SEO and Web Design – Plan for a Ongoing Updates
I’ve written about this before (read Building a Website & Getting it Found Online is Not a “Once & Done” Tactic), but unfortunately many people still believe if they build and optimize a website once their site will be #1 in Search. Sadly this is rarely if ever the case with SEO and Web Design. You could […]
“Don’t forget About the Body” When it Comes to Website Optimization
Straight from the disembodied head of Matt Cutts… “Don’t forget the body” when you optimize your website. Each page of a website is made of at least 3 main parts. The Head: This is where links for style information, scripts and meta tags (Title, Description) are found. The code in the Head is not directly […]
3 Tips for Creating the Ultimate Landing Page Experience
A key element of internet marketing is landing pages. We follow the concept your website is the center of your online universe, so your online marketing should be driving traffic to where you do business online: Your website! You don’t want to just send qualified traffic to a random page or just to your homepage. […]
TriStarr Staffing Launches New Website With Blackbird e-Solutions, LLC
We are excited to announce TriStarr Staffing’s new website! www.tristarrjobs.com TriStarr is one of our oldest and best clients. We started working with them in 2006 to help them with their SEO and Website Analytics. Over the years the relationship has grown and we are now an integral part of their online marketing efforts. TriStarr […]
Coming Soon a New Blackbird e-Solutions Site!
Speaking of new sites… We’re working on a site of our own! Take a peak under the veil to see what’s coming to blackbirdesolutions.com
Onsite SEO – Best practices. What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You
In our post, Ready, Assess, Fire, Aim – Laying the Groundwork for Online Marketing we looked at your current online presence: Your Home Base. We asked you to answer the following questions. Do you have a website? Do you or your organization have full control of the site? Do you have access or do you […]
How to Set Up Google Analytics on Your Website
Last time we looked at your Current Online Presence and discussed some basic questions. Do you have a website? Do you or your organization have full control of this site? Do you have access or do you have someone that can quickly update your website? Do you currently track what happens on your site? (i.e. […]
Ready, Assess, Fire, Aim – Laying the Groundwork for Online Marketing
This is the second post in our series “Killer Online Marketing for 2013” Want the whole series to be delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for the free series Killer Online Marketing for 2013! Many of you have probably heard the popular mantra, “Ready, Fire, Aim.” This is often adopted to keep people or […]
A Holistic Approach to Web Development, SEO, Social Media
The Protocall Group Selects Blackbird e-Solutions for website development We are proud to announce that one of our oldest and best clients has chosen Blackbird e-Solutions for their website development as they re-brand from Protocall Staffing to The Protocall Group. The project was initiated earlier this spring because their current website, developed in 2007, is […]
SEO Best Practices for Blogging
I recently had a client ask about SEO best practices for creating title tags for blog posts for their network of bloggers. Currently when the title and link to each blog post shows up in their network it shows a very generic title that gives very little indication to what the post is really about. […]
5 Tips to Avoid Being Harvested by Google’s Farmer Update
By now you’ve probably heard of the Farmer Update that Google released in February for it’s algorithm. The update was primarily focused on cleaning up Google’s result pages by removing content farms. Content farms are sites that simply publish large amounts of content of little value in order to gain a high ranking with the […]
Developing a Search Friendly Site (video)
Yesterday I posted about Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. If you learn better by reading check out the guide. If you learn better with videos check out this video to learn the basics of search friendly development beginning to end, including: Using Flash and JavaScript Headings and adding content Using Robot.txt files and sitemaps […]