An SEOs Love Story V 2.0 Living With Dying

March 13, 2010

Since late November my Soul Mate, my Friend, my SO (Significant Other), Geri and I have been valiantly struggling with life, living, happiness and the uncertainty that is inherent with dying. From time to time I have returned here to my blog to share our lives with you. Tonight, I will be sharing what we learned today while visiting her new primary care physician.

We have become more proactive about her health care and we had determined we need to find a doctor who would become more involved in her care. We had been getting the run around from her health care providers about her life expectancy. This doctor did an extremely thorough exam. He preformed like most doctors would if they had time. His insightfulness and patience were very reassuring to us. We nodded to each other during his in depth questioning acknowledging this guy was a keeper.

Then in a very straight forward manner he inquired if we wanted to know the truth about her life expectancy. Geri, trying to protect me suggested that I leave. I refused, I had expectations of getting a health reality check today, so I wasn’t going anywhere. He suggested that she likely had three months to live. It was what I wanted to hear while at the same time it was not what I wanted to hear. I was quickly overcome with grief and it showed. It showed so much so that the doctor expressed his regret for have gone down this path.

I reassured him that even though it was extremely difficult for us to face we had to know. All of our care providers had avoided discussing death and dying with us. However, the new doctor stepped right up and deliver a strong dose of reality for us. I assured him that this was really important for us it would now allow us to openly address our end of life decisions.

(Snack break time)

Well, I just took a break and ended up having a very open talk with Geri about what we had experienced today. I noted that I was blogging about it just prior to this discussion. She is note real thrilled to have our lives on display this way, but she recognizes it value for me and relents with the classic rolling of her eyes. In her usual blunt approach she explains to me that “I don’t care about dying” she pauses. Then she explains “I’ll be dead so I won’t care. It is you and others that I care about, you’ll be left behind.” We have grown to call these moments “Gerisms.”

This was one the best exchanges that I may have ever had with Geraldine. It was a no walls zone where we discussed the reality of her ending days. At times like this life takes on new dimensions. Things that didn’t much matter matter a lot and things that were important aren’t so much anymore. We are truly living one day at a time. As for Geri her spirits remain extremely positive despit the grim prognosis. The most important thing for me is that she is not in pain which she isn’t.

Now a business update:

On the brighter side of things business wise. I am working on the details for a new product launch where I will be providing video SEO and link building training. I am very excited about this project. It will be a component of a much larger program. That program will include providing websites for small business owners along with hosting and SEO for a monthly fee.

Here is the original story: An SEO Love Story – This Post Is Not About SEO

I help people get there websites properly indexed by Google for their targeted keyword phrases. The idea is to their their websites high up in the search engine results, and more specifically in the Google search results. I really enjoy what I do as it can have an enormously positive impact on my clients business. I believe in a triple win philosophy where the searcher is happy because they found may clients site and they had their want fulfilled. The client is happy because their website is finally producing income and I am happy because they are happy. I really love what I do. I don’t sell useless products or services like many SEO do just to make a buck. My work is truly a labor of love.

But it is a woman named Geri that I meet eight years ago and who I grew to love that has my attention, now. She is dying. She doesn’t like me saying that because she doesn’t want to loose hope. I however must deal with the cards that I have been dealt. Her liver is shot and when your liver isn’t working lots of other body parts begin to fail as well.

She ended up being hospitalized on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. I took her there again on New Years Day. Every time the visits are getting closer together. On the way to the hospital she jokingly asked what’s the next holiday. Then she wryly asked isn’t there a presidents birthday coming up. Faced with adversity she went for levity.

We don’t have insurance so the emergency room is our entry point for health care. Every time we leave they give us treatment plans that are never fulfilled because we can not pay for them. We have tried to get government assistance but we are still waiting.

Yesterday, they could barely draw blood because she never got the transfusions that she needs ans has lost a lot of blood. The liver helps the blood clotting process and without that she bleeds easily. I feel so guilty that this business could not been able to support her medical needs. I am a very emotional person and writing about our struggles is my release valve.

But out of all of this there was a success story. We made it to the library on New Years Eve. It was our first trip outside the home together since she was put on oxygen 24/7. It may not sound like much but for us it was like a holiday. Later we sat in bed together and talked, not only that, we laughed and smiled. I allowed my silly side to come out and her smile seemed to be the happiest smile that I had ever seen. She actually looked cute from behind her oxygen cannula. It was as if it wasn’t there. I will always cherish that moment, her smile, and that radiant glow. Then she began the downward spiral again.

She would not let me stay this time in the emergency room. She said she could not tolerate seeing me sad sad and uncomfortable and that it was too hard on her. She’s dying and she worrying about me. That is what I would call An SEO love story. As it was I could not sleep. I just put on another pot of coffee and I wait and when I can not wait any more I will call the hospital to find out what room she is in… or if…

An update 01/25/2010: Well, Geri has managed to stay out of the hospital for about 18 days until recently. She has returned again for the fourth time in less than three months. This time she has acquired pneumonia even though she has had a recent vaccine shot. Apparently, it does cover all the various varieties. This is scary stuff. Ever time that she has returned to the hospital a few pints of blood got her feeling better almost withing 24 hours, but not now the rules are different this time around.

I am scared and trying very hard not to show it. She asked me today “Do I looked any better today? The nurses said that I look better.” OMG, I wanted to cry. My response was “You look marvelous, darling.” All the while I was praying that she was to tired to read the pain in my face. I quickly changed the subject.

Again, I want to thank all of who have visited and left us with your kind words and thoughts. I especially want to thank a blogger named Mitch who was returned to follow this story and has left very warm and kind messages.

I want to thank all of you who have supported us with your thoughts and prayers.

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Do You Play To Win V 2.0

March 9, 2010

We believe that the process of search engine optimization will help almost any website soar in the search rankings. Given enough time and resources it is possible for almost any website to rank well in the search results, by that we are talking about the first page of the Google results.

Any successful SEO provider knows that if you go where the crowds aren’t you will be successful. That’s why so much effort goes into Keyword research.The huge benefit here is that using long tail search you have less competing sites and that your visitor is now highly targeted and motivated to buy.

A good example of a long tail search would be the search for “increased website traffic Tucson” There is no doubt that the person using this search query wants more traffic to their website and that it has a Tucson customer base.

Do you play to win?

Update 03/09/2010:

That was a very simple though that I blogged about a few years back but it speaks to my philosophy On Search Engine Optimization or more specifically Google SEO. I always reference Google because they are the search market leader world wide. About the only market that Google does not dominate is China.

I take a game approach to SEO and I play to win for myself and my clients. This is why we rank for over 90 Keyword phrases. It is also why we have never failed to get our clients website onto the first page of Google for multiple keyword phrases. I often see this business as a professional sports team. And like a professional team we train daily to stay on top of our game. We regularly review our analytics to see where we are strong and where we might improve with a little tweak here or there.

We also are constantly manually monitoring where are at the the search results compared to our competitors. If you rely on automated search rankings tools you will only get results on the site that you are monitoring. You will miss out on the big picture in your markets. In sports this would consider this to be reviewing game film. I want to know if we have any new competitors in our markets that may pose a threat to our dominance.

Everything that we do has a specific purpose. I never want to be surprised by a competitor and allow them to gain an advantage. I love winning and I want my clients to be in a position to win as well. This diligence is why all of our clients have ended up on the first page of the Google results. If you allow a competitor to sneak up on you they will become embolden and more difficult to dissuade that your market is too difficult to overcome. In my home market there has been dozens of new competitors over the last year or so. Many of them have already abandoned this market as I am not willing to allow them to gain any traction.

One of the long time players here has just about given up any hope of getting any organic traffic in Tucson. This has forced them to search nationally for visitors by paying for their traffic through Google AdWords. Because we play to win we have never had to use Pay Per Click and we likely never will!

Do You Play To Win?

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

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Website Are Like NASCAR V 2.0

March 8, 2010

I wrote a series of posts back in 2007 well before this site had a blog. I had a page that I used like a blog and I updated it on a regular basis. The problem was that my visitors could not make any comments. This was one in a series of posts where I compared websites to different things to make a point. I compared them to a high maintenance girlfriend. That one was later edited by Geri. I have compared them to apple pies as well.

Lately, I have been paying more attention to NASCAR since Danica Patrick has been driving in these races. She hasn’t fared very well yet. I hope that you enjoy this post as much as I have had writing it and reading the responses. Even though the posts is several years old it is still relevant today.

Here is the original post, Websites Are Like NASCAR!

Recently it dawned on me that websites and race cars have a lot in common. A race car team puts a lot of time, training and effort into their high performance machine. They pay lots of attention to the smallest details and are constantly fine tuning the engine and suspension. These two must work in harmony for the team to become a champion. Successful websites are no different in that they also require many pieces of the machine and team to be in harmony. Websites must also pay attention to details and fine tune to the ever changing needs of the search engines through effective optimization of the source code and content.

