may 2008

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This is the second installment of a "Back to the Basics" series I am currently writing. In case you missed it, the initial installment was about keyword research and how it is the foundation of any search engine optimization (SEO) effort. In this segment I will actually detail how to go about developing a SEO strategy for your web site.

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Like any good marketing strategy, SEO needs to have a solid foundation and that foundation is keyword research. If one is going to optimize the pages of their web sites to improve visibility for certain keyword phrases, they have to have a good understanding of what phrases will not only bring traffic, but the right traffic. This is a "back to the basics" style of post related to search engine optimization (SEO).

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I love Twitter. I have become quite accustomed to having TwitterFox beeping out sounds of updated tweets (what us Twitter users call posts) as I click on its icon to see what they are. It has been great to keep up with what friends and colleagues are doing in their daily lives. Twitter has also been very useful in asking questions or learning about other people's opinions. It has been a handy tool for online discussion. It has even made it quite easy to post links of interest or ask fellow Twitter users to vote up a social news submission ...

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I am so weary of non-SEO types who have some measure of influence spouting off their opinion of what SEO is, what it isn't, whether it is growing or declining and the like. It is no different then when celebrities use their clout and status to speak out of some subject like they are some kind of authority on the matter when in all actuality they are not. Following is my response to recent posts that have claimed that SEO has no future and is on a downward spiral.

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For the longest time I have wanted to participate in a local seminar in my own community of Phoenix Arizona on the subject of search engine marketing. Now that will be fulfilled in the inaugural event of the National Marketing Academy as they host the Phoenix Search Engine & Internet Marketing Workshop. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18, 2008 from 7:30 am - 5:00 pm and will be held at the Sheraton Phoenix Airport.

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Here are some great and newsworthy posts I came across today including how to put your Flickr photos into Yahoo News, 10 reasons why you should monitor your brands across social media sites, and finally, Bill Slawski examines a Microsoft patent that explores the identification of a block within a web page.

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Submitting stories, blog posts and articles to social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Sphinn and others can be very time-consuming but if done properly, can also have huge payoffs. Why then do so many people shoot themselves in the foot by not following proper etiquette? Is there such a thing as "social bookmarking etiquette?" Certainly there is! Here are a few things to keep in mind if you want to get the most out of your social bookmarking activities.

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Here are some great and newsworthy posts I came across today including Mixx continues to gain exposure as CNN adds "Mixx It" button to every article on its site and a post at Search Engine Guide on how not to waste your time with web analytics.