The TMO Blog

Dispelling the 5 Lies About Building an Audience

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The internet is awash with tips and suggestions for SEO, but there aren't many articles that clear up those pesky rumors and myths of the industries of optimization and blogging. So I'm here to help tear down those lies people hear and tell…

Study Finds Students And Phones Joined at the Hip

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A recent study on the way youths around the world use mobile devices found that college students use their phones to text and interact over social media much more than any other use, such as surfing the web or gaming. The study, conducted by…

How Aligning SEO Strategy and Social Media Builds Backlinks

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It is way too common for people in SEO to forget to align their SEO strategy with social media activity. Often, the two teams work completely disconnected from the other. This is in no way a comprehensive, efficient marketing plan. SEO must…

Facebook Basics For Your Business

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Last week, I gave you my fundamentals for success on social media. Mark Thompson also has some fundamentals specific to your business's Facebook page at Business2Community. 1. Facebook isn't for sales As I've discussed in this space before,…

Kids Today: Students Prefer Online Interaction

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The affect of social media and mobile phones on society, especially the nation's youths, has become discussed at length. The claims being that social interaction online and through texting isn't the same as real-world interaction. Who better…

What You Need To Know About SEO Friendly URLs

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Bad URL structure is far too common of an issue in SEO. It can drag down your rankings, keep your pages from appearing in search engine indexes and destroy ranking authority from any other pages and websites you are a part of. This is sometimes…

Sincerity of Facebook ‘Likes’ is Serious Business

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The existence of fake or bought Facebook 'Likes' has been pretty well documented, but now, Facebook is actually stepping up their efforts to stop the practice. As Doug Gross reports for CNN, last month, the social media site announced plans…

Facebook Introduces ‘Gifts’ To Increase Revenue

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No doubt you're aware of Facebook's struggles since becoming a publicly traded company. Weary and wary investors want to see effective ways to monetize the social media giant, which Facebook is currently putting all its efforts into. Jon Swartz…

Chemical Formulas from Google

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Google seems to keep adding more details to their SERPs. The newest one is finding formulas for various chemical compounds.       Just do a search for "formula for" and follow it with your compound name and it will display…