Stop Calculating Your SEO Keywords! Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 5/15/2012 11:23:07 AM  respond A concern I hear very frequently from prospects and new SEO audit consulting clients is about keyword frequency—they want to know how many times a particular keywords needs to be incorporated into a piece of content for that content to be considered well optimized. My answer is always the same: keyword density does not equal good SEO! Even if you aren’t actively stuffing your content with keywords (a black hat tactic that the search engines are cracking down on), ca more... STAY CONNECTED WITH US

Did Google Just Make Keywords Matter Less?

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 5/7/2012 4:23:42 PM  respond

Google changes how search terms are scored in ranking in the most recent batch of algorithm updates.

Twitter Is Exploring a Premium Version, CEO Suggests

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 5/1/2012 3:37:23 PM  respond

Twitter might be developing a premium version of its service...

Facebook Beefs Up Security With Free Antivirus Marketplace

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 4/25/2012 4:17:06 PM  respond

Facebook is taking steps to beef up users' security by partnering with antivirus giants to serve up free virus protection.

Google Declares Facebook and Apple a Threat to Internet Freedom - Really?

Category: SEO  Posted by: Vince Vizzaccaro follow on Twitter on 4/18/2012 10:15:38 AM  respond

Google's Sergey Brin said that the openness and accessibility that l more...

3 Things to Look For When Measuring SEO Success

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 4/18/2012 7:38:36 AM  1 comments

Every site owner likes to see tangible proof that their SEO campaign is doing what it’s supposed to. However, since SEO is so long term it’s important to remember that you might not see the results of your SEO efforts for several months. Many site owners have pulled the plug on what could have been a very successful SEO campaign because they got impatient. If you are w more...

How OMGPOP Scaled to 36 million Users in Three Weeks

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 4/3/2012 4:25:35 PM  respond

How did recent Zynga acquisition OMGPOP scale to tens of users in 3 weeks without any downtime? Hint: It's the cloud.

5 Tips to Evaluate Cloud Security

Category: Cloud  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 3/19/2012 2:52:31 PM  respond

Cloud computing is the hot-button tech topic these days. When it comes to talk of transitioning companies to the cloud, there is one question that just won't seem to go away: Is it safe?

How to Tell If You Have Been Pinned on Pinterest

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 3/16/2012 12:17:29 PM  1 comments

Have you wondered if your blog content has ever been pinned on Pinterest? Here's how to check.

How Many Visitors Should Your Site Be Getting?

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 3/14/2012 5:32:39 PM  1 comments

Visitor growth is undoubtedly one of the most important goals of SEO strategies that you utilize on your website. Driving new, targeted traffic to your website each month is the only way that you’re going to be able to grow your online business. Seeing an uptick in unique visitors each month is a good sign that your SEO campaign is doing its job—it’s positioning your website in the right places with the right keywords for the right people. But how many new visitors each month is enough? 10 more...

Prerendering in Chrome

Category: Market Share  Posted by: Vince Vizzaccaro follow on Twitter on 3/7/2012 5:47:15 PM  respond

Results of a NetMarketShare study on prerendering of web pages in the Google Chrome browser.

Google+ Users Spent Just 3.3 Minutes There Last Month

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/28/2012 4:40:57 PM  1 comments

Users spent just 3.3 minutes on Google+ in January compared to 7.5 hours for Facebook, according to a new report.

Why Cloud Computing Should Be A Phrase You Know

Category: Cloud  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/24/2012 3:56:19 PM  respond

Despite the sudden growth of cloud computing over the past few years, many individuals have yet to discover what this phenomenon is all about and may have questions.

Websites Now Able to Say "No" to Pinning

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/20/2012 4:50:07 PM  respond

Pinterest may be an Internet hit, but not all companies are as eager to tack onto the pinboard and the resulting referral traffic. Pinterest has now released code for companies that want to block the pinning of content from their sites to personal pinboards.

3 Ways User-Generated Content Can Help Your SEO

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 2/15/2012 12:42:10 PM  respond

User-generated content is anything written/created NOT by your company. This could be a blog post, product review, video, blog comment, social network update and so forth. Believe it or not, this user-generated content can actually be incredibly value to your SEO. Even though you are not the original author, you can spin UGC into a valuable component of your more...

U.S. Wants You to Test Terrorist Tracking With Social Media Game

Category: Privacy  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/10/2012 11:08:04 AM  respond

The U.S. government wants to more aggressively track terrorists on social media — and it's asking for your help.

Facebook to Bring Ads to Mobile App

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/7/2012 4:12:17 PM  respond

Users of Facebook’s apps — for Android, iPad and iPhone — may begin seeing ads as soon as early March, as the company looks to gain an addition revenue source before it goes public.

Should Athletes Have Social Media Privacy? One Bill Says Yes

Category: Privacy  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/6/2012 4:39:29 PM  1 comments

Should universities be allowed to force student athletes to have their Facebook and Twitter accounts monitored by coaches and administrators? “No,” says a bill recently introduced into the Maryland state legislature.

Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/3/2012 3:56:48 PM  respond

Pinterest is social media’s rising star — and now has the traffic stats to prove it.

Are You Making Assumptions About Your B2B SEO?

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 2/1/2012 3:53:32 PM  respond

We are all guilty of making assumptions, both in our personal and professional lives. If you are a B2B marketer, here are three assumptions you should be wary of marking about your B2B SEO.

Google Mobile Search Ad Requests More Than Doubled In 2011

Category: Mobile Search  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/1/2012 3:41:29 PM  respond

As more and more consumers user their smartphones for search, Google’s mobile search and display ads are growing like crazy

Firefox 10 Is Here. Is it Worth Your Time?

