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Simple Flying Tips to Help You Avoid Being an Aloof Tool 28 Apr 2012 | 02:00 am
The need to travel for business spiked in the last year and it seems I am on a plane every few weeks. The frequent travel, my acute awareness powers and ability to easily recognize a travel noob has d...
The Hunger Games, Skin Color and Twitter 28 Mar 2012 | 07:24 am
The Hunger Games buzz on Twitter is in full swing, but did you expect to see complaining tweets about skin color? “Fans” of the popular novel series are making some bold statements with their 140 cha...
Sound SEO Resume Advice 27 Mar 2012 | 03:00 am
Managing an SEO team requires being very active throughout the hiring process. As the business grows or when a team member moves onto another opportunity headcount opens and the fun kicks into overdri...
The Rel Canonical Tag is Not The Solution to Every Known URL Problem 24 Mar 2012 | 03:00 am
When Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft joined forces and endorsed the rel=canonical tag back in 2009 SEOs across the land jumped for joy. Rel canonical does fulfill a very useful purpose buying a site owne...
Copyscape – The Best Plagiarism Checker for Bloggers 7 Feb 2012 | 05:30 am
As a blogger or even a website editor you spend countless hours writing and sharing your knowledge. Some articles might flow easily at your cerebral fingertips, but other articles might require length...
6 Mobile Website Design Hints for an Optimized User Experience 5 Jan 2012 | 07:03 am
More and more companies are releasing mobile website experiences with the explosion of smartphone sales and smartphone Internet usage. In fact, the behavior of the mobile user provides staggering supp...
Bloggers You Are Missing Out on Image Search Traffic 20 Dec 2011 | 05:00 am
Many of my friends blog and they always ask for search engine optimization hints. They want to know every way possible to increase their organic referral traffic. They also cannot afford having a full...
Changing Your Website URLs? Learn About the 301 Redirect 15 Dec 2011 | 08:50 am
The 301 redirect is the single most important thing to learn before launching a new URL scheme for a legacy website. Especially if your legacy website has been around for years and has accrued valuabl...
Yahoo! Releases the 10 Top Searches for 2011 2 Dec 2011 | 12:45 pm
Yahoo! released the ten top searches for 2011 which includes a device, television show, a catastrophic event and various individuals. I wanted to say “celebrities” instead of “individuals” but just co...
Keyword Density and Keyword Stuffing Boost Your LinkedIn Profile in Search 8 Nov 2011 | 05:02 am
This past March LinkedIn announced 100 million members worldwide. So it is safe to assume there are at least hundreds of individuals on LinkedIn with your same job title and perhaps thousands within y...