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February 2012

Don’t worry about META Keywords

It’s long been the case that webmasters spend entirely too much time worrying about their META keywords. Fact is, Google doesn’t pay them much attention. Don’t believe me? Get it right from the horse’s mouth… There you have it. Keyword META tags don’t matter the way they once did. Just another SEO misconception.

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February 2012

SEO Lies, Myths & Misconceptions

At JDM Digital, we offer SEO services but only in conjunction with websites we’re developing for clients. That said, we have had enough of the rampant lies, myths and misconceptions regarding SEO. So here are just a few we’d like to put to bed. SEO Misconception: Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Guarantees Permanent Top Placement Well, …

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January 2012

Google’s New Layout-Sensitive Algorithm

While millions of Americans are keeping their heads above water using Pay-Per-Click banner and text ads on their blogs and websites, Google has just announced a change to their algorithm that penalizes having too many ads with prime, “Above the Fold” placement. Let’s dig into this change a bit and see how it might effect webmasters of all websites.

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November 2011

Google’s Fall Spring-Cleaning

Don’t fear change. Embrace it. Google has just announce they’re going to be shut down or rolling-up a number of their products over the next few months as part of a fall spring-clean.

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October 2011

Pay-Per-Click Basics

If you’re new to all this SEO and SEM stuff, this is a must read. Let’s talk a little bit about the four keys to starting out building your first Pay-Per-Click campaign. Here’s a hint–it starts in reverse.

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October 2011

Did JDM get awarded google site links?!

Could be wrong, but JDM seems to have just been awarded Google’s new extended site links. Google us and find out if this is right. So cool if it is.

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October 2011

JDM & Google Engage for Agencies

JDM is proud to announce that we’ve recently applied, gotten approved and certified as a Google Engage for Agencies partner. With our certification, we have access to slews of Adwords discount coupons we’re ready to pass onto clients looking to get their feet wet in the world of Pay-Per-Click.

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October 2011

Link Google Analytics and Webmasters

Google has just announced Webmaster Tools integration with Google Analytics is now available to everyone. The trouble with the announcement is, they don’t tell you how the hell to link them! What linking Analytics with Webmasters gets you Once linked, you can find the new reports under the “traffic sources” >> “search engine optimization” …

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October 2011

Google: The Relationship Algorithm

Often I find myself explaining SEO and ‘visibility’ to clients in terms of a relationship. It’s a pretty useful analogy, so I thought I’d share it. Feel free to take credit for it if you like. We won’t tell. Google Is My “Other Girlfriend” I’ve made peace with the fact that I’m in a relationship …

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September 2011

SEO Best Practices for Ethical Beginners

There are a few best practices to ethical SEO every webmaster should know. What astounds me is how many are overlooked or deprioritized. So, here’s JDM’s top five ethical SEO best practices every webmaster needs to know and love. 01. It Matters Who You Hang Out With Believe it or not, it matters who you …

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September 2011

NoFollow Links Ruin PR for SEO

Things they are ‘a chang’n–particularly when it comes to using online press releases as an off-page SEO strategy. Looking at the metrics across the board online PR just isn’t generating the inbound links it once did. Could it be because of something called “nofollow links” and “pagerank bleed”? You bet!

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September 2011

How to SEO for Bing?

JDM has discussed SEO best practices before in our articles, white papers and Shameless News blog. However the question comes up in conference call after conference call: “How is Bing different in terms of SEO?” Well, let’s go through a few things you can do to SEO for Bing–specifically.

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