Good News from SEMPO Report

It seems SEO’s are fairing well these-days, even in a bad economic environment – salaries for SEM/SEO related positions were up in 2008 and that just shows that decision makers are continuing to see the relative value we bring to the table. 2009 yearly salaries for an individual contributor with 1-3 years relevant experience range Read more about Good News from SEMPO Report[…]

The Truth About In-House SEO – It is a ‘Secret Weapon’

Search engine optimization (SEO) has really taken corporate Canada by surprise or a better way of putting it would be bewilderment.   Most decision makers in this country know that SEO is important but are not sure exactly what it is and how it can ultimately effect the bottom line of their companies.  Because of this Read more about The Truth About In-House SEO – It is a ‘Secret Weapon’[…]

Google Throws Around $750 Million in Pocket Change

When a company is as rich as Google they don’t really have to worry about the competition, they just buy them up. Google has officially announced that it is taking mobile display advertising provider in exchange for $750 million. This deal helps create Google’s mobile ad platform as AdMob’s mobile display joins Google Mobile search Read more about Google Throws Around $750 Million in Pocket Change[…]

Google to Offer Free SEO?

There is a long standing rumor that Google wishes to ‘take over the world’ – now that might not be exactly true but they sure as heck got their fingers in a lot of different pies!  While the title is a bit ‘tongue-in-cheek’ at the moment, it might just be the future? While this post Read more about Google to Offer Free SEO?[…]

Google Finally Comments on Comment Spam

So Google finally stepped up to the plate with a post over at GoogleWebmasterCenteral on blog comment spam but the real question is did they give us good, useful information or just open up a Pandoras box of ways to ‘kill’ your competitors in the search rankings? FACT: Abusing comment fields of innocent sites is Read more about Google Finally Comments on Comment Spam[…]

Google Page Rank to go Poof!?

Many SEO’s and Google themselves have been preaching the relative un-importance of visual page rank for ages….now it appears Google is finally ready to put its words into action – they have removed Google page rank from being reported in Google Webmaster Tools and here is the official explanation: Susan Moskwa from the Google Webmaster Read more about Google Page Rank to go Poof!?[…]

SEO is Almost Dead…Just Barely Surviving…(cue the death rattle)!

For those of you new to the SEO world you can rest assured that if the sky has not fallen yet – it soon will, any second, maybe…this same drum has been beating for the past 5 years and every few months a new SEO Prophet has some newfangled reason for it to be the Read more about SEO is Almost Dead…Just Barely Surviving…(cue the death rattle)![…]

What is the SEO Buzz?

-We had a quick page rank update a couple of days ago and it pretty much surprised everyone. Even though page rank does not seem to mean a heck of a lot these days every update still seems to get the webmaster and SEO community up and jump’in! Personally I am wondering if my weird Read more about What is the SEO Buzz?[…]