It seems like every other day, some SEO technique that used to be accepted is now being devalued or, even worse, penalized. (Remember when meta keywords and nofollow tags were totally legit? Ah, the good old days…) And now Google is threatening to crack down on two staples of the SEO stable: anchor text and [...]
Articles by George Freitag
George started as a writer, studying both creative and technical writing before entering the world of SEO. Over the last 5 years, he's worked with hundreds of businesses to help them get more from their websites.
How to Generate Video Sitemaps using Google Docs
Let me just start out with the ending. The Google Doc below takes a list of pages containing embedded YouTube or Vimeo videos and uses magic to grab all the data you need for a video XML sitemap. Then it makes the sitemap for you. You can have it by going to the link below [...]
Why Web Professionals Hate SEOs
Before I even became an SEO I learned to hate SEOs. After all, SEOs would take the beautiful, functional site the designers and developers spent their nights creating and cram it full of footer links, anchor text, H tags, nofollows, and any other piece of code they could think of until the site couldn’t breathe. [...]
The Brick and Mortar of Local SEO
As we’ve discussed during the earlier parts of our Local Series, directories and social networks are vital to getting your business found online. Directories feed search engines the data that justifies your business’ inclusion in the local results. Social networks get the word out to your customers and let you connect with them online. But, [...]
Get All Your Questions about Local SEO Answered!
Last week we announced our new referral program for our PPC Essentials Package. There was a blog post about it. The world changed. We decided we really liked that feeling and wanted to hold onto it a little longer. So this week we’re announcing a special for our recently revamped and reworked Local SEO Package. For [...]
Goodbye Google Places, Hello Google+ Local
Business owners got a treat this morning as Google rolled out yet another update to its local platform, this time, ditching Google Places and replacing it with Google+ Local. This move completely integrates Google’s local listings with the current Google+ social network. Coincidentally, and equally newsworthy, Portent just happens to be moving to our new [...]
