Southern Indiana Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Blog

Are you the GREATEST real estate agent in the world?

There is a contest underway on the internet to see (according to Google) who the Greatest real estate agent is…not just in your location, but the world. Their contest ends on May 1, 2008. what I offered members of my team was IMMORTALITY!

How can you be […]

I get asked occasionally from Search Engine Optimization clients about my recommendation that they “ping” Google after each addition of content to their site. “Why do I need to do that after each post or page?” “How do I do it?’
With WordPress as your blogging platform or website CMS, pinging could not be simpler, but […]

Todd Kaufman Loudon County Virginia just screwed up big time. I have never met Todd Kaufman. I have never been to Loudon County. I am not from Virginia. But I am in the business of online reputation management and I can tell you already, his mistake(s) could be career threatening.
That having been said, let’s learn […]

We are headed to Vegas, baby!
I will be in Vegas at PubCon December 4-7th 2007!
While I am NOT what you call a party animal by ANY stretch of the imagination, I am looking forward to networking, sharing and learning with the best of the best in Search Engine Marketing.
I will be posting reports on this […]

There are many parallels between a great online community and a great community that you live in. One of the BEST examples of that is the fact that in a great community, there are adequate an abundance of laws to protect the citizens and there are enough police to enforce the laws.
Let me show […]

Ok, we’ll get back to the online newspaper thing in a minute. Something else has been bugging me and a friend in the search engine optimization field pointed it out to me. Thanks Disco. (And by the way, there’s a reason he’s on my blogroll. He knows his stuff). Inspired by his thoughts and having […]

I have about had it with people looking for SEO techniques and e-commerce gimmicks. When you don’t know them, you tend to think that there are some magical potions that you can drink to take you to the top. Much like every other venture in life, these fables of gimmicks often lead people to die […]

Ok, if you went to part 1 and read it, you have your Google Alerts set up. Another step is to do the SAME thing with Yahoo!! Why? (I knew you’d ask.) Well, yes it will give you some duplicate content, but the fact is that between Google and Yahoo, you are covering the vast […]

Over the next few days, I’d like to post some small tips on how to do BASIC level Online Reputation Management. It is something that we do here at the Web Works, but for those who want to learn the basics–here’s where to start….
Remember in the old days when you went to the library? […]