If you’re a blogger, I’m sure you’ve tried your best to gain the notoriety of have thousands of blog post views on at least a few of your posts.  Well, unless you’re really lucky, or really good at writing, well known, and use social media, that’s probably not always going to happen.  There are lessons […]

Penguin 4, the fourth and newest release of Google’s Penguin Update is now live.  Penguin 4 actually contains a technology from an older update, Penguin 2.0.  Google stated that this is a new generation of tech that should help better stop spam.  Matt Cutts, who heads the web spam team at Google, had announced the […]

The Three Steps For Success In A Multi-Device Search World Do you remember the days of old when your customers could search for content on their computer, and you could focus on just that?  Now, with today’s advancements in technology, we have seen an incredible boom in other sources of devices being used in web […]

In this video, by GoogleWebmasterHelp, a question was asked. Why does Google show multiple results from a single domain on a single search result? Meaning, you would really benefit from having three or more search results coming from a single search query in Google? Does it really benefit you?

When looking at the data that comes from your website using Google Analytics, you need to be able to differentiate between what is worthwhile data, and useless garbage.  Figuring out what’s good data and bad data, it’s like mining for gold.  According to Josh Braaten, he says, “Advanced prospectors profit because they know where to […]

A round of webmaster videos have been taped, and we’d like to bring to you a video that will tell you about what we can expect from Google in the world of SEO in the coming months.

In the world of SEO, you could put in hours and hours of work to piece together the best recommendations for your clients, but if those recommendations aren’t presented and communicated correctly, nothing good can come out of all that hard work.  Here, we can show you what it takes to spell the difference between having a […]

It seems that after the penguin update in Google took place, people looked for different ways to obtain links.  The link building tactic that many people have utilizing since penguin has been guest bloggers posting.  Guest blogging can be a dangerous tactic to do. Of course, not all guest posting is a bad thing.  Not […]

In the content marketing game, prospective customers value familiarity and trust over content alone.  The content you place on your site isn’t designed to sell the products or services that you offer, it’s to actually sell you and what you are to the potential customer. Lately, content marketing has been getting more attention, as many […]

Some SEO Clients Just Need To Be Avoided In the business of SEO, in order to maintain a steady amount of work and income, you’ve got to rely on obtaining clients.  But let’s face it, creating a demand where none exists is a big challenge.  If you are unable to produce the services and good […]

Have you ever typed a word into a search box only to receive websites for which you were totally not looking for? Turns out, when you do a search, you really have to be careful what you actually type. If you just plug in any random word the results can be pretty amusing. Since anything […]

Have you ever noticed that guy jamming out to his music with a banana suit on while twirling a sign? Turns out that craziness has a name, it’s street corner advertising, and some businesses say it works!! Would this work as a new online marketing strategy? After all – offline (traditional) advertising is still a […]

Social Media Marketing is used as an additional form of customer support. What do we all want when we go into or use a business? Instant information, Customer service and support! Why not be available for support/service at your customer’s fingertips? We lead a fast paced life, nobody has the time or patience to wait […]

From time to time, a business owner simply has to look at their own model and say… “okay, its time for a change”.  We did this at ThriveSearch.com recently and realized we’re growing faster and stronger than we thought.  So, we’ve started inviting employees and partners to contribute to the ThriveSearch.com blog in order to […]

Should you hire an in-house SEO or Internet marketing person or team? This is a question plaguing many small to medium size businesses. Back in the mid-to-late 1990’s you either did Search Engine Optimization for your own business, or you were a consultant for others.  There really were no ‘in-house’ SEO’s.   SEO was a new concept back then, […]