SEO

Bidding On Trademarks in Search Advertising Continues to Heat Up

by Jeff Weisbein December 28, 2011
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Here’s a hot topic: competitors or scammers bidding on your company’s trademark in search results to be at the top of the results in the sponsored links section. Is this illegal? The answer may surprise you: it’s not.

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How Google’s Search Cleanup Will Affect You

by Mike Mansell February 28, 2011
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As companies, organizations, and entities grow in size they tend to have a much higher visibility in the eye of the general public.  Sure, being in the spotlight can ultimately be greatly beneficial to a company and can help them grow significantly more than they would if they were unknown, but the fact of the matter is that public [...]

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SEO Not Affected By Google Instant

by Jeff Weisbein September 12, 2010
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This past Friday Google stated that Internet marketers shouldn’t change their SEO strategies to account for partially-typed keywords while using Google Instant.  Internet marketing firms were very concerned when the new feature launched earlier this week fearing that they would need to adjust their strategies to include partial word matches for search queries.  The way [...]

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5 Must-Have WordPress Plugins

by Mike Mansell August 17, 2010
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As I’ve recently written about here on BestTechie, I recently went through the process of migrating my office’s company website to the WordPress content management platform. While I was a bit naive about the whole process at first, I will say, I am definitely glad that I took the plunge. In my article, I explained [...]

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How To: Strategically Buy Domain Names

by Mike Mansell August 12, 2010
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In response to a question about the new .co TLD (Top Level Domain), Jeff said that it is best to purchase as many top-level domains as possible for your website. This practice, not to be confused with the purchasing of multiple domains within the same TLD, helps you to secure and build your brand name [...]

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Twitter: The Great Link Juicer With A Horrible Aftertaste

by Jeff Weisbein June 10, 2010
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In the past, I have both praised and criticized Twitter with regard to its ability to drive traffic to a website.  There is no question that Twitter is one of the all-time great link juicing tools out there.  It may be the best, most legitimate, and most effective link juicing tool ever created, especially if you [...]

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