How the Facebook Contextual Engine Can Grow Your Business

Facebook is building a contextual search engine that will readily tell your story and connect you with new social and business opportunities. However, you have to make the effort to learn how to give it the information that it needs to help you. While it may seem that your Facebook experience is determined by Facebook, […]

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4 Ways to Clean Up Your Site for SEO

You already know that serving up valuable content that gets consumed and shared is the primary way to have your site ranked higher by Google – especially if those inbound links are from other sites of authority. Did you also know that Google interprets subtle signals that your site may be sending that could be […]

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Whole Lotta Sharing Going On

Sharing is a human activity that is driving the social web these days. Thus, it is one that deserves your attention if you expect to be relevant in the communities you engage with and your business serves. Social Sharing and Social Graphs Anytime a link is shared on the social web it creates a node […]

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Wajam is Social Search

Wouldn’t it be amazing to have immediate access to the wisdom and expertise of your friends when you need it the most? Meet Wajam – a new search engine that serves up search results from what is shared among your social networking friends. Ever since Facebook launched the social sharing Like button in April of […]

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How to Prepare Your Business for Social Search

Is your business ready for social search? In this article I’ll reveal what you need to know and what you need to do to prepare for social search. This article (now updated) first appeared in Social Media Examiner where I am a guest blogger.  It’s another great resource for you that like this blog is focused on […]

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Google Gives Authors of Original Content the Spotlight

“We know that great content comes from great authors, and we’re looking closely at ways this markup could help us highlight authors and rank search results.” This is a quote from Inside Search – the official Google Search blog. Originality is Art Authors are artists.  They provide unique perspectives that make online content worth reading, […]

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Quality Online Content is Not Enough

“It’s not enough.  Sorry, it’s just not enough.” This is a quote from a video by SEOmoz – a top SEO blog.  The 10 minute video would not embed well, but you can watch it here. It’s a true commentary that speaks to the fact that being relevant for search engines now demands much more […]

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Your Interactive Expertise Distribution Site

A blog is an interactive site that distributes expertise to a community. Just don’t call it a blog, because that term may no longer be relevant. What comes to mind when you hear the words blog or blogging – a string of random thoughts or a well-crafted piece of content that helps a specific community to […]

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Blekko Search Slashes Out the Best Content

Have you searched the web for too long already and still cannot find what you are looking for? If so, upstart search engine Blekko may do the trick.  Blekko uses slashtags to get the job done.  These are tags that eliminate spammy results to bring you the most relevant content. There Are Lots of Search Engines […]

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Typepad vs WordPress – Pros and Cons

One advantage of having a unique domain for your blog is you can export your entire blog from WordPress Optimisation to TypePad or vice-versa.  Even if you are loyal to one platform, you never know with mergers and such if there will be a desire to make a change down the road.  So, do this.  […]

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