Thanks MBA for letting me present
Today I had the honor of presenting a talk on Internet Marketing at the Montana Brewers Association meeting. Special thanks to Blake of Bonfire Branding to the invitation. What a great group of people. I love how collaborative these businesses are. I get the sense they all want to see the industry as a whole […]
Local Directories… how to claim them
One of the areas that is most confusing in my line of work is helping businesses decide how to claim and update all the various directory listings. Having accurate listings in a multitude of online directories IS important for a variety of reasons. a. They can be a helpful ranking factor in getting your site […]
What is Movember and No Shave November?
What’s with all the facial hair? If you have been seeing a bunch of scruffy guys, some of whom just aren’t shaving and others who are trying (with varying degrees of success) to grow a moustache, odds are it’s November. Two men’s cancer awareness campaigns are in full swing this month. Each have a similar […]
Taking your site Mobile
As more people are moving to tablets for daily web surfing and ditching their old flip phone for a smart phone, it makes sense that more and more of your website traffic is going to be “mobile”. Depending on the site, mobile traffic can be well over 50% of all your traffic. With this major […]
Is SEO Dead? No, but it’s changing. I recap
A recent post by searchengineland.com covered the latest thinking on the often uttered words “SEO is Dead”. I’ll try to recap and give you my thoughts. 1. No, SEO is not dead. You still need your site set up the right way, and to do the basics like have keyword rich title-tags and well written […]
Facebook announces Graph Search
So Facebook just announced something called Graph Search. See how Facebook describes it here: http://www.facebook.com/about/graphsearch Already there are tons of people weighing in on what it is, and if they like it. I say it’s too early to tell, but if you run a business and are online (and I hope you are) this will […]
Annual Ranking Factors Report
Each year, I deeply review the Rankings Factors Report put out by David Mihm Web Design. Well, it’s out again, and if you want to dive deeper into what’s working to help (or hurt) your website rankings, especially if you have a Local target market, check out the Ranking Factors Report. This week we’re also […]
Google Drops Plus sign from Search Operators
Back when Google announced Google Plus, I laughed that the search engine giant named their new social networking platform something that their users can’t even search for, since the plus sign [+] is used as a way to define a search string. This meant when you tried to search for [Google +] in Google, you […]
Presentation on Internet Marketing
I’m pleased to have given a presentation last night on Internet Marketing to the Missoula Building Industry Association. For those who want to view it, I’m posting it below. Internet Marketing Presentation -Andy
The Periodic Table of SEO
My review of the SEO Periodic Table by Search Engine Land.