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Social Bookmarking through the eyes of a novice.

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! There are 3 quick things I want to preface this article with. 1) I am a complete novice to the web 2.0 social bookmarking/tagging/media/marketing world. This article is written through the eyes of a complete newcomer. 2) My intention in writing this is not to put down the services in […]

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E-commerce 2.0 – So much more than just putting up products!

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! My husband and I have a special affinity for small business e-commerce websites. As our portfolio shows, the majority of projects we’ve worked on to date have been for small sales-oriented companies, whether they make their own products, or retail products they are getting from a wholesaler. The goal for […]

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Rand McCarley is AWESOME!

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! Do you see what we see? The little social bookmarks at the bottom of this post? In fact, at the bottom of all the posts? Thanks to Rand McCarley of 14th Colony, WE’VE GOT BOOKMARKS! Rand has generously mentored us about this nifty plugin which we got here, and which […]

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Is Google Personalizing My Results When I'm Logged Out? Hmmm?

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! Today, Gord Hotchkiss posted about his recent interview with Ms. Mayer of Google over at Search Engine Land. If you haven’t yet read up on Google’s new personalized search strategies, Danny Sullivan’s definitive post on the subject will teach you all about exactly what personalized search is and how it […]

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New Small Business Column for YOU on Search Engine Land!

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! Search Engine Land has become one of my favorite places on the Internet. I visit it on pretty much all 5 business days of the week because, frankly, the authority of the authors cannot be beat. The men who run this recently-launched blog are some of the world’s most respected […]

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Google Local Search – Secondary Information Results

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! Today, I hopped over into Google’s Local Search in Google Maps to take a look at how a client of ours is doing. Local Search is key to this client’s visibility on the web as they are an elder care provider, and obviously, this means that they provide their services […]

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Being straight with potential web design clients.

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! My father is an honest man. In point of fact, people have often accused him of being too honest. Some years ago when he was trying to sell my parents’ house which, to tell the truth, had a lot of things wrong with it, my mother and I listened to […]

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Rockets aren't SEO Science, Mr. Pasternack

Warning! This is a silly article. No offense intended to Dave Pasternack. My image of a Rocket Scientist is of a fellow in a long white coat, snowy hair somewhat disarrayed, and yet exuding an aura of wisdom that commands respect from all he knows. I picture him working in a spotless lab, doing brilliant […]

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Google Local Search and Google's OneBox – 2 Things You Need to Know

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo, Over the past few months, I have been studying Google’s new Local Search – a resource that is going to be vital to countless small business owners. There are many, many details about Local Search that will be important for you to learn about, but I wanted to write a […]

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Web Design for Motels, Hotels, Bed and Breakfasts explored.

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! What is it about lodgings websites? Be they for B&Bs, Motels or Hotels, a huge percentage of the websites run by these folks in the hospitality industry are really missing the mark when it comes to presenting their business in a welcoming, professional way. As you know, we make it […]

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EL Civics – A super web design client!

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo! Some projects we have the fortune to be brought in on are so neat and fun, it’s a pleasure to talk about them. Businesswoman, Christina Niven, runs one of the Internet’s top resources for Civics lessons for people for whom English is a second language: Elcivics.com. In many cases, the […]

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Google's New Personalization Strategy – Reactions Explored

Greetings from inside the SEOigloo, For this post to make sense, and for you to understand what Google’s new personalization feature is all about, and how it will affect you personally, please start out the way I did by reading Danny Sullivan’s in-depth post Google Ramps Up Personalized Search over at Search Engine Land. Danny’s […]

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