Archive for February, 2010
February ’10: Best Search/Marketing Posts
Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts I found and read during February. If you’re new to this blog, this is a monthly feature that began way back in 2007. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the Link Roundups category archive. I never include my own posts in these end-of-month [...]
How Google’s Algorithm Works
I sometimes struggle to explain Google’s ranking algorithm to small business owners. I just tried last week during a workshop here in my hometown, and I’m not sure if I did a good job. But fortunately there are other resources out there that do a better job than me. One is this new article from [...]
Anyone Wanna be Reviewed on Bing?
Here’s a screenshot that the folks in Redmond won’t like: How about that? “Results 1-3 of 3 for review us on bing“. And yes, you’ll get a lot more results if you try that search using Google, Yahoo, or Yelp. Bing might be gaining search share, but it’s way behind on having SMB’s asking customers [...]
How Long Should a Blog Post Be?
This is one of the most common questions small business owners and new bloggers ask. Blogging is uncharted territory. What should I write about? How often do I need to write? How long should a blog post be? Good questions all, but I’m focusing on the last one in this post. First, though, I need [...]
Welcome Learn About Web Attendees
If you’re reading this during or after the Learn About Web workshop in Kennewick, a big welcome to you. Thanks for visiting SmallBusinessSEM.com. In my presentations, I mention a couple dozen web sites, articles, and other links that you may not have had time to jot down while I was speaking. If that’s the case, [...]
SBS Flashback: February 2009
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. What I Learned About Google Blog Search at [...]
SEO & Local Search Workshop This Week
Time’s just about running out to sign up for Learn About Web, a full-day online marketing workshop being held in Kennewick. (Love close-to-home speaking engagements!) It happens this Thursday, February 18th and the cost is only $99. You can’t beat that. I’ll be doing two presentations — one on my SEO Success Pyramid and one [...]
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