Who Is Behind This Blog?
Welcome to my blog! My name is Nate Whitehill and I am the co-founder of Unique Blog Designs, a company that provides blog design and marketing solutions to individuals and small businesses, and Highlighter.com – a new startup in the e-reading space.I have been self-employed/running Internet businesses for over four years, since January of 2007.
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Category Archives: SEO/SEM
Increase Backlinks With Blog Comments and Wikipedia
This article is a guest Post by Jon Waraas. Jon runs an affiliate marketing and SEO blog at www.jonwaraas.com. Lets get some backlinks for your site so you can start ranking for that term you always wanted and make some cash money. In this blog post, we will be going over a two different ways to gain backlinks such as blog comments and Wikipedia links. … Continue reading
Posted in SEO/SEM
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Google Authority Listing Boosts Search Engine Traffic
Many of you know that two weeks ago, I finally moved into a house (pics coming soon). In case you didn’t read that, it basically outlines why I so grateful to have finally moved out the tiny apartment and finally into a big house again. Well, that same weekend, I also found out that Google finally granted me an “authority listing.” What’s an authority listing? … Continue reading
The PageRank Is Coming Soon… Have You Been Preparing?
Even if you are not paying attention to the calendar, you can always feel it when the PageRank (PR) is coming because there is an an insatiable buzz within blogosphere and webmaster communities. Every three months (or so), Google updates it’s proprietary PageRank. PageRank is Google’s special algorithm for determining the authoritative value of sites and where they appear in the search engine results pages, … Continue reading
Posted in Business Development, Featured, SEO/SEM
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Valid Source Code Helps SEO?
I just read an interesting article at Search Engine Journal claiming valid source code helps spiders better index your site. I’ve known about the importance of validating, but I had no idea it affected how your site was indexed. What is Validation? According to the W3C: Validation is a process of checking your documents against a formal Standard, such as those published by the World … Continue reading
Posted in SEO/SEM, Web Development
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Want to Learn SEO? It’s Time for Boot Camp!
Are you ready to learn proper SEO, once and for all? Create Business Growth is conducting a seminar called the SEO Boot Camp at their Raleigh, North Carolina offices. One of the great benefits about the SEO Boot Camp is that there will be 1 instructor for every 2 students. The class is only limited to 6 people too. The SEO Boot Camp includes: 6 … Continue reading
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How To Rank for Specific Keywords
Whenever I start a new web project for a client, I ask them to choose 10-15 desired keywords and/or phrases they would like to rank well for in the search listings. Since I am in the process of optimizing a few client web sites, I thought it would be fitting to write about how to rank well for specific keywords. In this article I will … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, SEO/SEM
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Validating Your Website + New infinFX Design
I finally finished the redesign for my web development and SEO consulting company, infinFX. This is the first version of infinFX that I coded entirely in transitional XHTML and CSS. After the site was finished, I validated all of the source code using the W3C’s XHTML Validator. What is Validation? According to the W3C: Validation is a process of checking your documents against a formal … Continue reading
Posted in SEO/SEM, Web Development
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SEO Case Study
Recently I took on a new client to assist in some search engine optimization. The site was receiving ZERO search engine traffic. For a specialized business, such as an industrial and insurance job recruiting company, search engine traffic can be very beneficial because it is so highly-targeted. After taking a look at the web site, although it looked nice and was easy to navigate, I … Continue reading
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Have You Set Your Preferred Domain?
All web sites can be reached from two URL addresses: one with the WWW and the other without the WWW. For example, you can reach this blog by typing in http://www.natewhitehill.com and also http://natewhitehill.com. However, it is imperative that you pick one address and stick with it for maximum search engine results and PageRank. If, generally, you use the version with the WWW and someone … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, SEO/SEM
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New Web Site Launched – Clearburst Wireless
The other day I finished a new web site project which I forgot to mention. This is a web site for a retail store in the Fiesta Mall located in Mesa, Arizona. The company is Clearburst Wireless and they specialize in wireless and cell phone accessories. The store owner, Carl, recently purchased the retail operation and was looking to have a web site developed to … Continue reading
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