SEO
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
4 Ways to Increase Your Traffic With StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon is one of the best traffic generators among the top seven social media sites, referring more than other social bookmarking and voting sites such as Digg and Reddit according to Statcounter . Why? Because when a user likes, or stumbles, a particular page, it is put into the StumbleUpon lineup.
After many months following the blog and video posts of Google’s Search Quality Group big cheese “Matt Cutts” I have been making notes and decided to write down some of his confirmed statements. Please note these are taken from the video blogs of Matt Cutts over the past year. Google could change their algorithms and any point on here may then become redundant. In case there are newbies out there Matt Cutts works for the “Google Search Quality Group” and has become famous (or notorious?) for his video blogs on Google . Also note that there is always the chance that everything he is telling us is in fact a load of tosh – always best to try and get some hard research to prove the theories like SEO Moz do….
Confirmed SEO Facts by Matt Cutts from Google Search Quality
169 Professional Social Media Tools - Cool List! - Being Heardable - Heardable.com
by Heardable co-founder, Gunther Sonnenfeld Just this past Monday, we released a report on The Top 50 Leading Brands in Venture Capital . The report was a expansive look at how venture firms and other institutional investors fare in a marketplace dominated by voices that manage big digital footprints, and those who share content -- ideas, opinions, thought leadership -- as a form of business currency.
Can a $5 SEO Job Really Bring You More Search Traffic?
Want to see if you’re a winner from last week’s contest? Check out the BB Facebook page ! You’ve probably heard of Fiverr, the marketplace for $5 jobs. There are a bunch of SEO-related gigs on the site. I don’t like spending time doing much off-site SEO work, so I decided to try one of these out to see if they were worth anything.
As you know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. They present complex concepts quickly and clearly, and communicate ideas in an easily understandable fashion. Last year, I assembled a collection of 35 infographics that told the story of social media at that time. That post proved to be so popular that I wanted to update it, including images that are still relevant and adding newer visualizations that illustrate more recent knowledge and insights into the social Web. Since social media marketing is a relatively recent addition to organizations’ integrated marketing communications plans, it’s imperative for marketing professionals to gain as much understanding as possible about how people leverage social media for everyday interaction.
65 Terrific Social Media Infographics | pamorama
Don’t Just Read What Top Bloggers Write – Look at What They Do! | SEOptimise
Many people read a huge amount of blog posts each day in order to learn and stay ahead of the game in SEO. I used to read loads of posts myself from the industry leading blogs all of the time. But I think you get to a point where, despite it being great to know what’s going on out there, there’s probably only a very small percentage of this information which directly benefits how you do your job. This post from Todd Malicoat about the important things which change in SEO is definitely worth a read. Image credit: Flickr I’m certainly not saying don’t subscribe to these blogs – if you’re learning about search marketing you definitely should – but I’ve found that I now skim over far more posts than I used to in order to grab any information which I may find useful, new or interesting.Luckie & Company is a marketing agency packed with Southern charm and a freakish love of new ideas. David Griner is a social media strategist for Luckie & Company . He's also a contributing editor to Adweek's blog, AdFreak.com .
Luckie's 30-Day Social Media Makeover.: The Social Path
11 Creative Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website
Small business owners are known for being creative and personal with their customers and prospects; however, often they desire more traffic to their website and want to know how to get more of it. I’ll share a 11 tactics that work to drive more traffic to their site, increase conversions and be able to have fun in the process. Traffic is not the only thing that matters. Heck, if it was, you’d just buy a full-page ad in New York Times and expect millions of people to go to your site and buy your product and service. The difference here is making your website known in relevant circles – communities – that are interested in what you do as an entrepreneur and as a business. Traffic helps, but it’s relevance and trustworthiness that moves the needle.
Use Google Analytics Advanced Segments To Find The Real Questions Your Visitors Ask | Search Engine People | Toronto
To do keyword profiling to find out what your customers are really searching for, to get into their minds and understand what it is they specifically ask, you don’t have to go far. These six words are at the heart of every conceivable question one can ask. They are the words used by searchers who want specific information; who want to see their questions answered. You can easily find all the specific questions that led people to your site on a site-wide or page-specific level. Simply use an advanced segment that groups everyone who used one of these question words together.
If you want more people to visit your website, you need to know how to make your website search engine friendly, and then submit your URL to all the major search engines. This site is devoted to teaching you how to do it yourself, cheaply, effectively, and with a minimum of hassle. SelfPromotion.com has been providing the basic facts about website promotion for over a decade.
DIY Website Promotion | How to Create and Submit Websites to Search Engines like Google | Free Site Submission | Website Ranking | Do It Yourself