Most of us know that SEO increases export sales: it’s almost a given and therefore not that remarkable. However, for clients it can often be a different matter: they don’t see SEO and link building as powerful and cost-effective tools with which to approach export markets. Indeed they see exporting as difficult and expensive –...Read More
One of the world’s most widely deployed content management systems gets a silent, automated update. Millions of open-source WordPress administrators around the world were greeted with emails today, telling them that their WordPress installations were automatically updated. “Howdy! Your site at [http://sitename.com] has been updated automatically to WordPress 3.8.1.,” is the automated message sent from...Read More
With the recent controversy surround guest blog posting, it is easy to be pulled into the controversy. As always, there are contradicting viewpoints on small business SEO and the guidance from Google is, well, confusing at best. Small business owners don’t have the luxury of being wrong. They live close to the edge, and rainy-day...Read More
Once upon a time, blogging platforms like WordPress were only used for blogging. Now, WordPress is commonly implemented for easy, user-friendly website design. But these days, WordPress isn’t the only game out there. Below are the best established and up-and-coming WordPress alternatives, both for blogging and websites. WordPress Alternatives 1. IM Creator IM Creator bills...Read More
Negative SEO can get companies penalized or entirely banned from Google. It can affect share price. It can even put companies out of business. It was recently reported that Expedia either was the victim of a “negative SEO†attack, or is in desperate need of hiring new people to handle its online marketing. Whatever the case,...Read More
Google sold Motorola Mobility just a year and a half after buying it. On the surface, that seems like an admission of defeat. But selling Motorola is less a confession that it messed up, and more a tacit admission that there’s no real need for Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) to be making its own smartphones....Read More
The WordPress platform makes it easy to set up an online store, either as your primary business or to complement your physical small business. In addition to thousands of templates, there is a massive library of plugins designed to simplify and automate your online sales. Below are ten of the best WordPress plugins for eCommerce...Read More
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Hello Universe Today commentators! I just wanted to let you know that I’ve decided to disable Disqus comments on Universe Today, and return to plain old WordPress comments. There are a bunch of reasons why I decided to do this, most...Read More
Two of the main components of a strong SEO strategy are the same as they has always been: to publish high-quality content that gets read and linked to by as many people as possible (ie, quality content and inbound links). But in 2014, a third key element will join the ranks of these two elements:...Read More
Having your name or contact information associated with an incorrect Google search is never fun — just ask this article’s author, who is constantly having to contend with that one baseball player. Unfortunately, for David Peck, it gets a bit worse than that. Peck, through no fault of his own, managed to somehow have his...Read More
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