you only have two chances of your website being in one (or more) of those top spots–slim and none.

Here are 3 reasons why you will not get on the first page:

  1. You have not put out the welcome mat to Google. You are virtually anonymous and make it difficult for Google’s spider robot to figure out what your site is all about and who you are. If you do not provide some sign posts, it is like going into a multi-story office building to find who the tenants are without a directory and without signs on the doors.

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Google & Bing Include Tweets in Search

This past week both Bing (Microsoft) and Google announced that they have partnered with Twitter to provide search results of the millions of tweets posted on Twitter. Bing has a beta where you can see trending topics as well as search keywords. Google in typical fashion posted a short announcement with few details.

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Is Social Media Killing Print Magazines

Found this interesting post at Creative Cloud:
Proof That Social Media is Killing Print Magazines
Infographic by CartridgeSAVE.co.uk