What Can I do to Build My Online Reputation?

Build your online reputation by giving away your most prized possession? Answer questions on the various ‘question and answer’ sites around the web including AnswerBag.com

Breadcrumbs-Not Just for Meatloaf Anymore

Breadcrumbs and the page descriptions are a great way to increase your rankings on Google and search engines.

Will PPC increase in 2009?

Some thoughts on what will happen to PPC-Pay Per Click industry wide in 2009 – it will increase. But that is not the question behind the question.

Email is a Traffic Generator?

Your signature lines on your emails are a great way to create traffic to your online presence. Not just because of direct links, but because of the mindset it helps create in sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

Building a Quick and Easy Website on GoDaddy – Can It be Done?

GoDaddy is great for domain registration. But the story is different for hosting and site creation.

Want Traffic? – Don’t Try to Boil The Ocean With Your Website

Trying to cover everything (or boiling the ocean) on one page is a recipe for frustration for your visitors as well as yourself.

Don’t Be Stingy With Your Pages – We Are Not in the Print World Anymore

don’t be stingy with your use of individual pages rather than trying to create a long page that covers it all – it is confusing for your visitors and for Google.

SEO Copywriting for Visitors and Search Engines

One way to look at trying to meet ‘both’ audiences of Search engine spiders and your visitors, is to clearly write the objective being met by each page. If that is not clear, at least to yourself, then it probably will not be clear to your visitors. The search engines will have a better chances of getting it wrong as well.

Google as a 3rd Grader

When writing and designing your navigation, remember your 1st audience is the Google spider that has the understanding level of a 3rd grader. Ignore the spider and most will never see your site to be able to visit it.

ALTernate Universe – Letting Google and Others Understand Your Site.

How do you know when your ALT tags are complete? When you can have a friend look at a page with only the ALT tags and understand what your site is about, and where to go next.