What Google thinks a Good Site Is

This article is from Google about what they look for in a high quality site. It’s a big report but one takeaway is to create ORIGINAL content that adds value. Seems common-sensible doesn’t it? Well there have been (are) alot of websites out there that were build with canned, copied or re-gurgitated content. And Google’s Algorhythm (Panda) is getting better at figuring all this out.

According to Ken at SBI, SEO is dead. The web is about providing the best original content and value to readers. Pretty simple in many ways.

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Ways to Prevent Your WordPress Site from Being Hacked

Here’s a good article about ways to keep your WordPress site safe.

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Top 10 Ways to Increase Web Traffic

Here’s some good information from Richard Cannon about getting more web traffic “the right way”.

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Getting Inbound Links

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The Right way to get inbound links

Here’s an excellent article on how to get inbound links (the right way) to your website. A key is to keep it real and DO NOT get involved with link farms or any kind of black-hat methods. You will get banned by Google. This is a real threat. But honest link-building as described in the article mentioned is really exactly what you need to do with new content.

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What is SBI?

SBI is a web-building all-in-one program that is famous for helping people create
e-Businesses. Watch this short video to get a little idea of what it’s about.
 

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Social Networking Success

Social Networking or social media is about knowing your customers better and letting them know more about your business or website. There is time and some minimal expense required to keep a good strategy but free social media can bring brand recognition and interested customers to your business.

social networking nashvilleYou can save the money you used to spend on Google AdWords campaigns and put it towards a well-planned social networking strategy. It can deliver better conversions because.

  • People get to know you.
  • People come to trust you.
  • People develop trust in your brand

You will want to post to Twitter and Facebook several times a day (to be effective) with links back to your site.  And you can’t just post to Twitter. You must be social.  A quality social media services company will interact with others for you on Twitter by finding good profiles for you to follow, retweeting great posts by others and thanking people who mention or retweet your posts.

Actively Following Others

You want to follow others and be followed. A social networking services provider should look for people in your niche (babies, children, moms..) who share great information so you can pass it along. These other people may follow you back or spread the word about your business as well.

Let You Focus on Your Business

The biggest reason that most businesses outsource social media tasks is that they simply do not have the time to maintain it themselves. A good social networking service provider will concentrate on maintaining your primary social media for you so you can concentrate on other business!

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8 Best Practices for Small Business Websites

Small businesses—accountants, lawyers, and brick-and-mortar shops—don’t need 5,000 Facebook fans, Diggs, or blogs that are updated daily. They need business. You know, clients, customers, shoppers, or whatever you want to call them.

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Local Search Matters

If you are in Nashville (like we are) or any other city, you want your website to be found locally. This is important and not that hard to do. Once you are listed locally, you can often get high search rankings due to lack of local competition online. Sound good? It is!

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WordPress for Android

Wow, I just came across this one. WordPress (what this site is published with) has an App for Google’s Android phones. That’s pretty darned convenient if you want to be able to update your site from your phone. You can even moderate comments via your phone. Check out this short video for an overview! Technology is great fun isn’t it!

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Value Exchange

The awesome folks at SBI (Site Build It) have a tool called value exchange. “Because, increasingly, Search Engines are using links (and other “off-page criteria”) to help decide how relevant your site is for your most important keywords. But not just any old link will do… the more relevant and higher in value, the better. “

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