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Make Google Your Bit*h – errr – Personal Assistant

Niche Research

Google, an absolute mega-giant on the Internet is in business and making a boat load of money, by doing one thing, really really well. That one thing is matching a visitors search results to the content they are most likely searching for.

Let me break that down for you with an example. You visit Google.com and type in *quilting tips* and hit enter.

Now, what is it you are are looking for? Are you looking for how to grow mint in your backyard garden? No. Are you looking for how to make money on the Internet? No.

You are looking for tips from…

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Google Is Lying To You

Niche Research , Online Marketing

If you are using Google’s keyword suggestion tool, or any tool that relies on Google’s research, then you aren’t getting the truth, and I can prove it. I know they are strong words, but hear me out. In fact, listen quick, and listen close because you can only do something about this from June 21st […]

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Bing To Pay News Sites To De-Index From Google

Internet Marketing , Other Authors

The fierce battle between Microsoft’s Bing & Google is getting fiercer. Ever since the launch of Bing in June 2009, Microsoft has been trying to capture the online search engine market share. Though Bing has come out as the fastest growing search engine in recent months, it still falls way behind Google. From online advertisements to cash back rewards campaigns, Microsoft has spent millions already to attract online surfers to use Bing. But now they have come up with a new strategy to garner more search volume.

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A Custom 404 Page : An Opportunity To Impress* Your Visitors

Wordpress

(* By impress, I mean engage, wow and help your visitors)

When something goes wrong on your site, your visitors will land on a 404 page, or to their way of thinking, the Twilight Zone.

Most standard Wordpress blogs come handily equipped with a 404 Page. The problem is it is absolutely worthless for helping your visitor get back on track.

There could be a variety of reasons they landed there:

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SEO: Correcting A Misconception

SEO

Boy, I really hate it when this happens. Some *guru* will state something like “Install All In One SEO and you will be instantly found by Google”. What a load of horse-manure.

Let me correct this terrible misconception, before it destroys some small business blogger’s dream.

First and foremost, All In One SEO (AIE SEO) is a great plugin. I don’t want this post to sound like I am dissing the plugin itself. Only the guru’s accidental (?) misconception. Installing it is Step 1.

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SEO: Inbound Links Without Asking Or Spamming

SEO

You have started your Search Engine Optimization education and have learned that inbound links count as *votes* for your site when Google ranks you website. Come on, everyone knows this right?

So, how do you get those coveted inbound links?

You can surf for blogs in your niche that have a page rank, and contact them. You can then beg, borrow or wheedle a link from them. Good luck with that if you haven’t already established a relationship with them.

You can comment on their blog, on the posts that are most similar to the content you are posting. A good idea, but somewhat time consuming since it’s important when you comment, to add value to the conversation.

Or, you can use a built in …

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Can Google Help With Your SEO?

SEO

I know, it’s a little hard to believe, right? The search giant wants to help little ole me understand and leverage Search Engine Optimization for my small business?

In a word… Yes.

Google has created a new channel on another mega-giant…

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