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Do you think SEO in other languages is easier?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Read more about SEO

I was just doing a little bit of SEO work for two of our web sites. 
One is a new Spanish speaking web site that we launched recently and we wanted to get it to the top of Google for the keyword "metodo silva" and we were able to get to the top of the [...]

Google Slap – How to recover from a Google Slap?

Monday, September 8th, 2008 Read more about Google AdWords Tips

Two questions that I frequently get from new AdWords customers are:
1) Why did I get slapped by Google?

2) How do I recover from a Google Slap?
The answers two both questions are actually quite simple:

Why did I get slapped by Google?
Here are the top 4 reasons why people get slapped by GoogleGoogle Slap 1: The [...]

What Does Your Order Button Say?

Friday, August 29th, 2008 Read more about Copywriting, Split Testing, Website Optimization

Have you ever wondered what impact the language on your order button could have on the conversion rate of your site?
We did and we were shocked to find out what a huge impact such a tiny change could make to the conversion rate of our site.
Well, since we believe in continuously testing just about everything, [...]

Will Knol Rule The Search Engines? First Analysis Indicates…It Just Might

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Read more about SEO

Google just launched Knol and the whole world is wondering whether every SEO expert and affiliate marketer out there is going to start writing Knol's instead of Wikipedia articles.
Why?* For SEO Juice * For making money
Well, my first analysis indicates that this might be indeed happen.  Here 5 Knols that were featured on Knol's home [...]

Are small businesses dropping out of AdWords?

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Read more about Google AdWords

This is the question posed by www.seroundtable.com in their latest blog post. 
While the survey just launched, I have long been predicting that Small Businesses have no future in AdWords.  The future looks does not look very bright for small businesses as I outlined in my free report The Coming AdWords War.
Share your thoughts on [...]

How I Got on The First Page of Google With My Last 4 Blog Posts in a Row

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Read more about SEO

Rand from www.SEOmoz.com, just wrote an excellent blog post on optimizing your blog posts for SEO.  You can read the post here:
Headsmacking Tip #3: Run Your Blog Post Titles Through Keyword Research Before You Hit Publish
I have to agree with Rand that this is very important and I was just doing exactly what Rand was [...]

AdWords Conversion Tracking – The Ultimate Guide

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Read more about Google AdWords

Rule #1: Start using AdWords Conversion Tracking Today
Rule #2: Know What Conversions To Track in AdWords
I am shocked that even after so many years, time and time again I see lots of new AdWords customers that do not use AdWords Conversion Tracking.
Why do so many new AdWords users not do what it takes to succeed?
I [...]

AdWords Miracle

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Read more about Google AdWords, Make Money

AdWords Miracle Was the #3 Most Searched For AdWords Keyword in June
Why is Everyone Searching For AdWords Miracle?
I was just using the AdWords Keyword Suggestion tool to find out the most popular search queries for the month for June 2008 and I was surprised to see that apparently over 90,000 people entered the keyword phrase [...]

AdWords Help – New FAQ

Friday, July 18th, 2008 Read more about Google AdWords

Download the Most Frequently Asked Questions on AdWords - for FREE
About two months ago I promised to answer the most Frequently Asked AdWords Questions and I received hundreds of questions from our community of over 22,000 users!
How would you like to know the answers to the most frequently asked AdWords questions from all of these [...]

New AdWords Book

Friday, July 18th, 2008 Read more about Google AdWords

Announcing: Brand New AdWords Book
AdWords System Exposed 9
Hi there,
As most of you know, I spend A LOT of time with Google AdWords and over the years, I have consulted and helped thousands of clients with Google AdWords.
I wrote my first AdWords Book many years ago and have been updating it constantly over the past few [...]