A Complete Collection of TastyPlacement's Blog Posts:
SEO Master Class: Choosing a Keyword-Rich Domain Name
Posted: September 8, 2010SEO Master Class: Choosing a Keyword-Rich Domain Name. This article describes how to craft a domain name that can help you win big in tough SEO markets.
Book Excerpt: How to Use Demographic Data to Find Wealth Centers
Posted: August 27, 2010The following is an excerpt from our upcoming book SEO for WordPress. You can sign up for an advance copy. Follow the People, Follow the Money When building your keyword list, you’ll always want to return to the question “who is my customer?” If you are a deck builder, pool builder, or plastic surgeon, your customer…
Google Hides “Dead” Girl on Google Maps: “This Image Is No Longer Available”
Posted: August 25, 2010Google Hides “Dead” Girl on Google Maps: “This Image Is No Longer Available” Last week, we reported on the apparent dead girl on Google Maps. As it turned out, the dead girl was “playing” dead in the street just as Google’s imaging van drove by. The widespread media frenzy over the photo ultimately prompted Google…
Dead Girl on Google Maps?
Posted: August 15, 2010Dead Girl on Google Maps? (No, But it Sure Looks Like It) This image from Google Maps appears to show a dead girl lying in the street in Worcester, UK. Thankfully, as reported by the UK Press, the girl is a 10-year old playing dead just as Google’s van passed by and snapped this frame….
Best Android Apps for SEO
Posted: July 21, 2010Best Android Apps for SEO We have converted! Most of us at TastyPlacement are now on the Android platform for mobile use and we’ve found a few handy apps to assist us in our SEO analysis and daily work. mAnalytic – Google Analytics for Android This handy plug-in/app is so easy to use, I find…
SEO for WordPress Guide, Out on Packt Publishing, Dec. 2010
Posted: June 30, 2010SEO for WordPress, Out on Packt Publishing, Dec. 2010 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…
SEO Book for WordPress
Posted: June 27, 2010It’s coming!
SEO Power Tip: Don’t Park Your Extra Domains
Posted: June 15, 2010This power tip looks at what to do with all those extra domain names–how to get a few bucks a month from your parked domains and how to earn ranking power down the road when you finally do go live.
Google Secure Search: Enhanced Privacy Tool That Che Guevara Would Love
Posted: May 24, 2010Today, Google offered a new feature to enhance its already-robust search capabilities: Secure Search. Google is the first major search engine to offer search in a secure setting. Pictured below, the secure search works and looks just like traditional search, but operates on SSL (secure socket layer), and can be found here: https://www.google.com. The “https”…
SEO Power Tool: Test Your Website’s Load Time
Posted: April 28, 2010If you haven’t tested your website’s load time–do it now, because Google is going to test it for you. Google has confirmed long ago that webpage load times will be used as a factor in the calculation of its AdWords Quality Score index–meaning that a faster load time can save you money on your AdWords…
Clone Your Google Adwords Campaign With a Yahoo Search Marketing Import
Posted: April 20, 2010This article outlines how to clone a Google Adwords campaign, and imported directly into Yahoo Search Marketing. A real time saver.
How to Insert Images into WordPress Posts and Pages
Posted: March 24, 2010How to Insert Images into WordPress Posts and Pages Inserting images into WordPress posts and pages can usually trip up new users–we get asked about this a lot. Once you do it a few times succesfully, though, you’ll feel like a master. What follows is a quick and dirty overview of how to do it….
Adsense Revenue Sharing Site
Posted: March 11, 2010An announcement of a new Adsense Revenue Sharing Site where authors can earn money from their articles.
Is WordPress Good for SEO?
Posted: March 3, 2010This article examines the reasons behind WordPress’ power as an SEO platform, and also points to a few drawbacks.
Google Maps Stickers Come to US
Posted: February 26, 2010Google Local Maps Stickers Come to the US [digg this article here: http://digg.com/d31K3Cd] Google’s December 2009 announcement that it would be issuing Google Maps “Favorite Place” location markers has now come true. Google has begun shipping the stickers to US-based business. We were fortunate enough to see one of the first stickers shipped in the…
Proven Methods For Website Marketing (The Basics)
Posted: February 24, 2010Website marketing is challenging work but very essential to generate traffic. Do not worry. There are many methods for this and some of these ways are even free. It only requires is a little effort and time to increase the targeted traffic in a website. Social networking websites like Twitter, Myspace, Facebook and plenty of…
Tips for Writing High-Ranking SEO-Focused Content
Posted: February 20, 2010Search Engine Optimization plays a major role in the popularity and page ranking of a website. But SEO is not just about putting keywords or phrases in your content. The quality, usefulness and relevance of what you put in your site makes it more appealing to visitors. There are already tons of websites on the…
Find Duplicate Content Using Free Tools
Posted: January 10, 2010A very essential part of keeping up a website is to make sure it is free from duplicate content. The quality and uniqueness of the content in a particular website can play a big role in its popularity. At present, there are many tools available on the Internet that anyone can use for free to…
SEO Power Tool: Google’s Webmaster Channel
Posted: December 17, 2009We are introducing a new category here at TastyPlacement with this post; the new category is SEO Power Tools, and it will be a collection of great resources that we use in our professional endeavors. One of the greatest resources that we use here is Google’s “Webmaster Central Channel” on Youtube.com. If you could ask…
Google 7-Pack Replaces 10-Pack
Posted: October 8, 2009This article concerns the recent move Google made to return seven results in its local map section instead of 10 results. This change was undertaken in early October of 2009.
