seo: I Was Drunk The Day My Mom Got Out of Prison
- 12/07/13 04:35 AM
Last night, I was sharing a Guiness with one of my co-workers at a pub in Downtown Phoenix, when David Allen Coe came over the jukebox with the song "You Never Even Called Me By My Name." Andrew is just a couple of years younger than me, but had never heard the song himself, so I explained. I only had one beer, but I've only slept about 12 hours in three days, so I think I slurred when I told him: "See kid. This is the ultimate country song. He talks about trucks, and trains, and mama, and prison, and gettin' … (143 comments)
seo: Call-To-Action in your Social Media Posts
- 08/22/13 03:48 AM
You may learn two things from this post: 1.) how to make your social media posts show an image that is appropriate for your post and/or 2.) how to take this to the next level with calls-to-action from your social media profiles. Or maybe you won't learn a thing- but thanks for stopping by! Feel free to say hello in the comments and plus, like or tweet this post -- especially if you are sick of seeing generic icons in your social media feed. Stop the madness.
The "register now" button may not be appropriate for this post, but in … (8 comments)
seo: Real Estate SEO or RE SEO? They Are Both Important!
- 06/28/13 08:12 AM
When it comes to SEO- in this example, SEO for "real estate"- are you fully taking advantage of real estate related synonyms and acronyms in your search engine optimization efforts? There's a joke that SEO people tell: An SEO expert walks into a bar / pub / tavern / public house / restaurant / dive / club. That's it. That's the whole joke. Do you get it? It's All About The Synonyms and Acronyms If you search Google for "AZ SEO expert," you will find me on page one of Google, position #1. It's not a big deal. If you don't … (42 comments)
seo: From Now On, I Record Every Conversation
- 05/13/13 03:14 AM
I actually feel pretty silly that I didn't think of recording conversations before. After all, every time I call my bank or my hosting company I am told that the call may be recorded for "quality assurance" or something of the sort. Yet, I've never put it in the context of my own quality assurance. That's because I've never actually had an angry client. I know that sounds like nonsense, but I never have. If someone is dissatisfied with me; I'll make it right. I also choose my clients carefully. Fortunately, the person I made upset was not a client. … (16 comments)
seo: WordPress Sites Easily Hacked: If You Use WordPress, Read This!
- 01/30/13 09:51 AM
WordPress sites can be hacked and all of your Google rankings destroyed, all without you knowing about it. That's right, somebody who reads this article, who currently uses Wordpress has already been hacked and doesn't even know it. First of all, I love WordPress. It's not that WordPress sites, in and of themselves, are particularly easy to hack, but if the user isn't active in maintaining his or her site, you will get hacked. Any site can get hacked. If you want to check your site (any website), right now, go here: http://sucuri.net and use the free tool. If it tells … (40 comments)
seo: Forget SEO: Convert Visitors into Real Estate Buyers
- 12/10/12 09:49 AM
All of the real estate SEO in the world will not help you if your website does not convert visitors into clients. So, instead of focusing on SEO for Realtors (my usual stuff), I am going to write about website "conversions" and turning those visitors to your website into genuine clients. Actually, I'm not going to write about it, because I made a video. But here's the summary: I helped an ActiveRainer, Terri Poehler, rise dramatically in her Google rankings over the past couple of months. However, Terri's telephone wasn't ringing. Nobody was calling her for "Coral Springs Real Estate Agent" … (17 comments)
seo: How To Hire a Real SEO Consultant
- 11/30/12 02:39 AM
I work as an SEO consultant in Phoenix, AZ and I can prove it. I have consulting references (on request only); I can show anyone sites that I currently own and that are ranked highly in Google; and finally, I went to school for Management Information Systems, with a concentration in web development. That's a quick resume of my SEO background, if somebody wants more detail, I will show them a client list after they sign a letter of confidentiality. I know this sounds like bragging, but it's not. I'm trying to make a point. At this time, I cannot take … (12 comments)
