SMO you may be asking yourself, what is that? Social Media Optimization and at the end of the day it has the same goals as SEO, Increase Traffic!

Now if you have been living under a rock and you’re asking yourself, what is Social Media and how does it or can it affect your business? Well Search Engine Watch defines social media as a category of sites that is based on user participation and user-generated content. They include social networking sites like LinkedIn or Facebook, social bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, social news sites like Digg or Reddit, and other sites that are centered on user interaction. And how can it affect your business? Well let’s start with an increase in revenue. Social Media can be an effective marketing channel when used properly. Read the rest of this entry →

After reading blog posts, comments and getting feedback on some SEO hacks I decided to run through a few SEO myths that seem to be popular.

It’s all about meta tags – In the 1990’s, search engines used meta tags to rank Web sites. Because site developers began to manipulate the system by loading misleading keywords or by “keyword stuffing,” Some search engines now discount or ignore them due to their irrelevant nature. Read the rest of this entry →