Localize Your Videos and Make Them SEO Friendly
Videos are great ways to bring traffic to your site and engage your visitors. Check out this video for a tool to create subtitles that can be translated automatically with Google Translate (Localization). Plus the transcript will also be picked up by Google and other search engines making the video SEO friendly. It’s a win […]
Will SEO Be Around in 5 Years? Matt Cutts Says “Yes”
With the new launch of Google Instant there’s been a lot of talk about how it is going to kill SEO, or the need and ability for SEO professionals to effectively optimize websites so that they rank in Google’s SERPS (search engine results). Some people are going as far to say it is an SEO […]
Google Tips for International SEO and Websites with Multiple Languages
Many international companies with multi-lingual sites use machine translation such as Google Translate to translate their content. Google has recently warned against doing this. Google’s own John Mu commented in the Google Webmaster Central forums: I just want to add a word of warning here — using automated translation tools to directly create content for […]
Google Releases Google Instant
Google announced Google Instant amid a flurry across the blogshpere and social media. Interesting thing is if you start typing Google Instant into Google it doesn’t predict itself as an option. Hmmm.. Is Google Instant being modest? Here’s a quick lowdown and a video to explain what all the talk is about. Faster Searches: By […]
SEO Tip: Always Use Unique Titles for Each Page on Your Website
So often I come across websites that use the same page title for all their pages. This is usually either the fault of a lazy designer or someone that just doesn’t understand the importance of unique page titles. Without unique titles the search engine spiders that crawl your website will have less of a chance […]
Anti-Google Advertisement Aired in Times Square NYC
A consumer watchdog is airing a video attacking Google’s privacy policies. The video shows Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt as the ice cream man giving away ice cream to kids. After giving the kids the ice cream he tells them he is going to take all their secrets. Then he goes on to tell them secrets […]
Google Realtime Search Gets a New Home with New Tools
Last week at a Lancup a local Tweetup in Lancaster we were discussing search and a number of people commented that they noticed real-time search was not showing up in their regular search results. Well guess what, that’s because Google has given real-time search a new home. The page is www.google.com/realtime. Or go to the […]
SEO or Search Engine Optimization – Are Consumers Becoming More Savy?
I was doing some SEO research today when I started thinking about the state of the SEO Industry. With social media becoming more popular and the merging of social media and SEO, what were people searching on when they want to bring more traffic to their site. Using Google Insights for Search I did a […]
Social Search: Google Turns Search into a Social Experience
It’s no secret that the worlds of social media and search are becoming more and more entwined. Today companies are building up there social networking presence to create place where they can communicate with others in the industry as well as clients and potentials. While this in itself is a huge change in mentality for […]
Good SEO is a Competitive Advantage, But do YOU Have the Time
The fact is most companies don’t have the knowledge to do SEO well and they don’t have the time, because they are busy running their business.
It’s the Google Age Dummy – Protect Your Personal Brand
everyone is Binging, Yahooing and Googling each other.. ..Is there anyway to make sure people find what you want them too?
The Benefits of Universal Search
Universal search has actually been around for some time.. Even though it has been over 3 years since it went live, many companies, SEO firms and marketing agencies are still not taking advantage of it.
