SEO

The official announcement goes out Monday, but since I already started blogging, I thought I would make mention here.

I am starting a new project designed for copier, printer and MFP dealerships. At CopierCatalog.com, we provide dealerships a way to post catalogs automatically to their site so their site visitors don't need to leave the website to do their research.

I figured at the same time, I might as well start another blog. At CopierCatalog.com, I now blog on website development, SEO and all things related there. It is written specifically for copier dealers, but the principles apply to just about any business. Here is the link to my new SEO and Web Blog. continue reading...

So, I have been trying to figure out a number of ways that I can build site traffic.

I mentioned last week that I have doubled my traffic in a couple of months. Here are some of the things that I have done that have made a huge difference. continue reading...

Or... My quest to be number one.

 

That is not an easy thing when there is a country singer named Corey Smith that owns coreysmith.com and a Corey Smith that is a defensive end for the the Detroit Lions. (So I may not bee the best lookin' one...you can blame that on my Dad).

When I started my blog just over a year ago and I Googled "Corey Smith" I don't think that I was in the top 100 pages of search results. I started keeping track of my results in November of last year and I made it to position 63 (page 7). continue reading...

Is there any doubt why Google has over 60% market-share in search? Even if the search algorithm is better somewhere else (which I don't think it is), Google simply provides the easiest user experience for search.

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Search Engine Optimization is a funny thing. We do our best to put in the right site description. We do our best to optimize our meta tags. (in both cases, you put too many words in or the wrong words and you are doing more harm for your site than good). You might have purchased or had friends put links on their sites to try and drive traffic. You might have a blog like I do so that you can get more content. The fact is, you never know how people are going to find you. You never know what people are looking for when they come accross your site. Let me give you an example. For those of you that know me, I write this blog as an opportunity to talk about business and technology. My focus is on helping the small to medium sized businesses understand how business and technology can work together. Sometimes I talk about marketing, efficiency, sales or I might talk about document management, data security or business workflow processes. What I am most amazed at is that the most common search string that people use Google to find my site is "Dear Valued Customer." As of the writing of this post, it is number four on the search results... out of over 200,000 indexed results. That is amazing to me. I have never tried to optimize for that term. I would have never thought that writing the post that I would have so many hits. But, I do. Bottom line: You never know why or how people will find you. You never know what is interesting to your clients. If you write contstantly updated content (like a blog), people will find you. The more often you write, the more often you will be found. As far as the post is concerned about valued customers, I am pretty proud of it. If you are interested in reading it, click through from the search of "Dear Valued Customer."  Corey Smith Co-founder of Resumango where you can build a better resume for free