Google Over-optimization Penalty!

Recently, Google identified a number of blogger network sites that existed purely to build links to websites. Google targeted one of the larger blogger networks called “Build My Rank”—the site was de-indexed, along with an overwhelming majority of its posts. Businesses that were over-reliant on the links from Build My Rank (and other blog networks that may be facing de-indexing) saw a significant drop in rankings.
Businesses that used Build My Rank but also acquired links from a variety of other sources fared much better. The more you diversify, the less impact a Google update will have on your rankings. We have always stressed that SEO and marketing overall needs diversification. Links should come from as many different sources as possible and be relevant. Diversity coupled with relevant and useful content is what builds value. 

Maybe you’ve heard rumors about the impending Google “Over-optimization” Penalty? Google’s concern is that sites with great content and little or no SEO are up against sites with lesser quality content, but have done a better job with SEO. The penalty for over-optimization is designed to “level the playing field.” Again, great content (i.e., relevant and useful) and backlink diversification is key!.
Contact us at 678-520-9925 to get to the top of Google for keywords your customers are searching for.

SEO for Atlanta Businesses

Google homepageSEO for Atlanta businesses is about getting to the top of the search engines.  A top spot in Google for the right keywords can dramatically improve the bottom line of just about any business.

Let me ask you a quick question:  How many times have you spoken to someone, and may be this has happened to you, and they’ve spent money on their website and it just hasn’t done anything for them? Many business owners are underwhelmed by the return on their investment.

To be honest with you, you’re not alone.  I run into a lot people who are doing their business plan and are putting together their website and think that their website is the “end all be all” of their online marketing.  What we do at RedHotRankings.com  is work with business owners who are looking to get more visitors, generate more revenue and impact their bottom line.

I was recently discussing this with a client.  He had used a lead source that sent leads to him and three of his competitors.  If you run a serviceAtlanta leads
company you may have tried this, too.  His success depended on whether he was the first to call, and then it was about how many times he had to keep calling to connect with the prospect.  With a low success rate, he was looking for a better source of leads.

With SEO by RedHotRankings.com, his Atlanta based business is now #1 in Google for his primary keyword and in one of the top three spots in Google for several other high traffic keywords.  Now he gets a fresh batch of leads calling him directly every day.  His success rate in closing the business is much higher, close to 100% in fact.  If he can speak to prospect directly on the phone, he can usually get the business, which is what quite a few business owners tell me.

Google Places AtlantaAnother huge benefit to his business is that most clients are much closer to his business because of his highly effective listing in Google Places from RedHotRankings.com. Instead of driving all over Atlanta, most customers are now within about a 15 mile radius. Wear and tear on his service vehicles has been reduced and the money saved on gas alone pays for his monthly SEO service.

If you are throwing good money after bad with ineffective marketing, contact us today at 678-520-9925 for a free website review and get the leads that will improve your bottom line.

 

SEO Guru Atlanta On the Radio!

SEO Guru AtlantaI was recently invited to be on Ron Comacho’s “Business Hour” show on America’s Web Radio.  A theme of the show is career transitions, so much of the show is about how skills from previous experiences were applied to become the SEO Guru Atlanta.  Enjoy!

Listen to the Business Hour interview here!

SEO For Web2.0 – An Integrated Marketing Approach

Web2.0 is a term that describes the evolution of the web that now includes social media.  SEO for Web2.0 requires an integrated marketing approach.  An Atlanta SEO company has developed a unique approach called “Advanced Integrated Marketing”.  If you are ready to embrace the power of Social Media with SEO for Web2.0, you will gain a competitive advantage today and in the future.

Social Media sites have begun to dominate the internet to the point where Google introduced a new search algorithm in August 2010 called “Caffeine” to account for Social Media Buzz.

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Social Media consists of many popular sites, such as Facebook, Delicious, Digg, StumbleUpon, YouTube and others.  The problem?  Effectively promoting your business using Social Media is very time consuming.  It requires creating entertaining, enlightening or interesting content, promoting it on multiple networks and then getting others to take notice and promote it also.

What is SEO for Web2.0?  To get ranked highly in Google, you need SEO, good content and backlinks.  Everyone knows this.   But now there is one additional ingredient required as a result of the Caffeine update:  you also need traffic.  This is a real “Catch 22″ situation for anyone trying to promote their website online.  After all, how can you get traffic if you do not rank?  But now Google won’t rank a site without traffic?  Seems like a trap until the power of social media is taken into account.  If other people like your content on social media sites and vote for it, Digg it, Like it, etc., you will begin to get traffic to your site.

But this gets back to the problem of the time required to promote your content on social networks.  Does this mean the web is now only for big corporations with the resources to hire teams of professionals to promote their content on social networks?  Not necessarily, but a more advanced and integrated approach is needed for effective online marketing.  Have you heard of content syndication?  It is the most effective way to harness the power of the social media, social voting and social news sites.  And it’s not just for big companies.  Anyone can plug-in to an effective content syndication network and begin to see just how powerful social sites have become.

To ignore the power of social networks is simply ignoring the evolution of the web.  But you can take advantage of this relatively new phenomenon to increase traffic to your site and grow your online presence.

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