The other part of this website team is the user experience. Every thing must work and it should work effortlessly. Your site should be a well oiled machine that converts visitors into customers. The visitor wants to walk away a winner by feeling they made the right choice going with your team.

So SEO then becomes like the racing teams pit boss making adjustments and fine tuning the website to produce peak performance. However, you must be able to adapt to the changing environment to become a champion. During a race the team may use multiple types of tires often adjusting and changing through out the race.

A successful website team is no different. We who practice SEO have to make sometimes drastic changes quickly to adjust to how search engines, especially how Google handles the acquiring of website links. Managing a website requires the same attention to detail as a NASCAR racing team, you want to keep it well tuned and ready to win the race.

Are you ready to win the search engine race?

An extra thought: Way too many website owners have this allusion that SEO is a one and done process and this is so. The belief is wrongly fostered by SEO providers who sell packages to meet a price point. They never bother to tell their clients that like a NASCAR team their websites will need constant attention to be successful. You will need to make many changes along the way to succeed in racing and with SEO!

I personally loathe competitors who sell to price points and never explain that SEO is never a one and done proposition.

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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Niche SEO What A Concept V 2.0

March 7, 2010

Yes, this is yet, another look down this blogs memory lane. Niche SEO What A Concept is one of the posts that I really enjoyed and I am going to take another look at today.

I have grown to really appreciate Niche SEO and the long tail keyword phrase. The reason is very simple it is very easy to obtain high results rankings when entering into niche markets. As I have often pointed out that local SEO is all about Niche Markets. When you define any product or service by a geographic location you have created a niche market. I still cringe when I see local businesses that still are using Google AdWords to drive traffic to their websites. It is usually a waste of money.

Niche Markets however, are not limited to a single geographic area. For many companies the lack of competitors in their markets define them as niche. My first large account was from a company that I had previously work for in another century. They manufactured dust collection equipment used in manufacturing processes. There is only a very small group of competitors globally for these products. Yet, after eight years their website was doing poorly in the search results.

The interesting challenge for this business was that several other markets were competing in the “dust collection” category. They were competing with direct competitors. They also were competing against vacuum cleaners and home dust collection units. This actually made this niche way more competitive than it would initially appear to be. Fortunately, none of these industries had embraced SEO yet.

As it turned out I was able to rank their site high onto the first page of the Google results for dust collection. This came as a surprise to me. I had originally told them that because of competing industries in this market that this likely would not occur. This is why I like niche markets so much. There is little competition to begin with and most of your competition will likely not be actively deploying SEO or a link building program.

What amazes me even more is that I have been able to conquer dozens of SEO related long tail keyword phrases in an industry that knows the rules and the ropes. This has in most cases been extremely easy to do. I think my brethren often rely on AdWords when they can not succeed in the search results themselves.

I known that I have recently noticed one of my direct competitors here in Tucson has begun to actively use AdWords to gain business. They can’t get business by out ranking me in our home market so they have had to depend on paid traffic. They had an opportunity in the past to outsource to me and choose another path now they pay for almost every visitor.

This is the path many businesses take when they can’t rank well and is so sad because niche markets are so easy to overcome.

Here is the originate post Niche SEO What A Concept:

We live in Tucson, Arizona, which is a website marketing backwater of sorts. Most business owners that I speak with at my many networking events have little knowledge of the services that we provide.

I ran a local SEO meet-up group but we were lucky if 5 people showed up. So it’s not easy to find a group to talk shop with. Desperate to mingle with others in the industry I traveled the 125 miles north to Phoenix to attend an SEO Meet-up group there.

It was run by a woman from New Mexico. She holds the Arizona franchise for a training academy and travels here monthly to provide training and to market herself through this group.

I was especially thrilled by what I had learned at this gathering. The focus of the meeting was to share our favorite SEO tools and website. It’s always nice to come across useful resources, especially the ones that are free.

In a private conversation after the meeting I discovered that this woman had been providing SEO services and training for seven years. Which is to say, a way long time in this industry.

I mentioned that we specialized in niche SEO and she expressed amazement at what she just heard. The concept of Niche SEO seemed about as far away as Yuma, Arizona or her native New Mexico. She explained that she had never heard of niche SEO before today. Actually, I wasn’t sure who was more surprised me or her.

Our version of niche SEO is exactly what the name implies. We offer SEO to niche industries. It’s merely a more focused approach to SEO. We simply go where the competition isn’t. After all, isn’t this what keyword search and long tails are all about? It’s about finding niches that are related to our client’s products or services that others are not using.

Does your business have niche products or services?

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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Search Engine Optimization Is A Numbers Game V 2.0

March 6, 2010

This post is another in a series that has been pulled from our 2008 archives. This post does a very good job of explaining how I personally view the practice of SEO. For me SEO is truly a numbers game. It really is not so much about how many web pages appear in a search result. This has very little correlation to how competitive a particular market is. It merely reflects the number of pages in the Google index that include these words.

This site competes in markets that have well over 100 Million pages appear in the Google index and we rank very well in these markets. However, these markets are no where near as competitive as the Phoenix SEO or Local SEO market which produce results that are lees than 10 Million. While I work on these almost everyday I still rank towards the bottom of the search results on the first page of the Google. Yet, I easily rank # 1 many time over for searches that produce 100 million or more results.

The number that really counts generally requires some research to determine. What you need to ascertain is the number of websites that are currently actively going after your keyword phrase. The next number that you need to obtain is the number of backlinks that each site has to the specific page being targeted. Now, you can begin to formulate a game plan to conquer your targeted keyword phrase. We in the industry call this a competitive analysis.

Just knowing how many backlinks that a web page has is just the beginning. You will now need to determine where these links are coming from. You will need to know if these links are Do Follow or No Follow and can you acquire links there as well. You will need to develop a link profile of your competitors. Once you have developed this information you will now know the number of links that should be required to overcome your competitors advantage and how much real competition that exists. Then, and only then, you will need to determine if this is a market that you want to fight to conquer. Let the games begin!

This is why I consider SEO to be a numbers game. Do you play to win?

Here is the original post:

SEO is as much a numbers game as anything else. Good basic SEO will only get you so far in the search rankings. We believe almost anyone with enough time and resources can obtain the first page of results for any search query. However, most companies do not have the funds or staff for such an undertaking. There are still many opportunities to reach the coveted first page of results.

Any successful SEO provider knows that if you go where the crowds aren’t you will be successful. That’s why so much effort goes into Keyword research. Keyword search, after all, is a billion dollar industry. You can look for long tail or obscure keywords to be successful. The huge benefit here is that using long tail search you have less sites competing for the keyword phrase that you have chosen, also your visitor is now highly targeted and ready for the sale.

A good example would be the search for “increased website traffic Tucson” There is no doubt that the person using this search query wants more traffic to their website and that it has a Tucson customer base. It just so happens that almost any day, if you did the search for “increased website traffic Tucson” you would find Tucson SEO Solutions in the #1 and #2 positions. We believe that you should practice what you preach or as we like to say if your going to talk the talk you have to walk the walk.

Many an SEO expert will read this and scoff, “That’s not a competitive search” and they are correct. However, it is the service that we provide and in our location. We should be at the top if we are any good at what we do. I am often amazed when I see companies offering SEO services and they can’t obtain first page rankings for themselves! This isn’t as uncommon as you might expect. We developed our keyword to reflect what we do and by our location. If you have a local business with a website you should be doing the same.

Do you need assistance developing your keywords to reflect your business and location?

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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# 4 Out Of 156 Million V 2.0

March 5, 2010

Lately, I have been going over my previous posts and refreshing the ones that I really liked. I particularly liked this post as I believe that it goes a long way to debunk the Google Sandbox theory. When I started this blog I used Do Follow Lists to promote the blog and site.

In a very short amount of time we were able to take our Do Follow Lists onto the first page of Google. While the content of that post (the lists) have been removed the post still rank very well, as in # 1 in the Google SERP’s. Not very many blog post are still ranking on the first page of Google almost two years later. If you know your market well and are willing to put in the effort you can rank well, and very quickly, in most markets.

The market for the keyword phrase Do Follow List and Do Follow Blog List has become much more competitive since then. When I first went after this phrase there were a lot of web pages that included these words on their page, as in 156 Million. However, not many of these where doing so for commercial purposes. That has changed dramatically since then with hundreds of sites selling some kind of Do Follow product. I seriously doubt that we would have this rapid success today. Often success in search and in life is all about timing.

Here is the original post # 4 Out Of 156 Million:

Our SEO practice is all about developing and exploiting niche opportunities. Since SEO is basically a numbers game, you want to target your keyword phrases that are actually being used, but that have only a few competitors. It comes down to the fewer competitors the better.

