Being able to track bots and spiders on a website can give a deep knowledge of the way search engines interact with its pages, but, unfortunately, in most cases this information is not available since common javascript based stats softwares can’t monitor spiders...
Since the launch of the Link Builders Toolkit back in April of this year, I have received a ton of positive feedback on the product. I also received some awesome suggestions on how I could improve it. So I took all of that feedback and have updated the toolkit to...
This post are my notes from the live session at Blog World Expo in Las Vegas. Please forgive me if I misspell anything or if some of the notes don’t make sense, as I am trying to gather as much information from each speaker as I can. Quick Facts on the Session...
Have you ever wondered how much your site or blog is worth? Well there are a number of website valuation tools out there that can help give you an estimate as to what you could sell your site for. Of course these numbers are not going to be 100% accurate because you...
Let’s say you are just starting out in link building, maybe as a freelance consultant or maybe just for your own websites. It’s easy to start out link building, creating social profiles, blog commenting, etc. But after a bit, you may want to see the...
The Evolution of Video: With the growth of broadband internet usage and search engines migrating to universal search results, video on the web has become more prominent than ever. There are now hundreds of video sharing sites that allow anyone to upload their videos...
You may have seen them around town: odd black-and-white squares on signs, brochures, and product packaging. QR codes (Quick Response codes) function similarly to UPC codes, which most of us are familiar with. Two major differences between a QR code and UPC code are...
If you haven’t heard of WebSEOAnalytics, you need to check out their Toolset. They have developed quite a robust set of SEO tools that rival some of the premium tools that you pay hundreds of dollars a month to use. Overall, they have 14 tools that diagnose...
Duplicate content and plagiarism can be an easy way for a website to get penalized by the search engines or possibly banned. The search engines have gotten much better at being able to check for duplicate content. If you are interested, here is what Google has to...
Why use a landing page platform? One of the key reasons is templates offer the ability to quickly scale up landing page campaigns with no need for web development resources or any advance knowledge of CSS or HTML. One of the best platforms on the market that I have...
There is a lot of information about how to get more retweets for your content, the most popular being the Science of Retweets with Dan Zarrella of Hubspot. But the simplest way to get retweets is to make your content easy to retweet. Amazingly, I still see lots of...
In my personal opinion, I have found Hootsuite to be by far the best Twitter client out there. I’m sure a lot of people can make an argument for clients like Tweetdeck and Seesmic, but I find Hootsuite to be the most user-friendly, feature-rich, and up-to-date...
Today is the day! Hopefully by now, you have been following the List Eruption launch week posts and have been getting as excited as I have been. Today we are officially launching List Eruption to the public. If you may have missed the sneak peak post about List...
Over the past 6 months, Tim Atkinson and I have been working hard at developing a brand new list building WordPress plugin, that we are really exciting to tell you guys about. List Eruption is a list building plugin that has proven to help rapidly grow your email...
SEOmoz just updated their site with a new design, as well as some new resources. Here are the best SEO resources offered by SEOmoz without having to be a PRO member. Simply sign up for a free account and take advantage of the following resources. Free SEOmoz Tools...
If you’re feeling a bit stifled and overwhelmed when it comes to writing new blog posts, working on your SEO, or any other task during your work day, then the first place you may have to blame is your own working environment. I don’t mean just your office,...
With all of the new communication tools and technology being introduced, the way that companies handle customer service has been transformed into a more effective and efficient manner. Users want to be able to receive real-time support and have multiple options to...
Syndication services can be a real time saver. I have used a few of them in the past and found that it can be a great way to spread content across the web. Of course with syndication, comes duplicate content and borderline spamming, so you want to use in...
In celebration of the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, I have decided to put together 64 websites and resources that you can use to find the latest Web 2.0 tools, applications, and news. Feel free to click on my bracket to see my picks. Even though I...
Do you use services such as Aweber or Mail Chimp to send out email newsletters or other mailings to your mailing list? If you do, there is one key thing you need to do – be sure to make the email address your mailings are from is different from your personal...
One of the biggest areas I have worked to grow my expertise and portfolio is in securing both new and expired domains. I have admit I have bought a number of domains on the spur of the moment and regretted it at a later stage I still find it a much under appreciated...
Today is the official launch of the Link Builders Toolkit. The Link Builders Toolkit is THE ultimate resource for finding quality websites to gain inbound links. Over the years I have been collecting websites that I found to be of high value and worth investing time...
Glen from Viperchill recently wrote a post about the resources that are in his internet marketing toolbox, so I thought it would be a good idea to share the tools I use on a daily basis. I think I should mention that I probably have used hundreds of tools to perform...
During these economic times people are always looking for cost effective alternatives and ways to cut corners to get things done. For marketers, there are plenty of great premium tools and resources out there, but most you have to pay for. I thought I would share a...
Usually I blog about SEO related topics, however I thought I would discuss something that is relevant to anyone who wants to increase their productivity. Now days, many people have more than one computer. Usually you have a computer at work, a computer at home, and...
