We often hear that making a site dynamic and allowing users to be active within a web site is a good thing. Not only for the sake of good content, but also to make your web site more appealing through interactivity. We at TechWyse always recommend the usage of a blog as a means to [...]

If you read my earlier post detailing 7 of my top 13 SEO Myths, then you are probably ripe for my final 6 SEO Myths. I probably could have turned this into a top 100 SEO Myths, but for the sake of my sanity and to keep reader interest, I have narrowed it down to just [...]

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of misinformation that gets floated around about SEO and how to optimize your web site for search engine success. It usually starts with either a few uninformed people spreading outdated information or an accomplished / respected SEO expert theorizing or laying out opinions about Search Marketing ideals [...]

A couple of months back, we announced the launch of Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine and a couple weeks ago followed it up with a primer on SEO for Bing.
So far I have been fairly impressed with Bing. Results are fairly relevant and in particular, i like all the new features added.  It seems Microsoft is pushing [...]

If you haven’t noticed yet Google Paid ads that show up when you do a Google Search are now appearing much closer to the organic listings.

Why did Google do this? Well probably for a few reasons.

It’s a bit early since Bing was launched, in terms of figuring out how to SEO your site. After all, like Google, Microsoft isn’t exactly going to publish white papers and big how-to manuals that may expose their algorithm. Like Google, lots of SEO’s like me will need to shift their daily tasks to include [...]

A fairly common question I hear from people is whether it is better to create web pages in a subdomain, such as ‘seo.techwyse.com’ or in a subfolder such as ‘techwyse.com/seo/’.
Webmasters, in many cases are not clear on why to choose one way over the other and do not understand that deciding one of these ways can [...]

It has been rumoured for a little while now that Google was working on developing an operating system, perhaps to compete with Microsoft’s well-known Windows OS or even the freely distributed Linux open source OS.
Yesterday officially in Google’s blog, Google Announces Chrome Operating System.
They call it a natural extension of the Google Chrome Internet [...]

In Google’s recent Webmaster Tools Update, they have added a neat feature that allows you to tell Google about your domain change, if you are planning to move your website from one domain to another. This has prompted me to write a quick little guide on how to properly move your website while keeping or at [...]

On Wednesday, Google announced that Google Suggest is set to roll out new features.
If you haven’t noticed lately, Google has a feature called Google Suggest, which dynamically lists suggested search terms as you type them.

The new features for Google Suggest are:
Logged In Personalized Suggestions
Google has estimated that as much as 25% of signed-in searches are [...]

We all know that inbound linking from other web properties is a factor in getting good search engine rankings.
Link building is tedious, boring and in general not all that exciting.  We do it however, because we want people to know about our site.  It’s good PR!
With all the hype and talk about Google’s PageRank and [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Google announced an update to their site links feature in search results. Site links have historically shown up in the first result of a search query, such as what you can see in this image, 2 columns of links vertically.

 In Google’s One-Line Sitelinks announcement, they are modifying how Site links are [...]

Last month, Matt Cutts announced a resolution to the canonical url issues facing many web sites today, which involves placing a link element within the head tags of a web page. Before I get into this fix, let’s examine this further.
Canonical Linking Defined
Canonical, as strange a word as it is, is defined as “Conforming to [...]

For those of you that are looking to build a new site with SEO or Organic rankings in mind this blog is pointed at you.
Firstly, a reminder of what exactly is “The Long Tail”.
The Long Tail is a keyword phrase involving a set of 3 or more keywords strung together. This is essentially taking a [...]

As we head into 2009, with recession fears and tightening budgets, internet marketing continues to grow.  Internet savvy marketing departments are recognizing where the best money is spent — not in print, not in radio.  Search marketing is the most measurable form of marketing available today.
If your 2009 News Year’s resolution was to ramp [...]