So while we do well at landing this website on the first page of results for SEO related searches, these would not be considered competitive. That’s the whole purpose of what we are trying to achieve.

So today, I read a question on a forum that I had never visited before. It asked “what is the most competitive keyword that you have ranked for?” I knew that we ranked high for the search “Do Follow List” but I never pay any attention to how many results came up on a Google search for this term. Well, the answer is that we are #4 out of 156 Million search results… Wow!

All of those ahead of us have had 8 months to a year or more advance lead on us. So to say that we are pleased would be an understatement. I am still a little bit in the clouds over this revelation.

We were able to accomplish this because we put in over 300 hours developing the list and marketing it effectively. The whole project was created as linkbait for the relaunching of our website and it has worked very well.

The bottom line here is SEO is not an easy fix, but if you are willing to put in the effort you will succeed.

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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Can You Meet Or Exceed These Google Search Results March 2010

March 3, 2010

I provide SEO services so it is very important that I actually perform well in this arena. Since June of 2009 I have produced a detailed report on how well we rank each month. Back then the site ranked on the first page of Google for 30 or so keyword phrases. I now, actively target about 100 keyword phrases. Of those keyword phrases we rank on the first page of Google for 93 different phrases. Some of these will include a plural version of a phrase. However, this minor difference can have a huge impact on the SERP’s. It might be the difference from be on the first page or not.

Out of these 93 keyword phrases we actually rank # 1 60 times. Not only that, 33 times have we ranked both # 1 and # 2. That is a slight improvement over last month. Another seven times the site ranks two pages in the Google results on the first page. That very good considering that I have spent much of the last three months caring for my critically ill soul mate.

I should note that this success can be directly attributed to the use of the Scratch My Back link building method. There was one quirk in the results for the phrases Detailed Website Audit and Comprehensive Website Audit. We have rank # 1 for both of these phrases for well over a year. Today, they were buried on page four and five. I haven’t a clue why this occurred. I managed to accomplish this even though I have had to take care of my critically ill soul mate!

Here is how it all breaks down in my home market.

Affordable Website Design Services Tucson we rank # 3

Affordable Website Designing Services Tucson we rank # 1

Internet Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Internet Marketing Tucson SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2 and 3!

Local Website Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local SEO Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Tucson SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2

Tucson Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 1 and # 2

Website Designing Services Tucson we rank # 5

Website Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Here is how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks across Arizona:

Arizona SEO we rank # 7

Arizona SEO Services we rank # 3

Arizona SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Chandler SEO we rank # 3

Local Arizona SEO we ranks both #1 and # 2

Our Chandler SEO we ranks both #1 and # 2

Chandler SEO we rank # 3

Glendale SEO we rank # 6

Our Glendale SEO site ranks both # 1 and # 2

Internet Marketing Services Phoenix we rank both # 4 and # 5

Flagstaff Internet Marketing we rank # 3

Flagstaff SEO we rank both # 2 and # 3

Flagstaff Website Marketing we rank # 2

Local Internet Marketing Phoenix we rank both # 5 and # 6

Local SEO Phoenix ranks both # 1 and # 2

Local Website Marketing Phoenix we rank both # 1 and # 2

Phoenix Search Engine Optimization we rank # 7

Phoenix SEO we rank # 9

Scottsdale Internet Marketing we rank # 6

Scottsdale SEO we rank # 9

Scottsdale Website Marketing we rank # 5

Tempe SEO we rank # 9

Tempe SEO our Tempe SEO site ranks both # 1 and # 2

Website Marketing Services Phoenix we rank both # 3 and # 4

Yuma SEO we rank # 1

Here is the latest on how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks nationally:

Affordable Link Building Services we rank # 1

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Backlinks Building Service we rank both # 1 and # 2

Backlinks Building Training we rank # 1

Business Search Engine Optimization Services we rank # 1

Business Search Engine Optimization Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Business SEO Solutions we rank # 3

Comprehensive Website Audit we rank # 1

Comprehensive Website Review we rank # 1

Detailed Website Audit we rank # 1

Detailed Website Review we rank # 1

Ethical Links Building we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building Services we rank # 2

Ethical Links Building Services we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Ethical Link Building Training we rank # 3

Ethical Backlink Building we rank both # 1and # 2

Ethical Backlink Building Services we rank both # 1and # 2

Ethical Backlink Building Solutions we rank both # 1 and 2

Ethical Backlink Building Training we rank both # 1 and 2

Geo-targeted SEO we rank # 1

Geo-targeting SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2

Our Glendale SEO site ranks # 1 and # 2

Glendale Internet Marketing we rank # 1

Glendale SEO we rank # 6

Glendale Website Marketing we rank # 1

Holistic SEO we rank # 1 again!

Holistic Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 2 and # 3

Local Internet Marketing Services we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Internet Marketing Solutions we rank # 3

Local SEO we rank # 8

Local SEO Services we rank # 1

Local SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Small Business SEO Services we rank both # 1

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Local Website Marketing Services we rank # 3

Local Website Marketing Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Website Marketing Training we rank both # 2 and # 3

Niche Internet Marketing Services we rank # 1 and # 2

Niche Internet Marketing Solutions we rank both # 3 and # 4

Niche SEO we rank we rank both # 5 and # 6

Niche SEO Services we rank # 2 and # 3

Niche SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Niche Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 1 and # 2

Quality Backlinks Building we rank both # 1 and # 2

Quality Backlinks Building Services we rank # 1 and # 2

SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Small Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Website Marketing Services we rank # 2

Do Follow Lists we rank # 2 out of 265 Million

Do Follow Blog List we rank # 2 out of 186 Million

Do Follow Forums we rank # 7 out of 220 Million.

Do Follow Forum Lists # 1 out of 105 Million results.

Our Do Follow Social Bookmarking List site ranks # 4

Do Follow Social Bookmarking List we rank # 5

Do Follow Social Media List we rank # 1 out of 62 Million

Our Do Follow Website site ranks # 5 out of 256 Million

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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What Are You Fishing For? V 2.0

March 2, 2010

I wrote this article originally back when the blog was very new and a lot has changed since then. This article is about linkbait something that we have specifically tried on several occasions. We launched the blog by promoting Do Follow blogs and Forums. It was a very successful effort if all you consider is getting noticed and acquiring backlinks. This project was mentioned on over 50 different blogs.

It also produced a whole bunch of spam comments for us. I really didn’t care at first because the blog was no follow back then. However, it unfortunately made it easier for these blogs on the list to be spammed. What we thought was a good idea turned out to be not so much a good idea. We updated and maintained these listed of blogs and forums. We broke them down into categories to make them easy to use. We invested over 1,000 hours into that project before we ended up pulling them due to spam abuse.

I would follow this up with a program that we called The 109 Day Link Building Explosion. For 109 days I offered 5 short reviews of sites that provided Do Follow backlinks. I also started encouraging my program readers to consider Scratch My Back Marketing. This drove a huge amount of traffic to our site but these visitors ignored my requests to leave a useful comments. I would eventually remove this program as well.

Since then I have focused on promoting this site on other sites by using Scratch My Back Marketing. I have decided trying to lure spammers with linkbait just wasn’t what I wanted to do anymore. I still consider a well run link bait program to be very worth while, but it is definitely not something that I wish to do anytime soon.

Here is the original post. It was found to write as it included some references to where I grew up.

What Are You Fishing For

I love it when I read articles about linkbait. I really do love to read about creative linkbait approaches. There is so much of the same old do this or do that that on the subject it can get old quickly. So when I read about novel ways to lure people into linking to your website I pay attention.

It also reminds me of my days growing up along the banks of the Allegheny River and the French Creek in rural Franklin, Pa, as in Pennsylvania. Except that we called the creek a crick. I know go figure, but that slight regional variation is very important when considering keyword development, but that’s for another post.

As a youth in rural Pennsylvania there wasn’t much to do other than to go fishing. So I did a lot of fishing with two major rivers within walking distance. When fishing you generally choose what fish to target on any given day based a multitude of factors such a time of day, water conditions, available food sources, and what you ultimately want to catch.

Then I had to choose which river to I was going to fish that day. I would have to choose between the huge Allegheny River or the smaller but robust French Creek. Once the river choice was made I would have to choose between slow deep waters or faster shallower waters. There is a lot to consider if you want to be successful fisherman.

Now, I would have to have to choose my bait wisely to match my prey of the day. That choice was based on a myriad of environmental conditions, if I wanted to be successful. It also had a lot to do with what I had available. Your bait must be attractive to your targeted fish and be delivered in a way that induces a bite when you want.

Choosing a linkbait for your website is very much like fishing. The bait needs to be targeted towards the group of websites that can provide you useful relevant backlinks that are Do Follow. This is where effective linkbaiting can be very difficult. It can be very easy to create a bunch of links with a very creative baiting method, but getting the desired fish to bite is a lot more difficult.

