SEO Tips - Online Marketing - Social Media Strategy from SEO Diva

How do you know if your web site is doing well for a large number of keywords, both top tier and long tail?
How do you quantify the results of the huge amount of effort you’ve put forth?
You gone to a lot of hard work to include quality content, optimize the site for both visitors and search engines, develop a quantity of good quality links to it, and have made every effort to make it a respected site in the eyes of the search engines, especially Google.
Has all your work paid …

I’m sure by now you’ve heard about and tried Bing, Microsoft’s rebranded Live search engine.
I’m not going to rehash all the pros and cons that everyone else has covered by now. I do want to talk about a site I found where you can compare Bing and Google results right next to each other.

It’s cleverly named Bing & Google, and it’s interesting to type in your keywords and compare the two side by side. I liked the results I got for “seo diva” (which btw is not my goal keyword) …

You may already be aware that article marketing is a great way to increase traffic to your web site, but did you know that article syndication can boost your search engine rankings?
They give you highly relevant keyword links back to your site, and often rank in the SERPs on their own merits.
Benefits of Article Marketing
First, articles allow you to provide valuable information to potential customers and clients, including why they need your product or services. But because the information is presented in an informative way, readers are more receptive.
Articles …

Do you know how to get extra SEO juice when you sign up for Knol, Squidoo, Zimbio, and other content syndication sites, or create a social media persona?
If you use your usual email, your real name, or even your online nickname when you sign up, you are missing out on some serious SEO benefits. For best SEO action just follow the guidelines below.

Sign up for a new gmail account using your business name or keywords.For example, if you’re a Realtor, make your first name “Phoenix Homes” and your last name …

Semenvironment just came out with the very handy Keyword Research WordPress Plugin.
I’ve borrowed a couple of screenshots from their site to show you how it changes your admin when you write a post.
As you can see below, it gives you links to 3 popular and free keyword tools right there…with one click you can open up a new window or tab to your favorite tool and check on the keywords you should use in your post content (don’t forget to optimize your title too).

Links are also located in the sidebar …