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Is the Facebook Login the Future of Personalization?

February 17, 2012

I recently wrote a post on the Facebook login widget that Facebook offers to websites. This tool is incredible. Add this to your website and people will be able to login using their Facebook login information. When they login Facebook will then push you all of that persons data! You can do whatever you want [...]

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Webinar: How to Own your Local Search Space

January 25, 2012

Today, Brad Lipshultz COO at SEO Inc. and I did a webinar for the Global Workspace Association. During the webinar we covered search engine optimization, local search engine optimization, pay per click and social media. Overall, it went very well and we were happy to have the opportunity to speak to such a great group. [...]

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Google +1s Helping YouTube Video Optimization

January 23, 2012

Recently it became clear that Google +1s are helping YouTube video optimization. This is a huge deal. Google is making a massive push with Google + Your World and this is a new and important element of the puzzle.
I actually think it is very cool, much better than using simple backlinks with anchor text [...]

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Huge Google Updates Make site More Social

January 11, 2012

The recent update to Google has changed the name of the search engine optimization game. I mean really, it has implications for online reputation management, social media marketing, SEO, etc. I recently wrote about the effects it will have on online reputation management on search engine land. Basically, you can use Google + business [...]

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Google Freshness Update Means BIG News for Publishers

November 3, 2011

Wow, I almost forgot that I have this website entirely. That being said, it doesn’t negate the BIG news Google released today regarding their latest update. People are calling it the Google Fresher Update as of now. Basically, Google is whiping out stale results for queries that demand fresher content. For example, say I search [...]

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Google + : Information you Should Know

July 13, 2011

Google + hit the Internet marketing community like a firestorm. People do not know what to make of it. Should they sign up, should they ignore it? In a recent post I strongly disagree with the latter approach. Google is making the Google + project a centerpiece of their product offerings. Furthermore, over 10 million [...]

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Google Shows Twitter Results in Search

February 28, 2011

I just wrote a new post for SEO Inc. on the new integration of social media shares in Google results. Here is an excerpt.
Tweets just became more important to lead generation and conversions! Yep, I said it. Now let me tell you why.
Google is now intermixing social media share data with search results. This change [...]

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Social Media Sites you Should Know

February 15, 2011

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of social media sites out there in the world. Becasue of this, an Intern and I put together a list of 150 social media sites that are up and coming. This list categorizes the sites, so that you can find the social media website that works best to market your [...]

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Why Feedburner Could be Hurting your SEO Strategy

January 14, 2011

I wrote a post for Search Engine Land recently titled, “Why Feedburner is Killing your SEO Strategy.” The purpose of the post was to reveal RSS syndication link building techniques and ensure that when engaged in this people use best practices for Feedburner optimization. Feedburner does 301 redirect their URLs, which is nice, but you [...]

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A few SEO and Social Media Developments from 2010

January 6, 2011

This is the beginning of a post taken from the SEO Inc., SEO company blog. I helped our intern Milena come up with some ideas. But I thought she did an excellent job writing the post. Watch out people, those search engine optimization Interns are sharp!!
Top SEO and Social Media Developments of 2010
Google’s “Mayday” Update
Depending [...]

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