Recently, I wrote a couple of posts on whether we are optimizing our sites for search engines or customers. I’d like to return to that theme and show an example…
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Hey, marketers: What if there was no Google?
Last week, at the Search Insider Summit at Captiva Island, Chris Copeland had an interesting talk entitled, “What if there was no Google?” Chris worked through a number of different…
Read MoreIs your IT team still designing your Web site?
Back in the late ’90s, just putting up a Web site was a technical feat. Things broke every minute of the day and none of us really knew how to…
Read MoreSearch Engine Optimization vs. Customer Connection
Yesterday, I posted my slides for my talk at Search Insider Summit on transparency in organic search marketing. Today, I want to go deeper, by explaining some of the slides…
Read MoreOrganic search marketing in a transparent world
Friday, I had the pleasure of speaking at Search Insider Summit last week at Captiva Island, Florida. The topic for the conference was the future of search–I spoke about the…
Read MoreAre you optimizing for search engines or for customers?
Get your pages indexed for the search engines. Identify the keywords most popular with the search engines. Optimize your content for the search engines. Good advice, yes, but is that…
Read MoreHow do you post to your blog every day?
One of my colleagues calls me “committed.” Others think I should be committed. But one way or the other, I post an entry to my blog every work day. How…
Read MoreGoogle Buzz Reconsidered
With all the discussion about Google Buzz that occurred when it first came out, I wonder if there was more heat than light. Opinions raged in those first few days,…
Read MoreGoogle wants you to speed up your servers
There are so many things to think about when you are working on search marketing, but have you ever thought about the speed of your site’s servers? Page load times…
Read MoreTranslators aren’t search experts
I run across clients every day that want to expand internationally, and naturally, they expect to use search marketing to do it. So, they carefully choose the Web pages they…
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