Businesses and “mommy” bloggers have had a great thing going for the past several years. Businesses with an online presence in search of new marketing ideas and in desperate need of page rank from Google, have turned to mommy bloggers as a solution. The business offers a product in exchange for a review containing links …
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With 300 million active users, Google Plus is quickly becoming a necessary part of every social media strategy. Currently the second largest social network in the world, Google Plus was made for relationship building. It allows you to find and connect with people who have the same interests and passions you do. What better way …
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In my last blog post, How to Sync Outlook With Your Smartphone, I mentioned looking at the Android phone and some of the neat features and tools Google offers, mostly for free. It is easy for me to put all of my personal data into Gmail, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, Picasa, Google maps, etc. …
Our previous article How Canonical URL Redirects (301 Redirects) Can Affect Your Search Rankings provided a brief overview of the effects a lack of canonical (301) redirects can have on your search rankings. Today we would like to tell you how to correct this issue on the major platforms. A couple of notes to mention …
Have you noticed that when you type certain URLs, they are automatically redirected? For instance, whether you type marketvantage.com, marketvantage.com/index.php, www.marketvantage.com/index.php or www.marketvantage.com they all resolve to the same URL https://marketvantage.com. This is called a “Canonical URL Redirect” or a “301 Redirect”. Now unfortunately, a lot of websites don’t have this redirect which can negatively …
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Lately there has been a flurry of coverage in the mainstream media about Google’s efforts to improve the quality of its organic (non-paid) search results. In the past two weeks we’ve seen articles in the NY Times and Wall Street Journal just to name a couple. Never before has the practice of search engine optimization, …
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Recently, several members of our team attended a SEMNE meeting about “Responsible Search Marketing.” The presenter was Jill Whalen, a well-respected veteran of responsible SEO. Most of the 40 or so people in the room were SEO professionals of one kind or another, either self-employed, working in an agency, or in-house. Virtually all of us …
