Dec 2, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress Site Stat Tips You Can’t Live Without

You know you are getting traffic to your Web site — but that isn’t good enough! You you really need to know the nitty-gritty of your Web sites statistics so that you can plan accordingly when it comes to landing pages, new content or even revising/resurrecting older content. Did you know that you have this data at your finger tips 24/7? If your hosting server has a cPanel, you’ll find... read more

Jul 8, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress Landing Pages Made Easy!

If you have a specific product, service or promotion that you want to convert — then you need targeted landing pages. “But how do I make an effective landing page?” That’s a question I get asked quite frequently and why I am going to recommend the following very cool application to help you get the answers you seek. Premise is a high-powered plug-in for WordPress that is basically... read more

May 11, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress Site Tip: Not All Links are Created Equal

The best scenario is to have tons of inbound one-way links to your site. Those type of links show that you have something that another site found of value to link to you without having to agree to exchange links. Exchanging links is a good thing, but only if it makes sense for both sites and more importantly — site visitors. Certainly competitors won’t want to exchange links. Nor would those... read more

Sep 29, 2010 Posted by Judith

Dude! Where’s My WordPress Site!?

Is your WordPress site MIA in the search engines? Do you wonder why you aren’t getting found? Or, do you have a new site that is still not ranking and wondering why? When I hear these questions, more come to mind. How long has your site been online? Do you offer anything unique? Why should your site get found in the first place? The answers to these questions lets me know if the site owner has... read more

Sep 21, 2010 Posted by Judith

How Google Gave Me Herpes

Yep, Google gave me Herpes. When this happened, I thought I would use it as an excuse to make several points about the current state of searching and SEO. SEO is Not Dead but I Wish Herpes Was! If you track search engines at all, you know there is a big brouhaha about Google Instant. This is the new feature Google recently rolled out that actually changes the displayed results based on what the user is... read more

Aug 18, 2010 Posted by Judith

What’s an SEO Schmoe?

Yes, there are reliable folks out there who do a great job with SEO. They make sure they benchmark their work, they understand the platform the site is on and more importantly they work with a client’s knowledge of their market and what they want their site to accomplish to ensure the SEOing going on is what the client needs to reach their stated goals. More importantly, those who really get SEO, do... read more

Aug 10, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Learn About SEO

Along with all the buzz about WordPress, SEO tops the list on most onliners information overload list. Today, I thought I would provide you with a nice little resource, wrapped up in one post that you can bookmark and refer to as needed. We start with the fact that the Search Engine Optimization of your WordPress site is critical to your long term “findability” so you aren’t a needle in... read more

Apr 21, 2010 Posted by Judith

The Facts About SEOing Your WordPress Site

I have discussions daily with site owners who are not happy with their natural or organic rankings. Nor are they happy (or could it be denial) about what I advise when comes to SEO and what they need to do to work towards improving their rankings. There are those that prefer to surmise that what I advise is a “Judith thing” when they can find information elsewhere that doesn’t require... read more

Jan 20, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress Post SEO Tips

Do a search for your top keyword phrase on Google. How may sites are noted in the upper right-hand corner of Google’s result? Rare is that number under six figures. So, SEO is a consideration that all site owners need to be aware of when creating content for their sites. Contrary to popular belief, SEO is something every site owner can easily integrate in their posts with just a little time and... read more

Jan 12, 2010 Posted by Judith

Wrap Your Head Around Great Organic Search Engine Rankings

So many gurus, packages, quick fixes — what is one to believe? Believe that getting great rankings are within your reach if you are willing to earn them. There is no secret formula; nothing you really cannot do yourself. But first you have to wrap your head around what it takes to get great organic rankings. Who doesn’t want to be in the top 5, 10, top page for organic (free) listings? ... read more