SEO Blog by James Harrison

Most Important Local Business Directories

James Harrison — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:56:54 +0000

Using my experience from working with local clients and Get Listed’s Local Search Ecosystem, I decided to create a list of local directories to make sure all local clients are listed in, for my personal reference. Luckily, my readers can benefit from this too.. Enjoy! For Google Local Rankings on SERP’s & In Google+ Best [...]

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Infographic of the Week – An Ode to the Organic Link (& How Google Made Them Irrelevant)

James Harrison — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:17:14 +0000

This week’s infographic by SEOBook.com is about Google’s recent link devaluation update implemented into the algorithm, that most sites started to experienced around January 17th 2013. Over the years Google has moved to “fight spam” at the same time Google’s business development team has pushed to “make spam.” The combination of those 2 (& pulling in additional [...]

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The Benefits of Link Baiting by Dan Vassiliou

James Harrison — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:41:23 +0000

The word ‘baiting’ has an ugly connotation to it as if you are duping someone when truly it is about inviting someone. Wouldn’t Link Invites have sounded more positive? Why is it the big shots never take advice from the genius little small shot that is me? Anyway, as far as the concept goes, link [...]

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4 Ways In Which Online Marketing Will Change In 2013 (Guest Post)

James Harrison — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:23:08 +0000

2012 turned the SEO world into a virtual Zoo, what with all the Penguins and Pandas wrecking havoc on websites with low quality content or those that had indulged in questionable link-building practices. While 2012 perhaps saw the worst side of algorithm updates, it’s a fact that Google algorithm updates occur more than 100 times [...]

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10 Types of Links Giving Websites a Penguin Beat Down

James Harrison — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:46:02 +0000

Well, it’s 2013, but the 2012 update roller coaster is still going strong. 2012 was a crazy year for Google updates and all of those updates are still in full effect. Not only can we expect more updates to come, all SEO we perform moving forward is a reflection of last years updates, especially Penguin. Penguin gave [...]

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Getting Googled is a Privilege, Not a Right!

James Harrison — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:14:05 +0000

I’m only writing this post because I’ve heard and read this time and time again; about people getting mad at Google for de-indexing them or dropping their rankings. Some of them get so mad they complain, and complain to Google, or even threaten to sue them. Here’s a portion of a comment left on this post by [...]

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Top 4 SEO Tips for Startups by Emma-Julie Fox

James Harrison — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:54:55 +0000

For any startup, gaining visibility online can prove to be a challenging, time consuming, and frustrating task. The company is new, has no loyal customer base or social media following and limited resources; the dilemma of choosing between shady shortcuts for quick results and the more time consuming white hat SEO services is, therefore an understandable [...]

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What Makes Someone Leave a Website? [Infographic]

James Harrison — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:27:26 +0000

8 reasons why users leave websites; Bad Navigation Too Many Ads Bad Content Structure Obtrusive Use of Audio & Video The Registration Requirement Boring Content, Boring Design Poor Legibility Lack of Frequency Infographic by Kiss Metrics What Makes Someone Leave a Website? [Infographic] is a post from: James Harrison’s SEO Blog

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15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look Silly [Infographic]

James Harrison — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:56:34 +0000

A list of words/phrases we goof up on.. Your/You’re It’s/Its There/Their/They’re Affect/Effect Then/Than Loose/Lose Me/Myself/I Improper Use of the Apostrophe Could of, Would of, Should of/Could have/Would have/Should Have Complement/Compliment Fewer/Less Historic/Historical Principal/Principle Literally (means exactly what you say is true) The Dangling Participle Infographic by CopyBlogger & BlueGlass 15 Grammar Goofs That Make You [...]

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When Should I Post This (on Twitter & Facebook)? [Infographic]

James Harrison — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:06:34 +0000

Best times to share on Twitter and Facebook for click-throughs. ON TWITTER 1-3 PM Monday – Thursday are the BEST Times to Tweet (for click-throughs) on Twitter After 8 PM Monday – Thursday and After 3 PM on Fridays are the WORST Times Twitter Gets the Most traffic Between 9AM and 3PM Monday Through Thursday ON FACEBOOK [...]

