Author Archives: Ashley

President Obama’s Address Streaming Live Tonight on YouTube

Tonight, President Obama will be addressing the nation (and the world) from the Oval Office. He is expected to announce a significant shift in America’s combat role in Iraq. The speech will be on a live stream on YouTube starting…

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How to Write a 15-Minute Blog Post That Is Worth Reading

Writing a great blog post shouldn’t require sweat, blood, and half an afternoon’s tireless work. However, it should start with a plan. With a little bit of thought, your blog could be on its way to greatness– one 15-minute post…

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How to Make Your PPC Campaign Work

Although you’re going about it in a different way, your pay per click campaign management ultimately has the same goal as organic listing management. You want people to click on the listing, and then you want your website to guide…

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With SEO, Patience Is More Than a Virtue

The growing Ameri-demic of instant gratification commonly infects SEO clients. To many, patience is a foreign concept; to some, a four-letter word. The best way to create a lasting business relationship with your SEO clients is to discuss the importance…

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Top 5 Ways to Keep a Healthy Friendship with Google

Much like a friendship with a teenage girl, SEO and the world of search engines is constantly changing, maturing. For the most part, these changes are beneficial. If, however, you are out of the loop and miss the changes, you’ll…

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How to Get Links to Your Website

Sites need links to be found. Some links come with little effort, but are of limited value for your site. Some links come at great cost, but do a lot of good. Ideally, you want to build valuable links for…

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Local Listings for Genii

Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. – C. W. Ceram At present, getting your local listing to rank well in Google places local listings requires you to understand the madness of a disorganized Google. Okay,…

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The Social Media Fad

No, this is not a plug for Erik Qualman’s book, Socialnomics. However, his video makes a very solid observation. Social media is huge, and it’s not going away. If you choose to ignore social media and the many opportunities that…

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What Does Your FAQ Page Say About You?

Do you remember that math teacher you had in middle school who gave the same response to every question without ever giving a satisfactory answer. She figured that using a louder voice or a more exasperated tone was the key…

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The New Google Interface

Wasn’t It Yahoo that Merged With Bing? That’s the first question that came to my mind when I saw the new Google interface. As far as I’m concerned, the new interface looks a little too much like Bing’s which came…

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