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Search Engine Optimization. One of the most basic methods of reaching an online audience. A discipline that involves technical skills and content-creation skills. Here are some articles.
Resources for making your site load faster, the new SEO ranking factor
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As noted previously, Google is using site load time to help rank sites. I put together a quick list of further resources to help get everyone rolling on optimizing site speed for SEO.
Making a website load fast requires the help of everyone on your web team. The person making the content [...]
Posted in How To Also tagged Graphic design, Search engine optimization, web design, Web Design and Development Leave a comment
Site speed is now an SEO issue: 3 things to do to speed up your website right now.
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It’s official. Google is including site speed as an aspect of how it determines who gets to the coveted “#1 on Google” spot. This has been coming for some time and really shouldn’t be a huge surprise to any of my readers.
Here are some things you can do right away to help make [...]
Posted in How To Also tagged Cache, google, Search engine optimization, Search Engines, Website 3 Comments
h1 tag
Is the h1 tag important for SEO?
Social Media Summit 2010 by HomeQuest: Gahlord Dewald to be featured speaker
Gahlord Dewald, president/janitor of Thoughtfaucet, will be a featured speaker at the HomeQuest Social Media Summit 2010. He’s very honored to be on a program with leading real estate tech/marketing/social luminaries such as Dustin Luther of Spinnio and 4Realz, Zillow’s Director of Community Relations David Gibbons and HomeQuest founder Garron Selliken. The HomeQuest Social Media [...]
Is there a future in Flash?
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I was recently asked by a marketing student at one of Burlington Vermont’s several colleges whether she should spend the time learning to make things in Flash. This post is my attempt to provide some guidance. If you have some useful information or feedback, please don’t hesitate to use the comments [...]
Posted in Orientation (Putting data in context) Also tagged #btv, Advertising, Flash, HTML5, iPhone, Marketing, Search engine optimization, Social media 6 Comments
SERP
When reading about search engine optimization, you'll often encounter the acronym SERP. What does it mean and what is a SERP?
Keyword
If you want to be #1 on Google you'll likely be asked "Which keyword?"
Landing Page
Landing Page
The first page seen by a visitor to a site. This could be any page on a site at all, as long as it’s the first page the visitor sees.
Site speed