Competition Analysis Basics for SEO

In my last article titled, “Keyword Research Basics for SEO” I discussed keyword research and the basics of keyword selection. Of course – you can’t solidify your targets until you understand what you’re up against. All the keyword research in the world won’t help you rank for the keyword phrase “windows” in 6 months with […]

Mayday Mayday

Google’s latest update is known among SEO’s lovingly as the “Mayday update”.   The update ended about a week ago and as with any update, there are winners and there are losers.  We known that the update was algorithmic and not index-based.  Basically, it has to do with the rankings of your site not the pages […]

Keyword Research Basics For SEO

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … there is no more important step in the SEO process than keyword research. One could make a compelling argument for link building or for architecture or for copywriting but at the end of the day – ranking highly for keywords that either don’t convert or […]

Google’s Keywords Tool & Personalization

I’ve got two topics to cover today – Google’s keyword tool and Google’s personalized results. Let’s start with their keyword tool … Google’s Keyword Tool (and my problems with it) Today I’m not going to focus on the common question, “Is the data accurate?” It’s a good question but one which is likely, “Yes if […]