What is it? Your Google Places listing shows up above the organic search listings. No, it’s not the paid ads. It’s free, and you can even add images to it.
Read MoreWith a RSS Reader, you can read all of the latest stories from all of your favorite news websites. There’s no need to visit the actual website. Everything is laid out on a silver platter for you. You just have to subscribe to a website’s RSS Feed so you can have it appear on your…
Read MoreYelp is the Facebook of online business review sites. Customers leave one to five star reviews on businesses. I go to Yelp whenever I’m researching a new business, and it’s never steered me wrong. The cream always rises to the top. I’ve used them for a variety of services from eating out to getting my…
Read MoreYou may want to use stock images if you can’t afford a professional photographer and/or don’t have enough photos for your website. Professional photos definitely help your website look…….more professional. Over the years, I’ve used photos from the following websites: Free Stock Photos Flickr’s Creative Commons Collection – Lots of photographers and artists on here…
Read MoreA great SEO tool to use is the Keyword Density Analyzer Tool. It checks for the most prominent keywords in your website pages. It’ll show you results for single keywords, two keyword phrases, three keyword phrases, and four keyword phrases. If the keywords you want to be ranked for aren’t showing up in this data,…
Read MoreIf you have a website, then your hosting company probably has a stats page. So, why would you need Google Analytics then? One reason is because it gives you more detailed statistics than what your hosting company would give you. How detailed? You can find out what areas your visitors are coming from. Google Analytics…
Read MoreCheck out the Wayback Machine. You can check out older versions of almost any website out there. I was able to find past editions of my website, www.mrtechnique.com, that went all the way back to 2003. So, why would you need the Wayback Machine?
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I had a client who had an e-book that he wanted to sell online. He didn’t want to go through the hassle of emailing it every time a purchase was made. He only had one product, and he didn’t want to set up a whole online shopping cart website, so I searched the internet for…
Read MoreBreaking up your text into paragraphs makes your content easier to digest, but you also want to use headings to allow for scanning. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about: The headings are in red and they are larger than the ordinary content text. They give you an idea of what the following text…
Read MoreSo you have a snazzy looking website, but you’re not getting as many leads that you want. If that’s the case, you may want to review your copy. Just like dating and meeting your mate, looks can get your foot in the door, but after that, it’s what you say and how you say it…
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