Category Archives: Web Design

SEM PDX – take-aways from an SEO conference

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Back from purgatory!

I’m finished optimizing and converting a Christmas Gifts site….. Continue reading

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Moving Servers

My server is getting old and all 35 websites on it need to be transferred to another server. I’ve been working on little else for the last week. I expect another three or four weeks of this and I’ll have … Continue reading

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Yoost DeValk WordPress SEO Plugin Webinar

Yoost DeValk (the hopelessly nerdy guy pictured at right) is the guy who wrote the SEO plugin for WordPress. He’s someone whose SEO advice I listen to with rapt attention. Last week I listened to a live webinar of Yoost … Continue reading

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How to Count Backlinks

For the past couple of years I’ve been farming out link-building work for my clients, to several companies that have specialized in article marketing. Is Article Marketing for Link-Building Dead? However, the recent Panda updates seem to have resulted in … Continue reading

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Google +1 (Google Plus 1) is available

Installing Google +1 on your site Google recently released its “+1″ service, which is a button you put on your blog or on your website, which lets people who visit the page tell Google that they like the page they … Continue reading

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Updated JM Blog Design

We recently updated the WordPress software for this blog, and the old theme (had it in place since 2003!) finally broke beyond all repair. So – we have a somewhat new look, which you’ll see on all the pages of … Continue reading

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SEO Audits | A Good Overview from Adam Audette

“SEO is both an art and a science.” The science is in the DATA — what you see when you look at the inner workings of the site. The ART is in knowing what that data MEANS, and the way that one uses that data to achieve higher rankings Continue reading

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SEO – How to Silo a Large Website

PageRank coming from Google, when the site is silo’d properly, is then smoothly distributed through your home page to your main sub-pages, then down to their sub-pages… Continue reading

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Where can I register in Search Engines?

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