Hyphens in Domain Names – The Right Way to Use Them
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- Written on: January 5th, 2009
The most basic explanation is that Google sees hyphens as spaces, and interprets them in the same way a space is used to separate two words.
One of the best explanations about how this works was written on Guru of Search where he posts that Google considers hyphens to be spaces in a domain name. If you start thinking of hyphens as spaces separating keywords as well, you can begin to select domain names that will have a slight edge in the search engine results positions (SERPs) over some of your competitors.
Personal Accomplishments of 2008
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- Written on: January 3rd, 2009
The first post was targeted toward things that I accomplished as part of Schrock Innovations. This post will be more focused toward personal and internet marketing accomplishments.
UBD AdBlock Plugin UPDATED For WordPress 2.6
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- Written on: July 31st, 2008
UBD Block Ad Plugin has been updated for WordPress 2.6. Download it here.
Top Affiliate Challenge Episode 3 & 4 Post Morteum and Feedback
- Comments: 10
- Written on: July 5th, 2008
Thank you all for your helpful comments about Top Affiliate Challenge. We are really serious when we said we were willing to listen and adjust to deliver a product that is in tune with what you would enjoy watching and learn from. Expect to see a LOT more teaching in the next 2 episodes. We […]
Who Needs a Grapic Designer Anyway?
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- Written on: June 20th, 2008
For all of you graphics guys in the house, check out the video here. It pretty much sums up any situation a graphics guy has been confronted by and the idiot business owners who employ them (like me).
Thor Schrock Interviewed on Podnutz
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- Written on: May 4th, 2008
About a week or so ago I was interviewed for a podcast that is currently up on Podnutz.com. The interview was originally supposed to be about techie computer stuff, but it kind of morphed into an interview about starting a business and learning your marketplace.
“Contact Them” Spam Software Hits my Inbox – Promises $4,800/month!
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- Written on: May 1st, 2008
I am always interested in new ways to monetize my blog and make money online. Yesterday I received an email that peeked my interest. It appeared to be highly personalized, specific to my blog, and was very complimentary about my writing and traffic levels. A lesser person might have been suckered.
Backlinks vs SEO – What’s More Important?
- Comments: 4
- Written on: December 22nd, 2007
But what is more important? A properly constructed and SEO’d page, or a horde of backlinks “voting” for your website?
Keywords in URLs DO Matter!
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- Written on: December 15th, 2007
The answer is no, they are not absolutely critical. However keywords in your URL can give you a huge and immediate boost into the search results for your desired search term.
Rodney Wins the Name My Blog Contest and $25
- Comments: 8
- Written on: December 9th, 2007
Congratulations Rodney! I liked your idea of “Marketing Bytes” the best and that means you win the $25 prize!