by Miriam Ellis I understood from day one that getting into website design and SEO meant that my job description would necessarily include acting as a sort of liaison between small business owners and the sometimes bewildering world of Google.

by Charles Lumpkin You're targeting the right keywords. You've got links pointing back to your site. All the SEO basics seem to be covered. Now what? How do you get that extra bit of traffic?

by Jeff Howard Dear Santa, I've worked hard this year, I served my clients with dedication, and provided value to every organization I've touched. However, I still need better tools to help justify SEO practices. Please have your best elf

by Manoj Jasra Last week I caught up with Stephen Woessner, the author of . In his book, Stephen outlines a 15-step process to help improve the performance of your website in organic search. In our chat, Stephen gave me

by Stoney deGeyter Ever see one of those movies where some secret government agency has a super high-tech office in an old, dilapidated building in some rundown part of town? The camera starts on the outside, looking over a ghetto

by Charles Lumpkin In this episode, Charles Lumpkin, talks about the importance of having not just one, but two sitemaps.

by Jennifer Laycock Earlier this week I made a post about why companies need to add a to their 2010 marketing plans. The first reason on my list was the ability social media gives a company to listen to their

by Mike Moran I realize that to some, this is a dumb question. I mean, if you have a Web site, why would you NOT optimize it for search? Organic search is the cheapest way to bring people to your

by Stoney deGeyter Over the past few months I've been working on a personal hobby site. I have to say, it's been a lot of work. It's been a while since I've built a new site, I've spent most of

by Jennifer Laycock As a small business social media strategist, I'm very happy to see so many companies finally beginning to recognize the need to invest some of the marketing dollars into social media. I'm ever more happy to see

by Sage Lewis I always believed that Pizzeria Uno was the best pizza. But I wasn't positive until I got confirmation from the people in my social media class. They all confirmed to me that it was indeed the best

by Eric Brown It seems a lot of small and midsized businesses are starting tointroduce social media into their marketing arsenal. Perhaps it isbecause of budget restrictions or they just want some of the profoundbuzz surrounding the social media craze.But

by Charles Lumpkin In this video, Charles Lumpkin shares an easy and practical way to get links from valuable .edu domains.

by Sage Lewis I have this theory that at every Search Engine Strategies conference there is a particular theme. I often times have a feeling for what I think the theme will be early in the week. I didn't really

by Miriam Ellis Talk about Happy Holidays and the spirit of giving! Mike Blumenthal has just the very first we've ever seen. This is the gift Local SEOs and local-focused business owners have been waiting for and it vastly simplifies

by Christian Arno The case for SEO is quite a simple one really. If a business ranks highly on Google for its industry's most popular key search terms, then they are far more likely to succeed than if they have

by Mike Moran Image via Trust me. I know the right way to do organic search marketing. I know that you start with metrics. I know that you must measure the traffic that comes to the site and see how

by Jeff Howard These eight case studies with stats to back them up help reaffirm confidence that local search is a viable option for many types of businesses. Learn how a Horse Stable, Jeweler, Nursery School, Local Bank, Car Wash,

by Manoj Jasra I wrote a post titled: "Yahoo, Where is the Love?" which questioned whether or not Yahoo had issues with ranking Blogspot blogs strongly in its index. In 2007 we noticed that for the majority of our top

by Ross Dunn Over the past 12 years consulting on web marketing I have answered countless questions but one question I receive often stands out from all; how to remove a Google penalty. The following is an example of a