WebHelperMagazine.com » SEO Matters: How to use the Power of Local Search | WebHelperMagazine.com http://www.webhelpermagazine.com BlogMaster Techniques and Social Media Matters Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en SEO Matters: How to use the Power of Local Search http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/seo-matters-how-to-use-the-power-of-local-search/ http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/seo-matters-how-to-use-the-power-of-local-search/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:39:50 +0000 WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/?p=805 Scott Frangos A lot of "Content Masters" (a name for all of you managers using a Content Management System for your business websites) focus their Search Engine Marketing (SEM) strategy on good SEO techniques to rank as high as possible.  And with today's modern CMS and blogging tools like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal -- you get a lot of built in help in the form of RSS feeds and… Continue reading]]> http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/seo-matters-how-to-use-the-power-of-local-search/feed/ WordPress 2.6 User Tips http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/wordpress-26-user-tips/ http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/wordpress-26-user-tips/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:22:26 +0000 WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/?p=783 Nine ways to use the new WordPress 2.6 for greater productivity and successful content creation... by Scott Frangos A new floating post box that grabs media you want to blog about, post versioning, avatar options and more... Is it time to upgrade, BlogMasters?  Sure -- WP 2.6 offers some great new features for work teams. WordPress 2.6 was released yesterday, so let’s take a look at a some ways… Continue reading]]> http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/wordpress-26-user-tips/feed/ SEO to the Max for WordPress http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/seo-to-the-max-for-wordpress/ http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/seo-to-the-max-for-wordpress/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:49:30 +0000 WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/?p=778 Scott Frangos Once you install WordPress and start posting regularly, you can sit back and relax -- WordPress will do the rest of the SEO work, right? Wrong. Sure, WordPress will automatically does some things automatically like sending out pings, and creating RSS feeds. But there's more work to be done to take your Search Engine Optimization to the max, and thankfully there are a handful… Continue reading]]> http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/seo-to-the-max-for-wordpress/feed/ How NOT to Write a Business Blog http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/how-not-to-write-a-business-blog/ http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/how-not-to-write-a-business-blog/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:26:34 +0000 WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/?p=777 Typewriter2

Are you thinking of your business blog as a Conversation (with a capital "C") with potential customers? Why not? That's the strength and advantage you have over your competitors who either don't have a blog, or have one but don't converse with it. In this installment of our Copy Writing Matters series, we'll look at two
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]]> http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/07/how-not-to-write-a-business-blog/feed/ WordPress as a CMS: Fifth Avenue Advisors http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/wordpress-as-a-cms-fifth-avenue-advisors/ http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/wordpress-as-a-cms-fifth-avenue-advisors/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:38:52 +0000 WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/?p=773 Scott Frangos Fifth Avenue Advisors, is a "B2B" (Business to Business) website for a company that helps other business people decide if it's time to sell their company, and learn what it's worth. The company wanted the advantages of a good, dynamic CMS -- Content Management System -- and one that was simple to manage and use. WordPress was chosen for its easy learning curve, powerful… Continue reading]]> http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/wordpress-as-a-cms-fifth-avenue-advisors/feed/ ICANN’s New Domain Names… Who Cares? http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/icanns-new-domain-names-who-cares/ http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/icanns-new-domain-names-who-cares/#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:39:22 +0000 WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/?p=772 ICANN Domain Name Regulation by Scott Frangos Run for the hills. ICANN, the non-profit Domain Name regulating body formed in '98, has announced (see story here) an application process for new domain names, where you can replace the common names following the "Dot" (.com, .net, .org, .biz) with anything you want... for a price. The agency expects the first new domains… Continue reading]]> http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/icanns-new-domain-names-who-cares/feed/ SEO Matters: Discovering Backlinks that Matter http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/seo-matters-discovering-backlinks-that-matter/ http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/2008/06/seo-matters-discovering-backlinks-that-matter/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:22:17 +0000 WebMaster http://www.webhelpermagazine.com/?p=768 This is the first in a new series on SEO Matters, where we'll look at the basics, with some intermediate and advanced level tips to help your Blogs and Websites rank better in search results. Since Backlinks are very important, we'll watch a short, informative video about the concept, then learn a FireFox trick
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