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Cross-post from AnCap Blog: The Heritage bloggers meeting at Google’s DC headquarters

I wrote a post for AnCap blog that I wanted to share over here since it’s internet-marketing related. My thoughts on the Heritage bloggers meeting at Google’s DC headquarters

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One-page Google+ Guide

Verify your Google+ page Get a Google+ badge for your website/blog…then submit a Google+ page verification request. Include physical location and a phone number on your profile. Why? Google getting ready to incorporate relevant Google+ posts into Google News results … Continue reading

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Rel=”author”: Verify authorship to lend authority to your content

One of my favorite things about SEO is that so often it, unlike most things in life, just makes sense! Reading the latest SEOmoz blog post, Using Passive Link Building to Build Links with No Budget, I came across a … Continue reading

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Internal Site Search Optimization – Part One, the Checkup

Internal site search is incredibly important to converting visits. Shay Digital quoted a Google report showing 90% of companies reporting internal site search as their visitors’ No. 1 means of navigating their sites. And fully 82% of visitors use site … Continue reading

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Tech and social media news opinions – Pinterest and Google’s hardware foray

WOW: Pinterest Is Secretly Profiting Off Your Pins Pinterest “secretly” inserts affiliate codes into pins so e-tailers can give them money when someone comes to their site via the pin. The article calls this creepy. I’m not seeing it. I … Continue reading

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Want to rank in Google News? Of course! Here’s how.

If you’re publishing content on a regular basis, there’s a good chance you could stand to benefit from having your posts included in Google News. It’s not terribly difficult to try to get your content included, and the rewards are … Continue reading

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This is just funny

Will Google be forced to ban its own browser from its index? Google paid for links. Will they blacklist themselves? I’m guessing no.

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Marketing Strategy – Do you want to be with your competitors or your customers?

“My competitors are here, so this is where I need to be.” “They’re ranking for keyword x so I should be too!” “They’re advertising on www.nytimes.com so that’s what I need to do.” How many of you have thought or … Continue reading

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Don’t let pagination mess up your SEO: How to do it right

Ah, pagination. On e-commerce sites, it’s mostly a holdover from back in the day when connection speeds were slower and it took a long time to load large pages. On content sites, it’s mostly a bid to ramp up page … Continue reading

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Guest Posting Link Back Win

By now we’re pretty familiar with the standard operating procedure for guest posting. Write the post, include a bio with a link back to your site/blog. But Tiffany from I am Style-ish said screw-you to all that and went above and beyond. Everything … Continue reading

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