Technology and Marketing Advice from New Media Marketing Experts
It’s hard to believe that we’re coming up on a year since Google pulled the trigger on the algorithm update named Google Panda. It didn’t come without some pain for Google and, ultimately, strategies to recover from Google Panda. After a year of ripping through what Google deems as “spammy” sites, how has Panda affected you? There has been non-stop chatter between Internet marketers and SEOs about how to protect your site from Panda, but with all of the updates … Continue reading
I keep telling folks I’d share how we’re integrating authorship microdata to produce search result rich snippets. It’s working well for our clients in increasing their SERP CTRs) so I figured I’d document it here for WordPress sites. There are two pieces to this… and the two elements are not related. The authorship data is now being displayed in Search Engine Results Pages. I have not seen publisher info displayed yet… but I’m sure it will be! Publisher Google Plus … Continue reading
Search engine optimization is a double-edged sword. While Google provides guidelines to webmasters to optimize their sites and utilize keywords effectively to get found and indexed properly, some SEO folks know that exploiting those algorithms can shoot them directly to the top. SEO employees are under a lot of pressure to keep their companies ranking well, SEO consultants are under even more. Companies may not realize that their employees may be taking shortcuts. And companies who invest in SEO consultants … Continue reading
Marketing strategies are often designed to find more leads or upsell current customers. One of the issues we often find with clients is that they’re often working on the wrong end of the sales funnel. Many companies get less visitors a month to their website than they would like… but if they were able to convert twice as many of those visitors they have, they’d be very successful. Many of the technologies we work with are built to shorten the … Continue reading
There’s a lot of buzz, discussion and debate surrounding the state of SEO entering this year. Many industry colleagues are beginning to choose sides too, with figure heads like Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz musing over the idea that traditional SEO agencies may go the way of the dodo bird in favor of inbound marketing agencies. More and more analytical evidence is emerging showing that traditional technical SEO tactics aren’t driving the kind of leads and conversions businesses so cherish either. … Continue reading
This morning I’m sending our sales training folks a screenshot… page 1 of a search for Sandler sales training. Unique about the page results is that there is a video result in it – for a Charlotte Sandler training center. The video title and description have been optimized nicely to get it in the search results. This video captures a lot of attention as the only image displayed on the page, and I’m confident the click-through rate is nice. The … Continue reading
SEOmoz released data from over 600 agencies that perform SEO for their clients. AYTM took the data and put it into a infographic, How Much Does SEO Cost?. One takeaway that was outstanding to see: Pure “SEO” consultants/agencies may be fading as broader “inbound marketing” services firms (offering SEO, social, content, conversion, analytics, etc) rise. The data showed 150 respondents (25%) saying they were primarily focused on SEO while a slightly greater number, 160 (26.7%), offered a broader range. This … Continue reading
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