18 Inbound Marketing Tactics to Drive Website Traffic and Search Engine Rank

Inbound Marketing to Drive Traffic and Search Engine Rank

The number one question I get from website owners is “How can I drive more traffic to my site and rank higher in search engines?”  This diagram from SEOmoz illustrates the pleathora of options and complexity involved in accomplishing this. My guess is you’re actively executing on a handful of these tactics.  I recommend you [...] Read more »

Google PageRank Checker – Check Google Page Rank of any Web Page

Google PageRank is a factor that many consider important to search engine optimization and how your site ranks in Google search results.  Here’s a site that lets you quickly check: Google PageRank Checker – Check Google page rank of any web pages. How to increase your PageRank?  Well, that’s one of the great mysteries.  Here’s [...] Read more »

How to properly tag your images for search engine optimization

images for search engine optimization

Tagging your images for search engine optimization is a great tactic to drive more targeted traffic to your site. If your site is being indexed by Google, chances are your images will be indexed as well. I suggest you sign up for Google Webmaster Tools (free) just to make sure Google know you want your [...] Read more »

3 Lessons on Blogging this Week

Start small and get over your fear of blogging

I had a great week meeting with several clients, all of whom are new to blogging or have a blog but still have yet to find their rhythm. It is not surprising that many people think blogging is either nerve-racking, a waste of time or difficult in terms of finding something to say. Add in [...] Read more »

Optimize your WordPress Blog for SEO and User Experience – Joost de Valk (Video)

Another great video from Joost de Valk “Yoast”, including some useful advice on strategies to optimize your WordPress blog for SEO and user experience. In particular, Yoast shares some very helpful hints for Analytics, Automation, RSS, Commenting and Plugins.  Hope you enjoy. What tips do you have to share to optimize your WordPress blog for [...] Read more »

Drive More Traffic to Your Blog and Engage Readers (Audio)

In this audio post I’ll touch on a few techniques to drive more traffic to your blog and engage readers in a more meaningful way. 002-more-blog-followers.mp3 Topics Covered: • Creating unique and compelling content • Search Engine Optimization and long-tail keywords • Commenting on third-party websites • Leveraging Social Media How are you attracting more [...] Read more »

Deep Links for Search Engine Optimization

It’s still shocking that many newbies don’t understand links. You don’t need to link to a lot of Web sites. You need a lot of good Web sites to link to you. And, it’s best if you can manage to get some of those links to include — in some fashion — the keywords that [...] Read more »

Optimizing YouTube Videos for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

YouTube.com is the second most searched site on the Internet, next to Google, so you might conclude that it is the second largest search engine. It so happens that Google owns YouTube so the implications are something to be well understood and taken seriously as YouTube relates to your Internet Marketing strategy. As the largest [...] Read more »

What are the best resources for a beginner of SEO ?

Q: What are the best resources for a beginner of SEO ? via Discussion: Search Engine Land | LinkedIn I recommend SEObook.com, SEOmoz.com and SearchEngineWatch.com. You can also take a professional course, such those offered at SempoInstitute.com. If you really want hands-on training, identify a niche, conduct keyword research, and build a traffic generation strategy. [...] Read more »