Build a Strong Foundation – Block by Block – to Attract Buyers to Your Website
March 11, 2010 by Mary Flaherty · 2 Comments
If you’re a small business owner, you know just how challenging the current economy is. But, it’s also a very good time to be a small business. More and more buyers are looking online for the services or goods you provide and, today, it’s much easier for small businesses to compete for those buyers.
The added value of corporate blogs (1)
March 1, 2010 by Stijn Driessen · 2 Comments
Well, as most of you know by now, I do not need to tell you the value a blog can offer for your SEO strategy. Many bloggers continue to write about the positive effects of blogging on external weblogs, but there are only a few that argue for companies to start their own blogs. Therefore I want to provide some of the major advantages for companies to start their own corporate weblog. In the first part I want to elaborate on the main advantages of corporate blogs. The real SEO advantages I want to take into account in the second part.
Website Redesign Checklist: SEO 101
February 25, 2010 by Stephanie Woods · 7 Comments
The time has finally come to update your outdated website. Since you have this wonderful opportunity to start fresh, make sure you get off to the right start with the search engines.
Learn SEO: How to Do Onpage Search Engine Optimization
December 16, 2009 by Stephanie Woods · 5 Comments
Is onpage optimization necessary?
In all honesty it is only one small part of the search engine ranking equation. Optimizing your website as your sole tactic will not help you to get to the number one spot on Google (for anything competitive at least).
10 Tips for Creating Calls to Action That Convert
December 2, 2009 by Stephanie Woods · 2 Comments
Everyone is talking online ROI these days. That’s Return on Investment for those of you unfamiliar with the acronym. One sure way to increase your online ROI is to focus on what calls to action you are using on your website. (Also known as CTAs.)
What does my perfect SEO training scheme look like?
November 24, 2009 by Ben McKay · 7 Comments
I’ve been in the fortunate situation lately where Mediaedge:cia Manchester has been recruiting a number of SEO’s lately. On the back of this, we thought it best to formalise the training for each new-starter in order to aid the induction process and provide additional training. This way we can ensure that each SEO is provided with a consistent foundation of SEO – with more complex/subjective areas open for debate of course – and thus build the team’s capabilities on the back of this.
How To Sitemap: Search Engine Submission
November 4, 2009 by Stephanie Woods · 7 Comments
When I was first learning how to submit XML sitemaps to search engines, I found all the information I needed, however, the information was spread out amongst several sources. My intention is to create a quick reference guide on how to submit your XML sitemap to all of the major search engines (in one convenient location).
How To Sitemap: Creating XML Sitemaps
October 21, 2009 by Stephanie Woods · 12 Comments
Hiya Google spiders,
While you’re here, can you please make sure you check out our main product pages since we make changes to them frequently? Also, we added some new blog pages, so be sure to check those out as well.
Learn SEO: Maximize Your Time with Google’s Spiders
October 13, 2009 by Stephanie Woods · 17 Comments
Let’s face it. You wish your website ranked for the number one spot on Google. Yes there are more important things like overall online visibility and ROI. And yes, there are other major players like Yahoo! and Bing. But today we are going to focus on Google. In fact, I am going to make a bold statement and say that anyone who tells you they don’t care about ranking high in Google is lying.
