http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com Mon, 07 May 2012 16:46:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/linking-google-analytics-to-webmaster-tools/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/linking-google-analytics-to-webmaster-tools/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:13:05 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1872 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Looking to get the most information out of your Google Analytics account? You’ll need to link your Analytics account to your Google Webmaster tools. This quick video will show you why and how to link your accounts. That is assuming you have a both a Google Analytics and Google Webmaster account setup and confirmed for [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/linking-google-analytics-to-webmaster-tools/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/domain-name-search-tool-social-media-namevine/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/domain-name-search-tool-social-media-namevine/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:56:57 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1867 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Ran across this cool domain name search tool, namevine.com that will look to see if the domain name you’re searching is available as a .com, and also check to see if the user name is available for social media sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Check it out at www.namevine.com]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/domain-name-search-tool-social-media-namevine/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/what-are-backlinks-and-why-are-they-important-for-ranking/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/what-are-backlinks-and-why-are-they-important-for-ranking/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:13:49 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1863 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Hi, internet fans. It’s Ryan Perry with Simple Biz Support, today we’re going to talk about backlinks and why they’re so important for ranking. If you want to get found on Google, you need to do basic SEO on-page optimization, make sure that you’re using the right keywords, and you separate everything out. Then, the [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/what-are-backlinks-and-why-are-they-important-for-ranking/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/marketing/google-places-a-must-seo-tool-for-local-business/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/marketing/google-places-a-must-seo-tool-for-local-business/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:20:22 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1669 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Google Places is a must for any local business looking to be found on Google maps section which is typically above natural search results. Here is a quick video on Google Places showing you how to set up and validate an account. Time: 7:29 After watching the video, be sure to share your comments below!]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/marketing/google-places-a-must-seo-tool-for-local-business/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/local-resources/another-great-use-for-yellow-page-books/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/local-resources/another-great-use-for-yellow-page-books/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:34:26 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1602 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Those that know me, understand that I feel the Yellow Page books use to be a great value and resource for business people. Now that users are conducting 88 BILLION Google searches a month and 20% of those searches are for local business, I have found other uses for the Yellow Page book. Here is [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/local-resources/another-great-use-for-yellow-page-books/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/marketing/qr-codes-and-carls-jr/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/marketing/qr-codes-and-carls-jr/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 17:02:45 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1567 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I stopped in at Carl’s Jr. the other today to try one of their Turkey Burgers today and noticed a display on the counter that read “WIN FREE GOOD* OR AWESOME PRIZES. DOWNLOAD THE FREE HAPPY START REWARDS MOBILE APP.” Being the curious person I am, the ad got my attention. So I grabbed my [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/marketing/qr-codes-and-carls-jr/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/facebook-default-landing-tab-for-fan-page/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/facebook-default-landing-tab-for-fan-page/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:28:33 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1495 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Here’s a neat little trick that doesn’t require any custom coding or special applications or plug-ins. This is a simple change that even the most basic of users can do in under 60 seconds. The default setting for users visiting your fan page on Facebook is the “wall”. Did you know there is built in [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/facebook-default-landing-tab-for-fan-page/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/youtube/youtube-analytics/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/youtube/youtube-analytics/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:01:40 +0000 Ryan Perry http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1489 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }   While on YouTube the other day, I noticed some new features below the video on the left side called “video statistics” or what I like to call YouTube Analytics. What I find interesting about these stats is that they are open to the public. So, not only can you look and see how your [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/youtube/youtube-analytics/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/facebook-invisibility-setting/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/facebook-invisibility-setting/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:00:59 +0000 Ryan Perry http://simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1418 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } This short video on Facebook’s new settings is a must watch if you want your fan page to be visible. Recent changes by Facebook to the usability of Fan pages have been met with mostly positive reviews. However, I’ve been hearing some grumbles from people that they don’t “see” on the post their fans are [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/social-networking/facebook-invisibility-setting/feed/ 0 http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/drupal-follow-no-follow-option/ http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/drupal-follow-no-follow-option/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:21:21 +0000 Ryan Perry http://simplebizsupportblog.com/?p=1412 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I have been working on WordPress sites for a couple of years now, but picked up a new account that has their site built in Drupal. While optimizing the website I ran across a nice little feature that controls the robots.txt file. If you’re not familiar with the importance of the robots.txt file, basically it [...]]]> http://www.simplebizsupportblog.com/seo/drupal-follow-no-follow-option/feed/ 0