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The Great SEO Backlink Hoax

By Tim Priebe | August 27, 2012

If you’ve done any research on Search Engine Optimization (and if you haven’t, that’s okay), you may have come across the term “backlinks.” Simply put, a backlink is a link from another person’s website back to your website. And many search engine companies build all their SEO strategies for clients around a backlink strategy. Those…

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Do you need to be on Google+?

By Tim Priebe | February 24, 2012

If you’re a small business and are at all aware of the social media world, you’ve probably heard of Google Plus. The latest big-name newcomer to social media, Google’s social network is growing quickly. Since its traffic is not yet even close to Facebook’s, many small business owners are asking the question: “Do I really need to be on Google Plus?”

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Can’t find your website on Google?

By Tim Priebe | February 17, 2012

If you can’t find your website on Google, Yahoo or Bing, T&S is here to help. We have process that allows us to improve your placement in the search engines. This process is often referred to as search engine optimization, or SEO.

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First page SEO guarantees are lies

By Tim Priebe | December 29, 2009

“Can you guarantee I can get on the first page of Google?” That’s a question I often get when discussing search engine optimization (aka SEO) with clients and potential clients. The short answer? Nope. Nobody can. Anyone who says they can is lying. Let me clarify a bit. Optimizing your website for search engines involved…

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Google Names T&S Web Design a Favorite Place

By Tim Priebe | December 16, 2009

We’ve long thought of T&S as our favorite place. It looks like Google agrees with us. Well, Google users, anyway. Google recently sent us a small package with a decal and letter in it to let us know that we’ve been selected as a Favorite Place on Google. Apparently less than 1% of the businesses…

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Easily increase your search engine visibility

By Tim Priebe | March 30, 2009

For a long time, search engine optimization has been a feat that required a certain level of experience and technical skills. And it still is. Fortunately for the average business owner and freelancer, you can increase your search engine visibility using just social networking websites. Since they’re the most effective, I’ll specifically talk about Facebook and LinkedIn.

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The two ways to get into search engines

By Tim Priebe | September 19, 2008

There are basically two ways to get listed in search engines. You can pay to be listed (sort of, I’ll explain in a bit), or you can optimize your website to appear higher in the listings. One good analogy to explain the difference is to look at the websites like books in a bookstore. Paid…

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