Marketing

Three Tenets of Content Marketing

This post is about content marketing, which is a hot topic these days and one that I fear is a…

John Doherty February 24, 2012
Excel for SEO

Bucketing Link Prospects for Link Outreach

Linkbuilding is always a hot topic within SEO, and different schools of thought exist. There’s the Throw Away Your Form…

John Doherty February 21, 2012
Search Engine Optimization

Minimum Viable Keyword Research

Keyword research is often a large undertaking, but it doesn’t have to be. You can do keyword research quickly to…

John Doherty February 7, 2012
Marketing

Why You Are Your Company’s Best Marketer

“You can hire an outside firm, but you’re always your best marketer.” – Abraham Lincoln I’m an online marketer working…

John Doherty February 6, 2012
Search Engine Optimization

How to Noindex and Organize Categories and Tags in WordPress

Duplicate content can be a killer for websites, especially blogs and news sites, if the organization is not handled correctly.…

John Doherty January 14, 2012
Search Engine Optimization

SEO is NOT Your Whole Marketing Strategy

I work with companies of all sizes in my job as an SEO Consultant at Distilled in New York City…

John Doherty January 13, 2012
Search Engine Optimization

The Power of Guest Blogging

I’m often asked to guest blog on websites. I do so because I love writing, but what is the purpose…

John Doherty December 27, 2011
Search Engine Optimization

When Data Disproves Assumptions

Back in August I mentioned in this post that one of my goals for this site was to double RSS readers…

John Doherty December 16, 2011
Uncategorized

You Need an Online Marketing Strategy

In November I went to a meetup that was put together by a couple of friends of mine who are…

John Doherty December 12, 2011
Technical SEO

Should I use a Rel=Canonical or 301 Redirect?

There seems to be a lot of confusion in the world of SEO today, especially in clients minds and with…

John Doherty November 22, 2011
Technical SEO

Lessons from Google about URL Lengths

A few weeks ago, I was reading through some posts on the official Google blogs, such as InsideSearch, WebmasterCentral, and…

John Doherty November 17, 2011
Search Engine Optimization

SEO: It’s all about the Content. And everything else.

We hear frequently that “content is king”, which I am coming to believe more and more, but the more that…

John Doherty November 13, 2011
Technical SEO

Beginner’s Guide to the .HTACCESS File

Linkbuilding gets all of the love in the SEO community, but we often forget that technical SEO is the solid…

John Doherty October 28, 2011
Search Engine Optimization

Meta Tags that will NOT help SEO

Sometimes as I am browsing through the Interwebs, I come across something that dumbfounds me. Sometimes this dumbfoundery is completely…

John Doherty October 26, 2011
Miscellany

On Being Afraid of Failure

Can I take a minute to write a personal post on here? This blog is usually all about SEO tactics,…

John Doherty October 17, 2011
Excel for SEO

Here’s a Paid Links Backlink Profile Visualized

While I’ve posted a few times about SEO Excel spreadsheets, and I’ve used link profiles a couple of times in…

John Doherty October 17, 2011
Miscellany

Getting Things Done is about Quality, not Quantity

I’ve been reading a number of books and blogs recently about business. I recently got sent a copy of Tony…

John Doherty September 11, 2011
Search Engine Optimization

Three Phenomenal Excel Spreadsheets for Link Analysis

Do you ever say to yourself: “I really wish I had a spreadsheet that would give me awesome graphs about…

John Doherty August 29, 2011
Linkbuilding

Retargeting Old Contacts for New Links

Today I want to talk about a simple tactic that you should try if you have been working on linkbuilding…

John Doherty August 18, 2011
Search Engine Optimization

Forget about Global Rankings Already. Seriously.

  Why do some SEOs spend so much time checking and worrying about global rankings? I read and hear constantly…

John Doherty July 19, 2011

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