by Ross Barefoot | Dec 5, 2014 | Google, SEO Tips
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					 by Ross Barefoot | Apr 28, 2014 | Google, Internet Marketing, Musings, SEO, Writing Content
And Do You Really Want a Truly Natural Search World?  Really? Before I begin ranting (I really don’t see how I can avoid at least a bit of ranting), let’s start with a fun exercise with search syntax. Ready?  Here we go…. Paste the following snippet into your Google...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Ross Barefoot | Nov 18, 2013 | Google, Musings, SEO News
In case you weren’t aware, Google (Bing also) has not been exactly cooperative in the fight against child pornographers. Their do-no-evil policy apparently doesn’t apply to facilitating the development of perverts. Finally they’ve announced that they...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Ross Barefoot | Nov 8, 2013 | Google, Internet Marketing, Musings, SEO, Social Media
The World of SEO is angry. The URL says it all: http://www.sitepronews.com/2013/10/28/google-death-evil/ A lot of people have shared the above link to a post by New Zealand SEO veteran Ben Kemp, who openly contemplates a “forced” retirement. Along with the...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Ross Barefoot | Sep 29, 2013 | Google, Internet Marketing, Musings, Uncategorized
Is Google Anyone’s Trained Monkey? This is something of a companion post to the article I just published on the Horizon Web Marketing blog. The subject of that post was whether or not any SEO professional could legitimately offer a guarantee of a number 1...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Ross Barefoot | Aug 23, 2013 | Google, Keyword Research, SEO
Planner?  Tool?  And what happened to Match Volume?  Is the current state of Google Keyword Research confusing you? I’m noticing a fair amount of confusion among many of my students and clients who are casual Google Keyword Tool users about the latest shift in...