If you plan on hiring a professional, confirming credentials have become a very important necessity. Not only is this a great way to confirm that you hire a true professional with the requirements needed, but it also means that you won’t have to worry about any legal...
If you work in an online industry, whether you’re in the brand management business or you help clients with online conversion, there are certain Internet tools that can make your job easier. Not only will these web development tools significantly enhance your...
Today it’s hard to imagine the Internet space without Google. Thanks to it, users can find almost any information with little effort. The most important thing is to formulate your request properly. In addition to the usual search Google offers its users several...
My favorite Twitter management tool HootSuite has made the announcement that they are going to start offering different plans for using their service. New users from now on will have to choose a plan (with the option of a 30 day free trial), and current users will...
It may be a sweeping statement but if certain tools disappeared it would be devastated – in fact I would probably cry…(a lot!). In this article I thought I might cover some of the tools that I use when working on a clients site. Some you will no doubt be...
If you are not familiar with SpyFu, they provide intelligence data on your website and your competitors, offering organic and paid search data that will help you outrank and learn more about your target market. SpyFu just announced its Recon Files Report, which is a...
Do you know where your site is positioned in comparison to the other sites in your niche? Have you any idea what is exactly missing in your business strategy? If not , then you are missing out a vital element. User engagement is the key to successful business. So its...
There are plenty of good SEO tools out there, both free and paid, that will help you analyze on-page and off-page optimization. One of the most important factors of modern day optimization is link building and finding one-way links from relevant, authoritative...
For any Google Adwords advertiser, you know that having a great Quality Score is the key to running effective, low cost ad campaigns. However many advertisers are always wondering how they can improve on their QS. Well now, Wordstream has made it much easier, with...
I thought I would share some new tools and applications that I have recently stumbled across during the last month. For the most part they are random tools ranging from iPhone applications to SEO research tools, however I thought I would share some of them with you. ...
Have you ever wondered what it would take to move above your competitors in the organic search results? To do this, you need to spend a good amount of time researching what you want to rank for and then analyzing your competitors who are already ranking for those key...
For any company or internet marketer who is looking to better optimize their website for the search engines, it can be a huge time saver to have software that can gather important site data that the search engine analyze when ranking your site. Meet the new and...
BlogGlue is a blog marketing plugin that creates related links between partner blogs as well as on social media. Although not advertised they have a solid SEO Analyzer built into the system. The SEO tool lets you grade your posts before you publish them and even gives...
There are hundreds of free Search Engine Optimization tools out there. I have selected 5 of what I think are the must robust and useful SEO tools on the web. SEO Book’s: SEO for Firefox Aaron Wall’s SEO for Firefox, is a Firefox extension that you can...
I am not sure if anyone has noticed, but i added a new WordPress plugin to the blog that will pull in related and recommended posts at the bottom of each blog post. This new plugin is brought to you by Arkayne, an awesome new product that will help you optimize and...
While perusing the recent Twitter lists that I have been added to, I spotted several that were generated by @formulists. Intrigued, I Googled it and was led to an interesting service that automatically creates Twitter lists based on particular specifications. Basic...
In April 2008, Google announced that page load time would effect your ad quality score for Pay Per Click ads. They stated the main reason for implementing this factor was to give the user a better experience and to be able to serve web content faster. In further...
As some of you may or may not know, I am not one to do product reviews, however Squeeze Theme is one product I truly believe in and want to give you some useful information about how you can use this product. Basically Squeeze Theme is a suite of premium WordPress...
For anyone who is looking to turn their blog or website into a money making machine, you need to check out Ninja Affiliate. Ninja Affiliate is a WordPress Plugin that allows you to easily convert keywords into affiliate links. Not only can it convert keywords into...
How many times have you been reading a great blog post or page and just knew that you HAD to share it with your followers because you knew how much they would love it or find it beneficial? So you scroll up to the top, scroll down to the bottom, look to the left, then...
If you needed one more reason to switch Twitter clients, well here you go. Hootsuite released their iPhone application today, that will allow you to perform all of the functions the web application can do, on the go. Even with the long list of twitter iPhone apps...
With Google’s algorithm placing more emphasis on off-site optimization and link building, it is essential that you take the time to analyze who your competitors are gaining backlinks from. There are a number of link analysis tools out there that will help...
Nowadays, it feels like there are a ton of products popping up to help you with your website traffic, SEO, and making money online, as well as various course and membership forums. So how do you know which ones are right for you, and how do you get the best deal?...
I am extremely excited for next week, as it marks the date of my first REAL product launch. As many of you know, I have been working on a WordPress plugin called List Eruption that I anticipate will make a huge impact on the industry. This WordPress plugin has been...
If you are an Internet Marketer, you have undoubtedly heard of SEMrush. SEMrush has probably the most comprehensive data set on the web, when it comes to keyword research and competitive intelligence. Yes, there are plenty of free SEO tools available (including...
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