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idexing11/15/2011
  Q: another question. thank u in advance: seo not being indexed past page 1 Statistics for ...
  A: I take it there is an unspecified question in there somewhere? You want to know why more pages are ...
how to chose the right words to optimize5/3/2011
  Q: my name is ran I try to optimaize a website called www.Leangelique.com that sale hair products. I ...
  A: I would suggest to read through this keyword research series: ...
SEO Hits = Inbound Links?4/25/2011
  Q: I am being urged to creatively label the many photos on our website so the photos themselves show up ...
  A: No, what you are being told is 100% wrong. Getting listed in the search results isn't a link that ...
SEO Hosting?3/21/2011
  Q: I have an account with host gator where I can host unlimted domains etc however I have been hearing ...
  A: You don't need an SEO hosting company. Any hosting company will do provided you find them reliable. ...
Internet Search12/24/2010
  Q: I am having problems with my Internet. In particular, when I do a web search for any topic using ...
  A: I'm sure you can find some by doing a search for "spyware removal" or something similar. You can try ...
Internet Search12/24/2010
  Q: I am having problems with my Internet. In particular, when I do a web search for any topic using ...
  A: You have spyware on your computer. You need to run every virus and spyware scan you can get your ...
What is a good price comparison shopping site?6/26/2010
  Q: I have tried to create a good price comparison shopping site, including multiple vendor pricing, ...
  A: Generally the search engines are looking for sites that provide something of unique value to the ...
Duplicate Content3/2/2010
  Q: I have an ecommerce website where I sell car parts. I have seperate web pages for each product. For ...
  A: You won't get penalized but this type of duplicate content may cause the search engine to index ...
keyword traffic estimates1/17/2010
  Q: I am now using the Google API to get traffic estimates (either "no traffic" or "has traffic" is all ...
  A: I use WordTracker's API to get keyword estimates. I don't know the cost of Google's API compared to ...
Duplicate pages and search engines.10/27/2009
  Q: I read that if someone uploaded a duplicate page to a page on my website, it could downgrade my ...
  A: Yes, that is *sort of* a solution, but it doesn't always work. If their site gains in popularity ...
Duplicate pages and search engines.10/23/2009
  Q: I read that if someone uploaded a duplicate page to a page on my website, it could downgrade my ...
  A: There is some truth to this but its not all black and white. When search engines find pages with ...
Getting targeted visitors9/7/2009
  Q: My site www.dr-joseph.com has been #6-10 for many weeks on Google 1st page for the keyword 'online ...
  A: the first thing you have to realize is that the search volume numbers are not perfectly accurate. ...
Hitless after getting re-linked5/29/2009
  Q: I have a website for my own small business that has been managed by a webhost in New York State for ...
  A: Bob, it sounds like you were part of a submission service, which in this day an age are completely ...
Shopping Cart SEO - products vs options5/21/2009
  Q: I was wondering if you might have a quick suggestion for what I THINK is a quick question. Our new ...
  A: I would definitely go with having only the one product instead of multiple products. This will ...
Shopping Cart SEO - products vs options5/20/2009
  Q: I was wondering if you might have a quick suggestion for what I THINK is a quick question. Our new ...
  A: you don't want each option to create a "different" product. You should essentially have one product. ...
Per Page Google4/13/2009
  Q: Can you tell me that how many visitors a website can get per day, on first page of Google , on ...
  A: There are too many variables to answer your question. What it really boils down to is what keywords ...
SEO - Page Rank Questions?1/7/2009
  Q: Please let me give you some background and thanks in advance for your advice. I am trying to find ...
  A: I'll try to answer what questions I can... "I have downloaded the Google tool bar but its not clear ...
Can Info Be Deleted from Web Searches?12/2/2008
  Q: ... Since you can help with search engine optimization, I am wondering if you can do the reverse. ...
  A: Unfortunately there is no way to delete results from the search engines, but you have taken steps in ...
Applying SEO11/18/2008
  Q: What are the best ways to you search engine optimise a website to the extent that is appears near ...
  A: David, this question is far too broad. There a hundreds factors in creating an optimized website ...
seo10/14/2008
  Q: I have recently aquired a dating website script it has a membership of 1.3 million members. I've ...
  A: I'd recommend starting with a PPC campaign on Google, Yahoo and MSN. This is the quickest way to ...
Website building and link building10/7/2008
  Q: I have 2 questions, in fact. First, I am looking out for some easy and fully functional standalone ...
  A: I'm not familiar with site building applications as you describe. My suggestion is to do your due ...
Faster Computer8/27/2008
  Q: I'm curious to know if it's possible to get my computer to go faster. Is it possible? Thanks for all ...
  A: I'm not a computer geek by any means so I'm not sure I'm the best person to answer this question. ...
Web Site8/25/2008
  Q: Stoney, Thank you for your time. I have a friend that is having a website built for his business. ...
  A: that's an extremely broad question. There are so many ways to increase hits to a website that there ...
Domain display problem8/4/2008
  Q: I have seen websites that automatically gets the www prefix when we don't type also. For example ...
  A: Depending on the type of server you are on, this can be controlled with your .htaccess file. I've ...
help5/8/2008
  Q: i am dong a reseach about overlap between search engine & meta seach engine in the field of ...
  A: By definition a "meta" search engine pulls results from true engines. They don't have their own ...
Linking4/23/2008
  Q: I work for a company with great search rank. We basically dominate any local search in our ...
  A: Rafael, that's a great question. I'm curious on why the 9000 links are spread across no more than 40 ...
WebCEO - legit?4/1/2008
  Q: I'm looking for a tool that can manage the reporting of many subfolder-specific data from my ...
  A: There is nothing wrong with using tools such as WebCEO. Just remember, these are just tools and it's ...

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Any questions regarding search engine optimization (SEO) and website marketing. I can answer specific questions regarding keyword research, link building, website development, website usability, and social media, as well as general small business questions.

Experience

I have been working in the Search Engine Optimization and Marketing industry since 1998. I run a successful website marketing company that employs an elite team of SEO/SEM professionals.

Organizations
Member of the Better Business Bureau and Reno-Tahoe Young Professionals Network

Publications
Author of two Website Marketing Books: E-Marketing Performance: Effective strategies for building, optimizing, and marketing your website online, and Keyword Research and Selection: The definitive guide to gathering, sorting and organizing your keywords into a high-performance SEO campaign. Regular contributing author at a wide variety of Search Engine Optimization and Marketing websites, including Search Engine Guide, Search Engine Land, ISEdB, WebProNews, and EzineArticles

Education/Credentials
While no official credentials exists in our field I have written numerous SEO articles and tutorials that are published in highly traffic SEO sites, blogs and forums.

Awards and Honors
I am frequently asked to speak at Search Engine conferences nationwide, including SEMpdx, Webmasterworld's PubCon and Small Business Marketing: Unleashed.

Past/Present Clients
We have clients throughout the US and some in Canada. www.eternalsnow.com www.batterystuff.com www.winterkids.com www.sierrainstruments.com www.dcmentors.com www.cooperaerial.com www.eskill.com

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