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  1. Design & SEO Tip: New website? Planning is critical to not lose ranking associated with the old site. Turn 404 errors into 301 redirects.
  2. New Client: Hinerman Group, a life insurance broker at http://www.hinermangroup.com, select SharpNET for SEO. Sales leads increase rapidly.
  3. New Client: Elite Rolloff http://www.eliterolloff.com selects SharpNET for web design and SEO.
  4. SEO Tip: Google SERPs may change depending on location, browser history & social network. Ask a non-local friend to check a key ranking.
  5. Biz Tip: Existing clients can be a gigantic source of referral business. Business owners know business owners. Build a referral program.
  6. PPC Tip: Geo-targeting? Don't forget to target non-local biz looking in. National audience, local phrases. Example: Chicago Hotel, LA Taxi.
  7. Web Design Tip: Website speed is improved when the actual image sizes match the displayed browser sizes. Speed improves rank slightly.
  8. New Client: Calculated Risk chooses SharpNET for SEO across 4 ecommerce websites including http://www.justpokersupplies.com.
  9. SEO Tip: Regardless of keyword density, content should read and flow naturally. Excessive density penalizes rankings. Never exceed 3.5%.
  10. SEO Tip: Untagged content keyword density should be tallied independent of TITLE, META & Header content. Shoot for 2%-2.5% with 800+ words.
  11. Web Design Tip: Ever fail a captcha that was hard to read? Don't lose business with a messy captcha. User experience out-weights all else.
  12. New Client:The Copy Works http://www.thecopyworks.com selects SharpNET for SEO and website design.
  13. SEO Tip: PageRank (PR) doesn't influence ranking, but correlates strongly. For PR3+ sites w/ low traffic, the cure is content optimization.
  14. New Client: Centennial Storage http://www.centennialstorageltd.com select SharpNET for SEO services.
  15. SEO Tip: All published newsletters, press releases & articles should be included on your website.Modify content slightly from original post.
  16. SEO Tip: Some website CMS' produce very messy and extraneous HTML code. When choosing a CMS, look at existing sites for W3C compliance.
  17. New Client: NY Office Space http://www.nyofficespace.com choses SharpNET for PPC management services. Plans to expand to SEO soon.
  18. SEO Tip: Most merchants use Google Products feeds, but surprisingly many do not use the Bing or Yahoo equivalent. Take advantage, it's free!
  19. Client Upgrade: Tri-Ad.com (Tri Ad Actuaries), California's leading Benefits Administration company, upgrades SEO & PPC management services.
  20. Social Media Tip: Use social media to engage in reputation management. Reviews, good or bad, can be found and addressed to your benefit.