As any seasoned fisherman knows you can catch a lot of unwanted fish while going after a targeted species. The same thing is true with any linkbaiting method. So when developing linkbaiting programs or methods don’t loose site of your target.

There is another huge benefit to linkbaiting for the blogger that is not often written about. A good linkbait effort can generate hundreds of comments. If your blog is part of a website, those comments provide lots of fresh content that will boost the overall website in the SERP’s.

This is where a great page title that includes a targeted keyword phrase or two can be very beneficial. When titling your page focus on a targeted keyword phrase. Your linkbait comments can break you into the first page of results for that targeted keyword phrase. So linkbait if done correctly can not only supply you with a flood of new links to can assist your website in the SERP’s.

Almost two years later I still enjoyed reading this post and I am amazed that I wrote it!

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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An SEO Gets Shopped V 2.0

February 27, 2010

This post goes back in time to when we first began to domination all searches related to SEO and internet marketing in Tucson. We are were just beginning to emerge nationally as a force to reckoned with in the SEO industry in the US. I will interject some points as I go.

If you have been any business long enough a competitor will dial you up on the tele or, as the lazy ones do, they send a email to get the shopping going. They always start the conversation off by inquiring about the fees that you charge. This is especially true if your product or service pricing is not posted on your website which ours are not. One must be quick and clever to determine who is a real potential client and who is a competitor trying to acquire your pricing structure.

The shopper is rarely an established player in your industry, but they could be. This is where I love to being to direct the conversation to where I am the inquirer. The shopper usually doesn’t have a website yet or they are in the process of acquiring a business that has an existing website. Then there is the new kid on the block who starts of with “I have a client.” That may be true or they are breaking into the business and bidding on a job and that are looking for pricing guidance.

I don’t have a problem with this at all. I have done this hundreds of times over the decades myself so I am very familiar with the sport and I play it well!. When someone calls I’m a very good judge of who is real and who is not or at least I have convinced myself that’ this is so.

Another clear giveaway is if someone starts off by asking a whole bunch of questions without identifying themselves first, you can almost be certain that you are being shopped.

If they pause or stumble when you ask these questions you know you’re being shopped.

• What is the domain name?
• What is your business?
• What do you want your website visitor to do on your website?
• Who are you trying to market?

If the visitor hesitates on any of these questions you can be sure that your time is being wasted by a shopper. However, those who are skilled shoppers may be prepared for these questions. They are a little harder to catch. After all I role play the call many times before I shop a business. If you know how to ask the right questions it can be easy.

If someone seems more interested in pricing then anything else in the conversation I clearly explain that everything starts with a website review and that a paid service. I then I might ask them to email me from their website to get the ball rolling or something to that effect. If they are a serious inquiry they will email while you’re talking. If they make excuses, at this point, you know this is a waste of time and I quickly end the call. If they ask you why this is needed you can state its company policy to assure that this is a genuine sales call.

I mention this because I got shopped today by someone from the San Francisco Bay area code. We have just started targeting the area in advance of our new website launch. So I have been expecting these types of calls.

Sometimes the caller jumps right into the deep end of the pool from the get go. He asked if we did page titles, page descriptions, Meta tags, and ALT tags and what we charged. Well, nothing like cutting to the chase. What he didn’t realize is that real customers don’t talk like that. They just want to acquire search traffic and had read that SEO is the way to go. They don’t generally understand how we do what we do.

That’s was 2 years ago and things have changed dramatically since then. Callers inquiring about our services are smarter and more aware about the process of SEO. When I began this business back in 2007 things were much different as far the the potential client knowledge of SEO. The response was mostly “I read something on a blog like you need SEO to rank well, but that’s all that I know.”

Yesterday, I was being shopped by an inexperienced shopper I thought I would have a little fun. It started with the basic questions I mentioned previously, and of course they didn’t have a website. They went on to explain that they wanted to market to the 48 states and that he was going to be selling computer parts.

Well, our website is very clear that we don’t provide service for highly competitive markets that are national. This is mainly due to cost to the custom and unrealistic expectations. I went on to explain that if his market was local we would gladly consider him as a client. I further explained that we only take on clients that when know going in can benefit greatly from our services. This guy wasn’t likely one of those.

Trying to take a website that sells computer parts nationally to the first page of Google is not a challenge that we will undertake then or now. While I noted that it can be accomplished given enough time and money but that it was not anything that we wanted to be involved with. Its just not our core market.

This person quickly became very defensive and started talking SEO slang and started to explain how it could be accomplished. I thought this guy is so clueless that he is being played and he doesn’t even know it. Then he started talking about Page Rank. I have never had a client or potential client that knows what Page Rank is. Now this person is talking straight-up SEO shop talk. To this day I have never had a real potential client who knew anything about Page Rank. This was so obvious that I could barely contain my laughter

Since I had flushed him out the conversation needed to end. I politely ended the conversation by informing him that we don’t work on these kinds of sites, I thanked him for his inquiry, and before he could say anything, I wished him a good day and hung up the call. I have become very skilled at ending a conversation quickly and abruptly when I have finally gotten bored.

The moral of the story is if you’re going to shop someone get the story straight first and don’t sound like you know so much that you really don’t need my help. If this caller knew about page titles, Meta tags, page descriptions, and ALT tags then why would they need me? Really, folks people who make legitimate inquires generally don’ understand SEO and will never use SEO jargon.

Update 2010:

With the economic slowdown like many I have had sometime on my hands. When I get shopped these days I am more likely to get up on a soapbox an give a long winded lesson on how we provide ethical services based only on the specific needs of each client. I go into great detail about our manual link building program Called Scratch My Back Marketing.

I also provide a detailed explanation about our website review. I go through just about every step in our processes. I provide them a map, a oral blueprint of how to provide services that assure that the clients needs are assured. If by change it turns out that it an actual potential client then they will certianly know that they are dealing with a professional.

For the shopper, I am an unashamed braggart. My attitude is, and I express to whomever I am speaking with. When I simply state “the difference between myself and most other SEO providers is that we simply this; I like to think that I work smarter and I put in more hours at this than they do.” If you are willing to do what it takes you will succeed. I also remind my inquirer of our monthly ranking report. I also never fail to mention that we have never failed to get a client onto the first page of the Google results (pause for effect) multiple keyword phrases.

While I provide a huge insight into how I practice SEO I never allow myself to be placed in a position to make a guess about how much a project will cost. There is good reason for this becuase I don’t know who there competition is and what they have done SEO wise. All of our processes are based on a competitive analysis. This requires a bit of research that can not be accomplished while on a phone call.

Real SEO professionals know that while packages sell well they are not designed to meet the clients specific needs. Beware of any SEO provider who offers packages. If they have not done a competitive analysis there is no way to be sure if any package will work. SEO packages are designed to sell, to make the seller money and to meet a certain price point expectation, if they actually work, consider yourself lucky!

Having said that, I must point out again that we have never failed to get a client onto the first page of Google for multiple keyword phrases. And this all started out with a competitive website review.

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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Use A Blog As A Newsletter Discussions Forum V2.0

February 25, 2010

I specifically wrote this post for a man named Sam. Sam is a sales and marketing professional that provides group sales training seminars. His website was in dire need of a redesign and or some SEO. Sam was great at in person selling but could not get his arms around internet selling. He is very active with newsletter marketing but this approach was eating up huge volumes of time.

The problem with newsletters is that they can generate a whole bunch of email responses. Many of them tend to ask the same or similar questions. After a while this can become very difficult to manage. My suggestion to him was that he add a blog on his website where he could post his newsletter. This way he could more easily manage the conversations about his articles. This I thought offered him a wonderful solution to his problem. But Sam needed to be sold and I am not that kind of person.

I am more interested in articulating the advantages and letting the client eventually come to a buying decision themselves. I don’t like a hard sell and will not do this to others. I specifically wrote this article for him. He never did become a client. Oh, well!

Here is the original post from fall 2008.

Today we are going to take a look at using a blog on a business website. A blog is simply an online conversation. It is another channel that can be used to communicate with customers or potential customers.

First we want to suggest that if you are going to create a business blog that it be hosted on your website and not somewhere else. You never want to direct traffic away from your website to a blog hosted elsewhere. There is almost no advantage to a blog that is not on your businesses website.

Many websites include a sign-up form for their newsletter, as part of the design process, which they periodically send out in an email form. This is a very common practice used by coaches, trainers and consultants. The newsletter gets sent out and then the responses begin to trickle in one email at a time. If the newsletter is especially good, interesting or provocative it can generate a fair amount of emails.

The end result is that a collection of separate conversations begins to occur on the same topic but they are not connected to each other. The newsletter owner can end up answering the same or similar questions over and over again.

