A website audit is an essential first step toward identifying the issues that may be causing your site to perform poorly in the organic results of search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing. You can't know where you're going until you know where you are. But before deciding who will conduct the website audit you should determine what your plans are for resolving whatever problems may be uncovered.The information contained within many a website SEO audit is a confusing mix of technical … [Read more...]
My Near Death Experience
May 9, 2009 By
Okay...before I go any further, I want to make it clear that I'm not being funny and there is no exaggeration involved here. Now, on with it...As many of you may know, I left Jacksonville this morning headed to Nashville to be in the audience for a "CMT Invitation Only" concert with Reba McEntire that will air sometime later this spring or summer. I was VERY excited when I was chosen to be in the audience, as Reba is (and always has been) one of my favorite people - famous or … [Read more...]
SEOAly Makes the TopRank "BigList"
March 9, 2009 By
I was pleasantly surprised when I signed in this morning to find that my blog had earned a mention in the TopRank "Best Blogs On The Net" list. What a nice thing to find on a Monday morning! :)This seemed like a good time to provide a little bit of history about SEOAly and how it has evolved to its current state. I started this blog merely as an information resource for small business owners. I spent more than two years providing SEO consultation for one of the largest small business … [Read more...]
Who Won the IM Spring Break Contest?
March 2, 2009 By
I DID! WOO-HOO! First, thanks to everyone who pitched in to help me win IM Spring Break's blog meme contest. I'm very excited and certainly have you guys to thank for the blog posts and pingbacks. I couldn't have done it without you! "You like me...you really like me...". Oops, sorry...I forgot this isn't an award and I'm not Sally Field. My bad. ;) … [Read more...]
Search Engine Optimization Jacksonville – Hometown Scams
February 19, 2009 By
For the past several years I've provided consulting services specific to search engine optimization through a local website design and marketing company here in Jacksonville. As such, I've heard every SEO horror story you can imagine. Until a few months ago, though, I'd never had the pleasure of having my attention turned to a company providing search engine optimization IN Jacksonville that I would really classify as a scam. All of that changed recently.This company touted their ability to … [Read more...]
Ignorant Do-It-Yourselfers & Their SEO Fiascoes: The Real Trouble With Search Engine Optimization
February 10, 2009 By
A recent rant by John Dvorak at PCMag.com, "SEO Fiascoes: The Trouble with Search Engine Optimization", has thrown me for quite a loop. Considering the amount of time I've spent learning SEO and small business website design, I will be the first to admit that there are a slew of companies in operation today that take advantage of the ignorance surrounding search engine optimization in order to turn a quick buck - the inspiration for this blog came as a result of such charlatans, after all. I … [Read more...]
7 Things That Will Happen At IM Spring Break
February 6, 2009 By
Whether or not I get to attend IM Spring Break could be totally IN YOUR HANDS! Okay, so most of you know that I'm between jobs at the moment after having been heartlessly and without warning fired - for the first time in my life - just weeks before Christmas, ruining my plan to attend SMX West. That really sucked. I was very much looking forward to meeting everyone and using the conference as the perfect excuse to vacation to my favorite place - California. Sadly, it wasn't meant to be and I … [Read more...]
