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Reaching Out – Content Touch Points in SEO

Posted by Mandy Boyle on Oct 28, 2008

Graphic From: Elliance SEO Services
Once you’ve written relevant content, where does it all go? Consider your content to be a freshly baked pie sitting on a window, sending delicious aromas out into the web, attracting friends like search engine crawlers or internet shoppers.
When your content is good (i.e.- clear, concise, interesting, appropriate keyword density, [...]

Keyword Research: A Key Component to Your SEO Campaign

Posted by Mandy Boyle on Oct 21, 2008

Keyword research is one of the most important and valuable parts of your SEO campaign. Here are some the key steps you’ll need to undergo in finding the right keywords for your site.
1.Brainstorm
Keywords are the bread crumbs you leave to help search engine spiders find your site. Before you start inserting keywords into your content, [...]

Repeat After Me: Big Brands Need SEO

Posted by Alicia Magda on Oct 13, 2008

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 [...]

Here’s To SEO!

Posted by Alicia Magda on Sep 30, 2008

The Solid Cactus SEO Team has come quite a long way since I first started at Solid Cactus as an intern two years ago. The SEO Team grew from being a team of just one (me!) to its current size of five very talented SEO Specialists over the last few months. SEO as an industry [...]

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Things You Learned in Grammar School

Posted by Mandy Boyle on Sep 24, 2008

Being a good communicator is key for any kind of success. Even if you’re not a writer, it’s important for you to have the ability to convey your thoughts in a clear, correct, and concise manner. Here’s a quick review on three of the most commonly made grammatical errors and ways to fix them, so [...]

Keyword Research – A Psychological Tool?

Posted by Shannon Mullery on Sep 23, 2008

  Is my blue your blue? What does pretty ‘mean’? If the world is a house, perception is the foundation. We can ask until infinity what others actually see, think and feel, but we have no real proof that my blue is your blue, that pretty is a universal, or any of a million trillion other [...]

How Not To Blog, First In A Series

Posted by Jeff Stolarcyk on Sep 18, 2008

“Blogging” is a really buzzworthy term right now, just like “iPhone” or “Wii.” Another thing blogging has in common with those in-demand gadgets is that a lot of the masses clamoring for them don’t have a realistic set of expectations regarding what they’ll do with the advice or how they’ll do it.

There are a lot [...]

Meet the SEO Team

Posted by Alicia Magda on Sep 12, 2008

The Search Engine Optimization Team at Solid Cactus prides ourselves on actually getting to know clients and focusing on how best to achieve their individual wants. You’re not just a faceless site we’re optimizing without a thought on how to uniquely create SEO success for you. We’re always growing, but here’s a glimpse at the [...]

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