Our advice is to post your newsletter on your blog and then send it out and include a link or links to your blog. Then ask that the conversation be moved to the blog. One of the advantages of having a blog in combination with a newsletter is that it allows you to address the questions generated by the newsletter quickly. It eliminates answering the same question over and over. It can also stimulate an ongoing discussion between those who have read the newsletter. It can create its own little community interacting on your blog.

This format allows you to expand on your original newsletter concept in more detail. Most newsletters cover multiple topics and each can be given its own blog post and conversation. This process can breathe new life into your newsletter and create a much more powerful marketing tool.

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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Scratch My Back Marketing The Redux

February 25, 2010

I have been discussing what I call Scratch My Back Marketing since the beginning of 2009. I figured that it was finally time to write a specific post on the topic. Scratch My Back Marketing is based on a lifestyle and spiritual principal of giving to get. That’s right as in is better to give than receive. Now, I have nothing against receiving especially if it involves material resources such as capital. However, for our purposes I will settle for great comments left on my blog.

When I reference giving I do so with backlinks building efforts in mind. If you have been around internet marketing for any length of time you will have discovered the importance of links or backlinks. More specifically I am referring to other websites that link to your site. These links are known as backlinks.

These links are the foundation of Google’s algorithm. Applying SEO techniques to a website is good but it needs to be combined with a steady link building effort to be effective. Acquiring these links is becoming a huge challenge for website owners as fewer and fewer blogs and websites are offering Do Follow links for content or comments.

What I am suggesting is taking link building to another level. SMBM takes a multifaceted approach to link building. I consider link building as one leg in a three legged stool. The other two legs of this stool are branding and advertising. Every blog comment should be considered and opportunity for advertising your knowledge or for branding purposes. I have had quality comments left on a blog lead substantial business so I know that it is an effective marketing approach.

Now a days, we must locate Web 2.0 social media sites, blogs, and forums that allow user generated content to build these much needed backlinks. There are other options but they are generally ineffective, obsolete, or black hat. Google also has made it very clear that it does like the practice of buying and selling links (black hat) and it has taken action against sites that are involved in this practice.

So for these websites to be useful in gaining higher search rankings, these sites must provide Do Follow links. These Do Follow links have the ability to pass what is known link juice. It is this juice that will assist your website in gaining and maintaining high search engine rankings.

The idea behind Scratch My Back Marketing is that the website user will exchange useful content and comments for useful Do Follow links. It’s a simple matter of applying the concept of giving to receive. This is the genesis of my approach. This same approach can also be applied to sites that offer No Follow links. However, these No Follow links will not assist you in achieving higher search ranking. But they may be useful in generating website traffic and business.

SMBM allows both the website user (link builder) and the website owner to join together for the higher good of both. It is a classic example of a win/win situation. However, many people don’t buy into this approach. They like to put in as little effort as possible and they want to acquire the maximum benefit. That is why my blog has been requiring a 20 word minimum (150 characters) to acquire a useful anchor text Do Follow backlink for comments. If you want a link from my blog you must earn it.

These short comments will likely get deleted on most blogs worth posting on anyways. So I ask is it better to post 10 short “thank you” comments and maybe get one or two links or post 4 good comment on good blogs and get them all accepted? I always think long term and I am always considering the ROI for my efforts. As for me I will vote for quality comments every time.

Both scenarios will take about the same amount of time. Yes, leaving good comments takes more time as you actually have to read the post but it does pay off with better results for your efforts. This is often knows as your Return On Investment. The investment here is time.

The other option here is to add quality content such as a blog post like this. Many web 2.0 social media sites will allow you to sign your post and include a link or two. The idea here is to provide useful information while not self promoting. A dentist might write about preventative oral care while being careful not to do so be directly self promoting.

The key here is to follow the website policies as closely as possible. These social sites need, want, and desire your content as long as it is useful.

Quality comments also lend a certain amount respect and will assist in building a blogs reputation. These quality comments also provide what is commonly known as the fresh content bump for the blog or website. Google and the other search engines often reward fresh content by moving a blog post or site up in the search rankings based on this new content.

There will likely be an additional benefit if enough people by into the concept of Scratching My Back Marketing. It should encourage more bloggers to become or stay Do Follow. Let’s face it folks someone as got to stand up as a voice of reason here. The ability to acquire useful Do Follow links is getting more difficult everyday.

Update 08/27/2009:

I got tired of asking that commenters to leave a useful comment of at least 20 words of more on my blog. So I had a plugin created and called it The Scratch My Back Marketing Plugin. It currently requires that a blog commenter leave a minimum comment of 150 characters in length for the comment to be considered for posting on the blog. If the comment is too short it is automatically rejected. It also allows you to adjust the character requirement higher if you wish. Here is the link where you can download the free Scratch My Back Marketing Plugin. It works on WordPress blogs.

Update 02/20/2010: I did a case study on the effectiveness of the Scratch My Back Marketing program. I ran it the entire year of 2009. My website started out the beginning of 2009 ranking for 20 keyword phrases related to my business in the Google search results. At the end of the year that number had grown to exceed 80 keyword phrases.

Not only did my website benefit in the Google search results but it also produced the biggest contract for the year 2009. I had left a useful comment on someone blog. A reader liked my reply and followed the comment link back to my website. They liked what they saw and made any inquiry that later developed into business.

In closing I would like to ask you this: Have you ever visited someones website that left a comment that read “nice post?” Have you ever done business with someone that left a “nice post” comment? The answer to both of these is likely no!

The key here is to follow the website policies as closely as possible. These social sites need, want, and desire your content as long as it is useful.

Update 08/27/2009:

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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Flirting With The Big Leagues Of SEO – We Have Arrived

February 20, 2010

Flirting With The Big Leagues Of SEO: This was one of the first posts that I wrote when we launched this blog back in May of 2008. I thought that perhaps may regular readers might enjoy this look back.

Our Business has had tremendous success obtaining first page placement in the Goggle search results for SEO related search queries. This has all been accomplished in just over 14 months. We first began to study search engine optimization back in October of 2006. Our website developer, who offers SEO, told us if we ever got onto the first page it would take six months. (This was for a house cleaning business that we closed to launch Tucson SEO Solutions.) This is the standard line of many SEO providers.

The website that we are talking about was a local house cleaning service, Your Fresh Start. That website went to the first page of the Google results within 3 days and has been there ever since. We have since closed that business and have been providing SEO services since we launched our site in May of 2007. We currently are ranked # 1 nationally on Google for 5 searches that include the word SEO in the query string.

It truly blows me away every time I think about our success. We tell you this not to brag, but to verify that we do know our business well. However, one keyword search has eluded me thus far and it is “Local SEO.’ Since local SEO is the cornerstone that this business is built upon we would like to be on the first page for this search.

We re-launched this website in mid April of this year using WordPress. We had settled in a regular spot on the third page around position # 35 and it stayed that way for two months. Then we re-evaluated the pages and tweaked our website. This adjustment had a positive impact. Then in June we started using forums that allows us to create Do Follow anchor text links that read “Local SEO.”

The website moved up the ranking for this keyword phrase and settled in at the # 17 position. Then in July we began to place links in every blog post that targeted our sales and services pages. Those anchor text links pointed to our other pages that we wanted to specifically target to increase there presence in the Google SERP’s both nationally and locally.

Recently, we have actually flirted with the first page of Google landing temporarily at the #4 position. We eventually settled in at the #11. For our website to stay on the first page will indeed be a difficult task. It is because local SEO is written about often on authority blogs and Forums. These established websites have a huge advantage over a much newer website such as ours. (We can now usually be found in the # 5 position for Local SEO now and we are in the # 1 position for Local SEO Services.)

However, they are most likely not talking about proving SEO for local websites, as we do. When those in our industry talk about local SEO they are talking about free listings in the Google and Yahoo local business maps. This is a hot topic that when written about on authority blogs tends to bump our site down the list. So yes, we are flirting with the first page of results we are not there yet, but then we like a good challenge.

We highlighted the changes that we made in and effort to point out that SEO is never a one and done process. When we re-launched our website and did not get the results that we wanted we took another look to see what else could be done better. Some of what we tried was just fine tuning. Still other efforts were experiments based on knowledge that we gleaned from other SEO professionals.

Update 02/20/2010: We are now definitely in the big leagues of the SEO ranks. There are a couple of key things that we did in 2009 that have rocked this site onto the first page of Google for over 80 keyword phrases. In January I began to implement the link building program that I call Scratch My Back Marketing. I also added header tags. Then I became a relentless backlinks builder.

Now, I still make mistakes when building links and stick links where they were not intended and I am given the boot. There are plenty of places on most social media sites where you can add some link code. The bio areas come to mind as one area. Some times the code is turned into links only to later be removed or the account is deleted. But that doesn’t happen often. What has happened is that I have been very good at locating web 2.0 social sites that allow blog posts. I simply re-write some of my 350 posts and place them on these sites. I end the posts by signing off with a call to action which usually includes a link or two.

