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Free Content and Linkbuilding with Brad Callen’s SEOLinkVine

By |2016-10-23T17:21:51-05:00January 24th, 2012|Monetizing the Internet, Search Engine Optimization, Wordpress Tips|

Call us intrigued...We just signed up for Brad Callen's SEOLinkVine service. The service is about $70 a month and provides you the ability to receive free articles to load up your blogs with content - AND the ability to distribute articles for publishing throughout the SEOLinkVine blog network.  The concept is brilliant.  Hopefully, the execution [...]

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Measuring the Impact of SEOPressor for WordPress on Search Engine Rankings

By |2016-10-23T17:21:51-05:00January 24th, 2012|Search Engine Optimization, Wordpress Tips|

What is the impact of SEOPressor for Wordpress - the SEO plugin - on search engine rankings? We've been hearing about SEOPressor for Wordpress for quite a while now and today we finally took the plunge and decided to try it out. For under a hundred bucks (for developers), it seemed worth the gamble. Most [...]

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The Danny Venz State Farm Insurance Ripoff Report Story

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00January 22nd, 2012|Reputation Management|

The Unfortunate Adventure of Danny Venz and Efforts to Effectively Manage Online Reputation Not long ago we wrote an article about Reputation Management and Managing Online Reviews. In the post we gave some tips on how best to put your best foot forward and insulate yourself from bad reviews.  But one thing was missing... What [...]

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Google Protests SOPA and Internet Censorship (Screenshot)

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00January 17th, 2012|Editorial|

Google joins Wikipedia and others in Jan. 18th protest of SOPA and Internet Censorship.  With the volume of users that hit Google, I bet Jon Huntsman wishing he could change the homepage for 5 minutes. Learn more about Google's stance Screenshot of Google.com on January 17th @ 11:10 pm CST

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Top 10 WordPress Plugins For Website Designers

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00January 17th, 2012|Wordpress Tips|

Stand next to water cooler at a meeting of web designers and inevitably the topic of favorite Wordpress plugins comes up.  It is not unlike a first meeting of two iPhone users...What apps have ya got? So without further ado...here is my Top 10 Favorite Wordpress Plugins for Website Designers (The Wordpress plugins for website [...]

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Link Building Beta Test

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00August 23rd, 2011|Search Engine Optimization|

Most of you probably didn't notice, but we have started running a beta test of a free link building system.  We're not terribly optimistic, but the test is in direct response to a client inquiry.  Since we didn't have a suitable answer to the validity of the system, we thought we'd try it out so [...]

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Post Free Classified Ads for Your Local Products and Services

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00July 29th, 2011|Local SEO|

From time to time we're asked about the value of posting to various free local classified ads as part of an SEO strategy.  Like anything else, if you're in a small market or a niche market with little competition, classified ads - done properly - can impact search engine results. However, since the Google Panda [...]

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Google Places Changes | Third-Party Reviews and Citations Nixed

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00July 28th, 2011|Google Places|

On July 21, 2011 Google announced significant changes to the look of Google Places.  At first glance, the changes appear to be devastating to local search professionals who make a living in the arena...but not so fast. What Has Changed in Google Places? The most obvious change is that third-party reviews are no longer shown [...]

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How-To: Disable Purchasing in WP-ecommerce

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00June 1st, 2011|Wordpress Tips|

Literally the gold standard for e-Commerce on the Wordpress platform is the WP-eCommerce plugin by GetShopped.org.  The plugin, including optional upgrades, is an incredibly powerful tool that is simple to use and quick to implement.  However, some aspects of the interface are less than intuitive - including how to temporaily turn off purchasing without disabling the [...]

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Shop local…The Small Business Owner Next Door Appreciates You

By |2016-10-23T17:21:52-05:00May 27th, 2011|Editorial|

Shopping local is about far more than politics, patriotism and rhetoric.  There are true benefits to driving passed Wal-Mart to a locally owned business.  These should be obvious to most of us, but in case they're not I'd like to share the mission statement for The 3/50 Project (they've summed it up far better than [...]

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