tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302105592009-09-24T14:41:04.619-07:00Advice From The Austin SEO GuyBrandonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210559.post-40439190569614166952009-02-13T09:04:00.000-08:002009-02-13T09:17:20.799-08:00

Do you need to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to optimize your website properly? Of course not. The SEO companies who make their living from optimization would like you to think it's beyond your ability. But this is simply not the case.In truth, anyone with a basic ability to edit web pages can optimize a website for better search engine rankings. And that's the topic of a new article I've

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Link building is the act of acquiring links from other websites, with the end goal of boosting the search engine ranking of your own website. "Link popularity" refers to the number and quality of inbound links from other websites and blogs to your own site. This is one of things search engines use to evaluate websites (and rank them), so it's an important topic for most webmasters.But many people

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by Brandon CornettAre you a webmaster who is often asked to write content for the websites you manage? Maybe you're tasked to develop new content for the company where you work, or for your web design clients?If so, this article will help you overcome your fear of website content development and tackle the job head on. It will also help you increase the value you provide to clients or employers,

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From time to time, we use the SEO blog to either recommend certain services or to steer you away from them. Web directories often fall into this realm, and that's what I'm writing about today. Specifically, I'd like to share my experiences with the Clush directory and why I feel you should avoid using them at all costs.My problems can be summed up quite easily. The folks who own the Clush

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by Brandon CornettThe U.S. economy is in the worse shape it's been in for many years. Consumers are spending less, banks are lending less, and major financial institutions are falling down like dominoes.But as a business owner, you can't just throw in the towel. You have to push forward through these troubled times. At the same time, you have to be conservative. You need to find ways to bring in

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Are you looking for an SEO copywriting service to help improve your search engine visibility? If so, here are some of the criteria you should consider. Print this page and use it as a checklist when screening SEO copywriting providers.1. How long have you been writing for the web?If they say three years or more, keep them on your shortlist and move on to the next question. If they only have one

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by Brandon CornettThe websites that achieve the best search engine results (highest rankings, most traffic, etc.) typically have plenty of original content. The web content on these sites is usually focused around a certain topic or group of topics.This is the building block of search engine visibility. You must first identify relevant topics that people are researching online, the ones that

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This blog post marks the first in a series that will show you how to increase your online sales by converting website traffic.It seems everyone is talking about search engine optimization these days. At least in a lot of Internet marketing circles. It's SEO this and SEO that. Everyone is obsessed with search engine rankings and visibility.I get it. These things are important, and I've been known

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If you're a business owner, you've probably heard about blogs and blogging in some way. It seems everybody is talking about them these days.But many people are utterly confused by the topic, and therefore do not understand the benefits that blogging can offer. So in this article, I'll explain what blogging is and how you can benefit from it.Let's start with a quick definition. What is a blog?

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by Brandon CornettSo you've been researching ways to get more business from web, and you found out about something called search engine optimization consulting services. It's a mouthful, to be sure, but what does it mean? In this post, I'll explain SEO consulting services are, how they can help you, and how to choose a competent search engine optimization company.In order to understand what these

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by Brandon CornettCan your small business website compete with the "big dogs" online? Sure it can. That's the great thing about the Internet. Here's how to go about it... With the right approach, your small business can outperform larger competitors online. It's like the old tale of David versus Goliath. In this article, I'll explain how you can use the Internet as an equalizer.In the old tale of

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Article summary: What's the best way to learn website content writing or to hire a company who provides it? By taking some tips from a veteran website writer. Here come some now!The other day I did some highly advanced computations to determine how much website content writing I've done over the years. Okay, so I guessed. By my estimation, I have produced somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000

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Many webmasters come to the same stopping point along the path to website completion. They get the website designed, put it online, and then realize they lack content.Obviously, this will stop a website project in its tracks. You need quality content for your website in order to inform your audience, establish your brand, promote your products and services and more. Without content, a website is

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Article summary: An explanation of the main parts of an Internet web site marketing program and how they interact with one another.Any type of business can benefit from a strong web presence. That's where Internet marketing comes into the picture. By promoting your business online, you can reach a much larger audience than ever before, and with relative ease (compared to the pre-Internet days).

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Article Summary: A look into what makes a "professional" SEO consultant, as well as some of the things you should expect from such a professional.So you have a new website and you're ready for traffic and online success. You've done some research and discovered that search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the ways to get web traffic, so you are now searching for a professional SEO consultant

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Message on home page: "Our strategic website marketing services are designed to help you leverage your resources in a way that maximizes your response while ensuring optimum performance at all times." [Usually supported by a stock photo of chess pieces on a board]Jargon-free translation: "Our website marketing services are designed to work."If you've been operating a business website for any

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I see a lot of companies offering strategic Internet marketing services these days. And I know from my own keyword research that a lot of people are researching this subject online. But what makes and Internet marketing service "strategic" to begin with. Let's explore this further...A Strategic Approach to the WebIn my mind, anybody who launches an Internet marketing program without a solid

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In the Wizard of Oz, people were mystified and amazed by the powers of the wizard. But when they looked behind the curtain, they realized he was no wizard at all, and that his powers were all smoke and mirrors.Unfortunately, this concept is alive in well within the search engine marketing industry. Let me give you a real-life example of what some SEO companies will do to drum up business. Then,

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Recently, we were fortunate enough to have a Client Services Manager join our ranks. This "liberates" me to offer a broader range of services to clients. The latest addition is our web maintenance service for small business websites.In the past, we have only performed website maintenance tasks for our SEO clients, and only in conjunction with certain SEO tasks that made the maintenance necessary

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I am well aware that India has been undergoing an Internet boom in recent years. Being in the Internet marketing field myself, I can't help but notice such developments.As the owner of more than 35 websites, I get a ton of spam emails from SEO companies based in India, and they all seem to make bold promises about search engine rankings that I would never use to attract clients -- the kinds of

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I've recently begun to put my new book online and make it available to everyone ... for free. You can download the entire book in PDF format, or you can read it online. Actually, I'm still working through the online part. There are, after all, about 140 pages of content to format for web viewing!Check out the Table of Contents to see what's online already.I wanted to share with you a section I've

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We love our clients. We love them so much, in fact, that we are happy to give them the "shout out" here on our blog.And since we are an Austin-based company, we are especially pleased to feature a local client in today's blog post. M&M Super Moving is an Austin mover that serves the entire state of Texas. They can also help with interstate moves within the United States.I thought this would be a

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I recently finished a new tutorial on increasing website conversions and posted it to the articles section of the main website.In my line of work, I deal with a lot of different Austin businesses -- ranging from landscaping companies to mortgage companies, and everything in between. It seems to me the concept of website conversions is poorly understood by many Austin companies ... and even quite

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Nothing drives Internet search patterns like the media. And if you're smart about the content you publish on your website, you could capitalize on this fact in order to increase your website traffic.Here's a real estate example of what I'm talking about.If you've been watching the news at all over the last few weeks, you have no doubt heard all about the mortgage crisis in this country, that has

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Just a quick note to let you know that I've recently launched a business directory for companies in Cedar Park, Texas. It's called Cedar Park Today and it gives businesses in that city another way to promote themselves online.I know most of my clients serve the Cedar Park area (as well as Austin and elsewhere). If this is true for your company, then you may wish to list yourself in this new

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