The downside of all of this has been the economy going south. But I am still in business when others have closed there doors and I am grateful for this.

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

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Shampoo SEO Revisited – 700 Keywords

February 18, 2010

If you have visited my blog since early December you will understand that life has thrown me a big old juice curve ball. I am referring to the critical illness (liver disease) that was struck my life partner and soul mate, Geri.

Having a loved one in and out of the hospital fighting for their lives can be a difficult situation at best. It can at times be a gut wrenching odyssey. This is why I am pleased to announce that she has responded extremely well and is currently undergoing outpatient blood transfusion therapy. Her liver failure has also had a deferential effect on her blood supply. Today all is well.

So there are some regular ongoing SEO practices that have been left undone. One of my standard SEO recommendations is what I like to call “Shampoo SEO.” What this is involves a review of your Google analytics information. Just like shampooing we consider this to be a rinse and repeat operation. We recommend this review be preformed every 30 days. It will show if what you have done is working and what needs to be improved if you pay attention.

Tonight (this morning) was another sleepless one for me and I had become bored with doing link building while performing research. So I thought I should check out Google Analytics while I was doing some other maintenance work. I first noticed that traffic was up about 20% since I last checked in December. That was a pleasant surprise.

I also noticed that my primary keyword phrase, “Tucson SEO” had increased by 22%, this again was a very pleasant surprise. I also noted that those who choose “SEO Tucson” did so at half the rate. This group, however, was 20% less likely to bounce. They stuck a round longer as well.

Put the piece of information that stood out the most was that over the last 30 days searchers used 700 different keyword phrases to reach the site. I don’t know about you but that blows me away. Almost every phrase recorded directly related to SEO, website marketing, and link building.

I am amazed that over 80 keyword phrases that I target and track and that appear on the first page of the Google results. However, that number pales when compared with the potential. This is just another example of why I have so strongly embraced and advocated for long tail keyword phrases. People think differently on just about everything and their search patterns and language vary greatly. On keyword tool will ever provide this kind of information.

I like to call these keyword phrases the low lying fruit. It is relatively easy to rank well for these words and to stay there. If someone used an obscure phrase to find you the chances are good that other will as well. It usually takes very little effort to rank number one for these. Sure not many people will use these but since they appeared in your analytics its best to pay attention.

This site actually ranked # 1 for over 60 of these keyword phrases the last time I checked. Most of these phrases are 3 and 4 words long. I often begin to target one or two more phrases that I discovered through this Shampoo SEO process.

This is the kind of information that you just are not going to find using keyword research tools. That primarily because they are used infrequently. I like to call this being the big fish in a little pond.

So let me ask when is the last time that you did some Shampooing of your SEO?

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

Posted by Urban | Filed Under Shampoo SEO, Tucson SEO | 2 Comments

Can You Meet or Exceed These Google Search Results Feb. 2010

February 17, 2010

This months Google search results for our targeted keyword phrases still managed to amaze me. Since November 23 of 2009 I have been dealing with a critically ill life partner. So getting anything done can be a challenge. Today, Geri returned home from the hospital after her 4^th visit.

Tucson SEO and four of our Phoenix area sites have combined to rank on the first page of Google for a whopping 92 times over 88 Keyword phrases that we target. Tucson SEO accounted for 87 keyword phrases alone.

We managed to rank in the # 1 position 63 times. Re ranked both # 1 and # 2 39 times. We managed to rank two pages per keyword phrase another 8 times. With all of this success I did not some drop offs in rankings. We no longer rank both # 1 and # 2 for Niche SEO and dropped to the 4th and 5^th positions. However, I must not take this phrase has never produced much traffic or business leads.

Getting business in tough economic times is why I have so strongly embraced the long tail keyword phrases. I would rather rank # 1 for Local SEO Services than # 5 for Local SEO. Once you get past the third position it becomes extremely difficult to acquire click troughs.

Here is how it all breaks down.

Affordable Website Design Services Tucson we rank # 2

Affordable Website Designing Services Tucson we rank # 2

Local Internet Marketing Tucson SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Website Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local SEO Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Tucson SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2

Tucson Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 1 and # 2

Internet Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Website Design Services Tucson we rank # 9

Website Designing Services Tucson we rank # 2

Website Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Here is how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks across Arizona:

Arizona SEO we rank # 8

Arizona SEO Services we rank # 4

Arizona SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Chandler SEO we rank # 3

Our Chandler SEO site ranks both #1 and # 2

Glendale SEO we rank # 9

Our Glendale SEO site ranks both # 1 and # 2

Internet Marketing Services Phoenix we rank both # 4 and # 5

Flagstaff SEO we rank both # 2 and # 3

Local Internet Marketing Phoenix we rank both # 3 and # 4

Local SEO Phoenix ranks both # 1 and # 2

Local Website Marketing Phoenix we rank both #1 and # 2

Phoenix Search Engine Optimization we rank # 9

Phoenix SEO we rank # 8

Scottsdale SEO we rank # 9

Tempe SEO we rank # 7

Tempe SEO our Tempe SEO site ranks both # 1 and # 2

Website Marketing Services Phoenix we rank both # 2 and # 3

Yuma SEO we rank # 3

Here is the latest on how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks nationally:

Affordable Link Building we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Link Building Services we rank # 1

Affordable Link Building Solutions we rank # 1

Affordable Link Building Training we rank # 1

Affordable Backlink Building we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlinks Building we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlinks Building Services we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlinks Building Training we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlink Building Solutions we rank both #1 and # 2

Backlink Building Service we rank # 3

Backlinks Building Service we rank # 1

Backlinks Building Training we rank # 1

Business Search Engine Optimization Services we rank # 3

Business Search Engine Optimization Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Comprehensive Website Audit we rank # 1

Comprehensive Website Review we rank # 1

Detailed Website Audit we rank # 1

Detailed Website Review we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building we rank # 1

Ethical Links Building we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building Services we rank # 1

Ethical Links Building Services we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building Solutions we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building Training we rank # 1

Geo-targeted SEO we rank # 1

Our Glendale SEO site ranks # 1 and # 2

Glendale SEO we rank # 9

Geo-targeting SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2

Holistic SEO we rank both # 5 and # 6

Holistic Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 2 and # 3

Local Internet Marketing Solutions we rank # 2

Local Internet Marketing Services we rank # 1

Local SEO we rank # 5

Local SEO Services we rank # 1

Local SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Small Business SEO Services we rank both # 1

Local Small Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1and # 2

Local Website Marketing we rank both # 1and # 2

Local Website Marketing Services we rank both # 2 and # 3

Local Website Marketing Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Website Marketing Training we rank # 1

Ethical Backlink Building we rank both # 1and # 2

Ethical Backlink Building Services we rank both # 1and # 2

Ethical Backlink Building Solutions we rank both # 1 and 2

Ethical Backlink Building Training we rank both # 1 and 2

Niche Internet Marketing Services we rank # 1 and # 2

Niche Internet Marketing Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Niche SEO we rank we rank both # 3 and # 4

Niche SEO Services we rank # 1 and # 2

Niche SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Niche Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 1 and # 2

Quality Backlinks Building we rank # 1

Quality Backlinks Building Services we rank # 1 and # 2

SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Small Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Website Marketing Services we rank # 2

Do Follow Lists we rank # 1 out of 259 Million

Do Follow Blog List we rank # 3 out of 170 Million

Do Follow Forums we rank # 3 out of 207 Million.

Do Follow Forum Lists # 2 out of 144 Million results.

Our Do Follow Social Bookmarking List site ranks # 5

Do Follow Social Bookmarking List we rank # 5

Do Follow Social Media List we rank # 1 out of 39.9 Million

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

Posted by Urban | Filed Under Can Uou Meet Or Exceed These Search Results, Tucson SEO | 5 Comments

You May Be Ranking Better In The Google Search Results Than You Think

January 14, 2010

This post was originally created back in the spring of 2009. I had driven up to Phoenix to attend an SEO Meet-up group. The topic was “What are some of your favorite internet marketing resources.” During the discussion it was mentioned that Google results may very. I found the information shared in this post so important that I have shared it on several hundred social media websites. Today, I have added another update about a real life version of this story.

The original version was titled ‘You May Not Be Ranking As Well In The Google Results As You Think.” What I discovered is that most people will be ranking higher than they think. I will explain.

If you are a website owner with an interest in internet marketing you may be getting inaccurate Google search results. Google changed how it delivers its search results a few years back. They call this personalized search and it works when you are logged into a Google account.

Here is what is occurring with personalized searches. If you are like many marketers and website owners you may be a little bit obsessed with how well that your website or sites are ranking in the Google results. This obsession likely causes you to check your search results daily or multiple times each day. This constant checking isn’t a bad thing in and off itself. However, if you start clicking onto any of the websites listed in the results it will alter what you are seeing in its results pages in the future.

