Archive for July, 2010

Creating Great Landing Pages For Conversions

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Most website owners know that a great landing page is the key to turning visitors into buyers. The main point to getting a landing page that converts is to test, test test.

This is a mantra that Anne Holland from MarketingSherpa swears by. In a recent interview with Revenews, Anne explains her testing tactics, common mistakes and why lies ahead for landing pages in the future.

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Build Your Site For Tomorrow’s Algorithm Change

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

When it comes to search engine algorithms, the one thing you can count on is change. Google says there were hundreds of tweaks last year, Bing is always refining its indexing, and scores of other “Google Killers” are trying to worm their way into the market with a better search experience. In the  process of all these changes, there are sites that keep their positions, ones that suddenly move up, and others that drop off the map. People who employ search engine optimization tactics usually see their sites hold positions or improve slightly during these updates. Despite this, the majority of SEO work involves playing “catch up” with the latest indexing changes, even though they could have been anticipated with a little foresight.

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