I have a very, very bad habit of using SEO examples when I write so I'm going to avoid those as they aren't usually relevant to a lot of other industries of course, so if you are interested in contributing I would be insanely appreciative, but if...
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your website may not be as pretty or user-friendly as you think. The weak link in our ugly conversion process is the lead form itself. Perhaps the differing viewpoints of your website aren't as extreme as...
If you're going to write a post on guest blogging and speculate about Penguin 2.0 and the challenges that publishers face, then focus on the ugly and try not to draw in the good side of guest blogging just for an over sensational headline or a...
The good, the bad, and the ugly stemming from social media sentiments that bubble up to a brand are a direct reflection on the company's image, credibility, influence, and visibility – and if you're a public company or a company trying to raise...
Take, for example, a web store owner I’ll call Luke, who has one of those old-fashioned shopping cart websites; tiny product pictures, ugly fonts, clumsy navigation, narrow body. Luke is worried about making a bad decision.
But sometimes like a bad relationship you’re better off admitting that there’s nothing there really worth saving. With links making the World Wide Web go round, most people are neck deep in the link acquisition game, and over the years, it’s gotten...
Every single time it's boiled down to using bad SEO or outdated SEO tactics that they consider tried and true but are no longer valid. I know a lot of people pay a lot of good money for a site, only to have it be ugly as sin, non-functional, or not...
Welcome to the ugly side of the new SEO paradigm. Use a good spam scrubbing software to flag bad comments, limit links, and make sure to have some method of human moderation. First place to check is your Webmaster Tools, see if Google has sent you...
Redesigns can make an ugly site pretty, but they can also make a high traffic site invisible. Ignoring this is bad, as Google has stated in the last year that site speed is a ranking consideration – also, slower sites annoy users.
Tell Me Doc, How Bad Is It? Here is an example of the very ugly URL for the Huffy Dual Suspension Mountain Bike my fictitious site is selling: www.mccoysbikeshop.com/Products.aspx? I was going to say the widely used term “keyword-rich” but that is...
Links to Web Spammers or Bad Neighborhoods on the Web Links to web spammers or bad neighborhoods on the web But, don’t we create content to “manipulate” (that’s an ugly word, let’s call it “affect”) PageRank?
Others contend that with Panda and Farmer filters waxing on and waning off, Google is growing its working knowledge of how visitors interact with bad content. Some have speculated that the new over-optimization penalty will likely be triggered by...
The Bad News More Bad News This is where it gets downright ugly. PPC marketers across the web were quick to comment on what the change meant for them in terms of performance data analysis (here, here, and here).
It's bad enough that people with "unacceptable" shapes get snide commentary in SL *NOW*, be they "too fat", "too short", "too skinny" or "too realistic" (as in RL sizes and proportions). It's an ugly part of RL that I would just as soon not see...
When I wrote my last article, Being Bad For Great Justice: A New Privacy Scandal Rocks Second Life, and sent it upstairs to the folks that post it, I sent in a warning that things would, sooner or later, get ugly over the topic.
The second problem is really just an aspect that exacerbates the first: data mining is bad statistics. This ugly piece of non-scientific theory still rears its head today. Google have released a tool that lets us investigate and compare...
Directories and Reviews â”” Taking the Good, Mediocre and Ugly Social Networks and Health: Bad Medicine? From the hottest local deal, to finding a review of a local restaurant or contractor, and even checking into a favorite place, local is...
Now that you have all your own domain names -- the good, bad, and downright ugly -- make sure to go get your social media sites. Welcome to the dark and sometimes ugly world of online reputation management (ORM).
Big Brands and Bad Linking: How to Avoid Google Penalties by Josh McCoy The Google stereo system: A neat idea but really ugly - The Next Web SEM Basics Tips for Making the Most of Feeds by Andrew Girdwood
Some people live for the latest in website design aesthetics and they may find it impossible to believe that an ugly old text link which says "click here" converts better than a subtle mouse-over design element.