seo: One Way To Get Rid Of Your SEO Competition: Report Them
- 11/13/12 08:35 AM
One very effective way of getting your site to "Google page one" is to eliminate the people who are above you. I actively report my competition to Google as SPAM. Not because I'm a jerk and I don't like competition, but because my competition- a lot of them- are spammers. There is a mortgage company here in Phoenix that I was competing with for a while- with my domain AZWM.com. The spammers are actually a mortgage bank in Mesa, AZ and when it comes to SEO, this is what they did: 1. Offered to buy domains from everyone that was getting … (22 comments)
seo: Real Estate SEO: Fast and Furious to Page One
- 11/01/12 05:11 AM
Real estate SEO is not the primary type of SEO work that I do. In fact, when it comes to internet marketing for Realtors, I've done it mostly for friends and I've done it mostly by writing articles on ActiveRain. This is a little ironic, because the people I do SEO for most of the time are attorneys. And, believe it or not, attorneys do not like for me to use their name. They put nothing in writing; and they hate giving testimonials. How will they sue me next year if they write something good about me? So I grow … (33 comments)
seo: Some SEO Advice: I Love Pickled Mackerel and Peanut Butter
- 10/20/12 05:34 AM
I see this a lot on ActiveRain blogs and-- embarassingly enough-- on people's actual business pages. If you are somebody that thinks "SEO" means repeating keywords (keyword stuffing) and/or putting those keywords in bold, please let me try and talk you out of it. Before I continue though, allow me tell you about my favorite food combination. I love pickled mackerel and peanut butter. I really like the combination of the salty fish mixed with peanut butter. That's why I love pickled mackerel and peanut butter. It's just so delicious, I don't know how to put it into words...but I will: I … (11 comments)
seo: Get Five Gold Stars in Your Google Results! (If You Deserve Five)
- 10/02/12 05:51 AM
How would you like your Google search engine rankings to look like this? Pretty good, right? In the video below, I will show you how to add review stars to your own website- very easily. Yes, you can have your picture and gold stars in your Google search results, based on reviews your clients provide you. You could have a simple form on your website that asks clients to review you and choose a rating from 1 to 5. Or, you could send your clients an email and ask that they review your services. Then, you could post the … (29 comments)
seo: SEO Tip: No More Broken Links on Your Site, Fast and Easy
- 09/26/12 07:34 AM
If you read my last post, you (hopefully), realize the importance of optimizing your pages in Wordpress, using strong keyword-rich URLs. In this post, I will discuss how you can edit your posts for better SEO, and redirect all of your old pages juice to a new page. When I say "discuss," I mean that literally, because I created a step-by-step video. It should be very easy to follow. Editing and redirecting is important for four reasons, the first three of which are SEO related: 1. Google indexes everything and saves it. If you change a page's URL and you don't … (15 comments)
seo: Breadcrumbs for SEO: If You Use Wordpress, You Need This
- 09/23/12 08:33 AM
Do you use breadcrumbs for SEO? If you have a Wordpress website, or any website for that matter, you should organize your content using breadcrumbs. Okay, So What Are Breadcrumbs? ActiveRain uses breadcrumbs brilliantly. It's one of the many reasons that ActiveRain does so well in the search engine. (Great content from a lot of great people is the second reason.) I'm looking at breadcrumbs at the top of this post as I write this. These are breadcrumbs:
It's a way of organizing content, for your users and for Google. Right at the top of every page, you'll see that … (17 comments)
seo: If You're A Stay At Home Mom, You're A Leech!