How to Get “Show Map of” Tag to Appear in Google Results
Posted: August 20, 2009This article reveals how to get that “show map of” tag on Google result pages. It’s fairly easy to do, and has numerous ranking benefits.
Black Hat SEO in the US Senate
Posted: July 30, 2009The Austin American Statesman newspaper reported today that Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s campaign website is riddled with hidden phrases such as “rick Perry gay” (Governor Rick Perry is Senator Hutchison’s opponent in the race for Texas Governor. The story broke here, in the Statesman’s Postcards section. The hidden text is a thinly veiled…
Web Tour: Early Websites of Internet Giants
Posted: June 26, 2009I like to play around with Way Back Machine – the site that archives screen shots of websites in years past. We’ve put together a little tour of early versions of now-ubiquitous websites. We think you’ll enjoy this little web tour. So, put on some Pearl Jam (they were hot in 1998) and set your…
Why SEO Campaigns Take Time
Posted: June 1, 2009This article examines the nuts and bolts of why an SEO or link building campaign does not necessarily yield immediate benefits.
CSS Gallery Ultimate List
Posted: March 13, 2009A comprehensive list of the best CSS Web Design gallery showcases on the web. You can use this list to develop backlinks to your site–if it’s up to the task!
How to Know if Your SEO Firm Is Outsourcing
Posted: March 10, 2009Have you hired someone offshore to undertake your SEO campaign? Don’t think so? Think again–your local firm may be outsourcing. We examine some of the most abysmal SEO campaigns to teach you how to avoid this pitfall.
Austin WiFi Hotspots
Posted: March 4, 2009For mobile users, warchalkers, and Austinites on-the-go: An enhanced map of Austin WiFi hotspots. Find a hotspot or add yours.
Free WordPress Theme – Glass Onion
Posted: December 8, 2008Glass Onion is a fun and bright WordPress theme, with a lineage based upon the Default WordPress Theme. It has nice professional colors, suitable for a design blog or website. It is CSS- and XHTML-validated. Download the Free Glass Onion WordPress Theme. Here at TastyPlacement, we love WordPress and offer WordPress development services.
Keyword Density – Testing Master Pages
Posted: December 2, 2008In this post, we analyze a few pages from SEO masters to see if we can divine a magical formula for keyword density. First, a quick definition. Keyword density is the frequency of a particular search phrase within a body of text or element within a web page. If a keyword phrase appears 100 times…
MySQL String to Replace Postal Codes With State Names
Posted: November 7, 2008I recently had to modify a mySql database to replace postal codes (i.e., "FL") with complete state names (i.e., "Florida"). I searched all over and did not find a ready-made string to accomplish this. I am sure somewhere that someone will find this useful. Simply replace "dbo_vwPRVDR" with your table name, and "State" with the…
Free PHPLD Theme – Whitepaper
Posted: October 28, 2008WhitePaper 1.3 is a simple PHP Link Directory theme based upon the stable default PHPLD theme. It has nice professional colors, with a Web 2.0 style. It displays adsense, and thumbnails for featured links. Download it here: Whitepaper PHPLD Theme. Post comments and bugs below, and enjoy (but please leave our link in the theme’s footer). To update…
Free PHPLD Theme – Eggmen
Posted: October 21, 2008Eggmen 1.0 is a simple PHP Link Directory theme based upon the stable default PHPLD theme. It has nice professional colors, with a Web 2.0 style. We have included a photoshop file to replace the title. Download it here: Eggmen PHPLD Theme. Post comments and bugs below, and enjoy (but please leave our link in the theme’s footer)….
Free WordPress Theme – Paperback Writer
Posted: October 11, 2008Paperback Writer is a clean and dark WordPress theme, with a lineage based upon the Default WordPress Theme. It has nice professional colors, suitable for a design blog or website. It is CSS- and XHTML-validated. Download it here: Paperback Writer Theme. Here at TastyPlacement, we love WordPress and offer WordPress development services.
Free PHPLD Theme – BluGlo
Posted: October 7, 2008BluGlo 1.0 is a simple PHP Link Directory theme based upon the stable default PHPLD theme. It has nice professional colors, with a Web 2.0 style. We have included several icons to replace the blue leaf, if you like. Also, the source PSD file is included in the /images/ folder so you can create your own icon….
Free WordPress Theme – Norwegian Wood
Posted: October 3, 2008MasterMarketer is a simple WordPress theme based upon the Default WordPress Theme. It has nice professional colors, suitable for a design blog or website. It is CSS- and XHTML-validated. Download it here: Norwegian Wood Theme. Post comments and bugs below, and enjoy (but please leave our link in the theme’s footer). Here at TastyPlacement, we love…
Free WordPress Theme – MasterMarketer
Posted:MasterMarketer is a simple WordPress theme based upon the Default WordPress Theme. It is very lean & mean, and will optimize well. It is CSS- and XHTML-validated. Download it here: MasterMarketer Theme. Post comments and bugs below, and enjoy (but please leave our link in the theme’s footer).
