The Life of a Social Media Update: Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter & Pinterest
As the social media user you are likely to have noticed that there are several ways to send an update to your social media stream: you can send an update, comment on your friend’s update, like your friend’s update and share your friend’s update. So what’s the difference? What happens when? The Differences To make […]
Are All Link Building Tactics Forbidden Now? (Weekly Q&A)
There’s a great discussion taking place at SEOchat forums: So we’ve been taught that we need to get backlinks for ages. The old Google Webmaster Help section had something like “get other webmasters link to you” tip which we were all happy to follow. Now with all those Penguin updates and SEO fear that followed, […]
11 Tools to Find Niche Twitter Influencers
One of the greatest things about social media is that anyone can become influential in any given niche. Some are even able to create niches where there were none before. It is the potential of an open media format with no real boundaries, and complete access to a target audience of any kind. If it […]
What Content to Put on a Facebook Page? (Weekly Q&A)
There is an interesting question being discussed over at SEOchat forums: If I create a Facebook page for my business, which content do I put on it? Really, a lot has been said about promoting Facebook pages, but it is not easy to find a well-organized list of ideas for content to update it: Let’s […]
Startup Buzz Monitoring: Essential Toolset
No matter how old your business is, reputation and buzz monitoring should always be a priority. For startups, it is especially important. As you gain a following and get the word out about your product, it is through initial feedback that you will establish your company based on the needs of the consumer. It is […]
What Is a Brand-Name-Based Link? (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an interesting question being discussed on SEOchat forums: So Penguin is after external anchor-text manipulation, so you need to make sure you have more “innocent” (domain- and brand-name-based) links to make your link profile more natural. So instead of linking as bad credit loans, you probably want to link YourCompanyName.com or Your Company Name […]
13 Best User Experience Blogs
When you are making a blog or website, what do you first consider? The overall template or layout? Content and SEO? Hosting services and platform? Well, one thing is for sure…you should have user experience at the forefront of your thoughts, as well. Making sure that visitors to your site find navigation easy, information useful […]
What Are Your Best Link Opportunities? (Weekly Q&A)
There’s an old but still active thread on SEOchat forums discussing most useful link building sources. Here are a few ideas described there (please add your own in the comments!) Develop Your Own Site Create great content: “in the Internet world, superior content creates a lot of luck”. “Build it and they will come – […]
How Was The Twitter Hashtag Born? (Weekly Q&A)
Social media site Twitter is known for many things. A unique live search algorithm that was the first to really utilize the concept. A format of low-word count quick thoughts great for sharing links or quickly updating friends. A place where celebrities can actually run their own social media profiles instead of relying on someone […]
How To Intelligently Use Social Media Hashtags
I won’t bother to say I am a fan of social media. I am not sure there is anyone out there that doesn’t love it in at least one of its incarnations. Whether they use Facebook, Flickr, YouTube or Reddit, they have been sucked in by the glamor of these sites. I know I was […]