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Get Found: a blog about search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), internet strategy, and web design.

Might-have-been: A.K.A. No-more, Too-late, Farewell

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Weeping angel (Stefano Costanzo) / CC BY-NC 3.0 Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been;     I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell;~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "A Superscription" We have made the difficult decision to wind down SearchViz. When I say this was a difficult ...Read More

Transition at Nashville Technology Council: An Opportunity to Feel the Beat of Technology

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I was stunned by Milt Capps's reporting that J. Tod Fetherling is resigning his post as president of Nashville Technology Council. Not a day earlier, I had sent him a note about New York City's "Road Map for the Digital ...Read More

It’s Raining Whales: When Amazon Web Services Fails

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So likers of our Facebook page and followers of our tweets (but not readers of this blog, who have been living in a desert for the past year...) might know that last month we launched an overhauled version of BookPage ...Read More

SearchViz State of the Web 2010: Building and Managing Websites Is Difficult

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A few years ago, when debating pricing for a web project that involved a mix of design and development, I wound up on the losing end of the discussion when the account executive concluded, "It's just a website." I've also ...Read More

Fresh Thinking: Against Guruism, Unconferences, and Social Media Experts

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So tomorrow is the Nashville stop for Social Fresh. Remarkably, it seems that a number of area marketers will be shelling out $315 to learn how to forge better tweets in search of new business and better service. Tell you ...Read More

What It’s Like to Be One of Google’s Favorite Places

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One of our customers, McLemore Auction Company, recently received a letter notifying them that they are now a Favorite Place on Google. I thought this was worth remarking on for a couple of reasons: The novelty of getting a letter from Google ...Read More

Search Engine Terms of Service and SEO Toolkits

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One reason I've been hesitant to run wild with any of the popular SEO toolkits on the market is that, having worked previously for a company that created one, I know that it evolved to violate Google's Terms of Service ...Read More

Get Found Friday: A Google Local Business Center Promotion

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The American economy seems to be just pulling out of recession as we enter the fourth quarter, which, thanks to the holidays, is the saving grace for many retailers. We know that for many businesses this has been a difficult ...Read More

Relevance: SEO as Ideology

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If I'm interested in something, I generally try to develop a certain amount of expertise in it. Some of this is natural (enough exposure to various of the arts, for instance, creates a natural, if possibly informal, familiarity), and some ...Read More

Analytics Intelligence: The Impact for GAIQs and Certified Partners

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Google just announced a slew of new features for Google Analytics. There are a number of features here that should be useful for more refined data mining and ultimately generating more conversions. For instance, I can already picture how Advanced Table ...Read More