Archive for 'SEO'

Building Traction with Search and Social Media Visibility

Posted 15 July 2009 | By Tony Adam | Categories: SEO, Social Media | 8 Comments

Over the last few months I’ve seen an interesting cross section of startups to large brands and marketers to developers that are all running businesses. There has been one thing that ties all of these people together, and that is gaining traction and visibility to your website or business online.
If you are a large brand, [...]

12 Seconds of SEO from GeekOut ‘09

Posted 11 May 2009 | By Tony Adam | Categories: SEO | No Comments

Sean Percival and I decided that we would give the crowd 12 seconds of SEO and show everyone why we are really geeks at the GeekOut ‘09. We are 2 of VERY few there that could truly say #iamageek.

GeekOut09: Why #iamageek on 12seconds.tv

Online Reputation Management DOES matter

Posted 23 April 2009 | By Tony Adam | Categories: Branding, SEO, Viral Marketing | 32 Comments

So, I wake up this morning and see a post written by Darren Slatten completely dismissing the importance of Online Reputation Management. And, I found the post a little comedic at best, so, I’ll give him a little bit of credit for that, but, one thing I won’t give him credit for is researching the [...]

Measuring success in SEO and Social Media by determining ROI, Analytics, Metrics up front

Posted 04 February 2009 | By Tony Adam | Categories: Analytics, SEO, Social Media | 9 Comments

When you are working at an organization that doesn’t have the right analytics, its painful. This also goes for working with clients that don’t have the money to buy an analytics package like Omniture or WebTrends. I’ve been through this on both sides of the organizational and the client side as well. (A couple times [...]

Startup Mistakes: “Just launched my site, now I need SEO”

Posted 26 January 2009 | By Tony Adam | Categories: SEO | 22 Comments

I have been in SEO and Internet Marketing for some time now and I can’t tell you how many sites I have worked with or seen that have come to me after launch and said “I need SEO now!” Heck, I was even victim to that when I was tasked with my first major web [...]

4 Main Reasons you should be linking in Blogs

Posted 25 November 2008 | By Tony Adam | Categories: Personal, SEO | 9 Comments

We create blogs with tons of great content and we base our content on Social Media that attracts a link or two. (Boy, isn’t that the understatement of the year!) We rely on this content to create user engagement and get people to keep coming back. But something that is also just as important as [...]

AJAX and Non-JavaScript Experiences for SEO friendly websites

Posted 27 August 2008 | By Tony Adam | Categories: SEO, Web Standards, ajax | 7 Comments

With the “Web 2.0″ world that we live in, companies are inclined to create “snazzy” new AJAX experiences for users. I have been dubbing this the AJAX Dilemma lately because organizations/companies/website owners are creating sites that are not accessible and SEO friendly. They are risking crippling their businesses in the areas of search traffic by [...]

Positioning yourself using SEO and PPC for Customer Acquisition

Posted 07 July 2008 | By Tony Adam | Categories: SEO | 3 Comments

When I started learning about SEO and the role it can play for any business, whether small or large, there was one quote that put it all into perspective. It was a business meeting that I was having with the owner of our company at the time and he said to me: “We have to [...]

Top 7 Must have Firefox Extensions, Plugins, and Tools

Posted 09 June 2008 | By Tony Adam | Categories: SEO | 10 Comments

Since I just bought my new Macbook Pro, I had to reinstall all of my Firefox extensions, plugins and tools. So, I figured, hey, why not write a detailed post with examples about my “Top 7 Firefox extensions, plugins, and tools” that are near and dear to my heart!
Top 7 Firefox Extensions, Plugins, and Tools:
1. [...]

Giving thanks, while also providing perspective on the SEO Community

Posted 06 June 2008 | By Tony Adam | Categories: SEO | 3 Comments

If you know me at all by now, you will know that I am typically a very humble and modest person that just sits back and enjoys the show. I never usually rant or get involved in heated discussions because I hate drama and thats why I have grown to LOVE the SEO industry. So, [...]