Archive: June, 2008
Posted by Mark Thompson - June 30, 2008 - SEO
Content is the heart and soul of any good SEO strategy. Creating unique and compelling content is probably one of the hardest parts of anyone’s SEO efforts. Search Engines love a website/blog that is updated frequently with lots of new, fresh content. The more frequently your content is being updated, the more search engines will [...]
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Posted by Mark Thompson - June 26, 2008 - Design/Development, SEO
When we talk about website usability we talk about the overall experience you give the user. That includes the overall design, navigation, content layout, calls to actions, accessibility and functionality of your site. I want to give you some tips on each of these points that will help your users stay on your site longer, [...]
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Posted by Mark Thompson - June 24, 2008 - SEO
Keyword Research is vital to any effective search engine optimization campaign. If you optimize your site for the wrong keywords you could miss out on lots of traffic and potential customers that are trying to find what you do. I have broken up the keyword research process in phases to make it easy to understand. [...]
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Posted by Mark Thompson - June 24, 2008 - Design/Development, SEO
Probably the most important part of Search Engine Optimization is making sure that your website is search engine friendly. When I say search engine friendly, I mean that when search engines “crawl” your site, they are able to read all of the content, links, and pages within your site. Big NoNo’s for Search Engines Using [...]
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Posted by Mark Thompson - June 24, 2008 - Design/Development, SEO
Part 1: Search Engine Friendly Site Structure NoNo’s for Search Engines Using a Text Navigation Creating Static Pages Descriptive URL’s Internal Linking Structure Part 2: Keyword Research Initial Keyword List Analytics Data Keyword Research Tool Analyze Your Master Keyword List Test In PPC Implementing Those Keywords Part 3: Website Usability Initial Keyword List Design Navigation [...]
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Posted by Mark Thompson - June 23, 2008 - Analytics, Design/Development
A Cookie is a pretty easy concept to understand. It is simply a tracking code that is stored on the user’s computer for a determined amount of time to track their ID session, navigation, and preferences. Where is can be a bit confusing is when you talk about the different types of cookies. There are [...]
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Posted by Mark Thompson - June 20, 2008 - Analytics
Clients always seem to ask what bounce rate is. I wanted to explain what bounce rate is, the factors that determine bounce rate, how you should analyze it, and in what cases you should take action to lower your bounce rate. Defining Bounce Rate A Bounce is simply a visitor coming to your site or [...]
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Posted by Mark Thompson - June 17, 2008 - Ecommerce
When looking to setup a merchant account, both Paypal and Google Checkout are great solutions. They both have pros and cons but I wanted to give a brief overview of the two merchant solutions. Solutions Paypal Paypal offers both a personal and business account. Google Checkout One type of account. Requires a Google Account to [...]
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