9 Basic Link Building Tactics

Here is a quick list of common link building tactics that you can use 100% of the time for any SEO project.
Remember, this is outside of compelling content that will go ‘viral’ and assumes that no competitor research or link building strategies have been developed.
It is meant to be a quick list of the basic [...]

International SEO Tips – For US Companies

A key part of SEO strategy is internationalization. Internationalization involves structuring and formatting web sites so that they consistently receive higher search rankings inside the geographical region being targeted. There are several SEO practices that will result in higher web site rankings when targeting specific regions or groups of people.
Probably the most obvious practice [...]

Black Hat SEO Ideas

To keep abreast of internet marketing techniques, there are several ‘out of the box’ methods that I use for research. One of which is monitoring Black Hat SEO discussions. According to Wikipedia, Black Hat SEO attempts to improve rankings in ways that are disapproved of by the search engines, or involve deception.
I regularly visit [...]

Forbes Lookback – 8 Ways To Make Money Online

One year ago, Forbes published an article called “Eight Ways to Make Money Online”, here is a quick recap of their list:
1. Virtual Story (Ebay)
2. Matchmaking (Buyer & sellers)
3. Virtual Warehouse (Dropshipping)
4. Content Provider (Subscribers)
5. Content Provider (Advertising)
6. Domain Directory
7. Domain Flipping
8. Virtual Futures Market
Full story – http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/09/microsoft-yahoo-coke-ent-tech-cx_ll_1108makemoneyonline.html

Google Chrome Browser To Be Released

Google will release a new browser tomorrow called Google Chrome.  It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Google will release a browser, a phone, or anything else remotely related to search and internet advertising.  They have LOTS of smart people working on how to make the internet better and this will clearly be a browser [...]

Google and Yahoo Deal Questioned

Google has already faced quite a bit of examination for their proposed advertising partnership with Yahoo and now they are on the receiving end of a little more. During separate House and Senate hearings on Internet competition recently Capitol Hill turned their attention to the potential deal.
Executives from Google, Yahoo and Microsoft were all questioned [...]

Huge Database of USA Cities, Town, & Counties

Recently the zip code guy blog highlighted a zip code map in a wide array of formats. The database includes lists of All US Cities

All US Counties
All US Zip Codes
Latitude and Longitude of Cities/Zip Codes
States and State Abbreviations

For $25 this database is a great investment if you are run geo-local AdWords campaigns [...]

Determine the Value of a Website

Determining the value of a website is not always an easy task. There are so many variables that go into the equation that it can get a little confusing at time. A general rule of thumb is that a website is worth anywhere between 18 – 24 times a company’s monthly revenue minus your expense [...]

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