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OK, so who can answer this question…what search engine shows 11 sponsored results and only 4 organic results on the first page?? ? ? The answer is GOOGLE!!! These keywords are very expensive, so less organic results equals more clicks and more money in Google’s pockets. I do realize this could just be some testing Read more about 11 Ads vs. 4 Organic Results = ?[…]
Typically most SEO’s will begin with a new website by optimizing the home page because that is usually your best starting page in terms of current search engine visibility but many beginners neglect the power of inner page conversions. Inner pages can be so valuable because often the traffic that you send there is laser Read more about Inner Page Traffic is a Conversion Jackpot[…]
Sometimes I come across the most interesting pages. Things were so different a decade ago when I was first getting into online marketing. Something like this was a common sight *http://www.mvdn.com/exit.htm* (sorry, but please cut and paste, I don’t have the willpower to make this link live) and it actually worked!! I notice the page Read more about Super Spam from Another Decade[…]
It seems like Google is no longer happy with just pushing the organic listings down further on the page, they seem to have gotten rid of them all together. Many local searches are showing 7 Google Places listings and that is it! Actually many of my test searches have been getting an interesting page like Read more about Who Stole the Organic Listings?[…]
Does the text color of your link matter? According to a Google patent granted a little while back it just might! You can view the document yourself here. But let’s spend a little time with claim 18, The one or more server devices of claim 16, where the data associated with the features of the Read more about Purple is the New Black in Link Building[…]
Chitika advertising network published some analysis it did of click through percentages based on 8,253,240 impressions. “In order to find out the value of SEO, we looked at a sample of traffic coming into our advertising network from Google and broke it down by Google results placement. The top spot drove 34.35% of all traffic Read more about Click-Thru Percentage for SERP[…]
A friend of mine just emailed me some social circle results that came up when he was doing a search for Toronto SEO – while I think these are interesting I am worried that Google is going to make it very hard for new companies in any industry to breakthrough in the search results.
Everyone knows you can pay cash in the form of Google Adwords to show up above the regular organic results but how about showing up above them for free!! For the term ‘cool logos’ my site occupies the first two image spots, which show above the number one result!! The first one actually goes to Read more about Show Above the Number One Organic Result for FREE![…]
Speeding up websites is important — not just to site owners, but to all Internet users. Faster sites create happy users and we’ve seen in our internal studies that when a site responds slowly, visitors spend less time there. But faster sites don’t just improve user experience; recent data shows that improving site speed also Read more about Site Load Speed Effects Ranking it is Official![…]
One part of SEO that many people have trouble with, even professionals – is data-mining. I wrote a Google Knol titled : Website Analytic Tips for SEO a few months back and received good feedback on it. The truth is, that data-mining can be very time consuming and a bit boring but it is essential! Read more about Data-Mining for Profit[…]