by Chase Granberry on February 16, 2009
Site audits are a necessity when starting to optimize a website. Whether the site is large or small, making sure you’re targeting the right keywords and that your content and site structure are optimized for those keywords is the most important first step not many people think to do.
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by Chase Granberry on February 13, 2009
The canonical tag is simply a way to silence webmasters.
Yesterday at SMX West it was announced that Google, Yahoo! and Live have agreed upon a method to help webmasters define original content within a site. The canonical tag is a meta tag used to tell search engines which page to list in SERPs when multiple listings of the same, or very similar content exist in their databases.
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by Chase Granberry on February 12, 2009
GetListed.org is the right tool at the right time. If you have a business that relies heavily on local searches, local referrals and local customers definitely take advantage of this site. The price point is perfect – FREE.
The premise behind local SEO is that the more your business is mentioned, reviewed and listed across the web the more ‘local authority’ search engines think you have with regards to a given search. Having a claimed and thorough listing with each major search engine will do a lot to benefit the exposure your listings get.
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by Chase Granberry on February 5, 2009
There’s a long standing debate about ranking reports as an KPI (key performance indicator) for the success of an organic SEO campaign. Obviosly, we like ranking reports

This post will go into a few reasons why they are necessary, and valuable data to have. Lots of people have weighed in on the topic …
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by Chase Granberry on February 3, 2009
Yesterday I posted about how SilverPlatter.info could do a few things better with regards to how their site is structured. One of the things that came up is how they need to optimize their profile pages. Personal search results are very important to people these days. Some have even coined the term ‘online reputation management’ to describe the process of making your personal SEPRs better. Lets take a look at how websites can be optimized for their member profile pages.
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by Chase Granberry on February 2, 2009
SilverPlatter.info is one of the best sites for Phoenix music. The site was recently updated, so I was poking around and realized they could do a lot of things better with regards to search. I’ve outlined a few things for them here. The people who run it don’t do it for the money, they’re simply trying to foster the music community in the valley. It’s desperately needed, and appreciated by music lovers here. Hopefully they’ll implement some of the things I talk about.
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