On behalf of the entire Solid Cactus SEO Team, we’d like to wish you a Happy New Year! The SEO Team has grown significantly during 2008, and only more great improvements are to come in 2009. I’d like to thank my team for working so hard during 2008 and being so dedicated to improving the [...]

I’m sitting in my apartment drinking a glass of Cherry 7 Up, which I currently can’t get enough of. Why? I have no shame in admitting that my recent adoration of Cherry 7 Up lies in its color: a very festive pink. It’s the perfect color for a holiday beverage, and although I’ve never been [...]

I was searching online a few minutes ago for “how to prepare thanksgiving dinner”, as I moved into my first apartment a few month’s ago, and was lovingly nominated to host Thanksgiving dinner this year for my parents and relatives (greattt). I was logged in to my Google account, and was quite surprised to see [...]

Here in SEO land, we often bounce new ideas off of each other and read about fresh ideas that we then creatively apply to our SEO clients. Some would say that we’re a somewhat zany department, but that only spurs us on to SEO success! After all, creativity is necessary for every aspect of SEO, [...]

Think SEO is too long term a strategy to help boost your traffic and revenue before the holidays? Not so! Although the idea of suddenly ranking high for general terms probably won’t happen by the time Santa comes down your chimney, adding holiday themed SEO content to your site within the next two weeks can [...]

I represented the Solid Cactus SEO Team at AdTech NYC on Tuesday - I had a great time meeting tons of interesting exhibitors, like LifeTips.com and B5Media.com, and attending the very insightful keynote presentation given by Samantha Skey “Obama, Apple and Ice Cream – Building Brand Passion Among Millennials“.
I noticed something interesting at AdTech [...]

It seems almost all social media sites, such as Twitter, Squidoo, and Ning, have odd names. I mean, what is a Squidoo exactly, and just how does one Twitter? Is Ning a sound, a verb? There’s tons of social media sites out there, and you can bet each one has a unique name. And you [...]

I logged into the “Internet Marketing and SEO” Ebiz Forum a few minutes ago and noticed a curious post from another SEO company noting, “SEO Expert offers guaranteed top 10 SEO ranking solution in search engines”.
Well, this (very tiny) SEO girl was immediately incensed - how could they even dare to guarantee top 10 organic [...]

I posted a few weeks ago about big brands making the fatal mistake of feeling they simply don’t need SEO. eMarketer.com recently conducted a survery that analyzed the percentage of consumers who researched prices for big ticket items like electronics and computers online, before they then went to their local big box store to purchase [...]

Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re interesting in improving your online marketing. With the holidays fast approaching, you want to do all you can to bring traffic to your site, and of course increase that little old thing called revenue! So tell us - what are you doing in terms of online marketing this [...]