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Risky SEO Techniques and Tricks

Today you see ads and get email fro people that say your website has “some key things missing from your site”or the ones that promise you will be ranked #1 in Google.  While there are several key elements that you need to improve your rankings, you need to run from those companies that promise you [...]

What is a 301 Redirect and why is it so important?

We now make sure that all of our client have current 301 Redirects standard on their hosted domains.  Why should someone use a 301 redirect? 301 redirects tell your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc) and search engines that a page has been permanently moved

Organic SEO vs. Pay Per Click (PPC)

For the past few months we seen a heated debate rising as to which is better - organic search engine optimization or pay per click.  Both organic search engine optimization (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) search are important just as public relations and advertising co-exist.  It really isn’t an either/or situation for both of [...]

What Is The Web Saying About You?

If you were to go the web now and search on your name you may get bits and pieces about who you are, your professional successes and what your business is all about.  But the information is often time fragmented and often time not quite accurate. Have you ever wanted to just add a line or [...]

20 Free Ways to Advertise Your Website

Television ads are often prohibitively expensive for small businesses to produce and air. Magazine and radio ads are less expensive but still require a sizeable investment when part of an ongoing campaign. Although you can spend a lot of money on an Internet campaign, there are many ways to leverage the Internet and gain free [...]

The Fundamental Top 20 SEO Tips and Techniques

Search Engine Optimization is an enormous topic and one of the most effective tools that can bring a prospective customer to your website. It can be a very time consuming process and can have disastrous results if not done correctly. Before you begin to develop your own strategy and implementation plan to optimize your website for [...]

The Importance of Sitemaps