Exploit Online Demand

An interview with David Leonhardt of The Happy Guy Marketing

Lots of bloggers and marketers have participated in social voting sites like Digg and then give up because they didn’t see many of their posts get to the front page. What is really possible if they participated in a more effective way with these sites?

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Tags: content development, link building, social bookmarking, social voting, top search engine placement

Does it seem like the pages on your website take forever to load? If so, it’s essential that you find out where the bottleneck is and take steps to remove it. Why? Because Google is now factoring page load speeds into their ranking algorithm as part of their newly minted objective of sending searchers to the most user-friendly pages possible.

There are a number of factors that can cause a web page to load slowly. One common culprit is the use  of large image files, each of which can add precious seconds to overall page load time even if the user has a fast Internet connection. And if you run a blog, using too many widgets and plugins can put your site into the slow lane.

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Tags: organic seo, top search engine placement

Part 1: User-Generated Content

The seminar was coming to a close and the speaker opened the mic to the crowd of about 200 for questions. The questions were excellent, forcing the presenter to clarify his point as it related to specific situations, and uncovering details that were touched on from a high level. No one left their seat as questions kept coming, and then the moderator abruptly ended one of the best Q&A sessions I’ve experienced.

That speaker has what most business websites lack: in-demand content.

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Tags: organic seo, top search engine placement, user generated content