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When it comes to building websites and optimizing your website for the search engines (search engine optimization), the importance of the meta description tag sometimes is not really clear for a lot of people nowadays. The meta description tag plays a key role in search engine optimization, because it is... Continue reading
Posted Oct 20, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
A lot of friends ask me about what I do for a living. I tell them that I'm in internet marketing. I recently spoke to a neighbor who told me that they were looking for work, as the economy has been tough for them. I honestly am not seeing that... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
The title tag is one of the most important parts of any web page. It describes what is on the page, and is often used by the search engines in their search results. Here is why the title tag is so important to search engine optimization, and why it is... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Do you eat out at restaurants? Well, here's an interesting tibit for today. Recently, at a restaurant, a patron was flabbergasted at what was given to them when the check came. It turned out that the restaurant wanted an online review of their restaurant and included an ipod with the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 17, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
I did not realize that this week the number of Google Plus Users reached a milestone of 40 million users. So if 40 million people really have signed up for Google+, where are they? As far as I can tell, they are a very silent 40 million. I mean, really.... Continue reading
Posted Oct 14, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
When it comes to search engine optimization, the search engine ranking factors are important to follow. They steer you in the right direction when creating and optimizing your website. Many of the SEO ranking factors really are just best practices, and even more deal with web design best practices. Here... Continue reading
Posted Oct 13, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Did you know that fresh content on your website is great for search engine optimization, leading to better search engine rankings? Not only do your visitors want accurate information, they want fresh content that's accurate. They want the latest and greatest, the most accurate information that they can get on... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
So, you have a website and it's profitable. Well, sort of profitable. Okay, it's not very profitable. But you are getting conversions, right? You are making "some" money. Or you are getting some leads. Whatever your ultimate goal is, one way to make more money or get more leads from... Continue reading
Posted Oct 11, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
For search engine optimization purposes, to increase the amount of traffic to your website, you also need to be highly visible on other websites that are on-topic to your website, you need to get links from other websites to your website. That concept has been around for many years now,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
So, what does Justin Bieber have in common with Lauren's dad? I mean really, if you read this headline you would probably not think that they have much in common. But take a look at what really these two, Justin Bieber and Lauren's dad, have in common. Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
How do you know whether or not you should renew your domain name? I personally tend to think that if you're in doubt, you should renew it. But, there is a better way. Here are fourteen questions to ask yourself to help you decide on whether your should renew your... Continue reading
Posted Oct 3, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
If you have a website and use Google Analytics to track website visitors, it's important to set up funnels in Google Analytics. Funnels will help you understand your visitors' activity more on your website. When you utilize funnels through Google analytics, a basic sign up form on your site, for... Continue reading
Posted Sep 28, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
I am not really picking on India here, but I received an email today that is a perfect example of why you should not outsource link building to India. There are so many things wrong with this link building email that you just have to laugh at it. Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
There have been studies that show Internet surfers that have to wait longer than 10-15 seconds will become frustrated and leave the page and seek other options. So as a business person, how are you to know if people are leaving your site based on delays? Well your in luck... Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Chances are that your website probably already is using Google Analytics in order to track the visitors to your website. Many websites do, and it can be a very effective tool. If you are not using Google Analytics yet, then you may want to consider setting up a Google Account... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
For Search Engine Optimization, in order to show the search engines (mainly Google), that your website is "worthy" of ranking well in their search results, you need to boost your domain authority. When you are creating a website and adding links to direct people to your site, you must consider... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
WordPress is getting more popular than ever. Would you believe that about 14.7 percent of the top million websites in the world were developed using the WordPress platform? Even though WordPress Bloggers use every day, the platform is not just for blogs and bloggers. It can be a very robust... Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Today on my blog, I posted about Google Penalties and what they really mean. There are a lot of various reasons why the Google search engine can decide to penalize your website, and not list it as high in the search engine results as it should be listed. Then again,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
I find it rather interesting to note today that Google registered several typo domain names related to Google Analytics. They bought domain names that are apparently common typos of the word "Google Analytics", the domain names that are related to the hyphenated version of their Google-Analytics.com domain name. What I... Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Today, we were challenged to a social media dance off, which really is a competition between two separate social media agencies to see how many views and comments we can get. So, if you would, feel free to go on over to our social media dance off video submission and... Continue reading
Posted Sep 15, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Some people have a love hate relationship with Twitter. Some do not really know whether or not they love Twitter or hate Twitter. In any case, here is a Twitter poem that details the love hate Twitter relationship that they have with this social media network. Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
If you have been on Twitter for a while, you know that a lot of people always try to talk to celebrities via Twitter. It is their chance to correspond with celebrities who tweet on a regular basis. If there are people who you admire, it is a great opportunity... Continue reading
Posted Sep 12, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Network Solutions, a popular domain name registrar, is revealing the real identities of domain name owners even though the they have opted-in and paid for the Network Solutions domain name privacy service. When a domain name is registered, buyers have the option of paying $9.99 per year extra to keep... Continue reading
Posted Sep 7, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
Quick. Tell me what you think the best prescription should be after you have surgery? Well according to this social media expert, the best prescription that can be prescribed after surgery is painkillers and Twitter. Go figure. Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog
In today's age of the internet, there a a lot of jobs that allow you to work remotely. It is not only jobs that are related to the internet like a web designer, internet marketing, social media, or copywriter, there are a lot of jobs that allow you to work... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2011 at Billhartzer's blog