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Chart of the Week: Google Still Dominates

Chart of the Week: Google Still Dominates

Since launching Bing, Microsoft sites have seen a significant increase in search queries, but Google still controls nearly two-... 3 Comments | Read More »

Ecommerce Know-How: Optimizing Your Site for Microsoft Bing

Ecommerce Know-How: Optimizing Your Site for Microsoft Bing

The Microsoft, Yahoo! search deal announced in July still faces legal hurdles, but as more details have become available, it is... 5 Comments | Read More »

SEO: Search Engine Rankings Vary Among Searchers

SEO: Search Engine Rankings Vary Among Searchers

Rankings have long been a valued metric in search marketing. After all, it's easy to monitor and seems like a really important ... 2 Comments | Read More »

SEO Report Card: PhotoWeights.com

SEO Report Card: PhotoWeights.com

This month’s site up for review is PhotoWeights.com. Owned by Susan Eaton, PhotoWeights.com sells personalized, do-it-yourself ... 4 Comments | Read More »

Search-engine Success: Don’t Forget Description Tags

Search-engine Success: Don’t Forget Description Tags

The description tags in search engine snippets have improved in recent years. Years ago, many search results would include snip... 3 Comments | Read More »

Bloglist: Full Sail University's Jake Johnson

Bloglist: Full Sail University's Jake Johnson

Staying abreast of Internet marketing trends and information is no easy task. But following several leading blogs can help. "... 0 Comments | Read More »

Five SEO Mantras for Website Redesign

Five SEO Mantras for Website Redesign

I’m often asked to make search engine optimization recommendations during a site’s redesign process. From the clients' points o... 4 Comments | Read More »

Social Media Sites Are Also Search Engines

Social Media Sites Are Also Search Engines

Blended search results by the major search engines sometimes include postings to social media sites in search engine results. B... 0 Comments | Read More »

Ecommerce Know-How: Selecting a Search Engine Optimizer

Ecommerce Know-How: Selecting a Search Engine Optimizer

A steady flow of organic search engine traffic can be the difference between a successful ecommerce business and a failed one, ... 8 Comments | Read More »

Ecommerce Know-How: Adobe Flash vs. Search Engine Optimization

Ecommerce Know-How: Adobe Flash vs. Search Engine Optimization

New technology, user demand, and search-engine-optimized design are making it possible for search engines to index, rank and di... 10 Comments | Read More »

SEO Report Card: OnlyHangers.com Has a Good Home Page, Bad Product Pages

SEO Report Card: OnlyHangers.com Has a Good Home Page, Bad Product Pages

This month fortune smiles on OnlyHangers.com for a free site review. We received the request from the company's owner, Ron Maie... 3 Comments | Read More »

Measuring SEO Success: Challenging, but Necessary

Measuring SEO Success: Challenging, but Necessary

Measuring the increased traffic and sales from a search-engine-optimization initiative is among the most challenging issues sit... 3 Comments | Read More »

Blogging Builds Trust, Demonstrates Expertise

Blogging Builds Trust, Demonstrates Expertise

Blogging is extremely important to ecommerce businesses. It's one of the easiest ways to update the content on your website, an... 5 Comments | Read More »

SEO Report Card: SimpleFamilyLiving.com a

SEO Report Card: SimpleFamilyLiving.com a "Train Wreck"

This month's "SEO Report Card" victim, er, volunteer, SimpleFamilyLiving.com, is quite simply, an SEO train wreck. The mission ... 4 Comments | Read More »

SEO: Where Is Blended Search for Ecommerce Queries?

SEO: Where Is Blended Search for Ecommerce Queries?

When the concept of blended search was introduced, the search engine optimization (SEO) industry and ecommerce retailers got ve... 1 Comment | Read More »

Chart of the Week: Bing Boosts Microsoft's Search Share in First Week

Chart of the Week: Bing Boosts Microsoft's Search Share in First Week

Microsoft's fast, effective, and attractive new search engine, Bing, sent the company's searcher penetration and share of se... 4 Comments | Read More »

Wolfram|Alpha: A Search Engine Not Ready for eCommerce Merchants

Wolfram|Alpha: A Search Engine Not Ready for eCommerce Merchants

Wolfram|Alpha is a search engine that aims to deliver answers to factual queries. Many search-engine-optimization blogs have re... 1 Comment | Read More »

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SEO: "Speak" to the Search Engine Spiders

Search engines are like translators. With no more than a couple of words entered into the search box, they attempt to translate... 3 Comments | Read More »

Blended Search: Four Ways to Optimize Content for Better Search Rankings

Blended Search: Four Ways to Optimize Content for Better Search Rankings

Gone are the days when a search is performed and only a list of pertinent websites appears in the search engine results page. I... 2 Comments | Read More »

PeC Traffic Report: Does Google's

PeC Traffic Report: Does Google's "Vince Update" Favor Big Brands?

A recent change to the Google algorithm apparently favors established, well-known brands in some categories, potentially making... 2 Comments | Read More »

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