Category Archive for: ‘SEO’
Website vs. Social Media: Why the Future Will Laugh at Us
My first trip outside of North America was to Plzen, Czech Republic. You wouldn’t know it if you went there now, but in 1997, there were still plenty of communist-era throwbacks. One that sticks out in my mind: shopping. (Yes, there will be a geeky point to [...]
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How a racist organization used SEO to outrank the *official* Martin Luther King Jr website
My hands are shaking with anger as I type this. A sick, cowardly, and racist website (hereafter referred to in insult-laced bold type) that trashes the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr is outranking the official Martin Luther King Jr website on Google. I will [...]
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Celebrity Search Engine Optimization: Does Justin Bieber’s website suck?
I’ll give credit where credit is due. Justin Bieber’s site is among the few we’ve profiled here at Click the Toad that doesn’t suck. Say what you will about Justin Bieber’s music, but his official website is rather awesome from an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) perspective. We’ll [...]
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Can feedback keep your website from sucking? YES!
The Toad’s great, amazing, talented, and trusted colleague, Greg Dunn at Unseen Things, wrote an insightful tough love article on the importance of getting feedback for iPhone/iPad app development. Turns out his sage advice applies to all types of development, including website development. Converting his advice [...]
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Celebrity SEO: Suggested Keywords for Donald Trump
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is all about connecting Google searches to your website. The key is in optimizing your site around the BEST keywords. So, here are our 10 keyword/phrase suggestions for The Donald’s website:
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Frank Lloyd Wright Sucks, and So Does Your Website: Top 10 Reasons Websites Fail at SEO
Yes, I said it. Frank Lloyd Wright sucks. First, to clarify: Frank Lloyd Wright made some of the most beautiful structures you’ll ever find…but his structures suck at being homes. Only fanatical Frank Lloyd Wright groupies would ever want to live in them because they [...]
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Holistic Marketing and AutoSlash: The 5 Essential Rules of Naming a Company, Website, Everything
If you want your business venture to fail, you are free to ignore these essential steps for naming things. Because failure is almost certain if you violate even one of these rules. That’s why this article isn’t called The 5 Suggested Naming Ideas, or The [...]
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What you don’t know about SEO can hurt you: Google just changed everything
Found on CNN’s report on the recent changes to Google’s search algorithm (largely targeting content farms, which Click the Toad passionately shuns): Many webmasters complained that traffic to their sites dropped dramatically overnight, and others expressed concern that they can’t adapt quickly enough to Google’s [...]
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Did an Expert Kill Your Website’s Search Engine Optimization?
You had a website built, you had products and services ready to roll, and you had a base of customers that you wanted to reach through Google searches. Then an expert walked in (let’s be honest; it was probably you) and said, “I know exactly [...]
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