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Wordpress SEO – All You Need To Know

Learning WordPress SEO – All You Need To Know Here is my WordPress SEO Checklist you can use as a guide: Figure out what keyword phrases you want to rank well for and assign 1 or 2 per page. Use the great WP plugin “All In One SEO Pack”. Don’t use the WordPress default permalink structure… I use /%post_id%/%postname%/ Get inbound links from high PR authority sites using... [Read more]

Web Design Consultant Test

Web Design Consultant Test How do you know the self proclaimed “web design expert” you are talking with has real skills? Give them this test: Ask to see their best 3 pieces of website design work and then check their Google ranking for their top phrase. The most beautiful website in the world that does not rank well on Google might as well be under a rock because it’s not going... [Read more]

Google Local Disappeared Me

My Google Local Maps listings disappeared off the face of the earth again recently and I’m going to explain how I think it happened. But first a little background and I’ll start with the naming conventions. Google Local Business Center listings are known my many names… Google Local Google Local Maps Local Maps Listing Google LBC Maps Listing and there are also Yahoo Local listings... [Read more]

WordCamp Boston 2010 is Sold Out

Sold out over a month early that is. Wow. I’m glad they announced the sell out immediately because I was just about to get a hotel. My brother is at Harvard graduate school and I’ve been meaning to visit him for a while. This was going to be it. Oh well. I got shut out of WordCamp NYC last year when it sold out early too but this year was just a blast in New York with the unlimited capacity... [Read more]

Is Twitter Helping?

As a professional SEO who tries everything to do with social media I often debate this question. Is Twitter helping your SEO? Helping your bottom line in terms of PageRank or leads? My short answer is NO. Twitter is NOT helping. It’s an additive play toy that has no redeeming qualities that inherently build Google PageRank or increase the number of high quality backlinks to my web pages or move... [Read more]

Made For Adsense

What are AdWords and AdSense? Years ago Google became a “kind monolith” (remember 2001 A Space Odyssey?) overshadowing and enhancing all life on the planet. Some might phrase that “manipulating all life on the planet”. In any case, Google adopted a recent invention called Pay Per Click or PPC advertising. It was a way for advertisers to get instant leads and sales with search... [Read more]

Backing Up WordPress

Sometimes there is a right way and a wrong way to do something. In this case, there are a lot of right ways to get your Stand-Alone WordPress blog backed up. I’m going to demo my system and you can use it if you have a similar set of parameters or just get a grasp on the tasks if you have a different set of circumstances. The official core WordPress document written to help you with backups is... [Read more]

NJ Web Design – SEO Case Study

This site is all about New Jersey web design and integrating websites with SEO search engine optimization… but our latest NJ SEO case study features our favorite “Work for Food Project” ever. Tiffany Diner is practically a historic landmark with Bergen County NJ residents and you would be hard pressed to find anyone who has ever lived in the area that has not had a few great meals... [Read more]

Where do Sitelinks Come From Daddy?

Ahh, a new right of passage as a full time SEO with 2 “Tweens”, I get asked difficult questions sometimes related to the mysteries of life. Mysteries of life that were created by Google in this case. My 11 year old boy was looking at my main website listing on a Google SERP and he pointed to the “Sitelinks” and he asked me what they were. I told them what they were called and... [Read more]

Free SEO Evaluation for Professionals

That’s right. I’m offering free SEO evaluations for a limited time. That is if you have an existing website I’ll check it out for major SEO problems – cracks – flaws. I’ll look at your key ranking indicators and compare your site to the competition in your field and geographic area. And I’ll take a look at your local search indicators. All for the same flat... [Read more]

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