It’s the day before Thanksgiving, November 27, 2013, and that’s got me thinking: as an SEO in 2013, what should we be thankful for? Well, I have come up with a list of things that every SEO should be thankful for this year. Certainly, these aren’t in any order of importance. They’re just things that I really think we, as SEOs in 2013, should be thankful for. Some are on my list “just because”, some are a complete joke (ha, ha), and others truly help me get my job done. If you’d like to add anything to the list, feel free to comment. [Read more…]
Now Accepting Bitcoin as Payment for SEO Services
Starting today, I am going to go out on a limb (well, not exactly) to offer Bitcoin as payment for search engine optimization services. Starting on November 24, 2013, I am now offering one of my most sought-after services, an Search Engine Optimization Audit of a website (under 50 pages) for 1 bitcoin (which, at the current exchange rate, is equal to about $824 US Dollars. You can find out the latest exchange rate here. [Read more…]
It is Time to Re-Evaluate Meta Description Tags
Here we go again. It looks like it’s time to re-evaluate meta description tags, another standard web element that has been around ever since the beginning of the internet (or it seems that way). Of course we know that the meta keywords tag became useless about 10 years ago, when website owners were obviously keyword stuffing the meta keywords tag with all sorts of keywords. It was obvious to everyone, or obvious to most, that we don’t really need the meta keywords tag. But now the meta description tag? Really? [Read more…]
Behr Paint Now Offering SEO and Search Engine Marketing Services
Wow, that’s one headline that I thought I would NEVER write. But, apparently Behr Paint (Behr Process Corporation) is now offering search engine optimization and search engine marketing services to registered BehrPro professionals. Local businesses can now get their paint and their search engine optimization and search engine marketing services from the same company. [Read more…]
Google Penguin Recovery: Did Your Site Suffer from the Google Penguin Algorithm Update?
How can you tell whether or not your website has suffered a traffic loss or some sort of penalty as a result of the Google Penguin updates? And if your website actually did suffer a traffic loss, you actually might not know it: especially if you are looking at your Google Analytics. Recently, I took a look at a site’s Google Analytics to see if the site suffered from Google Panda, Google Penguin, and if my intervention into the Google Penguin recovery process was needed. [Read more…]
Google Image Mismatch Penalty: What is It?
There is a manual Google penalty called the Google Image Mismatch penalty. What exactly is the Google Image Mismatch penalty, and how can you prevent from getting penalized by Google for issues related to your images? Barry Schwartz first reported about this penalty. [Read more…]