The TMO Blog

Olympics Breaking Records For Mobile Search Volume

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Olympics are the first truly multi platform global sporting event. Tablet and smart phone searches approached 50% of overall search query volume for the first two days of the Olympics, and Japan even exceeded that to 55%. At some times during…
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Craigslist Blocking Googlebot and Other Search Engine Bots

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Craigslist's daring decision to go thermonuclear on re-listers can only be viewed as a risky option. After all, you need a lot of guts to tell a top-ranking search engine such as Google to stop indexing its content. This means the site cannot…
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SEO Changes; 10 Expired SEO Methods To Avoid

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As Google changes their algorithm, often anyone doing SEO has to change their approach to manage SERP climbing, as well. Here is a quick list of 10 old SEO techniques that don't have the same ability they used to: Article Submissions Press…
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Is Cloud Computing a Disaster Waiting To Happen?

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Steve Wozniak from Apple recently talked to an audience and shared his concern with cloud computing. He refers to the lack of ownership of content and the relevant lack of control. If he's right, then when we trust all of our content (personal…
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Top Sites Needn’t Worry About SEO So Much

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If your website is one of the top 1% of the total 141 million active webpages, the standard SEO guidelines apparently do not apply to you. While the top web sites can ignore the fundamental optimization rules, it is important for the remaining…
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Building Backlinks Can Be Easy When Done Right

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Building links is a task that can be made easier with a few tips. Adding social sharing tools to blog articles is a start. Having readers share these articles helps to spread the word. Creating a regular electronic newsletter will also increase…
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How To Keep SEO Rankings With Business Name Changes

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There are some key online issues to consider before changing a business name. First, recognize that it is going to cause issues with identity and branding - users, databases, etc. recognize your business by that name. If you do change, you need…
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Online Marketing Psychology: A Few Tips

Thanks to Rob Pell for the following guest post: Much has been made of psychology in retail. The methods in which store managers and planners arrange their stock into “hot zones” and “cold zones”, the different sorts of music they pipe…
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SEO for Penguin Recovery and Anchor Text Details

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Has Goggle Penguin damaged your sites ratings? Do you need help in the confusion left behind? Find out more about Google Penguin, Naked URLs, Brand Anchors, Brand-keyword hybrid anchors, Universal/junk anchors, and how to raise your ratings.…
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