Jeff Wendland http://www.jeffwendland.com A passionate evangelist about SEO, social media and technology Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:56:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How To Turn Off The Sound For Facebook Notifications http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/03/25/how-to-turn-off-the-sound-for-facebook-notifications/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/03/25/how-to-turn-off-the-sound-for-facebook-notifications/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:53:18 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=797 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 [...]

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]]> http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/03/07/how-to-choose-the-top-keywords-for-your-website/feed/ 0 Do Dashes In A Domain Name Hurt SEO? http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/16/do-dashes-in-a-domain-name-hurt-seo/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/16/do-dashes-in-a-domain-name-hurt-seo/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:39:06 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=780 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 [...]

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]]> http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/16/do-dashes-in-a-domain-name-hurt-seo/feed/ 0 Are Commas OK In Title Tags? http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/12/are-commas-ok-in-title-tags/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/12/are-commas-ok-in-title-tags/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:05:09 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=772 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 [...]

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]]> http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/12/are-commas-ok-in-title-tags/feed/ 0 Does PPC With Google Adwords Help With Organic Rankings? http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/08/does-ppc-with-google-adwords-help-with-organic-rankings/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/08/does-ppc-with-google-adwords-help-with-organic-rankings/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:57:16 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=766 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 [...]

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]]> http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/08/does-ppc-with-google-adwords-help-with-organic-rankings/feed/ 2 Best Practices On Shortening or Leaving Full URL In Tweets http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/06/best-practices-on-shortening-or-leaving-full-url-in-tweets/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/06/best-practices-on-shortening-or-leaving-full-url-in-tweets/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:28:44 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=759 Twitter is by far one of the most popular and most effective ways to drive traffic to your website. The challenge that many have with twitter is writing a tweet that can communicate a message and fit in the URL to their site within the 140 characters that Twitter allows for. This raises the question, [...]

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]]> http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/06/best-practices-on-shortening-or-leaving-full-url-in-tweets/feed/ 1 Problems With Google Places and Google Plus Listing Correct Address http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/05/problems-with-google-places-and-google-plus-listing-correct-address/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/05/problems-with-google-places-and-google-plus-listing-correct-address/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:40:30 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=497 Back in May of 2012, Google Plus replaced Google Places. Since then, many business owners have noticed errors in their business address on Google Plus. These errors are happening for both business owners who had previously claimed their Google Places listing, and for other businesses that had never previously claimed their business. This is a [...]

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]]> http://www.jeffwendland.com/2013/01/05/problems-with-google-places-and-google-plus-listing-correct-address/feed/ 0 Google Makes a Major Acquisition of Motorola Mobility MMI http://www.jeffwendland.com/2011/08/15/google-makes-a-major-acquisition-of-motorola-mobility-mmi/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2011/08/15/google-makes-a-major-acquisition-of-motorola-mobility-mmi/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:18:37 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=216 One thing is for sure about Google, they are not afraid to spend their money to expand their market.Since 2006, they have made over 75 acquisitions which includes the $3.1 billion buyout of DoubleClick affiliate network and the $1.65 billion buyout of YouTube. Up next is the buy out of Motorola Mobility (MMI) which makes [...]

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]]> http://www.jeffwendland.com/2011/08/15/google-makes-a-major-acquisition-of-motorola-mobility-mmi/feed/ 0 Allintitle Search Query http://www.jeffwendland.com/2011/05/24/allintitle-search-query/ http://www.jeffwendland.com/2011/05/24/allintitle-search-query/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 02:30:22 +0000 Jeff http://www.jeffwendland.com/?p=182 One of my favorite search queries to perform uses the Allintitle: command. This search query is great for helping you to better understand how competitive a keyword phrase will be from an SEO perspective. Here is an example of how the search works. I entered allintitle:volkswagon bug. This tells me how many websites use those [...]

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