The TMO Blog

Why You Need a Mobile Optimized Site

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  Where is your phone? If you're reading this, there is a good chance it's in your hand. Over the past few years, Internet users have made a huge shift to mobile browsing as tablets and smart phones have made it easier to access the web…

How to Use Psychological Triggers to Go Viral

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  If you haven't seen the political quiz website ISideWith, you really should give it a look. It won't change how you're going to vote in November, but it is a perfect case study in great viral marketing because, as Rand Fishkin points…

10 Steps to Great Online Connections

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Marketing your business online is a great way to build and grow your audience. In order to do that effectively, you need to network. Specifically, you need to make connections to bloggers and other content publishers. Sonia Simone at CopyBlogger…

Who Is The Most Dangerous Celebrity To Search For?

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McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrities Study results have been released for this year and the news is bad for Harry Potter fans. Emma Watson is the most dangerous celebrity to search for. The title was held by Heidi Klum last year, but she has…

Protect Yourself From Social Media Pitfalls [INFOGRAPHIC]

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"Social engineering" is a term for the hackers patrolling social media sites looking to steal your personal information. Think of the secruity questions sites like banks use in case you forget your password. Now think, are the answers to my…

Seven Mistakes That Can Kill Your Site

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  Anyone that has built a website from scratch knows how much effort it takes to build an audience, raise your traffic and generally get your site known about. So, what happens if suddenly all that traffic disappears? All of that work can…

Welcome Bing Ads to the World

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The combined search marketplace between Yahoo! and Bing got a new name this week, the Yahoo! Bing Network. It may lack creativity, but at least it's sensical.  Along with this announcement, Microsoft included the news that their search…

How To Diagnose a Sudden Drop in Search Traffic

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  So you've been having steady traffic on your website for a while now. You are eyeing expansion and everything seems fine. Suddenly, your traffic nose-dives. There are a few reasons this can happen.  Some are very easy to fix, while…

Google’s Bacon Number: Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon

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Someone at Google has had a bit of free time. Most people know about the famous "six degrees of separation" and how it applies to actors and Kevin Bacon. Well now you can worry no more about calculating that value yourself! Simply go to Google…