In a article released early this week by Yahoo! news it was stated, "More Americans are Googling themselves - and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too."
What results when you put your name into that little magical box on Google? Are people finding what you want them to find when they Google your name?
When was the last time that you turned to Google fo ...
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We just finished our Adwords Bootcamp this week. It was a great time and everyone learned a ton. You can read more about our past workshops and check out pictures on our Bootcamp Graduates Page.
Today's tip comes from something we have discussed in both of our past workshops.
Occassionally at the bootcamps when we are evaluating one anothers website this comment is is heard, "I thin ...
We met with a few workshop participants at Cito's Coffee Shop
in Yaletown for a little SEO and website Q & A. Pictured
here is Rodney Bartlett and Patricia Houlihan. Rodney is busy
helping Patricia get Feedburner setup for her Ubertor website. We
work remotely throughout Vancouver and will let you know what
coffee shop we plan to be at so that you can pop in and ask
questions or just catch up ...
Yesterday the Google Webmaster team made a big annoucement about sitemaps. Currently they offer two types of sitemaps a general website map and a mobile sitemap. With their announcement yesterday they introduced video sitemaps. This new video sitemap will make it easier for Google to index your videos. The announcement is new, if you'd like more info about how to setup a video sitemap check o ...
I've spoken to a number of people over the past few months who are totally pumped about the idea of learning more about Search Engine Optimization but there are a few drawbacks --- Either they don't live in Vancouver or taking the time off work is difficult.
If that is you, then we've got some good news. The Reachd team is researching the possiblity of offering training online.
In order to ...
Today's Tip is about a new feature in Google Webmaster Tools http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools
Google has
recently added a new feature to the webmasters tools called
"Content Analysis"
The purpose of the tools is to evaluate the content on your site to see if you are in danger of having a duplicate content penalty. The tool is still in beta so it may be a bit buggy still, but is a goo ...
Do you use Google Maps?
You better believe we do at our house. Whenever we are going to visit a friend or whenever we are looking to find a restaurant or any other directions to a place that we haven't been to before. Google maps is always my friend when I am traveling and when I am at home.
I'm sure that many
of you have noticed that Google maps is often included in the
search results. I ...
Our Essentials workshop just ended. You can read the about SEO workshop particiapants on our SEO Workshop graduates page.
We had a good group and took some extended time for site reviews during this workshop, which in my opinion is one of the hightlights of the Bootcamp. Find out more about our Search Engine and Adwords Bootcamps
One piece of advice that really stood out throughout the site ...
Great News! I've
completed the requirements to become a Google Adwords Professional.
Three basic requirements for become an adwords pro.
1. An comprehensive knowledge of the adwords advertising
system
2. Completion of the Google Adwords Professional Exam
3. Management of $1000 / month in your Google Adwords account.
Do you use Google Adwords? If you are a real estate agent, do you market ...
This is a very special edition of the SEO Tip of the Day. It is not everyday that you get an SEO Tip right from Google, but today we did get to hear from Matt Cutts from Google. Matt talked about two things that we would like to point out to you.
1. The importance of an XML sitemap. With a sitemap you are making Google's job of crawling your site much easier. If you want to get a deep crawl ...