Category: Analytics  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 2/1/2012 3:10:29 PM  respond

Firefox 10 — the latest in a dizzying series of upgrades — is now available for your browsing pleasure.

Are You Getting in the Way of Your Own SEO Success?

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 12/14/2011 11:35:13 AM  respond

There are many things that determine the overall success of an SEO campaign that we can’t control. The Google algorithm looks at over 200 different ranking signals when determining where a site will fall in the SERP, and we still don’t know exactly how much weight is given to each of the various components. White hat SEO guidelines work with what we do know about more...

Most Searched Terms of 2011

Category: SEO  Posted by: Vince Vizzaccaro follow on Twitter on 12/13/2011 10:47:56 AM  1 comments

According to Bing searches, 2011 was the year of musical superstars, continued celebrity fascination, saving money, concern for human tragedy and new royalty. From rising stars and weddings to intense trials and natural disasters more...

On Page SEO Factors to Not Forget

Category: SEO  Posted by: Vince Vizzaccaro follow on Twitter on 12/7/2011 8:22:02 AM  2 comments

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Facebook Reveals How They Track Their Users

Category: Privacy  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 12/1/2011 4:35:52 PM  3 comments

For the first time, Facebook has revealed details about how it tracks users across the web.

How Google Panda Has Impacted SEO for Newer Businesses

Category: SEO  Posted by: Vince Vizzaccaro follow on Twitter on 11/23/2011 10:15:19 AM  1 comments

By Chris London at SEO-News

I'm sure most SEO's have already read several articles about how to recover from the Google Panda or Farmer updates, many of which seem to be the same generic "10 SEO Facts" everyone should know moving forward. For those who remain in the dark about the Panda updates, in short, they have been very effective at weeding out sites with crappy content as well as keyword rich domains with crappy content. I'm not going to regurgitate the same information about quality and relevancy mattering more than ever, because it always has mattered. For Google, trust and authority have always be more...

Google May Penalize Ad Heavy Pages

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 11/11/2011 4:52:30 PM  respond

Ever encountered an ad-heavy page, where you struggle to find the actual content on that page? Google’s looking at penalizing those in its search results.

Less Copyright Liability Boosts Cloud Computing Investment

Category: Cloud  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 11/10/2011 4:39:06 PM  respond

A new study has found that protection against copyright liability increased investment in cloud computing.

Are You a Victim of the 5 Biggest SEO Content Myths?

Category: SEO  Posted by: Vince Vizzaccaro follow on Twitter on 11/9/2011 2:41:34 PM  1 comments

By Nicole Beckett - SEO-News

Publishing great SEO content is harder than you might think. After all, you need content that wows readers, teaches them something new, and convinces them th more...

3 Things to Consider When Building Your Blog on a Separate Domain

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 11/9/2011 1:40:12 PM  4 comments

In my 12+ years as an SEO consultant, I have never worked with a client that couldn’t benefit from creating a business blog. The numerous benefits of business blogging have been repeated on dozens (if not hundreds) of SEO and Internet marketing blogs across the blogosphere, but I’ve noticed that very few blog posts talk about one of the first steps in developing a business blog—should it be on a separate domain or your current website? I more...

Cloud Computing Is the Place to Be

Category: Cloud  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 10/31/2011 4:32:29 PM  respond

The cloud is no longer just a buzz word, it’s a part of our daily lives.

Four Key Ways to Introduce The Cloud Into Your Business Strategy

Category: Cloud  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 10/25/2011 4:53:25 PM  respond

Cloud computing is not one size fits all. Here are four ways to effectively integrate the cloud into your organization.

7 Advantages to Cloud Computing for SMB

Category: Cloud  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 10/21/2011 4:38:34 PM  1 comments

Whether you are just starting out or your business is more mature, cloud software and services can help you cut costs while also freeing up your time so you can concentrate on doing what you do best - running your business.

Why Web Stats Matter

Category: Analytics  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 10/20/2011 7:41:53 PM  respond

The value of website statistics is obvious, right? You need to know how many people are visiting your site in order to properly direct your efforts. That’s elementary, but also only the beginning.

Are Clouds Going Green?

Category: Cloud  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 10/19/2011 10:31:24 PM  respond

Cloud computing energy consumption is a source of much debate.

Google engineer calls Google+ a "pathetic afterthought" and "knee-jerk reaction"

Category: Social Media  Posted by: Vince Vizzaccaro follow on Twitter on 10/12/2011 3:24:40 PM  respond

By Ed Bott

Summary: A Google software engineer who accidentally broadcast a 4,578-word rant about the company’s failings saved his toughest criticism for the Google+ more...

3 Tips to Understand Your Online Competition

Category: SEO  Posted by: Nick Stamoulis on 10/11/2011 12:52:05 PM  respond

The Internet is a highly competitive landscape, made even more competitive because just about every site owner knows a little bit of SEO (at least!) to help make their site that much more appealing to search engines and searchers alike. If you want to create an SEO campaign that is going to help position your site well in the search engines, attract mor more...

U.S. Gov't Pressing Google to Hand Over WikiLeak Supporter's Email Info

Category: Privacy  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 10/10/2011 9:30:52 PM  respond

The U.S. government has targeted a WikiLeaks volunteer using secret court orders that would force Google and Sonic, a small Internet provider, to hand over information from his email account, the Wall Street Journal reports.

In Memoriam: Steve Jobs

Category: Marketing  Posted by: Nicole Malik on 10/5/2011 5:02:22 PM  1 comments

In Honor of the passing of Steve Jobs

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