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Yahoo considering Yelp data for local results
In an effort to increase their quantity of local results, as well as make them more accurate, Yahoo is reportedly teaming up with Yelp. As a leader in information about localized business data, Yelp would have a wealth of data to feed to Yahoo. For those of you that...
Expedia and Halifax Bank penalized by Google
For months, smaller brands have been screaming that Google has been biased in their rollouts of penalties. It seems that Google is on a mission to prove that even big brands can't get away with shady SEO. Just a few weeks ago, Expedia was penalized for poor SEO...
Tips for Increasing Revenues During Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day has become a huge shopping day for retailers to cash in on. After all, what better way to express appreciation and gratitude to your loved ones than by gifting them something that they love? Even people who are not in a relationship use Valentine’s...
Google Acquisitions Total $26.8 Billion
Google has been on quite the buying spree lately. Within the last 2 weeks - 2 months Google has reportedly purchased the following: Impermium, security technology Nest, smart thermostat makers - $3.2 billion Boston Dynamics, military-grade robots (the 8th robotics...
Going Big on Advertising During the Big Game
There's no question that the Super Bowl is an advertising juggernaut. The young, the old, men and women alike will gather in their homes, bars, restaurants and practically every place that shows the big game. What business wouldn't want to get their business...
Scheduled Article Topics
Whether we need content for your regular press releases or topics for on-page articles, copywriting is always a client favorite. Even though we can do all of the heavy lifting and do the copywriting if you can approve a topic, we know that coming up with topics is...
New Auditing Software
At SEO National, we always aim to use the most advanced auditing solutions. Technology evolves, and we like to evolve with it. We're excited to announce that we will be migrating all campaigns to a new, on-demand auditing platform. This will allow us to audit new...
Business Resolutions for Better Business
The New Year is here, and a lot of people are already thinking of their personal resolutions. Resolutions are made with hopes of bettering habits and improving live. Why not have the same dreams of improvement for not only yourself but your small business? 2014 could...
Weather.com Features Snowy SEO National Office Picture
What was just a quick picture of all of the snow outside our office lead to a citation on Weather.com. Serendipity. See this picture: On this page of Weather.com. (towards the bottom of their page) Here's another fun pic from the opposite angle outside our office...
2014 SEO vs 2013 SEO
At SEO National, we are often asked for our opinion on the evolution of search engine optimization. As the year ends, many wonder what 2014 will hold for SEO. Below are our thoughts on three of the most frequently asked SEO questions for the new year. Are we moving...
Does Google Read Meta Keywords?
We often have new clients ask about meta keywords. Does Google use them? How many meta keywords should be added? Should you list every keyword possible that is relevant to that page? The answer, at least in our opinion, is "no" to everything regarding meta keywords. ...
Guest blogging is bad?
Guest bloggers beware? What do you think of Matt Cutts recent commentary on guest blogging?
Link Networks Are Bad… mmmkay
Why anyone uses link networks, we couldn't tell you. Especially after big networks like "Build My Rank" were shut down a fair amount of time ago. You would think that's enough time for the impact to settle in and scare others away from using them. That does not seem...
Google PageRank Updated
For those of you that are familiar with Google's PageRank, you may have been wondering why there has not been any updates for a while. Suposedly, back in February, 2013 the mechanism that aggregated PageRank data picked up a technincal issue and has since been...
SEO National Now Distributing to The Associated Press and Google News
We are excited to announce that we are now distributing press directly to Google News and The Associated Press. For those clients of ours, if we haven't reached out to you individually by now that means you are grandfathered to receive one distribution to the AP and...