I specialize in translating online marketing jargon into plain English. If you’re running a small business, especially a small business with a local focus like dentistry, self storage, legal, or accounting services, and have looked into running a search engine optimization (SEO) campaign, chances are you’ve run into the term “citations†or “web citations.†Nobody...Read More
(CNN) — You’re attempting to make meringue and your egg whites are a runny mess. What if you could pick up your phone or computer and instantly video chat with a cooking expert who can take a look at your kitchen disaster and tell you exactly what you’re doing wrong? Google launched a tool called...Read More
Easily Trim Seconds From Your WP Loading Times I gotta say, I’m super stoked about this plugin! Why? Because up till now, there was no way to do this important part of site optimization without mucking in a lot of heavy code or hiring a developer. Admittedly, this plugin isn’t for everyone (raw novices) or...Read More
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…floating showroom? Google’s mysterious barge in San Francisco Bay just became a bit less of a mystery. KPIX, a CBS affiliate in the Bay Area, has dug deep and found sources that tell the station the barge will house luxury showrooms and a party deck for the search...Read More
WordPress has always been a CMS (Content Management System) and blogging tool for those that aren’t as adept at web design and coding, but want the flexibility and professional design that many large companies pay thousands of dollars to developers to create. The community support has always been very active and WordPress core development has...Read More
Jill Whalen of High Rankings has been a voice in the SEO community since SEO was in its infancy. This week, she announced she was officially leaving SEO in pursuit of other interests. In her newsletter, the High Rankings Advisor, she talked about her decision: I realize that this probably sounds pretty crazy. SEO has...Read More
(CNN) — Google on Thursday released its latest candy-themed mobile operating system: Android 4.4, more deliciously known as Kit Kat. The system will launch immediately on Google’s new Nexus 5 phone and then roll out to other Nexus devices, the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, in the next few weeks. Nexus devices are Google’s...Read More
SEO has changed forever. The great philosopher Heraclitus once said “change is the only constant”. But wait? Einstein said a similar thing about the universe. Even the very subject on the correlation of change and constant in life is open to debate. This sums up the situation that search marketers face themselves in today. SEO...Read More
I like the frequency of WordPress updates. They’re generally released every few months so you receive some great new features and bug fixes. But they’re not so frequent that you’re updating all your sites every other day. WordPress 3.7 was released on October 24, 2013. You can download the files from wordpress.org/download/ or you can...Read More
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