Many small business owners hesitate to invest time or money in a website and the SEO tactics that help prospective customers find their way to the website. That’s an incredibly shortsighted approach and one that will ultimately lead to having to play catch-up later (at best) or more likely, a failed business

Your mother always said that you’re judged by the company you keep, and nowhere is that more true than online. Social media — including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other sites — have connected people from all over the world who might otherwise never have met

Google has improved the search and sharing features for its Chrome browser running on Apple’s iOS smartphone and tablet platform.

Two weeks ago we reported that Interflora was penalized for advertorial link spam by Google. What did that result in? An 11-day Google penalty

Interflora got penalized only 2 weeks ago, right after Valentine’s day with a huge coverage in the media and also a some-what indirect statement from Google’s Matt Cutts himself about Advertorials also counting as paid links if they pass Page Rank (i.e. do not have NOFOLLOW tags on them).

It was unclear what to call FindTheBest when it first launched roughly two years ago: “anti-search engine,” “decision engine” or “comparison engine.” Today, it may not matter. The company just raised $11 million and has 22 million monthly users

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Many people are aware that owning a franchise is different than owning your own businesses; however what many do not realize is that there are certain aspects of franchise ownership that require you to make a different decision than you would normally make. In other words, things you may have never considered before might be Author information Amanda DiSilvestro Amanda DiSilvestro gives small business and entrepreneurs SEO advice ranging from keyword density to recovering from Panda and Penguin updates. She writes for HigherVisibility , a nationally recognized SEO consulting firm that offers online marketing services to a wide range of companies across the country.

Paddy Moogan has written an incredibly comprehensive (and nicely priced) link building e-book. Whether you’re new to link building, want to learn more, or just need to brush up (it is hard keeping up, you know) then this book is perfect for you.

A month or so ago, Google launched their new image search user interface, which many webmasters claim made their image search traffic take a nose dive. Well…