Jul 29

If your not familiar with compete.com, you might want to check it out. With your “pro” status you can view 2 years worth of information. To start with, login and then add in your site.

Using this as a competitive analysis - “compete” get it? You can see how your site stacks against its competition in the form of people visits, page views, visits monthly, rank monthly etc. Continue reading »

Jul 24

Thanks Yahoo!

Back in 2006, I took and passed the Yahoo Ambassador certification - I contacted them numerous times to find out where my actual certification with the Yahoo letterhead was. I was told they were “processing” this in Europe somewhere - weird answer, but anyway here’s my logo, that according to Yahoo, I can still display..

The Yahoo! Ambassador program was specifically developed to help marketers drive sales leads to their clients. For the last four years, Yahoo! has made an effort to enhance the program to provide the greatest added value to our users. After a thorough evaluation of the program, we have decided to discontinue the program. The Ambassador Program, except for the limited use of the Ambassador Logo as noted below, shall be terminated as of September 30, 2008.

Yahoo Ambassador

Jul 23

So, I wrote a post 32 minutes ago, see … (Google search was “international seo smart tips”)

google indexing

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Jul 23

I will agree with Rand over at SEOmoz of his lightbulb idea to do some keyword research prior to writing a blog post. When I first read this article, I though wow, you mean not everyone does this? Ok I could be so entrenched in this I can’t think of any other way to write. I will admit I don’t do this 100% of the time, as there are occasionally ideas or thoughts I want to share, but Continue reading »

Jul 23

My primary role as SEO Manager involves overseeing numerous sub domains, corporate sites and international sites. I have the fortunate opportunity to “manage” or assist in managing an SEM campaign for one of our sites.

It certainly  helps to have a basic comprehension of what PPC is, there are a lot of similarities with SEO. Chosing keywords and deciding that landing pages they land on certainly a critical and important aspect of any PPC campaign.

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