Free WordPress Theme – TastyPlacement
Posted: September 25, 2008TastyPlacement is a simple wordpress theme based upon the Default WordPress Theme. It is very lean & mean, and will optimize well. Download it here: TastyPlacement Theme. Post comments and bugs below, and enjoy (but please leave our link at the bottom). Here at TastyPlacement, we love WordPress and offer WordPress development services.
Free WordPress Theme – TresSimple
Posted:TresSimple is a simple wordpress theme based upon the Default WordPress Theme. It is very lean & mean, and will optimize well. Download it here: TresSimple Theme. Post comments and bugs below, and enjoy (but please leave our link at the bottom). Here at TastyPlacement, we love WordPress and offer WordPress development services.
How to Write a Killer Local Business Entry
Posted: September 17, 2008I love local business directories as an SEO tool. If your business has any form of brick and mortar operation, then you naturally draw on a local clientele. At TastyPlacement, we do a lot of SEO work for local small businesses. Local businesses can win big with local business postings. Typically, local business posting will…
6 Best Free Local Business Directories for Backlinks, Customers & Hits
Posted: September 9, 2008As an SEO professional, I hear often from clients that they formerly paid big bucks for entry into local business directories such as YellowPages.com or eLocalListing. These services are often marketed in boiler rooms, and the lion’s share of the fees the uninformed customers pay go to sales commissions. When people ask me, “is a…
Monitor Size Statistics for Web Design & HTML
Posted: August 5, 2008Have you ever wondered how many 800 x 600 website viewers are still roaming the internet? More than you might think. More importantly, have you ever wondered about the monitor sizes of the viewers of your own site? The capability to discern your own user statistics (monitor sizes, and a lot more) is well within…
How Does Google Local Order Its Results?
Posted: July 26, 2008How Does Google Local Order Its Results? February 2010 Update: We originally published this post in July of 2008. Since then, ranking in Google Local is more elusive, and a more complex algorithm is applied to local rankings. So, we’ve updated this post as noted. Want to improve your search ranking in Google Maps? We…
Page Rank Update Imminent at Google, Penalties Expiring
Posted: July 25, 2008Unofficial town crier for Google, Matt Cutts, yesterday announced on his blog that Google’s "new toolbar PageRank values should become visible over the next few days." That’s good news for SEO’ers and webmasters. Matt added "I’m expecting that also in the next few days that we’ll be expiring some older penalties on websites." Update: we…
You Have Exceeded the Posting Volume Limit for This Account (Warns Craigslist)
Posted: July 24, 2008I ran into this the other day on Craigslist: “ You have exceeded the posting volume limit for this account”. Craiglist continues to battle spam and overposters, especially in the Services section. I triggered this warning when trying to post my 4th message–even though each of my 4 messages where in separate subcategories of the…
Top 5 Fatal SEO Mistakes
Posted: June 30, 2008As SEO pros, we are often called upon to review websites for searchability, ease of use, readibility, and more. Amazingly, we see the same common errors over and over–on thousands of sites. This article is devoted to the most heinous, most fatal, and most avoidable SEO mistakes–and how to avoid them. 1. Don’t Use Flash…
SEO Case Study: Garage and Storage Plus
Posted: June 26, 2008Or, How We Used Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to Shove the Competition Off the Front Page of Google Search Engine Optimization is the process of increasing the amount of visitors to a Web site by ranking highly in the search results of a search engine. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of…
Google’s Free 411 Directory Assistance Service
Posted: June 2, 2008In April of 2008, Google quietly launched its computer automated free 411 directory assistance product, GOOG-411 (Available at 800-GOOG-411). The system is entirely computer-automated. Surprisingly, the voice recognition is very accurate. What does Goog-411 offer? Directory assistance of business telephones anywhere in America with one definite difference: the service is entirely free. The wireless carriers…
The Power of Google Local to Improve Search Results
Posted:Google local is bad news for the yellow pages. Google local enables business owners to rank highly, and with a special entry, in local searches for their products and services. The benefits of Google Local entries are many-fold: Google local entries are blended with regular results for most searches. Google local entries are always presented…
The Death of Print Advertising
Posted: May 27, 2008One of our clients, Garage and Storage Plus , came to us concerned about the high cost of print advertising in connection with the advertising of their garage makeover business. Traditionally, home services business would advertise with either the yellow pages, local flyers, and home mailers. Some of these print campaigns can cost $1000 a…
Austin PPC Management
Posted: May 1, 2008For PPC Management, Google Adwords Management, use the Google-certified PPC Professionals at TastyPlacement. Let us show you how we can improve your campaign.
Austin SEO Services | Adwords Management | Web Design
Posted: March 17, 2008We are Tasty Placement [dot] com, and we have a simple mission: to get our clients the most effective web presence possible and to achieve enlightened design. 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…
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