Twitter Local Trends

Twitter’s newest feature is the “Local Trends.” With it you can see trending topics that are based on your location.

According to Mashable, Twitter issued them a statement saying, “We’re rolling out local trends to 1 percent of users today, but we’ll share more information when it reaches a larger audience hopefully sometime next week. We’ll keep you posted when that happens. More »

Facebook Automatic Friend Finder

If you have been on Facebook for a while you understand how amazing the site is and how easy it is to connect with people from your past. It’s amazing how many people from your past you connect with who are all there offering friend requests. I am friends with people that I have not seen since elementary school. I am even friends with my kindergarten teacher.

It can go on from there, there are high school friends, college friends, former colleagues, and the list just goes on. Apparently, Facebook doesn’t think that is enough because today they released their Automatic Friend Finder. More »

Internet Business Management

As 2009 winds down, I reflect on what an exciting year it was. My business grew and through social media and networking I have made some great connections and built some quality relationships.

Over the past few years, my efforts have been concentrated on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In 2009, SEO is still a big part of what I do, but things change so fast that outside of Web design and content, there is much more than just efforts to game the search engines. More »

One thing that is for sure in the world of SEO is that there are a lot of “SEO experts” out there. Working in the search engine optimization and Internet marketing industry, I do my best to stay up on the latest happenings in the field.

Staying on top of the latest SEO news means that I spend a lot of time reading blogs. The problem can be for those who want to learn legitimate SEO info is who can you trust for the best information. More »

White Hat vs. Black Hat SEO

There is much debate online about what is black hat or white hat SEO. What some will recommend as white hat will be chastised has black hat by other SEO gurus.

If the idea of white or black hat is new to you, think back to the old cowboy movies. A white hat is worn by the hero or the good guy. White hat SEO refers to practices in SEO that are ethical and will produce results over a long period of time. White hat SEO also follows the guidelines discussed at Google Webmaster Central. More »