We have compiled a list of experts available for comment and appearances in local/national media and the press. All listed experts are leaders in their fields and are available for prompt comment. To reach any expert on this list, contact TastyPlacement at 512.535.2492 or email michael@tastyplacement.com.

Expert on Search Engines, SEO, and Social Media: Michael David

Michael David is the owner and founder of TastyPlacement and is the author of WordPress 3.0 Search Engine Optimization. He is a veteran of the search and social media industries, and a frequent speaker on the subject.

Areas of expertise:

• Search Engines; Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
• Social Media such as Facebook and Twitter
• Web technologies and trends

Contact information: call 512.535.2492 or email michael@tastyplacement.com.

Expert on Dermatology, Skin Care, and Skin Disorders: Dr. Roopal Bhatt

Dr. Roopal Bhatt is a board-certified dermatologist and Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.  She is a member of Austin Dermatologic Society, Travis County Medical Society and Texas Medical Association. She is the founding physician of Four Points Dermatology in Austin, TX.

Areas of expertise:

• Dermatology
• Skin diseases
• Skin care
• Injectible products such as Botox and Juvederm

Contact information: call 512.535.2492 or email michael@tastyplacement.com.

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You should always start by claiming your business on Google Places, then work your way down by submitting information to Yahoo Local, YellowPages.com, and maybe even Bing Local. From there, you want to convince search engines that your business exists and is significant to users. To do that, you’ll have to submit to many alternate local directories.

In Chapter 9 of our book, SEO for WordPress, we talk about local listings and their explosive power in the hands of local businesses.

We at TastyPlacement have been scouring local directories to figure out which best factor into local rankings.

That’s something that we talk about in chapter six, the link building chapter, of our SEO for WordPress book.

But which directories are good and which are junk? There are a lot of lists of free article directories out there, but most of those lists are out of date, or they don’t have the needs of SEO in mind. You need directories that won’t give you too much of a hassle. You need a directory that will give you a lot of PR juice through a fair number of dofollow links, and you can’t have them throwing in a lot of editorial back talk.

That’s why the TastyPlacement team has compiled a list of the easiest SEO article directories out there. This is all current information, with the directories listed from most to least suitable. We had to look at over 600 directories to find 80 that are suitable to your needs. We’re posting this resource for free because we feel that you shouldn’t waste your time with article directories that won’t give you dofollow links or will be careless with your valuable content.

So give it a shot and let us know how it works out! We’ll update this post every month, so keep coming back!
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We’re Halfway Done!

It’s been a lot of work, but our upcoming SEO for WordPress guide is coming together nicely. We’ve teamed up with technology upstart publisher, Packt Publishing to put everything we know about SEO for the world’s leading website platform, WordPress, into a easy-to-read and comprehensive guide. Expect the book out in December of 2010.

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The CSS display:none Tag

The Senator’s website (site has been taken down–as of July 30, 2009)  displayed nearly 2300 phrases–all hidden by the CSS tag, “display: none.” Among these phrases are “rick perry biography,” “governor perry texas”, and the now-infamous “perry gay.” A snippet of the 2300-line code appears below.

<div id="Layer1" style="display:none;">rick perry yell leader
www celebratingtexas
celebratingtexas
texans protecting our water environment and resources
cooper tire texarkana
texans for life coalition
bruchard nodes

The offending phrase was promptly removed after the Statesman broke the story.

Google strictly forbids hidden text and links, as set forth in their webmaster guidelines. Specifically, Google advises against “Using CSS to hide text”.

Michael of TastyPlacement was quoted in the article; you can read here.

Google in 1998:

This incarnation of Google was still hosted at Stanford University and featured an index of 25 million pages, but was “soon to be much bigger”.

Yahoo.com in 1996:

Apple.com in 1997:

We love this early Apple design, only about 400 pixels wide. This site would fit on most cell-phone browsers.

Tiger Direct in 1996:

An early version of online retail giant Tiger Direct.

