http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog Search Engine Optimization Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/uncategorized/customer-magnetism-review-paul-the-octopus/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/uncategorized/customer-magnetism-review-paul-the-octopus/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:51:03 +0000 MJ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=754 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/uncategorized/customer-magnetism-review-paul-the-octopus/feed/ 0 Customer Magnetism is starting a new blog feature called Customer Magnetism Review. We have put together a series for you this week reviewing various events, websites and products that you might want to check out – or not. After this week, it will become a monthly feature. Yesterday’s final game between Spain and the Netherlands brought [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/seo-basics/why-seo-sucks-myth-versus-reality/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/seo-basics/why-seo-sucks-myth-versus-reality/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:00:16 +0000 Liz http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=542 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/seo-basics/why-seo-sucks-myth-versus-reality/feed/ 0 This blog is the third in a week long experimental blog series. Enjoy. After all is said and done, we’ll let you know how it went. While our lives and businesses both continue to revolve more heavily around the web as time and technology allow, there are still a surprising few skeptics out there [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/social-media/social-media-at-the-beach/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/social-media/social-media-at-the-beach/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:42:33 +0000 MJ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=461 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/social-media/social-media-at-the-beach/feed/ 0 Blogging to you live from the Social Media @ the Beach seminar. Jimmy Olivero, CM’s Sales Director & I are spending the day at Peabody’s in Virginia Beach. The highlight of the day for us is our own Marketing Director, Nicole Newsome, speaking on SEO and social media. A few key points from some of the sessions: Topic: [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/virginia-beach-online-marketing/search-engine-marketing-seminars-in-january/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/virginia-beach-online-marketing/search-engine-marketing-seminars-in-january/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:19:18 +0000 Liz http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=437 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/virginia-beach-online-marketing/search-engine-marketing-seminars-in-january/feed/ 1 Update: New dates for February If you work in Virginia Beach marketing, or really in any local business, chances are you’re interested on some level in one of the following: -harnessing the power of Google -increasing your website’s online presence -driving the highest qualified traffic to your site -or even increasing your sales. The good news is – we can help. [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/new-in-seo/personalized-search-do-not-want/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/new-in-seo/personalized-search-do-not-want/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:14:47 +0000 Liz http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=350 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/new-in-seo/personalized-search-do-not-want/feed/ 1 So maybe personalized search sounds great to all the people who want to see the sites they visit pop up first on their SERPs for easy access, but this morning, personalized search feels to me like Google’s way of sticking it to the SEOs. Thanks, Google. Now SEOs have been talking about how personalized search could [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/new-in-seo/youtube-automatic-captions-and-seo/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/new-in-seo/youtube-automatic-captions-and-seo/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:12:10 +0000 Liz http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=280 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/new-in-seo/youtube-automatic-captions-and-seo/feed/ 1 This morning Google announced the launch of automatic captions in YouTube. Now YouTube video captions have been around for a while, but with 20 hours of video uploaded every minute, not a very high percentage of those users take the time and/or trouble to include captions. The new auto-captions will use Google’s ASR, or automatic [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/reputation-management/reputation-management-advice-via-pubcon/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/reputation-management/reputation-management-advice-via-pubcon/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:45:26 +0000 Liz http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=268 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/reputation-management/reputation-management-advice-via-pubcon/feed/ 1 Awake early in Las Vegas for another fun-filled day of SEO knowledge and hashtagging #PubCon. Let’s start off the day with a subject dear to all SEOs’ hearts: reputation management. Jennifer Laycock started off the session with a few things you should definitely be measuring if you’re concerned about your brand’s reputation online. To have a [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/uncategorized/seo-no-no-duplicate-content/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/uncategorized/seo-no-no-duplicate-content/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:50:22 +0000 Liz http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/uncategorized/seo-no-no-duplicate-content/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/uncategorized/seo-no-no-duplicate-content/feed/ 1 Our second video in the series “What NOT to Do for SEO.” This video shows the woes of duplicate content spamming the web. Help the search engines help you by redirecting traffic to your main site! http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/seo-basics/the-problem-with-googles-ip-based-search-results/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/seo-basics/the-problem-with-googles-ip-based-search-results/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:04:55 +0000 Jeremy http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=155 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/seo-basics/the-problem-with-googles-ip-based-search-results/feed/ 3 So, more and more Google is serving local business results for generic search terms such as Italian Restaurants and using IP location to determine which listings appear. The problem is that your IP is not always located in the same city as your physical location. I am located in Virginia Beach but my [...] http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/social-media/its-called-social-media-for-a-reason/ http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/social-media/its-called-social-media-for-a-reason/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:45:23 +0000 Erin http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/?p=127 http://www.customermagnetism.com/seoblog/social-media/its-called-social-media-for-a-reason/feed/ 5 If you happen to be in the SEO, or the internet marketing field, you’ve heard of social media. I’ll go so far as to say if you own a computer, you’ve heard of social media. Most all of us have a facebook, myspace, linkedin, or twitter account and we use them regularly. And now because [...]