Search Engine Optimization | SEO

How to Get Microsoft Bing to Spider Your Site

  June 17, 2009
  Category :     Search Engine Optimization | SEO
  Philip O'Hara
When you search for your site in Bing, if it doesn’t come up in the search results or if its new, you can submit your URL in Bing Webmaster Tools: Just go to Bing URL Submission and submit your site URL. Create an XML Sitemap & Submit it to Bing Webmaster Tools Whether your site comes up when you search...

Tips For Submitting Multiple Locations to Local Directories Part II

  June 4, 2009
  Category :     Local SEO
  Philip O'Hara
1. Read the instructions Sounds obvious enough but I can’t tell you how many times I tried to use commas when semi-colons were required or vice versa to create lists. Also if the last phrase on a list gets cut off between the words, it means the list is too long so simply delete your entire last entry. 2. When...

Multiple Location Local Directory Submission

  May 29, 2009
  Category :     Local SEO
  Philip O'Hara
The following post is meant to be a combination tutorial (How to Submit Multiple Locations to Local Directories) and case study of my current project, the Right Step Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers. Step #1 Client Information Checklist Create a client information checklist for the client to fill out and return. You will then be able to copy and paste...

How Do You Know When You Have Enough Backlinks?

  May 7, 2009
  Category :     SEO Link Building
  Philip O'Hara
The short answer is you can never have enough backlinks. Believe it or not it’s easier to know when you have enough money than it is to know when you have enough backlinks. According to the answer to a reader question in a Houston Chronicle article by Scott Burns, “you know you are rich when more money won't change where...

Google Blends In Local Results on Non-local Searches

  April 2, 2009
  Category :     Search Engine Optimization | SEO
  Philip O'Hara
Google is now showing local search results mixed in (or blended in as they prefer to call it) with non-local queries. The first results page listings include a city map, telephone number, website URL, and a link to the review page. If you click the company name, it takes you to their website, but when you click the reviews link,...