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User Activity – Comparison of Social Networking Sites [Infographic]

James Harrison — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:04:15 +0000

Number of Users on Popular Social networking Sites Facebook – 901 Million Users Twitter – 555 Million Users Google Plus – 170 Million Users LinkedIn – 150 Million Users Pinterest – 11.7 Million Users Monthly Visits on Top Social Networking Websites Facebook – 7012.9 Million Visitors Twitter – 182 Millions Visitors Google Plus – 61 Million Visitors LinkedIn – [...]

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22 Ways to Create Compelling Content [Infographic]

James Harrison — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:32:11 +0000

Great content ideas aren’t always easy to come by. Even professional writers find themselves stuck… yet they still turn out excellent content on a regular basis. What’s their trick? It might be one of these!.. Curation - Compile a list of your 10 favorite blog posts from other blogs Group Brainstorming - Ask some friends for ideas [...]

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WordPress – A Global Phenomenon [Infographic]

James Harrison — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 07:55:11 +0000

As of March 2012 there are 72.4 Million WordPress Sites There has been 98 WordPress Version Releases 48% of the top 100 blogs as ranked by Technorati are WordPress sites 39% of those blogs are self hosted There has been more than 12 Million downloads of WordPress 3.3 29.3% of all WordPress sites are using [...]

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The Most Important Google Updates for the SEO Specialist

James Harrison — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:41:00 +0000

I always like to make sure that the SEO services I offer are up-to-date. And what better way to stay on to of it than to go straight to the source? Every so often Google updates their algorithm. Some of these updates change everything, while others are small and unnoticeable. But, I’m sure all of [...]

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Best WordPress Ping List Online (HERE)

James Harrison — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:24:07 +0000

Paste these under “Update Service” in the Settings, Writing section. This is one of the fastest ways to get your blog post indexed in the search engines. Enjoy.http://api.moreover.com/RPC2 http://bblog.com/ping.php http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2 http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php http://ping.feedburner.com http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/ http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2 http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping http://topicexchange.com/RPC2 http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates http://xping.pubsub.com/ping http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2 http://1470.net/api/ping http://api.feedster.com/ping http://api.feedster.com/ping.php http://api.moreover.com/ping http://api.moreover.com/RPC2 http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2 http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping http://bblog.com/ping.php http://bitacoras.net/ping http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2 http://blogmatcher.com/u.php http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc [...]

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Google’s Random Rankings Pt. 2

James Harrison — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:43:09 +0000

First, I must start this post off by saying that “Google’s Random Rankings” probably isn’t the best title for this series, because the results aren’t random by no means. They are strategically positioned so we the users will always have the best search experience using Google Search. So according to my last post Google’s Random [...]

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Google’s Random Rankings – Pt. 1

James Harrison — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:52:58 +0000

The purpose of this post is for me to give you my opinion of what’s going on with position differences in Google’s search results. You know how one ranking tool tells you one thing, but manually you see another? Or, have you noticed that the rankings change when you sign into (or out) of your [...]

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16 SEO Tips – My Onpage SEO Checklist

James Harrison — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:19:17 +0000

Here’s a list of onpage SEO factors I look at when analyzing a website. Enjoy! NOTE: Not in order of importance. They all need to be done, and done right. Proper Meta Data – Relevant, Organized Title, Description, KW’s, & Robots H1 Heading – relevance & h2-h5 support In-Content Keyword Placement – Density, Prominence, 1st [...]

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The 1st Page of Google for “SEO Blog”

James Harrison — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:48:44 +0000

Google’s 1st SERP (search engine results page) for the term “SEO blog” is insane. It’s one of the most dynamic first pages of Google I’ve seen in a while. Every day, the positions change, title tags change ,and the competitors get more aggressive. Lovely…, this playing field is much more fun than the ones that [...]

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Another One of My Favorite Link Building Videos

James Harrison — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:01:08 +0000

I seen this video over 4 years ago on WebProNews. One of my favorite quotes found in this video has been engraved into my head since… “Without Links, nobody finds you. Regardless if the engines are helping you, or not. If Google vanishes tomorrow, you still better have links.” Eric Ward Check out the video. [...]

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