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Simplicity of Infographics

Rohadi — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:52 +0000

When we were brainstorming linkbait for a client the prospect of infographics came up. Infographics are certainly nothing new, if you're discovering them for the first time you may be behind the eight-ball in terms of adoption rate. In fact, for some niche industries, the online infographic has reached saturation point (some tech industries come [...]

Simplicity of Infographics is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

50% Off Coupon for BOTW – Promo Code BOTW Discount

Rohadi — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:03:44 +0000

**Updated** BOTW Coupon - BOTW Discount The latest working BOTW (Best of the Web) discount code for ONE DAY ONLY, Monday April 20th, 2012 is: SINCE94 . Use the Cyber Monday promo code by following this link and when prompted enter the BOTW coupon promo code: SINCE94 You MUST follow the link below to take [...]

50% Off Coupon for BOTW – Promo Code BOTW Discount is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

Blogspot Begins Redirecting to Country Specific TLDs

Rohadi — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:51:26 +0000

Google announced just over a month ago that they were starting to roll out country specific redirects for visitors to Blogspot. For Canadians that change happened over the past few days. Now if you visit any blogspot blog you will be redirect to xxx.blogspot.ca rather than xxx.blogspot.com. Implications? I'm not sure if this impacts rankings, [...]

Blogspot Begins Redirecting to Country Specific TLDs is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

Google Over Optimization ‘Penalty’

Rohadi — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:16:57 +0000

In the works, according to Google search voice Matt Cutts, is an over optimization penalty that Google will apply to websites trying to cheat the search results. The question with any announcement about potential impacts on search engine rankings (organic placements) is, "to what extent?" Google has long ignored attempts to manipulate the search engines [...]

Google Over Optimization ‘Penalty’ is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

What Kony2012 Teaches Us About Messaging and Branding

Rohadi — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:04:03 +0000

Most of your Facebook and Twitter feeds were lit up last week when the Kony2012/Invisible Children campaign hit. As quickly as it went viral legitimate criticisms emerged regarding the validity of their 'aid' intentions (which, by the way, very poor). Nonetheless, Kony2012 has become the most popular web campaign for an NGO. We can't ignore [...]

What Kony2012 Teaches Us About Messaging and Branding is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

Why Big Brands Shouldn’t Use Adsense – Staples Canada

Rohadi — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:50:18 +0000

The average Adwords user may be unaware of the breadth of tools available in the platform. Two competitors could both be utilizing Adwords, yet only one is optimizing and leveraging their spend and revenues. Some of these often ignored tools are remarketing and managed placement ads. Here's an example of what I mean and why [...]

Why Big Brands Shouldn’t Use Adsense – Staples Canada is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

Too Many Ads in the Header Bad for SEO

Rohadi — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:02:01 +0000

Google is now considering page layout as part of their ranking criteria. Although they claim actual search results affected will be under 1% we know every time Google makes an estimate like that you should add 10 points to the number. It'll also be interesting to see if Google will penalize their own search results [...]

Too Many Ads in the Header Bad for SEO is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

PIPA and SOPA – Info

Rohadi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:58:30 +0000

Don't think for a moment the actions by the US Congress won't affect Canadians. You'd be sadly mistaken. Some info on the issue: PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. PIPA and SOPA – Info is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

PIPA and SOPA – Info is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

How to Approach International Sites, Subdomains, and Subfolders

Rohadi — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:06:30 +0000

As the title suggests, there is a way to inform Google about different sections on your website/brand that are targeted to different parts of the world. You can inform Google to treat different sections within a website based on what you declare in the Google Webmaster Tools (GWT) console (if you don't have one then [...]

How to Approach International Sites, Subdomains, and Subfolders is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.

Be Clear and Concise with Your Title Element or Face Consequences

Rohadi — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:11:40 +0000

I've been observing a particular search result and noticed that something wasn't right. The title element said one thing, but Google displayed another. What may have caused this to occur? Well, I checked to see if the text displayed in the search results was found anywhere else, both on the website itself, and also on [...]

Be Clear and Concise with Your Title Element or Face Consequences is a post from Distinct SEO: A Calgary SEO & Web Marketing Company.