Come join us at WordCamp Birmingham
WordCamp Birmingham is coming up in a few weeks (August 16) and we’re getting excited about it! Jenny Munn and myself will be leading a…
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How voice search is changing the keywords we use
Google has been around for 15 years, and while they are continually updating their algorithm we’ve been continually updating the way we search. A popular…
Google doesn’t change the rules for SEO
There are a lot of misconceptions in this world. Should you shake a Polaroid picture to make it develop more quickly? No. Is the “getting…
Google’s Panda 4.0 Review
On Tuesday, Matt Cutts, head of Google’s webspam team, announced via Twitter that Google was pushing out their updated Panda Algorithm, code-named Panda 4.0. Google is…
Four Key Strategies for a Successful Blog
1. Define your audience: You have to know who your customer is to reach them. If you’re throwing a open house for your new real estate…
How to get your WordPress website found on Google
Every business struggles at one point or another with how to be found by Google. Wading through the overwhelming amount of information online about marketing…
Meetup: Climbing to the top of Google in 2014 – WordPress plugins and best practices
Climbing to the of Google in 2014 from Mickey Mellen There is an old joke in the Property / Real Estate business: Question:…
Simple related posts with Jetpack 2.9
It was just a few weeks ago that we were telling you about Jetpack 2.8 and the excellent Markdown feature and now Jetpack 2.9 has…
Monetize Your Blog with AdSense
You started a blog and you have some great content but you’d really like to start making some money. A great place to start is using Google AdSense. It takes time to build AdSense revenue, but we have 5 tips to help you get started.
Who’s Winning the Big Game
At $4 million for a 30 second commercial, Super Bowl advertising is serious business. Advertisers want to make sure that they are getting the most…
Say NO to Guest Bloggers
Have you ever gotten an email from someone offering to write a guest post for your blog? I have. I felt so validated. “MY BLOG…
Black Hat vs. White Hat SEO
I read a great article at MarketingZen.com on white hat vs. black hat SEO. I wanted to share it. The infographic below shows a good…
Don’t just “flip the switch”
When we launch a new site, we often say we “flip the switch” to make it go live. This either means turning off the “coming…
The benefits of Google Authorship
Google Authorship is clearly something that will affect search results to a growing degree as time goes on, and we shared our thoughts on it…
What on earth is canonicalization?
Recently we were helping a client that had two domain names for their site. Google saw them both and indexed a few pages from each…