- 09/13/12 11:08 AM
So you clicked on my post, huh? Just goes to show that a snappy title gets 'em every time. But I saw some marketing in Phoenix today that I thought was really slick. Baiting people works for signage- because I flipped a u-turn to take this photograph- and it works for blog posts, because you are reading this right now. Aren't you? This is obviously a political sign. Full disclosure: I didn't know who Kyrsten Sinema before today and I am not endorsing or condeming her. But her enemy's campaign manager is a genius. And the sign just doesn't give … (42 comments)
seo: Warning: Google Doesn't Like Your Footer Links
- 09/10/12 05:27 AM
While doing some research for a new client yesterday, I came across something that I see all of the time-- footer links-- but this time it was just a tiny bit more insidious than usual. Check out the spammy SEO links at the bottom of this page. Again, this is an attorney we are talking about. When it comes to reputation, that's all an attorney has. So, you hire somebody to market your law firm, real estate company, or anything-- and then they stick all kinds of spammy links to their website on the bottom of your site? How much did they … (23 comments)
seo: Online Reputation Management: An ActiveRain Case Study
- 08/08/12 01:30 AM
Yesterday, I wrote that linking to your site and keyword stuffing fall short in Google, when comparing those SEO...um..."techniques" to simply being a good internet citizen. (Netizen) My article pointed out that the most important thing for SEO is to be an honest person, write honest content, and let Google know exactly who you are, using your Google+ profile. Well, today, I can actually prove what I wrote yesterday is true and valid. (So if you were one of the 600 people that read the post, but did not comment because you thought it was ridiculous, here is your second chance!) … (21 comments)
seo: Sometimes the Best SEO is "No SEO": 6 Tips You Can Use Right Now
- 08/07/12 08:09 AM
I've written before about the importance of Google+ and tying your Google profile with ActiveRain, your own website, and really-- anywhere that you blog. I recently realized something about optimizing websites for Google and the affects were so amazing, that I hesistate to even share... But I will. It turns out, I'm not as good with SEO as I thought. Oh don't get me wrong- I'm good. :-) But a lot of what I've done has to do with the way I've built trust with Google over time. If you Hire an SEO person, Make Sure He or She has … (40 comments)
seo: Your Face In Google Results- Wordpress Authorship Instructions
- 08/03/12 07:00 AM
Many of you saw the post I wrote about getting your face to appear in the Google results using your ActiveRain profile. However, I have received a bunch of emails asking about how this can be done in Wordpress. With Wordpress, it's super easy. I actually wrote a post on that before too, but there was no video, and perhaps my instructions were not clear enough. So I made another video. After this, I am not going to write another word about getting your face in the Google results! (But feel free to contact me with questions.) Again, I do these … (18 comments)
seo: Wordpress and Active Rain SEO, Part II
- 07/05/12 10:45 AM
Hello everyone. In my last post about Wordpress SEO, I promised a second video. It took me a lot longer to do than I thought, because I am in the middle of a big project and lost an employee. I got a little behind. Here we go though, with part II. This video is 14 minutes long. I tend to ramble on and I am sorry for that. I just purchased a new video editor recently and I just don't have time to learn it. I know: excuses, excuses. Anyway, I hope you find this video useful. If you do, … (9 comments)
seo: The Best Wordpress SEO Plugin and How to Use It (with video!)
- 06/26/12 10:38 AM
For those of you that use Wordpress, hopefully, you are using some type of SEO plugin. Or, perhaps you have a theme that has built-in SEO. Whatever your SEO solution now-- plugin, theme, or nothing-- I would highly recommend using the Yoast SEO plugin, which you can download here. He has even updated the plugin recently, so that your face will appear in the Google search results. I recently wrote about adding your face to the Google results with ActiveRain. You can find that post here. I made a video, exclusively for ActiveRainers just a few minutes ago. It explains … (23 comments)
The SEO Guru offers white-hat SEO services and consultation from his home base in Phoenix, Arizona; but is a virtual consultant, via Skype, worldwide.
About Michael George
Michael George earned two bachelors degrees at Oakland University, in Rochester Hills, MI. One in Political Science and one in Management Information Systems. Michael George consults with professionals on their search engine marketing (SEM) efforts.
Last night, I was sharing a Guiness with one of my co-workers at a pub in Downtown Phoenix, when David Allen Coe came over the jukebox with the song "You Never Even Called Me By My Name." Andrew is just a couple of years younger than me, but had never heard the song himself, so I explained.
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