Bill Hartzer

Joomla! Surpasses 15 Million Downloads

Open Source Matters, Inc. (OSM), the not-for-profit organization that supports the Joomla! Project, today announced that Joomla!, the industry’s leading open source content management system (CMS), has been downloaded more than 15 million times from JoomlaCode. In addition, the Community Oversight Committee has elected several new board members including Steve ...

Where to Get Ideas for Website Content

I colleague of mine recently wrote a great blog post about website content and how it relates to search engine optimization. It's all about a developing a content strategy whereas great content is added to your website on a regular basis, showing the search engines (and those who are reading ...

Search Engine Optimization Training Now in Washington DC

Search Engine Academy - DC, the first search engine optimization (SEO) training school in the Washington Metro area, has begun enrolling students in its upcoming certification courses. Classes are designed for people with little or no previous experience in SEO and for current search engine optimizers seeking the most current ...

Top 10 Questions of 2009

In a troubled economy there are so many questions people ask on a daily basis. How am I going to pay my bills? When will I find a new job? Are you really not allowed to wear white after Labor Day (wouldn't want to blow an interview due to a ...

2nd Annual Biggest Search Geek Contest

Considering the fact that there are so many contests available today (like the unusual contest for blowing water out from a teapot), it does not come as a surprise to find out there is a contest to see who is the biggest geek in the world of search engine marketing. ...

How I Met a Celebrity by Using Craigslist

Over this past weekend, my wife and I had the pleasure of a brief third visit from a real, honest-to-goodness, "household name" celebrity. This time, it was this celebrity's husband visiting our home. And to think, it all started with a simple Craiglist ad, one that I placed on the ...

FTC Says Bloggers Must Disclose or Face Stiff Penalties

In what I believe is a surprising decision, the Federal Trade Commission decided that they will require bloggers to "clearly disclose any freebies or payments" they get from companies for reviewing their products. This is the first time since 1980 that the Federal Trade Commission has revised its guidelines on ...

Why I Do Not Use Yahoo Search

First off, let me explain that I have always been a fan of Yahoo!. I mean, ever since I first heard the Yahoo! Yodel, I was hooked. I know that Yahoo! Search has always had their quirks and they recently have stated that they've not really been a "search destination", ...

KeywordSmash Free Keyword Research Tool Launched

As a blogger, online marketer, writer, and a shameless self-promoter, I am always on the hunt for content and ideas for creating online content. I totally agree with whoever coined the phrase, "content is king". I have to admit that sometimes I get writer's block or, as I like to ...

How to Promote the Perfect Blog Post

As you might recall, a while back I told you how to write the perfect blog post. Now that you've written the blog post and you posted it on your blog (which, I hope, is using the perfect Wordpress theme, it is very important that you promote your blog post. ...

March 10th 2010
Tags: Search Engine Marketing No Comments

Search Engine Optimization: Is Social Sharing the Next Link Building?

I just finished reading an interesting TechCrunch article about how Google has upgrade Google Reader, making it more visual. What's interesting to me, as a search engine optimization expert and online marketer, is not the fact that Google has upgrade Google Reader. It is, after all, pretty cool stuff. No ...
March 10th 2010
Tags: Internet Usage No Comments

comScore February 2010 Search Engine Rankings

Every month about this time comScore releases the search engine rankings data, and I report it here. These are not the actual search engine rankings that you see when you search at a search engine, which are constantly changing. comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) , a leader in measuring the digital world, ...
March 9th 2010
Tags: Search Engines No Comments

CheapTweet Upgrades Its Social Deals Search Engine

CheapTweet.com, a major Twitter-based social deals search engine site, has launched CheapTweet Version 2, in celebration of indexing over 5 million deals online to offer users an better social shopping experience. CheapTweet's 2.0 rollout adds upgrades to its core search engine, voting mechanism, and a new look and feature called ...

Search Engine Optimization and Network Marketing: How to Get More Leads

I had an interesting conversation over the weekend with Marvin, who called me to discuss Network Marketing. Somehow we had become connected through Facebook or another social networking website and he thought that since we were tagged as being friends online he believed that that gave him permission to call ...

Search Engine Optimization: Why a Blog is Important

When talking to business owners about marketing their businesses on the internet, I often get asked about why I always recommend that their online marketing strategy, their search engine optimization efforts, include a blog. There are several reasons why I recommend adding a blog, and I would equate the importance ...

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