So you have decided to take the plunge yourself. You are going to step up and jump into the deep end of the search marketing pool and do SEO for yourself.
First, congratulations on your choice to do search engine optimization (SEO) for your website. It shows that you are aware of the potential impact that […]

On July 1 Adobe issued a press release announcing their work with the search engines regarding advances in recognizing dynamic web content and RIAs (rich Internet applications).
According to the release, Adobe is providing optimized Adobe® Flash® Player technology to Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF) and uncover […]

Does a small business have a need for tracking their online reputation? Since many small business people are completely unaware that they even have an “online reputation” then I would have to say yes.
Here’s an example that literally just happened to me this week. I had transmission work done on a vehicle about four months […]

Welcome to “Shameless Self Promotion Time” here at Frank Thinking. I know that most of my posts are relatively “neutral” and are simply about ideas / experiences / concepts etc but today is going to be a bit different.
Since my company does internet marketing (with a concentration in search marketing practices including search engine optimization […]

A funny thing happened on the way to my blog. I got so busy that I completely neglected it and thus have lost whatever momentum I had (which admittedly was kinda minimal). So here I am again realizing that the whole blog thing is really a commitment that I have not taken seriously enough.
Here are […]

Hype, spin or just pure nonsense; they have all been around forever (think about the bill of goods that the devil sold Eve). Since we live in a day and age where information is king we all need to keep our radar wide open for what is real and what isn’t. There is more “information” […]

The national average cost for a gallon of gas is soon to hit 4 bucks. Unemployment is on the rise. Food costs are starting to skyrocket. Needless to say, nerves are a bit jagged in the marketplace these days. So what does a business do?
In a previous post, (Fight or Flight? March 18, 2008), I […]

Have you tried to field quotes from SEO services providers lately? How did it go? Do you feel like you would rather have bamboo shoots hammered under your fingernails? Did you think that there is no way that this is a real industry considering the variety of claims, pricing structures and “information” that is out […]

I often feel like I am blogging about the painfully obvious. There are things that I type and eventually post which appear to fit in the “Well, no kidding…. Everyone already knows that” category but I now realize what’s really going on. I am right on one thing …. everyone does know these things at […]

Before my thought pattern was interrupted by bloggers dropping dead at an alarming rate (Bloggers Working Themselves to Death?) I was discussing what you should be looking for as you try to decide who will have the honor of doing your company’s SEO work. I am not kidding when I say honor either. You eventually […]