The results that you are getting may be false and may not be what others are seeing when they use Google. When you are in one of your Google accounts it records your reactions to its results. Whatever sites that you click on are recorder as a vote of sorts for that website. So if you are click on your website or your competition it eventually will alter the results that Google provides but only to your account.

If you have a habit on clicking onto your own site or the competition when searching from a Google account it will definitely alters the search results that are provided to your account. I was reminded of this fact today. I was checking to see where we were ranking for the search Arizona SEO. We had been ranking in the 10th position. Today, when I checked the results had us at # 1. My first reaction was wow, that a big jump. Then I glanced up to notice that I was in a Google account. As soon as I logged out the results went back to the # 10 position. This is what I had accepted to see.

This can go the other way as well. If you have a habit of clicking on your competitor’s sites while searching it will eventually start ranking them higher than they actually appear to the general public. This is where most of the general public will run into problems with personalized results. They are so used to checking on the competition and this eventually pushes there site down in the search rankings that they are viewing in their Google account.

This also unfortunately offers unscrupulous SEO providers a tool to manipulate potential clients so do beware of this. If some one is providing a demonstration of how well they rank or their clients rank check to see if they are logged into a Google account. So do ask them to show you their results from outside a Google account. The differences can be amazing. Don’t accept no for an answer here. This really is that important.

Just another thing I though that you could use. It is the little things that we have to be aware of that can make a huge difference.

The Update: 01/14/2009

A few weeks back I had a conversation with a potential client. This mans website covered a very niche keyword phrase related to a specific educational program. He stated that even though there was almost no competition for his market that his site was buried on page two of the SERP’s. This is a very common experience for many and that why they call for my assistance.

However, when I searched for his website I discovered that his site was sitting in the fifth position on the first page of the Google search results. The difference here is that he had been using his account to search for his keyword phrase. Then he clicked onto his competitors sites. The result was that these sites improved in his results and his website declined in the rankings. This insight saved him $650.00 as he would not be requiring link building training and a detail website review. He decided that it was OK with being in the 5th position.

I very easily could have kept quiet and accepted this mans business. Then without doing anything I could have showed improved results but I don’t operate that way. Unfortunately, in these tough economic times some will succumb to this temptation. It really does pay to be cautious when buying internet services. Way too many people are willing to do anything and to tell you anything to make a buck.

The lesson here is to go straight to Google to do your keyword rankings searches. This will give you better and more accurate search results

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin)? Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Servicess

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

Posted by Urban | Filed Under Google, Tucson SEO | 15 Comments

The Dangers Of Honest Blogging

January 8, 2010

The fact is that the world, no make that the internet is full of rude people who hide their identies but not their thoughts. What I am referring to is my recent posts here and on other sites about Geri’s struggles with her health issues. She has ended up in the hopsital on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, and New Years Days.

The last trip was extremely scarey for me as the visits to the hospital were comming closer and clopser together. She didn’t have insurance at the time thus she could not get or afford her follow-up care. We are dealing with life and death issue here and I have paid a price her being honest. The lastest insult was a comment on a post that I did about her return from the hospital on Christmas Day and that was all the present that I needed.

I poured out my heart on a forum called Hall Pass. I picked it for no specific reason other than I was visiting the site and I neeeded to tell my story. There were sereral nice supportive comments. Then a very rude one. It simply read “Ger’is gonna die deal with it we all die” or somethin to that effect. I was extremely upset by this rude behavior. I started to respond and then I stopped myself. I thought getting me angry was the whole purpose behind such a comment. So I persued a high pathway. I choose to respond to the positive comments rather than the negative. I though I’m not giving this person validation.

These are just a few examples of what I have experienced and what others have experienced by being honest in their blog posts and since its my blog I will continue to do so. On a positive note: writing about our life and death struggles has been very beneficial for me. I am a very private person in my day to day life. I don’t enjoy a large support group that is why I turned to blogging and it has worked very well. When I started writing about Geri’s life and death struggles it was interupted with bitter weeping and sobbing. I have overcome that, at least for now!

On the update front: Geri has returned home from the hospital. While she was there she was approved for Arizona’s version of Medicaid. So now, she can be seen by all of her specialists and receive all the meds that she needs. However, getting to see her primary care doctor was a bit of a challenge. When she called they gave her and appointment two weeks out. At that rate she will have returned to the hospital again without follow up care. I called the service provided and they offered to move up the appointment three days. I responded that even by then she will have likely been back in the hospital without ever have received follow-up care.

I was told that she would see what she could do. Amazingly, the phone rang within minutes. It was the primary care physicians office. They were offering a Monday appointment. Yea… What this means is I now am wearing another hat. This one belongs to the appointment setter which I don’t mind. As I later explain to Geri sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

As things settle down here I hope to finish a lengthy series on link building… Maybe!

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

Posted by Urban | Filed Under Tucson SEO | 13 Comments

Can You Meet Or Exceed These Google Search Results January 2010?

January 2, 2010

This month results really continues to surprise me with all that has been going on with illness in my family the site continues to excel in the keyword phrases that we target. This month we rank on the first page of the Google results for 88 keyword phrases. We rank in the # 1 position for 63 keyword phrases and 32 times we rank both # 1 and # 2. Finally, there are 6 phrases that we placed 2 pages onto the first page of the Google search results.

Here is how it all breaks down.

Affordable Website Design Services Tucson we rank # 1

Affordable Website Designing Services Tucson we rank # 1

Local SEO Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Tucson SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2

Tucson Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 1 and # 2

Internet Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Website Marketing Tucson we rank both # 1 and # 2

Here is how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks across Arizona:

Arizona SEO we rank # 7

Arizona SEO Services we rank # 2

Arizona SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Chandler SEO we rank # 3

Our Chandler SEO site ranks both #1 and # 2

Our Glendale SEO site ranks both # 1 and # 2

Flagstaff SEO we rank both # 3 and # 4

Local Internet Marketing Phoenix we rank both # 2 and # 3

Local SEO Phoenix ranks both # 1 and # 2

Local Small Business SEO Services we rank # 1.

Local Website Marketing Phoenix we rank both #1 and # 2

Phoenix Search Engine Optimization we rank # 7

Phoenix SEO we rank # 9

Scottsdale SEO we rank # 7

Tempe SEO we rank # 7

Tempe SEO our Tempe SEO site ranks both # 1 and # 2

Website Designing Services Tucson we rank # 1

Website Design Services Tucson we rank # 7

Website Marketing Services Phoenix we rank both # 2 and # 3

Yuma SEO we rank # 4

Here is the latest on how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks nationally:

Affordable Link Building we rank # 1

Affordable Link Building Services we rank # 1

Affordable Link Building Solutions we rank # 1

Affordable Link Building Training we rank # 1

Affordable Backlink Building we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlinks Building we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlinks Building Services we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlinks Building Training we rank both # 1 and # 2

Affordable Backlink Building Solutions we rank both #1 and # 2

Backlink Building Service we rank # 1

Backlinks Building Service we rank # 1

Backlinks Building Training we rank # 1

Business Search Engine Optimization Solutions we rank # 1

Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Comprehensive Website Audit we rank # 1

Comprehensive Website Review we rank # 1

Detailed Website Audit we rank # 1

Detailed Website Review we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building we rank # 3

Ethical Link Building Services we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building Solutions we rank # 1

Ethical Link Building Training we rank # 1

Geo-targeted SEO we rank # 1

Our Glendale SEO site ranks # 1 for Geo-targeted SEO

Our Glendale SEO site ranks # 1

Geo-targeting SEO we rank # 1

Holistic SEO we rank # 1

Holistic Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 2 and # 3

Links Building Services we rank # 1.

Local Internet Marketing Phoenix we rank both # 2 and # 3

Local Internet Marketing Services we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Internet Marketing Solutions we rank # 2

Local SEO we rank # 6

Local SEO Services we rank # 1

Local SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Small Business SEO Services we rank both # 1

Local Small Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1and # 2

Local Website Marketing Phoenix we rank both # 1and # 2

Local Website Marketing Services we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Website Marketing Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Local Website Marketing Training we rank # 1

Ethical Backlink Building we rank both # 1and # 2

Ethical Backlink Building Services we rank both # 1and # 2

Ethical Backlink Building Solutions we rank both # 1 and 2

Ethical Backlink Building Training we rank both # 1 and 2

Niche Internet Marketing Services we rank # 1 and # 2

Niche Internet Marketing Solutions we rank # 1

Niche SEO we rank we rank both # 1 and # 2

Niche SEO Services we rank # 1 and # 2

Niche SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Niche Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 2 and # 3

Quality Backlinks Building Services we rank both # 3 and # 4

SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Small Business SEO Services we rank # 10

Small Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2

Do Follow Lists we rank # 1 out of 269 Million

Do Follow Blog List we rank # 2 out of 168 Million

Do Follow Forums we rank # 9 out of 209 Million

Do Follow Forum Lists # 4 out of 139 Million results.

