Blogs & Blogging

Do You Twitter? You Need A Custom Twitter Background - For Free!

It’s amazing how fast Twitter has evolved.  I used to think of this micro-blogging tool as such a time waster until I actually started benefiting from it.  If you carefully choose who you follow, you can keep up on late breaking news, get hot tips in your general field, keep up to date with local [...]


My Favorite Wordpress Plugins

The other day I was asked what are my favorite plugins for Wordpress, especially for SEO. Well, although I posted this on another site, I thought I would also post it here. These are among my favorites for now, I am sure more will come out. Plugins are always evolving, just like [...]


Who Is This Schwag Queen Addict?

Her name is Tamar Weinberg, and she is quite the schwag collector. I have never met Tamar, but have to admit it would be great to meet her because she has such an eclectic resume! I stumbled upon one her stories she wrote for SearchEngineLand on Schwag of [...]


Excellent Blogging Tips From An SEO Specialist

I came across this post today, entitled “52 easy ways to optimize your blog on your coffee break” and thought you all should take a look.  This article is well written, and to the point!  I plan on utilizing several of her suggestions.
In short, here are just a handful of great tips:

Add a favicon
Add sociable
Don’t [...]


How Do You Get Your Logo Next To Your URL?

I have always wanted to know how you make a favicon (icon) appear next to your url, and I finally figured it out. While at the Search Marketing Expo in California last week, this was another fun little tid bit they encouraged to brand yourself a little, so I decided to do it myself!
Below are [...]


Should I Have A Stand Alone Blog? Sub-Domain, Sub-Folder?

There was a lively discussion last week at SMX discussing whether a blog should be a stand alone like ours www.redvwbus.com, Sub-domain http://blog.mysite.com, or a sub-folder like http://mysite.com/blog.com.  What do you think? Can this split your link juice or link equity? Would it be best to have a funky wacko blog name, or integrate your corporate [...]