WhiteHouse.gov in 1998:

A fine-looking site from 1998, from President Clinton and the man who invented the internet.

Infoseek in 1997:

A pre-Google version of Infoseek…

Compaq.com in 1996:

NBC.com in 1996:

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We are seeking collaborators. If you’d like to contribute hotspots to this resource, please email us at michael[at]tastyplacement.com and we’ll include you as collaborators.

Click, Drag, Zoom

This is your basic Google Map, so you can click drag and zoom to scope in on your ‘hood…

View Austin Wifi Hotspots in a larger map

Help Us Get the Word Out

Email us if you would like to add your local Hotspot at michael[at]tastyplacement.com. Maybe you are a local restaurant or coffee shop. We’d love to include your Hotspot and help bring in those customers!

“A well-run online marketing campaign can turn a $1 investment into an additional $5 to $15 of sales. This is a significantly higher return compared to traditional media.”

If you manage your own PPC (pay-per-click) /Google AdWords campaign, you are likely overpaying for an under-performing campaign. AdWords rewards experience, optimization, testing, and analysis, and can penalize the uninitiated. We can typically reduce AdWords expenditures by about 1/2, while increasing effectiveness. Or perhaps you are new to AdWords, and are thinking about starting up an AdWords campaign. We can help, please read on…

$100 in Free AdWords for New Accounts

As Google Certified Professionals, we have exclusive $100 coupons for newcomers to the AdWords program. We make these coupons available to our customers.

Why a PPC AdWords Partner Campaign Wins Every Time

Our professionally-managed AdWords campaigns consistently beat out the competition every time. Here’s why:

• We have worked with thousands of keyword combinations, and thousands of ad variations-always in a competitive environment; we’ll bring that experience to your campaign.
• We test, and tweak, test and tweak-and consistently improve performance.
• We develop complex, keyword-driven campaigns that capture more clicks, at lower bid prices.
• We build multiple bid groups to capture popular families of keywords.
• We use powerful and little-known keyword tools to optimize for lesser-known and high-power keywords.
• We use ALL of AdWords tremendous power by employing advanced methodologies, such as “negative keywords” (Want to keep away bargain seekers, or price shoppers? Negative keywords such as “best price”, “price comparison”, and the like keep your ads away).
• A Google Certified AdWords Professional manages ALL campains. The Google AdWords certification program requires proficiency with the AdWords program as demonstrated by experience with the program and passing Google’s exam.

PPC & AdWords: Call and We’ll Show You How

Call me now, and I’ll tell you how you can win big with adwords; my number is 512-535-2492.

We help our clients with web design, search engine placement, customer conversions, and much more. You can call us now at 512-535-2492.

SEO Success: The Proof

Here is a recent search result page for the keyphrase “Austin Central Air.”

This is a sought-after keyword in our local market, and one of the primary goals we set out to acheive for our client Autumn Heating and Cooling. The results reveal AutumnHeatingCooling.com in position #1 in Google, as well as with the top two Google Map entries.

What would a #1 result in Google mean for your business?

We have acheived similarly astounding results, again and again, in a variety of industries with a wide range of clients. Please contact us to learn more. We

More Proof

This graph shows the explosive growth in visitors we acheived on a client’s project early in 2008.  The graph depicts an increase in our client’s pageviews from about 150 a day to well over 1,000 a day.

How Did We Do It?

Very Simple:
-We analyzed which keyword combinations generate the greatest traffic.
-We implemented pages focused on primary keyword combinations.
-We implemented usability and readability guidelines and redesigned the website in order to keep visitors at the site longer, and keep them coming back.
-We implement hyper-lean, CSS-based, fully compliant code to increase the speed at which pages load, as -well as help search engines find and index our valuable content more easily.
-We fully optimized all pages for our keyword combinations.

Join Us

We have years of experience in web development and search engine optimization. We have completed placement campaigns in a wide range of industries including legal education, home improvement services, law, finance, and many, many more. If you want your search rankings and customer conversions to go through the roof–and your sales to soar–reach out to us today.