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A few years ago, before computers had the power that they do today, I decided to take a bold leap, and change over all my software to Microsoft products. In hindsight, it was more like a surrender to Bill Gates. I know, I know, I should have bought a Mac. Regardless, I didn't, but I'm still not ruling it out someday! Anyhow, one of the main reasons at the time, were the various different conflicts between various different software applications.

In the last 10 years, Blogging has literally become a full time business for some.   Some people do it for a living, and some just for a hobby.  I don't know the statistics, but it is probably safe to say there are several thousand, if not hundreds of thousands of blogs on the internet.  This post isn't necessarily about blog related websites.  It is more for blogs that are embeded within a website, such as this one.  So, can a blog actually help your SEO efforts?  Let's look a little closer.

There is a lot of information out there when it comes to Search Engine Optimization.  The hard part is knowing what to do, and more importantly, what NOT to do.  Search Engine Optimization, can be a long, daunting, and repetitive task.  SEO is  like most things in life, to be successful at it, requires some hard work.  The last thing you want to happen, is see all your efforts go to waste because of some tempting, time saving piece of software, that will do some of these processes for you, automatically.  The topic of automation, is one I see bei

Google anlaytics is a free tool available to any website.  It is a piece of code inserted into your website that tracks the number of visitors, pages visited, time on site and numerous other things.  There is so much information.

Doing your own Search Engine Optimization can be pretty overwhelming when you think about it.  Here is your website, competing against thousands, if not millions of other websites.  So, how on earth can you compete?  Well, to begin with, you are an expert about your products or services.  That fact alone, should make you and your website more of an authority than the other 99% of the sites that show up in the search results when someone searches a word describing your product or service.  In this video, Brad Gosse talks about why you should do your own

If you run a website, or run a business with a website, chances are, you may have been contacted by a Search Engine Optimization company offering to sell you their services.  Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is an unregulated industry.  Therefore, you have probably heard many different sales pitches from various different companies.   My personal favorite is, "We are one of the few SEO companies endorsed by Google.".  Unfortunately, Google, or Yahoo, or any other search engine for that matter, does not endorse ANY SEO company.  In this video, Brad gosse

Too often, small business owners with websites, seem to think that their IT guy or IT person, is the person that knows everything about their website, including Search Engine Optimization.  The reality is, most IT people are experts about everything else when it comes to computers, mostly their computer network, computer software, and computer viruses.  Brad Gosse talks about IT guys and SEO.  SEO is a whole different skill set in itself.  SEO is about marketing.  SEO is about getting your website to rank high in the search engines for various search terms.  SE

In this video, Brad Gosse talks about SEO, and how there really is no secret to the process.  Brad knows as he has been doing this a long time and has been extremely successful at Search Engine Optimization.  The hardest part about SEO, is doing the work.  Just like being successful in anything else, to be successful in SEO requires a concentrated and persistent effort.

In this video, Brad Gosse talks about Mobile Marketing for Small Business by using such applications as Foursquare.  See how somethin as simplie as registering your business at foursquare.com can help spread the word about your product or service to the growing trend of users that are using these mobile applications.  You csan not only make the local user aware of your business, but offer them a special in return for their patronage.

I was updating our website tonight, adding some video content, and looking at our feedburner feed statistics.  I couldn't help but notice this strange, alien like image staring me in the face.  I kept thinking to myself, where have I seen this before?  Then it came to me.  It was the picture of a Blackberry Messenger barcode on my computer screen.  I thought to myself, does Google want me to add them as a contact?  Is this a way of getting my feedburner statistics directly to my Blackberry?  Why would they be showing this on my computer screen?