One question I frequently get from people is, “how much traffic can we expect if we are in the #1 one position vs positions 2, 3, and so on?” Is the amount of traffic you will get in the #1 position really worth the effort and cost? The answer to this question is yes, it [...]
About Mike Hasson
Mike Hasson has spent most of his life in Orem, Utah. He went to Orem High School, graduated from Utah Valley University with a Business Management degree, and now resides there with his wife Laura, and their two children, Isaac and Jill. Mike was introduced to search engine optimization and internet marketing through his internship at UVU. After concluding his internship with WebVizion in July of 2008, Mike joined the SEO.com team as a talented SEO specialist.
Battling the Ranking Confusion of Personalized Search
April 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Checking your rankings every day is a love-hate relationship. You love it because after months of hard work you wake up one morning and finally see yourself in a top position. You hate it, however, because Google’s personalized search results may mean the rest of the world might not see you in that top position. [...]
Getting a New Site Indexed Quickly
October 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
So you’ve decided to start a website. You’ve done the research and have selected the best domain to help you rank well in the search engines. You know exactly what purpose your site will serve and have everything planned out. I have been in this position many times and always get excited to see how [...]
What's In a Domain?
September 17, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This post is for those who are thinking about buying a domain to use as the web address for their site. In my opinion, the name of the domain is one of the most important decisions you can make for your website, especially if you plan on doing any search engine optimization. Not only is [...]
The Hunt for the SEO Sasquatch
June 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Recently, some of us at the office have been discussing one of the most popular American folklores of all time, the legend of Bigfoot or Sasquatch. In fact, there was a recent headline in the news about a famous Bigfoot hunter who claimed he found an actual Sasquatch carcass in the backwoods of Georgia. The [...]
Link Building – Finding the Right Site
June 6, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Link building can be one of the most difficult parts of SEO, and unfortunately, it’s practically half of what SEO is about. There are many different techniques to building good, quality links. I’m not going to talk about getting links naturally through link baiting, I want to talk about recognizing willing websites to request links [...]
SEO Fail!
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
There are many interpretations for SEO on-site and off-site optimization best practices. Hopefully, most webmasters understand the importance of SEO, and have implemented the basic elements necessary for a website to obtain visibility on the internet. While real success in search engine optimization usually requires the assistance of a professional SEO or SEO company, there [...]
Dropping an Egg Four Stories is Just Like Choosing Your Keywords
April 4, 2009 by 1 Comment
In college I took a basic engineering class and one of our team assignments was figuring out the most efficient way to drop an egg off a four-story balcony–without breaking, of course. The team to get the egg to the floor the fastest (without it breaking) would be the winner. As a dedicated team, we [...]
Benefits of Writing Articles
February 16, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The internet is the most widely used source for sharing and gathering information. If there is a fact or opinion about anything, there is a good chance you can find it online. There are many individuals who share their time and knowledge to provide these facts and their professional opinions. Writing articles and posting them [...]
