Answers to Your Top 7 Questions About the State of SEO in 2012

It’s been a long strange ride, but if you’ve been suckered into thinking that SEO but the dust with the old Panda update, we’ve got news for you.

Sure, things are social and anti-social and plenty of us are just plain socially inept, but there’s lots to be learned and lots of work to do. These seven Q&As will keep you moving in the right direction, and the right traffic coming in.

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Answers to Your Top 7 Questions About the State of SEO in 2012 – HubSpot Blog

Google on Reviews | Asking for them is OK, Soliciting them is BAD

Asking for reviews is one thing. What about soliciting them? Google’s new and aggressive review spam filter is going to town with some over-anxious review seekers.

The new anti-spam review algorithm takes some getting used to, but maybe most importantly, it affects how you should go about getting your reviews. You can still for ask for them, but this is what you really need to know.

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Google on Reviews: Asking for them is OK, Soliciting them is BAD – Understanding Google Places & Local Search

5 Ways to Get Traffic without Paying

Small companies have lots of advantages on the Internet. Many of them can maneuver with agility that the big guys can’t match. Requiring far less in terms of resources, the little guys can make it even in crowded markets and when the rest of the economy bottoms out.

So how are they doing it? One big way is they’re making a profit on far less outlay. These five methods are among the big ones that they’re including in their arsenals, and their big ones you can use too.

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5 Ways to Get Traffic without Paying – Longhorn Leads

Step by Step Guide to the Google+ Business/Local Merge Verification Process

Amidst all the fanfare for the new Google+ Business pages the old G+ Local pages have fallen into a bit of a social media crack.

Do you need to start all over again? How many times have you done that now? Actually the process is quite a bit easier, though as with many things social media, there is a less-than-obvious procedure. Here’s what you need to do!

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Step by Step Guide to the Google+ Business/Local Merge Verification Process – Understanding Google Places & Local Search

10 SEO and Link Building Mistakes

SEO is one of those fields where everyone’s an expert. Even though the landscape has changed tremendously over recent months, there are few things that have remained as constant.

One other thing is the need for a steady stream of relevant, highly ranking inbound links. With both of these time-tested certainties, the number of simple errors made by well-meaning experts is usually more than the resulting links. Here are the tenĀ  most common errors and how to correct them.

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10 SEO and Link Building Mistakes – Site Pro News

12 Tips When Using Facebook Promoted Posts

Ok, you haven’t thrown in the towel on Facebook yet. You may even be something of a local hit.

At last there is the option to simply pay for that bit more attention you’re craving. Get your ads right in that coveted user news-feed, and do it whether they liked you or not! Here’s what you need to know to keep them liking you, keep them coming back, and get more for your Facebook advertising buy.

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12 Tips When Using Facebook Promoted Posts – Social Media Examiner

Google Moves Local Businesses to Google Plus With Brute Force

Google Places is dead. Long live Google+ Local.

By unyielding fiat, Google’s iron fist cast Google Places to the ash heap and your new Local neighborhood may seem like totally unfamiliar territory. Here’s what you need to know to keep your head above water during Google’s lurching struggle for social relevance.

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Google Moves Local Businesses to Google Plus With Brute Force – Duct Tape Marketing

5-Step Guide to Executing an Outstanding Inbound Marketing Campaign

Every inbound marketing campaign comes with lots of moving parts and foresight and coordination are as important as that expensive new transmission kit on the garage floor.

Flying by the seat of your pants is not the way to go. This 5-step process is designed to help you to execute your next inbound marketing campaign with color-coded accuracy and bang-up results, too.

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The 5-Step Guide to Executing an Outstanding Inbound Marketing Campaign – HubSpot Blog

Using Mobile Devices to Engage, Communicate and Entice

70% of people in the United States are tapped into the internet 24 hours a day. A mobile strategy needs to cover you on every aspect of the coming (current) mobile revolution and get you fully engaged with your customer base.

A mobile sitemap, and a fully accessible site are just the beginning of what you need to know. Getting on board now is imperative.

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Using Mobile Devices to Engage, Communicate and Entice

8 Easy and Simple Ways to Add Likes to Your Facebook Page

You’ve heard already, it’s not the measure of everything on Facebook. But being well Liked does make everything else on Facebook a lot easier and faster.

These eight pointers are things you can do in the next 20 minutes to score more Likes on an ongoing basis, and follow through with true Facebook business glory. It’s easier than you think.

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8 Easy and Simple Ways to Add Likes to Your Facebook Page – Site Pro News