Do Follow Social Bookmarking List we rank # 7 out of 20 Million

Do Follow Social Media List we rank # 1 out of 36 Million

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

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Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

Posted by Urban | Filed Under Tucson SEO | 1 Comment

A Reflection On The Year 2009 A Year Of Learning And Adapting.

December 29, 2009

The year 2009 was a challenging one here at Tucson SEO Solutions, as it was for many small businesses across America and all across our blue planet. It started out very disruptive as our major contract did not renew in January. That coincided with the worst recession in my life time.

To survive I launched a marketing program that I called The 109 Day Link Building Explosion. That program featured short reviews of 5 blogs, forums, and social media sites that provide useful Do Follow backlinks. The idea caught on and website traffic soared over 300%. While researching these sites I was also leaving useful comments as part of what I like to call Scratch My Back Marketing (more on this later.) One of those comments caught someones eye. They followed that link, they contacted us, and I acquired some much needed work. This occurred at a time when we were on the brink of folding the business.

Scratch My Back Marketing was no longer just a cute theory it was a marketing program that was doing as it was intended. It was producing business. Please visit the blog post Scratch My Back Marketing Explained for the story. In a nutshell, this program required that I exchange useful content and comments in exchange for Do Follow backlinks. This way everyone benefits. One thing that I have learned in this business is this. No one ever visits the site that is linked to a comment that reads “nice post” or “thanks.” But people on occasion will follow a link associated to a comment that makes sense to them. Quality comments pique the readers curiosity.

Over the year 2009 I built upon Scratch My Back Marketing to become an industry leader in link building services. We have for several months ranked both #1 and #2 in Google based searches for Backlinks Building Services. It all started with those 109 Day of 5 reviews each which meant a total of 545 reviews of Do Follow resources. For every site that I reviewed I visited 6 that I did not review. Of those about 40% provided at least one generic link.

This also was making me a skilled researcher. I had learned how to effectively search the internet. I also located some other power link builders. Fortunately, these link builders use the same user name wherever they went. Once I had this information I could now discover where they were obtaining links and I just followed the trails that they blazed while setting up profile on a wide variety of web 2.0 social sites. I also was able to discern very quickly how to optimize these sites to my advantage or when it was time to move on.

Then I combined this information with what I like to call smart thinking. When I would start on a project I was well prepaired. I had my goals in place, I had the sites that I would use already mapped out. Link building, very successful link building requires a well thought out and well executed game plan. I took the mind set of an offensive coordinator for an NFL team. I would study the competition and then generate a game plan based on what my competition was doing in a particular market.

In the year 2009 I would become first a student of link building, then a tutored of other small business owners, to eventually an expert in the field. I had not intended this to happen it merely was an outgrowth of helping others find Do Follow resources through the 109 Day Program. Then in August a commenter on this blog mention a link builder that I was not aware of. I checked her and and while studying her work and her associates work I discovered thousands of sites that were use in the link building process. I studied their methods I discovered where they where spot on, but I also learned mostly from their mistakes.

In August I went into a full blown research and link building campaign. By the end of the 109 Day Link Building Program our site was ranking on the first page of Google for about 31 keyword phrases. This was up from 17 at the beginning of the year. Then by December 4th that number grew to 81 keyword phrases. The year 2009 was the year of link building for me. Our business had transitioned from purely an local SEO provider to becoming an educator. I did more website reviews combined with link building training than anything else. This training helped this business finish the year as a functioning business.

With the huge drop off in business my life/business partner Geri left to seek employment in a very shakey job market. Fortunately, and unfortunately, she found work just down the street from where we live. I will cover more of this later as it was a blessing that turned into a curse of sorts… Too be continued…

Update 01/25/2010: With Geri’s illness I have never made it back to follow up on this.

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

Posted by Urban | Filed Under Tucson SEO | 5 Comments

This Blog Hasnt Been Much About SEO Lately

December 28, 2009

This blog has not been much about SEO lately. The reason what is very simple. My life partner, Geri has been struggling just to stay alive. Her liver is shot and that creates a whole lot of related health issues. We spent both Thanksgiving Day and most of Christmas in the hospital. This time around she has come home with oxygen which she will likely need 24/7 and likely forever.

So yes, our life has been turned upside down. She will need to apply for a liver transplant and for government disability. We are still waiting for prescription coverage to kick in and for the medical bills to be covered. It is very interesting that as long as you are in a hospital in the US you are well treated. However, that long list of prescriptions that they give when you depart is up to you to cover.

As I have mentioned previously, as small business owners with pre-existing conditions, we could not get affordable coverage so went went without. So when we left the hospital the needed medications were up to us to cover out of pocket. And as you might already know prescriptions are not cheap.

Now, having said all of that I can happily report that Geri is doing remarkably well*** The asterisks represent the fact that not only are we living day to day with her illness but it is often measured from hour to hour. Last evening I finally got some much needed sleep, about 9.5 hours worth. While, that was wonderful for me, Geri, anxiously awaited my waking moment. Yes, these are scary times for us.

I am by nature an optimistic person by this part of myself has been challenged lately. It is a real effort to see the positive when your mate is critically ill. When I can I try to keep working. Work is a blessing as it distracts me. I have been scouring all of the social bookmarking lists on the internet. I will be launching a new ning site where the list will be featured. It should include about 200 social bookmarking sites. It should be available by 01/01/2010.

Thanks,

Urban

That’s my story… For now! This series will be continued…

An Update 01/25/2010: Well, the blog still has not been much about SEO lately. I was shocked when I reviewed this post and found about a dozen spelling errors. I guess the stress showed… Thank, for understanding!

Here’s some valuable resources:

Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.

Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.

Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.

Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.

Too learn more about our services please check out these links:

Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services

Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services

Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services

Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.

Posted by Urban | Filed Under Tucson SEO | 3 Comments

My Christmas Present My Honey’s Return From The Hospital

December 26, 2009

Yes, My Christmas Present is My Honey’s Return From The Hospital. The love of my life has become critically ill over the last two months. She has spent Thanks Giving Day and most of Christmas in a local medical center here in Tucson. She arrive home yesterday around sunset. This time she returned home with an oxygen tank in tow. She will also need regular blood transfusions.

To say this is a dramatic change in our lives would be an understatement. She is tired ans weary from her hospital stays but in remarkably good spirits otherwise. These changes have been difficult on both of us. It certainly places additional responsibilities on me. I am a worker bee by nature so adjusting will be a challenge but certainly very doable.

Because of Geri’s illness she can not safely drive or tolerate bright sunlight. So it will be my job to run the errands and do the shopping. Which are things that I do not mind doing at all. It is just going to be more difficult to balance the needs at home and work. Since I work from home this with be a very challenging task as I am easily distracted.

Having said all of that, I am extremely grateful to be here for her. My love for Geraldine is boundless. We will be exploring whether she is a candidate for a liver transplant. Yes, her illness is that extreme. She is in her early 50 so a transplant could add decades to her life. She we have entered a stage where we are discussing ways to extend life. That freaks me out when I think about the implications here. I will be exploring if I am a physical match for giving her part of my liver. I would do it without hesitation.

It’s at times like this when love is more than an easily spoken word. This is where the rubber meets the road. I am a very emotional male. Sometimes I think I cry to easily, but it is what it is. I tried so hard not to break down in front of her at the hospital but I was not always successful. I have often found myself curled into a fetal position weeping and sobbing in grief over the last two months. I have sometimes, in the past, said that I hope I would be like my dad and be the first to go. Now, that seems so selfish and shallow.

Now, unto a brighter point, I am very grateful that we live in the state of Arizona. The state has been on the forefront of providing health care. So it is likely that Geri’s medical expenses will be covered. If we lived in another state the medical bills would overwhelm us and would make life unbearable. But getting medical attention while our paperwork gets processed is still via the emergency room. We were told yesterday at the hospital that we qualified. We were sent home with oxygen supplies which usually indicates that she has been covered, but we have not gotten this confirmed in writing.

Hopefully, this will be taken care off when I go to fulfill her prescriptions later today.

I have for the most part been able to keep this blog strictly business related but with all that is going on I decided to allow our readers into our lives on a more personal level. That came back to bite me sotra when a heart felt post on our health struggles was spammed. It was an India based link builder representing a England based SEO provider. I became livid, after all the post was about our life and death struggles. I found this to be an extremely repulsive action. There are over 300 other posts that could have been used but they lazy bastard went for the first post available.

I have blacklisted the email associated with that comment. Spam is a reality that we all live with I know… but it just got to me. At that point I didn’t know if my honey would ever return home again. I emailed the company to express my anger, but of course they never replied.

I also wanted to take a moment to thank those wonderful people who have left wonderful comments of encouragement. They really are appreciated.

Thanks so very much,

Urban and Geri

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