Ferguson SEO Consulting

Link Building Tip: Target .edu Websites

R.E. Ferguson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:26:51 +0000

Every internet marketer knows that off page search engine optimization, or SEO, can be summarized in two words: link construction. Essentially, the more pages there are in the internet which link back to your website, the more possibilities your internet site will have in incorporating prominently in search engine results sites. This shouldn’t be taken to [...]

The Long Tail – What it is and How to Use It

R.E. Ferguson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:01:18 +0000

If you’ve studied statistics, you may recall what “Long-Tailed Distribution” is…where the tail of the curve is extremely long when compared to the head of the curve. The long tail phenomenon explains that if a consumer was given unlimited choices, everything becomes available, which is exactly what happens with the expansion of the Internet. For article [...]

Top 50 Social Media Sites

R.E. Ferguson — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:59:44 +0000

Here’s a list I recently came across of the top 50 Social Media sites: facebook.com youtube.com myspace.com twitter.com flickr.com photobucket.com linkedin.com digg.com ning.com yelp.com tagged.com squidoo.com scribd.com stumbleupon.com hi5.com bebo.com reddit.com myyearbook.com technorati.com kaboodle.com friendster.com flixster.com xanga.com epinions.com plaxo.com mybloglog.com yuku.com metafilter.com delicious.com care2.com getsatisfaction.com friendfeed.com clipmarks.com cafemom.com newsvine.com omgili.com gigya.com ballhype.com current.com revver.com ping.fm tribe.net magnify.net diigo.com dzone.com xing.com faves.com tweetdeck.com ecademy.com twine.com

RSS Directories

R.E. Ferguson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:36:07 +0000

RSS directories are popular these days. RSS is widely used initially by news sites to allow others to syndicate their news stories. Now, a lot of other websites are using RSS. It is being used in flagging new forum headlines, auction listings, sales listings and others. The meaning of RSS is actually not clear. RSS [...]

Focused Law Firm Marketing of Multiple Practice Areas

R.E. Ferguson — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:16:29 +0000

Many attorneys have diversified practices that focus on several different areas of the law. However, when potential clients are searching for a lawyer, they typically want to hire someone they perceive as an “expert” – rather than a “jack-of-all-trades.” Effectively marketing each of the practice areas you specialize in can make a tremendous difference in [...]

Bing Optimization: A Brief Overview

R.E. Ferguson — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:28:24 +0000

Ever since Microsoft launched its Bing search engine, it has drawn a lot of interest (and speculation) from the SEO community. On one hand, this is quite logical because Bing is intended to be one more heavy-weight player and it is expected to cut some share from Google. On the other hand, this is hardly [...]

Why Every Personal Injury Attorney Should Blog

R.E. Ferguson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:09:18 +0000

If you are a personal injury lawyer who wants a free way to connect with your prospects and demonstrate your expertise while also improving your website’s traffic, you need to create a blog…. Some people think blogs are nothing but online diaries, but nothing could be further from the truth! With over 50 million blogs online, [...]

Link Popularity

R.E. Ferguson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:34:57 +0000

Link Popularity Link Exchanging is important because most of the search engines use the number of links that point to your site, (called “Back Links”), to determine how popular your site is. Link popularity is the number external sites that point or link to your site. It is used as part of an algorithm to [...]

Review: TextLinks.com

R.E. Ferguson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:33:58 +0000

OVERVIEW TextLinks.com offers a new way to create quality, relevant backlinks to your web site for a low one time fee of $1 each for sub page links and $3 for home page links. These are one time fees and the links are permanent. The real power of our unique system is the ability to add [...]

New Service: iPhone Application Development

R.E. Ferguson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:55:09 +0000

Ferguson Consulting now offers iPhone Application Development services. Please email Robert Ferguson at fergseo @ gmail.com for more information and look for the description of services that will include overview and pricing coming soon to the site!