Posted by admin on January 15, 2011

SEO Tip: Make your WordPress Blog Quicker

Having a fast blog has its many benefits. One it will help with your Denver SEO efforts. From an end user perspective, it means that people can get to your content faster and have a much more enjoyable experience. From a search engine perspective, it opens up easier rankings for you, as it is public knowledge now that search engines do take into account the load time of your blog.

It is in this instance that it is advisable to either seek a VPS or dedicated solution, or even a CDN style backup solution to load your most critical files. There is also what is known as “Cluster Based Hosting” which means that your site will load from a variety of locations, deemed best depending on the location of the visitor. What this means is that instead of loading from one static location regardless of where you are based, it will load on the quickest location based on your location.

It is also worth using caching plugins for WordPress that generate a status set of html files to load content quicker. It is worth mentioning that these plugins amongst all else are a powerful script that runs on your hosting account, so you will still need to be conscious of the amount of computing resources that you are taking up on your host.

Categories: Internet Marketing
Posted by admin on January 3, 2011

Does Your SEO Firm Really Know SEO?

You just hired an SEO firm to climb up the SERPs and enjoy a tsunami of targeted visitors to your site. However, before finally sending in the money against the invoice, stop and think!

Are you really sure that the firm you hired the SEO packages from really knows their game? Or did this question itself kicked off warning bells inside your head? For if it did, we have the right 5 pointers to help you know which is the ideal SEO company and which is not!

1. Meta Tags: Check for the Meta Tags on the pages. Meta tags can be a great warning sign for any potential client to check out the authenticity and the efficacy of a SEO firm. The more potent and targeted Meta Tags for a SEO firm is, the more you can trust on the people who will be working for you.

2. SEO Content: Don’t fall for tall claims from SEO agencies that they have the best copywriting hands on deck. Check their content as a sample. Shabby, grammatically incorrect, academically written blocks of texts etc that has been passed off as SEO copy can be another sign that this is not the firm you had been looking for, irrespective of how affordable the packages can be.

3. 301 Re-direct: 301 Re-direct has to be executed right by any and every SEO company. The one that doesn’t do it (a re-direct to the www version of the site whenever the “www” has not been typed into the URL) is not worthy of your investment, money or time!

4. Range of Services or SEO Packages: The extent of the SEO company’s acumen is also a fair indicator of the company’s ability to deliver on the promises it makes. So if you find a SEO firm that looks decent and offers almost all of the branches in an SEO package deal (viral marketing, Organic SEO, PPC, content development, Blogging etc) – you should know that you have struck gold!

5. The SEO Firm’s Own Rankings: ‘People living in glass houses can mirror the world best.’ So you know, the more SEO-competitive and well-established an SEO agency is, the better it will be in handling your SEO assignments through its customized SEO packages. So the next you are on the lookout for the best SEO packages, turn the tables on your Colorado Search Engine Optimization firm.. Ask for a targeted keyword, Google it, and let the consequent rankings influence your decision.

Categories: Internet Marketing
Posted by admin on January 1, 2011

Web Designers: Looking for work? Hook up with a SEO

When it comes to Denver Search Engine Optimization most Denver SEO Firms have pretty big heads, regardless of how horrific web designs come out. Sean Hakes, Inc knows that designing websites might not be their forte but know SEO is. They have published a list of approved Denver SEO Web Designers on their company website at SeanHakes.com.

Posted by admin on December 29, 2010

Sean Hakes, Inc Unofficially Acquires Silver Droid

Sean Hakes a Denver SEO earlier announced via a Tweet that his SEO Agency has acquired the Colorado based Web Design and Internet Marketing Agency – Silver Droid. His Tweet also indicated that an official Press Release would soon follow.

For more information please visit www.silverdroid.com.

Posted by admin on December 24, 2010

Denver SEO Web Design Tips

Your Denver SEO web design is to a large extent the crucial factor in attracting your desired traffic. It is how your website is designed that will either make your visitors want to continue browsing your website or just leave right away.

