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SEO For Local Business

SEO For Local Business

The local business market is booming everywhere you look.  As we all head in droves to the internet to literally lookup everything and anything, local businesses are playing catch up to the changing tide.   You can’t ignore it, it won’t go away and for those that hold out they are left behind as it’s a race to the top that never ends.  Now the local business market is a much easier market (for the most part) to compete in locally (at least right now it is).

Google’s Calling You!

Google’s Calling You!

Have you claimed your local business listing?   Google Places (formally Google Local, and often referred to as Google Maps Listing) is a free service provided by Google.  It is a directory of local businesses, allowing a business owner to claim their listing. 

Speed Up Your Blog With W3 Total Cache & Amazon

Speed Up Your Blog With W3 Total Cache & Amazon

I’ve discussed using Amazon S3 and Cloudfront for hosting videos but there is another fantastic way to use those services to make your blog lightning fast.  It’s no secret, Google pays attention to how fast your blog loads (part of an SEO strategy).  They announced this just recently, it’s important to them, and  important is your users.  Nobody likes slow web pages, and likely if a page takes too long to load, or there is a delay (intermittent or not) they will leave and never come back.

Link Building With Comment Luv

Link Building With Comment Luv

You may have heard of a Plugin for WordPress called CommentLuv.  It’s a plugin designed to allow people to comment on your blog and leave a link back to their blog.  So as a blog owner, you are sharing the love to users who comment on your blog posts by giving them a link back to theirs.

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