Building backlinks is tedious, time consuming, and costly. I’ve used a combination of paid and free online directories to bring backlinks to my sites and clients’ websites. In a previous blog post, I mentioned a few paid online SEO directories. If you’re low on cash and can’t afford a paid directory listing, here are a…
To set your site up in Google Webmaster Tools, you’ll need to sign up for a Google account. Google requires you to set up a Gmail email account now. If you don’t want a Gmail account, you can check out Melanie Pinola’s article on how to do this. Once you have a Google account,…
WordPress is the most popular CMS. You’ll want to keep the WordPress version, themes, and plugins up to date to minimize hacking attempts into your website. To do the updates, just login to your dashboard, and click any of the circled areas to go to the Updates section. You’ll be taken to the main updates…
First off, make sure that the Visual Tab is active. If it’s not, then click it, unless you’re an expert in HTML. You’ll need to click on the Add an Image button. You can see tooltips if you hover over any button for a few seconds.
If you’re not familiar with the WordPress admin section, you can follow this tutorial to learn how to add pages and blog posts.
If you didn’t know, getting relevant backlinks (a link from someone else’s website that goes to your website) are key to getting great search engine results. Want to know how links to you? Go to Alexa.com to find out. Alexa is one of the foremost authorities on measuring internet traffic. They rank websites according to how…
If you’ve been in business for a while, I’m sure you could think of some questions your prospects ask you. Your business could benefit with a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page in the following ways: [custom_list type=”check”] Sell – Your website visitors may not be sold yet and may have some objections. A FAQ page…
One of the factors search engines go off of to rank your site in their results is the number of inbound links from relevant sites that point to to your site. To a search engine, an inbound link from another website is like a sign that says what your website is about. The more relevant…
If you have a WordPress site, you may want to install the free Activity Monitor Plugin to track your users activity. This plugin tracks logins, page/post creations, page/post edits, page/post removals, etc. Since installing it on my site, I’ve seen a few attempted hacks with the admin username.
That’s right. I said free. If you have a Google Account, you can sign up for Google Voice. You could have your Google Voice number ring all of your phones in your office. The first one to pick up gets the call. You can even have Google Voice screen your callers. If you don’t want…
