Category Archives: SEO

Why use WordPress (self-hosted)?

Posted on February 25, 2010 by CScholz

There are many great reasons to use a self-hosted version of WordPress for developing your website and blog.  Here are my top 10: Google loves WordPress (and blogs in general) because search engines favor sites that have regularly created fresh … Continue reading →

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What is Web Weaving?

Posted on February 16, 2010 by CScholz

“Web Weaving™” is a term that describes a process of blending skill sets for the purposes of comprehensive internet marketing strategy.  A Web Weaver™ may use some or all of the following skills to market a product, service or business … Continue reading →

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Comparing WordPress to Joomla

Posted on November 10, 2009 by CScholz

Although most of my experience building websites has been with WordPress, I have also used Joomla and I have a few things to say about my experience with it that convinced me that I strongly prefer WordPress. 1) Ease of … Continue reading →

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The art of SEO: basic concepts for WordPress users

Posted on October 28, 2009 by CScholz

You’ve probably already heard that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a very important part of your total website marketing plan.  I recently spent some time consulting with our local SEO guru, Coryon Redd from Batteries4Less.com.  My head is spinning with … Continue reading →

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Guest post: Best blogging practices by marketing expert, Coryon Redd

Posted on October 27, 2009 by CScholz

Strategy/Marketing Plan by Coryon Redd, batteries4lesss.com, cellplaza.org Why are you doing a blog? Your blog needs a strategy.  There are many goals for blogging for business such as: promoting website usage, building links to your website, sharing insight into your … Continue reading →

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Stats for WordPress: Analytics or WP stats?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by CScholz

One of my clients just asked me if there was a way to see how many people were visiting his Wordpress blog each day and my answer is yes! There are 2 ways I recommend:

1) Google Analytics and 2) Wordpress.com stats

Google Analytics is by far the most in-depth, comprehensive stats provider. It is very useful for when you want to employ search engine optimization techniques. However, sometimes it’s just TMI (too much information!).

Wordpress.com stats is a wordpress plugin that gives you the basics in your dashboard – how many visits, keywords people used to find you, the links they clicked on while they were there, etc. Here is a screenshot of my wp.com stats since I started my e-newsletter:

Which to use? Both. Continue reading →

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