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Future of Search Engine Marketing in 2011

SEOMOZ just had a HUGE study of the future of SEO and here are the findings: SEO strategies on the decline: exact match domain names effectiveness of paid links anchor text in external links WebBizIdeas.com summary: Ā basically building crappy links......

How To Secure A Facebook Like Button https

You may want to have the Facebook like / recommend button on every page of your website. The standard code works great unless some of your pages are secure, using the https:// protocol. Ecommerce websites are the most common example. This is an easy......

Using a Plus + Symbol in URL Site Architecture ā€“ SEO Benefits

The question:Ā Can I use the + symbol (example:Ā examples.com/category/product+name) in my URL website architecture? Although a plus symbol is a reserved character in a URL, it seems to be treated as a valid word separator nonetheless and delivers......

Backwards SEO / Internet Marketing

I was consulting with a client on the best way to launch a new website.Ā They want to be #1 in the search engines for keywords that drive sales but also build an educational / informative resource center.Ā Many businesses have similar goals, they......

Upcoming Social Media Workshops

If your in the Twin Cities or St Cloud area we have some great up and coming workshops. Click the links below for more information and to register for these events. Twin Cities Workshops Learn How to Market Your Business on Facebook (Workshop)......

AtomicLabz Homepage and Internal Page Components

I previously discussed global components. In this post Iā€™ll converse about some of the other elements that make AtomicLabz.com homepage. Also, weā€™ll look at the internal page structure. Carousel A carousel is like a rotating billboard that......

AtomicLabz Components and Homepage Wireframe

I already discussed the site map with the project stakeholders in my previous meetings and they approved. Next, it was onto wireframeing some of the atomic elements and global components. Atomic elements cannot be broken down any further. An example......

AtomicLabz Preliminary Site Map

My goal was to generate preliminary site map of corporate website architecture. Our client previously filled out our website discovery form and uploaded a number of files (documents and images). I sourced the information submitted and was looking......

Quick Sketches For iPhone Architecture

I ran across this cool product if you are looking sketch down quick iPhone ideas.Ā The iphone sketchbooks can be found at http://www.pocketsketches.com and allow you to quickly jot down your iPhone ideas. The product already has multiple images of......

Style Guides ā€“ Axure Widget Library File

Tired of dragging the h1, h2, h3 and paragraph text Axure widgets separately onto each wireframe? Download | Demo I was. I finally decided to create three widget style guides that I could drag and drop to each page. These three widths (560px, 600px......

Advertising Web Ads ā€“ Axure Widget Library File

Why I Retired the Advertising Y!DSK Library File (Advertising_Y!DSK.rplib)? Download | Demo Naming conventions are important when rapid prototyping. I have hundreds of widgets in my Axure widgets library and donā€™t like to hunt for elements. That......

Rivalry Rage Website Plan

Overview Whatā€™s the big idea? A potential client, Tim Jones contacted us to help build a social community. Tim is a highly intelligent consultant, providing expertise to the Department of Defense in support of operations and new innovative......

Prototype Your Social Network Website Design

Prototyping is a vital component of the website design process for social networking websites. If you are designing a brochure website, it is possible to envision the website coherently in your mind.Ā Social networks, however, tend to involve......

How I Found That Site | Copy Others Who Guest Blog

Watch this video to learn how to find related websites to build links on by using simple search operating terms like Ā ā€¯write for us.ā€¯ Ā Then find the people that guest blog and discover even more opportunities to publish your content on. Ā You......

What Google Wants Post-Penguin Update

Tom Phelan is the newest SEO member of the WebBizIdeas Team. To introduce Tom to you we thought we would we ask him his thoughts on what Google wants ā€Post-Penguin Update.ā€¯ Here is what Tom believes will help local business owners become experts......

Online PR, Not Just Anchor Text, Gets You Ranked On Google These Days

Todayā€™s hot topic is how SEO is shifting from being a back-office operation of applying formulas to a website, blog, or other block of online text to a very social one based on online PR. To get an idea of what weā€™re talking about, take a look......

Forget What You Know About SEO Link Strategies: To Rank Higher In Google, Just Be Natural!

The SEO world has been changing of late, especially since the release of Googleā€™s recent Panda and Penguin updates. One major shift has been in how Google tracks and analyzes internal keyword links on websites and online publications. Gone are the......

Posting On Your Own Site Is Good, But Posting On Someone Elseā€™s Site Is Better!

Believe it or not, one of the best ways to get increased exposure for your company is to publish content on websites other than your own. Are you thinking, ā€Who the heck would let me do that?ā€¯ The answer is lots and lots and lots of places ā€“......

6 Tips For Powerful Landing Page Copy

Consider this scenario. You put up a lot of effort for writing ads. Right from headline to body copy, you donā€™t miss an inch of space. You are crisp, clear and to the point. Why then, do you not show the same amount of decisiveness for your......