Archive for the ‘Search Engine Optimization’ Category
The Basics of Writing Good Content for Your Site
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
A while ago I wrote that Seo Isn’t Magic but It’s Hard work. I too find that writing targeted content that potential clients will be searching for is hard work. Being a bit of a gear head I’m way more likely to be interested in expounding on technical topics that will interest others of my [...]
SEO, It’s Not Magic, and It’s Hard Work
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
During almost every website I build I get asked by my client’s what I’ll be doing to make sure their site ranks high for XXXXXX search term. Unfortunately this stems from the widely held belief that SEO is some sort of magic Voodoo that is done by the site code only. We can’t blame clients [...]
Don’t Force Your Website to Fail
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Most companies today realize they need a presence on the web. In most industries now if you don’t have a web presence of some sort you won’t have a business for long. I know one company that stocks lots of rare items for their brick and motar store because on the web it sells across [...]
Google Conversion Optimizer
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
I attended a webinar on Google Conversion Optimizerrecently and had to write a summary for work that I thought I would share with everyone. I don’t profess to be an expert (that’s why I went) so if there are things I am missing let me know. What is the Conversion Optimizer? At it’s core the [...]
Take your Website to the Dentist
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
This post was inspired by my recent dentist visit and the start of my silver grill as stated if you follow me on twitter. Having a long term website is a lot of work. You have to update the content, keep the Content Management System up to date so it’s not vulnerable to attack and [...]
What Services should a Web Designer Provide?
Monday, October 27th, 2008
It can be hard for small business owners to know exactly what services they should receive from a web designer. Of course they will design a site for you and publish it to the web but what exactly does that mean? Prep Work The first thing a good web designer should provide you with is [...]
Generating Links to your Site
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
One of the big things that you need to do to improve you search engine rankings is to generate links back to your blog. That’s easy to say but much harder to do so lets look at some ways to generate links back to your website. Have Something Worth Linking to Before you start working [...]
Search Engine Optimization for Small Business
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
I deal with many small business’ as a freelancer. One thing that they most often have in common is the knowledge that websites need some work to get good results in search engine rankings. What they often don’t know is the bit of work they can do to improve their search engine traffic. 1. Content [...]
