Today Facebook has found a new way of annoying me. For some reason it had decided to start making noises for every notification that I receive. I understand that it is useful for keeping users engaged on Facebook, but it is very distracting for me when I have 10 tabs open and periodically check on Facebook throughout the day.

Thankfully, turning off the sound for notifications is very easy. To do so, simply click on the gear in the upper right corner of your Facebook page, and then click on More »

Keywords

When building a new website, or revamping an existing website, choosing the right keywords for targeted traffic is of utmost importance. Coming up with a list of keywords is fairly easy thanks to free tools like Google Adwords Keyword Tool.

When designing your sitemap and identifying your keywords, it is important to determine which keywords best describe your products and services and how likely are those keywords to bring in a prospect who would be interested in your products and services. More »

Over the years we have helped hundreds of clients with SEO and have helped a large number of them choose their domain name. For these clients that have traditional business models, we 99.9% of the time recommend going with their company’s name in the URL. However, I’ve also managed several blogs that were monetized for affiliate marketing and with these we would often choose a keyword phrase for the domain name with dashes. More »

The title tag is by far one of the most important search engine optimization factors on any web page.  It sits there right at the top of the content and source code for the search engines to see. It is also the first thing that the search engine user sees on the search engine results page. More »

A question that I get asked a lot from new clients is about whether or not using Google Adwords for PPC advertising will help with their organic rankings.

There is an assumption that Google has a pay to play policy and that they will reward those who advertise by gracing them with better organic rankings for their keywords. More »