Google plus is a minus
Most people in my workshops have either not heard of Google+ or do nothing after signing up. They feel this way because like 850 million other people, they invested heavily in Facebook profiles Google’s new social network arrived. They lament, not another social network, another profile to update. Does anyone even remember Orkut? Google+ launched […]
Links and Link Anchor Text… Vital Info
Another gem from SEO guru Tony Roocroft, a mentor and friend. Critical to SEO Success: Link Popularity and Link Relevancy. Links on a web page enable the visitor to move around within and without a website easily. A significant proportion of any website’s visitors will probably arrive at the site or page from a direct […]
Google Real Time Search Comes to Town
Once again without too much of a fanfare Google announced another significant change that will have a serious impact upon free SEO ranking as time roles out. Announcement made on Dec 7th. The new way of representing search results is to place up to date news content above the free results and just below the […]
Q&A about the Future of Social Networking
Using Microsoft’s recent acquisition of a $240 million stake in Facebook as the point of departure: 1. What does Microsoft’s stake in Facebook practically translate into for the company? And for the site’s users? Facebook now has a partner who can fund further expansion and growth as the need arises. Microsoft gains a very strong […]
How to take control of your online profile
Have ever searched your own name on Google? I do it all the time and the results have become very familiar to me. When you search for “Ramon Thomas” on Google.com this is what you will see: My own blog and my Amazon.com profile shows up twice making the 10 results displayed at a time […]