The fastest way to get index crawled and indexed in Google Search is via Google Webmaster Tool’s Fetch / Render / Submit feature. I am commonly asked how to quickly get pages indexed, crawled, and ranked in Google Search. There are a lot of myths surrounding this,
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Anyone thinking of making a threat against a school or college campus via a computer or cell phone should really think twice. Not only is this a stupid idea, but you’re going to get arrested for it. Today in Greenville North Carolina a 19 Year Old ECU
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I see so many SEO FAILs I once almost created a website for them. However, the last thing I need is yet another site to collect dust. So, here we are folks, the SEO FAIL “page”. As I come across SEO FAILs I will add them to
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A couple of months ago I went to UNC to see Google’s Matt Cutts give a speech titled “Lessons learned from the early days of Google“. He described some of his first algorithms he used for finding things online. He stressed that not everyone searches for things
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Weare8 is here, kind of, and it looks very cool. They are off to a great start because they have celebrities. If the celebrities using Weare8 post unique content to the site people will definitely visit the site just for this content. Weare8 is in beta at
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I have heard this for ages now, and even more so in 2015, business owners think Google is calling them. 99.999% of the time (or more), this is a scam. Common complaints: Google places keeps calling me. Google called about my business listing. Google called to verify
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Telapost occasionally posts articles written by guest authors. Our primary outlet is in search. Some articles are read hundreds of times, others are read hundreds of thousands of times. If you have answers to questions people are asking and would like to be a guest blogger, read
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As some of you may know I provide SEO and quality content marketing services to successful real estate brokers. One of the prerequisites to putting up great content is having a website that will support the content & reward SEO efforts. 99% of the time, this means
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April 21, 2015, Google updated their algorithm to affect the way pages display in search when using a mobile device such as a smartphone. The general thought was that sites which were not “mobile friendly” would perform worse in mobile search. This makes sense as pages which
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At Telapost I mostly have contractors that assist with random graphics and custom programming. I am not firing anyone. This is just a random article about how I fire my employees. Note: I’m sure there are already 100 articles dedicated to this. For all I know, 99
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“What are you doing this summer?” It’s a question that I know my friends are tired of hearing. I pester everyone I know about his or her summer plans nearly every day. I’m pursuing a journalism major with a screenwriting minor, and most of my friends are
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No matter what industry you’re in, there’s a huge push these days to make yourself relevant on the web. In fact, it can be argued that if you’re not relevant on the web, you’re not relevant at all. The news industry is no different and as the
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Beginning in March and continuing into April 2015, I have witnessed a surge of Facebook fans on several of the brand/business pages that I have access to. These pages range from pets, legal, medical, corporate training, and a variety of other niches. Not all niches were “hit”
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I told everyone I knew back in 2012 that Hillary Clinton would be the next President of the United States. Nobody believed me. That, or they didn’t want to. Social Media is a wonderful place for politics I know several people who say “Never discuss politics on
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Website content that answers questions from potential clients always ranks well in Google search. Ranking in Google search of course is invaluable to businesses and professionals in almost all niches. Today I’m very happy to spending a few moments with Attorney Andy Green to hear first hand
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Many Android users are trying to figure out how to add Instagram photos to the Facebook’s business page. Directions are confusing as many are written for iOS and the Android Instagram App works differently. Furthermore, the steps change. Below are directions that work for Andoird as of
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I was playing in Instagram the other day and I noticed that I could add a business location to some photos and not others. This used to be much easier before Instagram switched from Foursquare’s database to Facebook’s places database. Geotagging When an Instagram user uploads a
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The other day a client asked me “My competitor has a 5 star rating displaying in Google’s search results and it really stands out, can we do that on my site?” Spam vs Real Star Ratings A review site, such as Yelp, or a page where people
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Last week Twitter announced a partnership with Foursquare that allows users to add a location to a tweet. They also describe how to add a location to your tweet in their announcement. Businesses should use Foursquare We’ve been wondering what is up with Foursquare but it has
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Instagram is the current social network that keeps growing, growing, and growing. Instagram however currently lacks many local features. Local features Instagram lacks Users can tag locations on Instagram and there are geolocation features. As of March 2015 Instagram currently lacks: An easy way to search for
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