When I first saw the Shake Weight on TV I thought it was just one more exercise thing being offered and ignored it. I kept seeing the commercials and one night my husband and I talked about it during the commercial. He said, “I see how it could work.” He use to be a weight lifter, so I believed him. I saw it at Bed Bath and Beyond and bought one (w/a coupon . My First Experience Felt Awkward I...

Well, after meeting with yet another new client I have to say that I am again irritated and ticked off over another nice business either being ripped off or sadly hiring an ignorant company. I See It Online Everyday Thanks to Google alerts I see local competitors that swear that they offer top-notch SEO, but when you review their site you see they haven’t even followed basic SEO 101 for themselves. If...

Google’s Matt Cutts answers….

I totally understand the importance of SEO for every type of client, but I think people get so caught up in the numbers and the data that they forget that all of that information doesn’t mean anything without conversion! I understand getting addicted to the data and the trends and the rankings, but all of these things are really there to do one thing – help the client make more money. A Needs Analysis...

This is a guest post by Lingo24 So you’ve had your website translated into Spanish (and Latin American Spanish), Traditional Chinese, Arabic and half a dozen other languages and you’re ready to go truly global with ten websites fully localized for their foreign markets. You’ve sweated and pored (or possibly paid someone else to sweat and pore) over the content and design and you’re sure...

In 2009 we doubled the revenue at SEO Aware. As of June of this year we have already doubled what we made in 2009. What we have found is that our consulting services are helping companies move in effective directions that help them convert. We are showing them ways to draw in a larger audience that is interested in the services they provide. We are using more Sociology and Psychology to increase our odds of...

If you own a restaurant and you want to have a successful website there are some “musts” SEO Aware recommends and also includes in our clients’ websites. Our suggestions: You need your dinner and lunch menus on your site and that they be completely readable. They should also mimic your current menus so people can easily find their favorite dish. A printable take-out menu - By offering a printable...

We talk to a lot of businesses and often they believe they have much higher traffic than they really do. This can be for multiple reasons: Analytics programs that include hits from bots; Google Analytics does not include these hits and is much more accurate. Web companies that inflate the hit count with various methods. A misunderstanding of the analytics data. Free Sites That Allow You to Get a Better Estimate...

What you can give to the non-SEOs you love! 1). An Optimized Website With a Smart, Focused Goal We have had a ton of calls the past 45 days from businesses that think they know what they want for a new or current website. After speaking with them we have been shocked at how many are not concerned with things that matter such: Promoting their company Increasing revenue / Conversion Expanding into local markets Promoting...

Everyone is talking about WordPress and SEO today- Chris Pearson’s twitter stream- @Skitzzo There are TOOLS that you can use with WordPress to make your SITE more SEO friendly @Skitzzo It’s a common misconception—”WordPress is good for SEO”—and it’s wholly false. How can I not comment? about 15 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to Skitzzo @Skitzzo There’s no such thing as...

This is advice and kind of a rant because we get the same calls every week, “My friends knows all about the web and SEO and she/he setup the site, but I can’t find it on Google…” “My nephew set it up and he says an all Flash site is impressive, but no one can find me…” “My friend knows all about WordPress and set up a blog for me, but it isn’t on Google...

This video was made by SEO.com. We think it has great information for those new to link building.

The yellow pages phone directories magically arrived in my neighborhood. I looked at the book sitting in my drive way, picked it up, and immediately tossed it in my recycling bin! That got wondering how many other people immediately throw out their yellow pages phone directory. So, I decided I would investigate this on the day before trash pickup. Here’s what I found with 10 of my neighbors: 8 out of 10...

Search engine results can be filtered by region or location. Search engines can display these results based on the searcher’s location or search phrases that include location. Local search results can include more than just your site or your blog entries, they can also display maps, reviews, driving directions, pictures, related sites and more. There are on-site and off-site factors each business needs...

Google videos and answers to questions can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleWebmasterHelp.

More information at Bruce Clay’s Blog.

On the weekends I google and I google A LOT! I like to see what has changed in my geographic location and I like to see who is and who isn’t focused on Internet marketing and SEO. Doctors, Medical Groups, Clinics and service providers in Sarasota are not really focused on SEO, Internet Marketing or Social Media Marketing from what I can tell. Example, Google Sarasota OBGYN results in one doctor’s...

I am writing this to try answer some questions I get from my clients and emails from other SEO companies’ clients upset about the same things… “My site went live and I Googled my business name and keywords and I am not #1!!” OK, so here is the thing, the Web doesn’t work that way. For new websites indexing can take weeks and there is no guarantee that you will be on the first...