From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Company Facebook Pages, Why You Want One

20.09.2009 local google advertising

Why your company needs a company Facebook Page
David Bruce Jr of Frederick Web Promotions
When you mention Facebook and Advertising in the same sentence the assumption most people make is that the purpose is to advertise a companies wares to the millions of Facebook users. By itself, that’s a good idea, BUT…
There is another very good [...]

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Googlebot – 6 weeks to circle the globe

08.09.2009 Google ranking

It is said that it takes Googlebot roughly 6 weeks to circumnavigate the entire planets websites
…that’s one rotation.
Only Google knows for sure and they aren’t telling.
Then it collates what it sees
Well you can’t very well extrapolate from one set of data, you have to have something to compare that to in order [...]

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Blog Ping List Google Displays Outdated Data?

08.09.2009 Google Content

Blog Ping List,  Google that
Google returns Results 1 - 10 of about 4,900,000 for blog ping list. (0.17 seconds)

From Maryland Search Engine Optimization

For reasons unknown to me, the link in the #1 position contains outdated info.
For starters the first listing is gone, http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC, the second is no longer a ping list,  Feedster is gone… and this inaccurate list ranks #1 [...]

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Web Design is the least of your worries

08.09.2009 web design

”Do you do web design?”
My reply is common for most SEO agencies: “Not really, but I always seem to have to go behind you guys take the client out of the witness protection plan you all keep sending them to.”
Web Designers think they’re supposed to be writing to please humans.
Web Designers are Totally [...]

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Land a Better Job with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

07.09.2009 Social Media

Twitter Your Way to a Better Job
If you’re not using LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to advance your career, you’re losing out to competitors who are. Here’s how to take advantage of each service’s best features – and avoid their pitfalls.
Things you will need:
* An updated resume. Have this handy so you can transfer relevant information [...]

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Yellow Pages, who uses them?

06.09.2009 maryland search engine optimization

A serious case of pulp friction The phone books still pile up, but have they outlived their usefulness?

By Tania de Luzuriaga Globe Staff
Publication: The Boston Globe
Date: Tuesday, March 18 2008

They’re the original search engines, leftover from the days of rotary phones and answering machines.
Once valued reference books kept in a certain drawer or [...]

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Links Are Currency

05.09.2009 Backlinks

What is meant by Link Popularity, inbound links, incoming links, and/ or back links?
Quality Incoming Links:
I’ll explain:
How does Google decide who gets to be top dog and who is relegated to second fiddle?
Let’s say we have two almost identical websites: Coke and Pepsi
not much to differentiate the two
both have the same traffic
both have the same [...]

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Our Growing Client List

04.09.2009 Frederick Internet Advertising

Corpus Christi Divorce Attorney Kelly Koch
Frederick Maryland General Contractors BT Martin Contractors
Maryland Air Duct Cleaning
Frederick Maryland Eye Exams
Maryland Dryer Vent Cleaning
Commercial Cleaning in Maryland
Packaged Ice in North Carolina
Frederick Furniture Upholstery by Ron’s Upholstery
North Carolina Hunting Videography
Maryland Restaurant Equipment from Gilbert’s Restaurant Equipment
Auto Upholstery by Joe’s Upholstery Shop
A Mission of Mercy- free mobile health [...]

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Getting In Trouble With Google, Did You Loose Your Top Ranking?

04.09.2009 Google ranking

When your site ranks pretty good and out of the blue it slips in Google ranking, the first thing that comes to mind is: Did Google Penalized Me?
In Search Engine Optimization parlance there is an urban legend called the “Google Sandbox”
The “Sandbox” is a term to indicate that you got caught doing something Google Disapproves of. [...]

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Company Facebook Page Ghost Written

03.09.2009 Company Facebook Pages

Company Facebook Pages?
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ve heard (and heard, and heard) about the ever rising popularity of Facebook. Most of you have a personal Facebook page and found it simpler and easier to navigate than say, a MySpace page. Either you own a company or you work for a company, either [...]

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