by David Bruce Jr on 2011/08/23
Reading time: 5 – 8 minutes Google’s Panda Update Redefining What A Backlink Means. Backlinks or Signals? Google will move from inbound link influence to individual influence: Source 13 Prophecies of Internet Marketing ” Page Rank will be replaced by Trust Rank or people’s vote, not link’s vote. Their move to prioritize blogs over commercial [...]
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Backlinks,
local seo,
Page Rank,
panda update,
Social Media Marketing,
social signals,
trustrank
by David Bruce Jr on 2011/07/31
Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes Web Designers basically tell business owners what to do. The business owner usually has no clue as to what should and shouldn’t be on a company website. The contact us page on a company website *SHOULD* have a real email address listed, a clickable one. Sadly, many web designers [...]
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LinkedIn profile,
Social Media Marketing,
web design frederick md
by David Bruce Jr on 2011/07/31
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Why do some websites stay on the first page of Google search results for what seems an eternity? Much has been written on the subject of Google Page Rank, the patented algorithm Google uses, in part, to determine what sites should rank high and what sites should rank lower. [...]
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Google algorithm,
google page rank,
local google advertsing
by David Bruce Jr on 2011/07/27
Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Google publicly stated that they do in fact use what they call Social Signals to help determine a websites ranking in Google in December 2010 … remember this is “old information”, 6 months is an eon in “internet marketing time” Real Time Search Google has played with real time [...]
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local google advertising,
local seo,
Social Media Marketing
by David Bruce Jr on 2011/06/25
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes The social part of social media marketing means… you’ve got to be responding to inbound messages, and to do that you’ve got to be listening. If all of your companies social media messages are OUTBOUND and you’re not actively pursuing inbound messages Facebook is blocking your outbound marketing messages. [...]
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local google advertising,
Search Engine Marketing,
Social Media Marketing
by David Bruce Jr on 2011/05/24
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes There is constant tension between a companies SEO department and it’s “graphics” department: a fist fight for who gets to edit “above the fold” IF.. if you concede to having a glitzy flash banner or some other subjective (albeit visually appealing) graphic… You’re company website or blog has just [...]
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business blogs,
business web design,
rss feed promotion,
Search Engine Marketing,
SEO