SEO in Portland | Google Adds ‘Nearby’ to Narrow Local Results

Businesses looking to focus their SEO in Portland to a more localized market have been given a new tool. Google has added ‘nearby’ to search by location to its list of options.
This is the first time Google is actually letting users dictate when they want it to be used to retrieve results for local queries. [...]

Effective Search Engine Optimization to Increase Web Traffic in Portland

Effective Search Engine Optimization to Increase Web Traffic in Portland
Effective Search Engine Optimization can and will Increase Web Traffic to your Portland Small Business. Here are some of our suggestions. Offer free, original, and quality content on your site. This is the most effective means for increasing traffic to a website; offering people something that [...]

Which is the Best SEO Company in Portland?

Which is the Best SEO Company in Portland?
Well, we think that the answer to this is subjective… The Best SEO Company in Portland is contingent on who you ask. Try a search for Portland SEO and start clicking on the results beginning at the top of the page and continuing on to the next couple [...]

The Best Search Engine Optimization? LEARN Search Engine Optimization!

In this business, the Search Marketing Company you hire can and will get you the best rankings they can, but – for ongoing light site maintenance – the Best Search Engine Optimization to Improve Search Engine Ranking and keep it is to have someone on your staff Learn Search Engine Optimization basics.
For our readers across the U.S., you’ll need [...]

Affordable Search Engine Placement and Automatic Search Engine Submission Services and Software

More and more often folks are running into companies that offer so-called Affordable Search Engine Placement. In many cases this refers to Automatic Search Engine Submission Services, and you have to be careful with these things.
Submitting a website to search engines is a basic step to get the word out about a new website. In [...]

Aaron Wall SEO Book

For the SEO DIYer, we thought we would pass along a quick review of the Aaron Wall SEO Book. This book is a must-have, in our opinion, for anyone that owns or maintains a web site. The tips and tricks contained in the book are some of the best-kept secrets in the industry, and while [...]

Google Commerce Search

Google just announced a new search engine product (hopefully one to replace Google Product Search… That thing is so clunky), to help big online retailers make their websites easier to search.
With Google Commerce Search Google sets up a search function on an online retailer’s website, which Google says will dramatically improve user experience and drive [...]

On the Wire Today: Microsoft, Yahoo Ad Search Deal = Ying?

The AP in Seattle today reported that Microsoft and Yahoo may have finalized a Internet search advertising partnership aimed at narrowing Google’s chunk of the lucrative piece of the online advertising market pie.
Microsoft just recently launched Bing, it’s new search engine, which leads us to nickname the new Yahoo, Bing ad alliance as “Ying”.
As of [...]

Google Chrome OS

As of last week: Google is unrolling a Free PC operating system to rival Microsoft … Call it a touche’ to Microsoft’s recent attempt to tread on Google’s search engine turf with Bing. (Want to compare Bing vs. Google search engine results side-by-side? Check out http://bing-vs-google.com/)
Google pretty much much owns search engine land, but it [...]

The Chrome, TyBit SEO Tag-Team

I thought I would share something I use with SEO clients in Portland that like a DIY game to play to see how I am helping them rank well in organic search results. Practice using Google’s Chrome Browser, Downloadable Here, alongside TyBit’s Search Engine Toolbar Downloadable Here.
The main reason I use Google Chrome to conduct [...]

Microsoft’s New Search Engine, Bing to Ring Google’s Bell?

Have you seen the commercials for Microsoft’s new Search Engine, Bing? You will.Bing is Microsoft’s latest effort to take a chunk of the search engine market share away from Google.
Frankly, it is going to be tough for Bing to woo searchers to abandon Google.
Microsoft Corp. released the redesigned search site on June 3 (two days [...]

TMZ? Puuleeeze! New Search Engine Crawls Hot Gossip

TMZ? Puuleeeze! New Search Engine Crawls Hot Gossip
OneRiot, a search engine introduced last year that crawls social network sites – Facebook, Twitter, and Digg, among others, finds hot links that people are pointing to from these sites.
The site touts itself as a search engine for “the news, stories and videos people are buzzing about right [...]

Google’s Eye-Tracking Explained In Google Blog Post

In a blog post, Google demonstrates how it traces a person’s eyes across search results pages.
The post reads, in part:
“Based on eye-tracking studies, we know that people tend to scan the search results in order. They start from the first result and continue down the list until they find a result they consider helpful and [...]

From Reel.com to ClerkDogs.com, With Love

Movie buffs in Portland, Oregon have a new search tool at their disposal. According to a recent LA Times blog entry, the brain behind Reel.com has launched a new movie search engine using knowledgeable video store clerks -  not an algorithm – to find movies that match a user’s tastes and moods.
Stuart Skorman, the guy [...]

Google’s Chrome-Plated Browser, a Search Engine Optimization Copywriter’s Friend or Foe?

It has been a rumor for a long time that Google was working on its own browser, much to the curiosity of Search Engine Optimization Copywriters and Experts. With their introduction of Chrome, an open-source operation, they may be putting some noses out of joint, privacy-wise.
Ripples began shimmering before Chrome was released for download. Concerned [...]

Portland SEO Copywriters Anticipation Ends: Google Suggest Leaves Lab

Google Suggest, which displays a drop-down menu of – you guessed it – suggestions, as you type in the search field, tantalizing Portland SEO Copywriters, was released Aug 25. The lab product debuted in 2004 and has since been glimpsed sparingly in Google’s network of sites and services. Portland SEO Copywriters will want to play [...]

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It’s Been Good to Knol You Portland Copywriters and SEO Pros

 
I know, I know, I Knol – This isn’t exactly news, but I wanted to wait a bit before I rang in on Knol’s potential impact on Oregon Copywriters and SEO Pros. The truth is, we’ve recently created Knols for several clients and the result has been that the targeted keyword search terms we used [...]

Portland Oregon Copywriter and SEO Companies: Subject Searches Overtaking Email as Most Popular

Small businesses considering hiring Portland Oregon Copywriter or SEO Companies will like this new nugget of info: Computerworld recently reported that nearly half of all Internet users use search engines during typical day, which means that search engines are tightening the gap with email, the all-time dominant Internet use. So, if the Portland Oregon [...]

What Will CUIL Mean for Portland, Oregon Businesses and SEO/SEM Folks?

Portland, Oregon Businesses and SEO/SEM folks may be singing “Don’t be Cruil” to CUIL, a new search engine from some ex-Google engineers. At the time of this writing, a simple search on a subject that is popular both for recreation and business in Portland, came up with a dozen or so results that had, [...]