Category Archives: Marketing Websites

Free and Easy Website Buzz and Links Tool

Want to generate website “Buzz” and inbound links?
- Well of course you do! That’s the whole point, after all.
Do you have a website, a blog, a newsletter or ezine?  Or perhaps you write articles for online publication?   When  you put something online – you certainly want readers to talk about it, link [...]

How To Use Sitemaps Effectively

I just love it when a ‘big namers’ blog post echos and confirms my own website philosophy!
The current ‘big namer’ is Vanessa Fox, and the blog post is “Increasing Search Indexing Coverage With an XML Sitemap“
It’s a good read, and reinforces the importance of utilizing sitemaps for increased website coverage.  However I was especially interested [...]

‘Commenting’ as a Marketing Tool – my #1 ‘No-Brainer’ Tip

‘Commenting’ on blogs and forums can be a free, easy, and effective way to gain relevant, targeted ‘traffic links’ and traffic to a website.
We’ve all seen blog and forum comments that were obviously done to promote a website, a product, another blog, etc.  When done thoughtfully, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
But in [...]

Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz Takes Blow to Head!

Ok, ok, so it was self-inflicted – a headsmack IS still a ‘blow to the head’.
I read Rand Fishkins “Headsmacking Tip #1: Link Requests in Order Confirmation Emails” at SEOmoz.org, and I can’t say that I blame him – all this ‘link‘ stuff can induce headbashing. ;P
It’s a great tip! I too [...]