What is Edgerank and how does it affect your social media marketing

Facebook edgrank top stories

Note: This article first appeared on Social Media Examiner. It has been updated since original publication. Ever wonder why you can have 548 friends on Facebook yet only 15-20 show up in your news feed? It’s not that those other friends have stopped using Facebook. Chances are, they are still there. It’s just that they… [Continue Reading]

Blog Vs. Facebook

Yes, we all know that Facebook use has reached absolutely absurd numbers but does that mean the blog is dead? According to a recent infographic by Infographiclabs, Facebook receives more than 2.7 billion “likes” each day and accounts for 1 of every 5 pageviews on the net. And while Facebook should play an important role… [Continue Reading]

5 Ways to Improve a Real Estate (or other small business) Website

Real Estate Signs

As my wife and I embarked on our recent search for a new home, we naturally found ourselves turning to the internet and mobile phones for a wide variety of information. Armed with our laptop computers and trusty iPhones, we expected to find everything from new listings and neighborhood comps to past tax information. As… [Continue Reading]

Six Simple Things You can Do to Optimize Your Blog Posts for the Search Engines

SEO For Blog Post

Note: This article originally appeared on Social Media Examiner. It has been updated to reflect changes that have occurred since it was originally published. In an earlier article, I talked about the importance of blogging and search engine rankings. A topical blog naturally adds keyword rich posts that increase your chances of rising to the… [Continue Reading]

The Power of Blogging and the Search Engines

Editors note: This article originally appeared on Social Media Examiner How many times have you heard someone say, “I just want that top search result on Google?” For a business website, the top spot in the organic search engine returns can be a lead generating machine. One of the best ways to gain that top… [Continue Reading]

Five Tips for Writing an Online Press Release

Online Press release

A good press release can do more than just generate publicity. It can attract incoming links to your website from highly trafficked websites. These incoming links can give you a big boost in the search engine rankings. Many of the top distribution sites directly feed into Yahoo News Google News and other large new organizations.… [Continue Reading]

Premium WordPress Themes Review: Thesis

Of all the premium themes available, Thesis is probably one of the most popular themes available. In the world of templates and standard themes, popularity might not always be a good thing but thanks to the unlimited customization features, repetition between unrelated sights doesn’t need to be problem. If your site is hard to read,… [Continue Reading]

Scribe for SEO; Common Sense Search Engine Optimization

As I wrote a while back on Socialmediaexaminer.com, one of the best ways to move to the top of the search engine rankings is by producing good content. When you create quality content, your readers will come back for more, share it with others and most importantly, it will generate incoming links. That said, there… [Continue Reading]

Premium WordPress Theme Review: Headway

As I mentioned in an earlier post, WordPress premium themes have a number of advantages. Along with features you don’t find in most free themes, premium themes usually come with an active support community which can more than pay for itself when it comes to learning the them, customizing and helping when you run into… [Continue Reading]

WordPress Premium Theme Review: StudioPress

While there are thousands of free WordPress themes available, the advantages of a quality premium theme can quickly justify the price (usually under $100). Along with getting a professionally designed theme that looks great right out of the box, premium themes usually come with a solid support community that can help you quickly customize your… [Continue Reading]