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Measure Site Speed with Google Analytics

May 12, 2011 No Comments

Last week Google announced a new feature to Google Analytics that allows webmasters to measure the page load time. This move directly ties in with Google’s announcement last year about site speed affecting search rankings. A low site speed can also negatively affect an AdWords quality score. The new addition to Google Analytics shows pages [...]

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Site Review: Trey Pennington

April 21, 2011 9 Comments

Trey Pennington has agreed to put his website up for review. It’s never easy to hear people critique our websites, as I have found. Our websites our often our pride and joy; our babies. We don’t want to admit sometimes that our babies are ugly. Let’s look at Trey’s site and see where he needs [...]

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J.C. Penney is Busted by the New York Times

February 13, 2011 4 Comments

If you are a regular reader of this blog or an e-newsletter subscriber, you will know that I often talk about link building. There is no doubt that getting external links to your site can boost your site’s rankings. In fact, Google states: “Your site’s ranking in Google search results is partly based on analysis [...]

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SEO Columbus vs Columbus SEO

February 8, 2011 No Comments

(Yes, this is blatant, stereotypical SEO, keyword-stuffing tactics, but bear with me … ) The story starts with Mike Halvorsen. Let’s call him SEO Columbus to make things easier. SEO Columbus is an SEO in Columbus. Make sense, huh? Because he’s an SEO in Columbus, it would make sense for him to use the words [...]

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Site Review: South East Installation Services

December 15, 2010 5 Comments

James Holloway, Founder and Owner of South East Installation Solutions, has agreed to throw his site into the next discussion. I like to try different industry sectors and this series and this would really stood out as a site that could use some help. This is a great opportunity for many of my marketing and [...]

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