Does a Keyword in Your Domain (URL) Help you Rank Higher?

There is an ongoing debate whether a keyword in your domain name helps you rank higher. The truth is yes and no (isn’t everything yes and no these days?) URL in domains would be something like: www.wicked-shoes.com. Fact is, the keyword (KW) in the domain itself...

PR Sculpting: Pros and Cons

PR sculpting is an attempt by the webmaster to ‘funnel’ Page Rank into important places on a web site. Google gives each web site a certain ‘amount’ of Page Rank based on a number of factors but primarily weighted on how many incoming web links...

Google Updates on Redirects

Eric Enge from StoneTemple Consulting has yet another exceptional interview with Google web spokesperson Matt Cutts. Check it out the transcript here. Of particular interest include how host load impacts crawl rate, and how 301 redirects pass page rank. The former can...

Curious Google Local Results for Concert Ticket in Results

Physical Address Crucial–Even When It’s Not Yours I was doing a search yesterday for the date of the John Mayer concert in Calgary. Now instead of going to Ticketmaster I figured I’d check what Google had to say. Who knows, maybe they’d do some...

Thoughts: Is Google Stealing and Hijacking Your Traffic?

I really appreciate alternative voices, not just because they go against the grain, but because it’s necessary to have opposition to expand perspectives. No point having a company or industry with a bunch of yes-men, you’ll never discover or fix problems....

Post Modernism in Business and Marketing

You don’t hear much about post modernism outside of philosophy and theology. Fact is, post-modernism is the framework by which people think. Not all people mind you. Generally those under 35 look at the world through the lens of a postmodernist. An interesting...

SEO Training in Calgary

Did you know you can work 1 on 1 with a representative from Distinct SEO Inc? If you’re in the Calgary area you chances of sitting down with our experts is even higher! Distinct SEO has long offered an introductory SEO Training program that is conducted...

The Ease of Faith-Based Rankings

Since about January 2009 we’ve offered a faith-based organization some consulting time on ranking their web site for some basic local terms. The organization itself is quite small, the web site has a presence far beyond their stature. What I means is the reach...

The Most Important Factor to Help You Rank Is…..?

When it comes to on-page SEO – tweaking your web site for BOTH users and search engines – what is the single most important contributing factor to your ranking success? I believe it has to do with titles. The Title Element (<title></title>)...