Archive for October, 2009

Meeting the Press, Talking SEO

Filed in Interviews, SEO by Matt McGee on October 27, 2009 4 Comments
Meeting the Press, Talking SEO

That How to Get Started with SEO post that I published last week has a little backstory: It was inspired by a series of interviews I’ve done lately about SEO with members of the press. Each interview was about SEO and small businesses, and in each case I ended up talking about how a small […]

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Recently on Hyperlocal Blogger

Filed in Blogging by Matt McGee on October 22, 2009 0 Comments
Recently on Hyperlocal Blogger

With my crazy travel schedule now winding down, I’ve been a bit more active blogging here on SBSM and also on HyperlocalBlogger.com. If you haven’t visited there recently, here’s a recap of some of the posts you may have missed: Defining Hyperlocal – my thoughts on the discussion we had last week about what hyperlocal […]

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How To Get Started With SEO

Filed in MY BEST POSTS, SEO by Matt McGee on October 20, 2009 30 Comments
How To Get Started With SEO

Judging from the amount of inquiries that have come in this year via my contact form, there are a lot of small businesses that are just now starting to dip their toes into this whole SEO thing. I’d love some cold, hard stats to back up what I’ve seen … but short of that, gut […]

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SBS Flashback: October 2008

Filed in Miscellaneous by Matt McGee on October 18, 2009 0 Comments
SBS Flashback: October 2008

For those of you who are new SBSM readers & subscribers, here’s a list of noteworthy posts you probably missed from one year ago. I try to put together a post like this each month to introduce new readers to old content that might be worth reading. Book Review: SEO – An Hour A Day […]

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Do you ever link to the competition?

Filed in Link Building by Matt McGee on October 14, 2009 8 Comments
Do you ever link to the competition?

I sometimes get asked by clients if they should ever link to the competition. Is it okay? Good idea? Bad idea? The answer I give is that sometimes it makes sense, and sometimes it doesn’t … there’s no blanket answer. It’s an interesting question, and so it was with some interest that I stumbled upon […]

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How Should a Real Estate Agent use Twitter?

Filed in Social Media by Matt McGee on October 12, 2009 16 Comments
How Should a Real Estate Agent use Twitter?

Would you follow a house on Twitter? (Yes, a house.) If you were auto-followed by a house, would you consider it spam? Think about those questions as you read along. Ryan Hartman, a real estate agent from York, PA, has created a Twitter profile for one of the homes he currently has listed for sale. […]

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