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12 Hot Tips For Ranking Higher in Google

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

It is absolutely critical for your website to be found in the major search engines.  The majority of traffic that a website sees from search engines will come from Google. That being said, we have complied a comprehensive list of informative resources to assist you with website search engine optimization.

Extremely Helpful Sites & Guides

Search Engine Optimization can be a daunting task.  It is often extremely labor intensive and requires constant maintenance to stay competitive.  If you have additional resources that you would like to share, please comment.  If you have questions concerning search engine optimization or increasing your sites visibility, please call our web design company.

100K Blog Visitors in 30 Days

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

100K Blog Visitors Are you ready to get busy and build a nice stream of blog traffic? Just remember that in social media, meaningful content is king. The following is a list of actions of what you’ll need to do to see the first 100,000 blog visitors in 30 days and hopefully many more thereafter!

  1. Make profiles on each social bookmarking site listed at SocialMarker – The initial setup of these profiles will be time consuming, but it will save you hours of manually bookmarking your blog posts on all the bookmarking sites.

  2. Complete at least two (2) high quality, relevant blog posts that are meaningful to your audience a day.
    Helpful Hint: Write several blogs in advance and schedule them to be time released with your blog administrator software.

  3. Make profiles on all the video sharing sites listed on TubeMogul -The initial setup of these profiles will be time consuming, but it will save you hours of manually uploading your videos on all the bookmarking sites.

  4. Produce one (1) video a day using either a camera or video editing software such as Microsoft Movie Maker. You can even make a Powerpoint presentation and upload the slides into Movie Maker. Write a script and record your voice or use music for a nice touch. Embed the finished product to your blog.

  5. Distribute each blog post using SocialMarker on a daily basis.

  6. Distribute each video file produced using TubeMogul on a daily basis.

  7. Create profiles on social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  Both Facebook and LinkedIn have a feature that will allow you to setup a news feed from your blog. Each time your blog is updated, the friends in your network across these sites will receive your post.

  8. Use SEO strategies and tactics that are explained in detail on SEOmoz and make sure to apply these techniques to your blog site.

  9. Ensure to install some sort of sharing widget on your blog. There are many available depending on your blog technology. One of my favorites can be obtained at Share This and is feature rich. This will allow your viewers to distribute your blog posts virally.

  10. Rinse and Repeat!

Helpful Hint: Good, high quality, content is essential to other people finding it useful and wanting to share it! If you have any questions regarding web design, web strategy or internet marketing, don’t hesitate to contact Proteus Design Studio.