SEO Keyword Research: 5 Ways To Mine Google Analytics For SEO Opportunities

Better than Google Adwords. Better than SEOmoz. Better than SEObook. The best keyword tool isn’t actually a keyword research tool at all.
Keyword research tools like the Google Adwords keyword tool can provide excellent data on keyword volumes and competition levels, but the most valuable data you can get is lurking in your Google Analytics reports. [...]

Capitalizing on Google+ with +1 Button Code and Resources

With the recent release of Google+ it appears the +1 button will quickly begin to offer increased value to webmasters if consumers begin flocking to Google’s new social network. With that in mind, I wanted to share a handful of resources for getting the +1 button implemented on your website.
Below is the implementation guide that [...]

How to Effectively Track Google Adwords Sitelinks In Marin

Google Sitelinks Overview:
Google Sitelinks offer search marketers the unique opportunity to drive users deep into a website by leveraging other relevant click streams. One of the issues with sitelinks, however, is discovering whether the ad itself or a sitelink is responsible for a conversion. Marin users can now make that distinction.
While not intuitive, during Marin’s [...]

Breaking News: Google Launches +1 Button Social Search

Today Google released the +1 button for organic search listings and AdWords which allows people signed into Google to recommend websites to friends and contacts within their Google social network. This is done by  clicking a +1 button to the right of the search results in the organic listings and paid ads . When you [...]

Using Google Sitelinks to Drive Traffic to Facebook

I have a client interested in leveraged Google Sitelinks to drive traffic to Facebook. I only know of one particular instance of a client testing this opportunity in the past so I was concerned we would encounter rejection issues due to Google’s URL policy - facebook.com is obviously not a direct portion of my [...]

How To Not Show Other Videos At The End of Your YouTube Video

I’ve written a few posts about YouTube SEO and video optimization but something I’ve gotten asked by clients every so often is “How do you prevent my videos from showing a whole lot of other people’s videos as options once my video is over?”
Well, I thought I’d provide a quick answer via this easy to [...]

Google Analytics Data Skewed Because Of Instant Previews

I personally haven’t noticed this yet, but apparently there are some reports out there that say Google Instant Previews are skewing analytics data. In some cases Google Instant does a real-time fetch of the page to generate an instant preview, and this can be inadvertently counted as a visit by some analytics tools, including Google [...]

iPad Targeting in Google Adwords - Its Available!

Google continues to innovate their Adwords platform at alarming speed. Not too long ago Google announced new targeting options for mobile devices and it has now officially announced the ability to specifically target the iPad with your AdWords ad campaigns.
The targeting process is pretty simple. Simply edit  the “Devices” section in your AdWord Campaign Settings [...]

43 Local Blog Directories - Get Your Blog Listed

With the recent influx of recent clients interested in local SEO, I’ve been writing a few posts on local search engine optimization. This one follows suit with a slight twist. This post focuses on link building opportunities for local blogs - after all blogs need local love too!
Specific Regions
Washington Post - DC-area blogs
CityPages.com - Minnesota
Minnesota.com
Newsbobber.com [...]

Do It Yourself (DIY) Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Advice

Many entrepreneurs and small business owners have a “Do-It-Yourself’ mindset. After all it’s that same mindset that encouraged many owners to go into business for themselves in the first place, and there are plenty of examples of business owners who have success marketing themselves online.
With that in mind, depending on the size of your business, [...]

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