Archive for SEO

And We’re Back

by: George Bounacos September 21, 2009

After a blogging sabbatical, we’re back, recharged and ready to go into the big holiday buying season so many of our clients prep for now. Here is what I learned by observing instead of blogging over my self-imposed hiatus: TWITTER is the world’s biggest chat room.  Twitter is not a micro-blogging platform.  Twitter was positioned [...]

Choosing Domain Names

by: George Bounacos August 24, 2009

Working with small businesses, we often have the awesome opportunity to help create branding from the very beginning.   What we’ve learned over time, and what is borne out by SEOmoz’s biannual survey of SEO experts, is that the domain name is important. How important? The panel of 100 experts, most of whom I would hire [...]

You’re A Very Funny Suburb, Mr. Chase

by: George Bounacos June 24, 2009

Did you mean Rice University or rice pilaf? Concepts can be a search engine’s worst nightmare.

Google’s New View On Search

by: George Bounacos May 16, 2009

Google starts fending off other search sites with its own gimmicks.

Google Vagaries

by: George Bounacos April 28, 2009

Search engine results get more local. But the data still is far from perfect.

The ABCs of Search – April 2009

by: George Bounacos April 5, 2009

As we do every month, we’ved used Google‘s Search Suggest feature to go through the alphabet and a series of men and women’s names to find trends.    When pressed for what exactly is meant by these suggestions, Google reps often reply that the data is best on commonly searched and clicked for terms.   What you [...]

Mainstream Media Bemoaning Slow Death

by: George Bounacos March 24, 2009

Mainstream media is slowly dying and appealing to Google with its last breath to change search guidelines.

Search Rankings Are Dead

by: George Bounacos March 23, 2009

Search rankings are meaningless. Even Google says they can’t be guaranteed. Here is what to look for in the right search marketing agency.

Pi R Tomorrow – Fast Friday Fact

by: George Bounacos March 13, 2009

Pi is celebrated on March 14. Silver Beacon tells you why and also tells you why the company’s search engine audit report is only $314 when ordered now.

Search Thought Leaders: Google Won The Search Wars

by: George Bounacos March 11, 2009

Pubcon trio of thought leaders speaks on the SEO landscape and barely mentions Yahoo! and never mentions Microsoft