Social Media and Search Engine Optimization: Why They Work Together
In this video I interview Brian Clark , CEO of Copyblogger Media.
Brian talks about how social media and search engine optimization (SEO) go well together.
You’ll find out why smart SEO pros participate in social media and how social media can send traffic to your website and improve your website ranking.
Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.
7 New Ways to Improve Your Google Rankings
Wondering how to respond to Google’s recent algorithm changes (known as Panda)?
Keep reading to find out.
A bit of history
In an interview with Wired Magazine, Udi Manber, Google’s head of search, said that Google will make as many as 550 changes to its search algorithm this year. One of the bigger changes happened this past winter in what has been called the Panda or Farmer update.
According to a report by Sistrix.com, within days of the update, a number of very large websites saw their Google rankings take a drastic drop. Sites such as Ezinearticles.com and Suite101.com lost 90% or more of their visibility on Google.
Ultimate Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
In the competitive world of search engine optimization (SEO), your business blog is a critical tool for your success.
Why is blogging so important to your search engine visibility? Because search engines serve up web pages—not websites—when people ask a question. And here’s the important part:
Every blog post is a new web page and every web page is another opportunity to rank well for another search term.
26 Ways to Use Social Media for Lead Generation
Is your business looking for leads?
As enticing as the saying is, “If you build it, they will come,” we all know that just because we build a social media presence, people don’t magically start knocking down our door.
Instead, we need to encourage people to come to our social pages and once they’re there, we have to create enough value for them to hang around. And through these repeated exchanges, casual users can become regular visitors as well as valuable leads.
In previous posts, I’ve written A-Z guides to help create the absolute best presence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and blogs. Now let’s turn our attention to harnessing the power of those efforts for lead generation.
Should You Use Radian6 for Social Media Monitoring?
Are you befuddled by all the social media tools out there? Are you wondering if Radian6 is a good choice for your organization? Do you need a way to compare different vendors? Keep reading for a comprehensive review…
If you’re looking for a social media monitoring tool, you’ve probably noticed that it’s quickly becoming a confusing landscape. For those who are new to social media and looking for tools to manage their presence, it’s difficult to know how to compare one vendor to the next. Here’s the skinny on where Radian6 fits into the picture.
26 Ways to Enhance Your Blog Content
Do you blog? Are you looking for actionable tips to improve your content?
What follows are 26 tips, from A-Z, related to the craft of blog writing and a number of critical factors that will help to ensure the production of high-quality posts.
#1: Attribution
“Links are the currency of the web,” writes Jonathan Bailey. “If you use someone else’s content, whether licensed directly or through fair use, it’s important to be sure to provide a clickable link to the original site if at all possible. This not only helps visitors to your site find the original work, but it also provides SEO benefits for the creator of the content and guards against your site being mistaken by the search engines as the original work.”
How to Optimize Your Blog for Google
Using Google to direct traffic to your blog can quite literally translate into gold. Or at least money with which you could buy gold.
This article will show you how to easily optimize your blog for search engines.
Let’s be clear on few points before we begin. When search engine optimization (SEO) is done the wrong way:
- It’s a spammy attempt to manipulate the search-engine traffic.
- It’s SEO experts selling a guaranteed top-10 placement.
