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Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 4 of 8 – Content Optimization

Posted by Mark Thompson in SEO | June 30, 2008 | Comments (0)

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…
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Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 3 of 8 – Website Usability

Posted by Mark Thompson in Design/Development,SEO | June 26, 2008 | Comments (1)

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…
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Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 2 of 8 – Keyword Research

Posted by Mark Thompson in SEO | June 24, 2008 | Comments (0)

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…
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Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 1 of 8 – Search Engine Friendly Site Structure

Posted by Mark Thompson in Design/Development,SEO | June 24, 2008 | Comments (1)

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…
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Your Website SEO Checkup: 8 Part Series

Posted by Mark Thompson in Design/Development,SEO | June 24, 2008 | Comments (0)

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


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The Pros and Cons of 1st and 3rd Party Cookies

Posted by Mark Thompson in Analytics,Design/Development | June 23, 2008 | Comments (0)

062308 1801 theprosandc1 The Pros and Cons of 1st and 3rd Party Cookies

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…
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Lowering Your Bounce Rate: What to Analyze

Posted by Mark Thompson in Analytics | June 20, 2008 | Comments (3)

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…
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Paypal vs Google Checkout

Posted by Mark Thompson in Ecommerce | June 17, 2008 | Comments (7)

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

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4 Tips for Agencies on Setting Client Expectations

Posted by Mark Thompson in SEO | June 16, 2008 | Comments (0)

Setting the proper client expectations on the front-end is the key to any successful internet marketing campaign. Here is a list of things you should accomplish with your client before you start to implement your strategy.

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The 3 Tier Keyword Structure

Posted by Mark Thompson in SEO | June 12, 2008 | Comments (0)

So are you optimizing your pages the right way???

Brad Fallon, a leading search marketer, discussed a great way to structure your keywords/phrases on your website. He broke it up into 3 tiers.

I will use the example he uses…
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