Here are some tips that will help you choose your Denver web design that is optimized for both your target traffic and the search engines:

  • Your web design should not only look good but it should also be ease for your traffic to use and navigate. Your traffic, regardless of their browsing expertise, should find it easy to navigate within and between your web pages.
  • Fill your website with content that are useful to your site visitors. Your content should be regularly updated to sustain the interests of your traffic to regularly visit your site. You’ll also be able to earn the good favors of your traffic when you provide them with content they can use as quick solution to their needs and wants.
  • To make your website friendly to the search engines, you have to include the right keywords. In fact, it is preferable that you build your content around the keywords that your target market uses to search their solution online. There are keyword tools to use to reduce your time and effort in identifying the right keywords to use.
  • No matter how tempting it can be, as much as you can avoid using flash as it is known to be a nemesis of the search engine bots or spiders. Bots or spiders will not crawl on websites using mostly flash or frames and this can spell disaster for your SEO.
  • Your images should be accompanied with description that uses the right keywords. It is likewise preferable to use text links or buttons rather than images for links and buttons as spiders or bots can crawl and easily recognize them.

These Denver SEO web design tips should help you build your website that is friendly to both search engines and your traffic. You need that latter to make more money from your business while the former is the primary tool used by your traffic to find your business online.

Posted by admin on December 19, 2010

Affordable SEO Services

One of the ways to get a affordable Denver SEO Services is to take advantage of the search engines. Simply put the right keywords all together and you will get a vast list of companies offering cheap services. You can choose from a wide array of companies which would suit your requirements best. Compare the services that they could offer and ask for the quotation or their rates.

On the other hand, you can also look at the forums where freelancers are always available to give their hands and offer their services. More often than not, the rates of these freelancers are lower than the rates of some SEO service companies. However, one of the biggest disadvantages of hiring freelancers is that you do not know much about their background. Meanwhile, if you would use the services of companies, you can rest assure that you will get the best results.

You can also advertise as well in various websites or even in your own site. Those who want to apply for the Denver SEO Company service that you need would immediately see it when they search for a job as well. See to it that you include your contact details especially your e-mail and messenger IDs so that they can apply immediately.

There are also some SEO experts who get affordable SEO services without paying anything. Instead, they ask for exchange links in return for these SEO services for one of their websites. This is their way to advertise their websites without paying anything too. But if you do not want other links to be at some of the parts of the content, this is surely not an option for you. More often than not, they would insert links within the content so that your visitors will also be enticed to click and visit their site as well. However, if this is not a big deal to you, this can be a great choice especially if you are on a tight budget. You just have to see to it that the content that they would give you is relevant to your website.

Whether you want to get a freelancer or get a service from an SEO service company, hiring someone to do this for you will definitely help you improve your business immediately. Look for the right company that would cater you this service so you will be on your way to your online success.

Categories: Internet Marketing
Posted by admin on December 16, 2010

Sean Hakes, Inc Locks Up “Denver SEO” CO Trademark

Sean Hakes is a SEO Consultant who has been performing internet marketing services as a sole proprietor since 2001 has informally announced that he has locked in the term “Denver SEO,” locally and has a pending application pending federally. Typical generic terms with geographic locations are not approved.

Posted by admin on December 12, 2010

iClick Creative to Launch Overhaul SEO – Free SEO Web T.V Series

iClick Creative a Denver SEO Firm announced the launch of iClick T.V.

LAKEWOOD, CO. – December 12, 2010 –

Sean Hakes, Inc and iClick Creative, a leading Denver SEO Company will launch Overhaul SEO, a Web Cast Series produced by iClick Productions that will feature small businesses who are feeling a direct negative impact of today’s horrific economic slump. If selected, the small business owner will be featured on Overhaul SEO Web Cast Series as well as benefit from a completely free, seo and Internet marketing overhaul that is designed to save their business by providing powerful Internet marketing services to surge their online business.

Overhaul SEO will be produced by iClick Productions a division of iClick Creative and Sean Hakes, Inc.

How to submit your business to be overhauled:

  • In an email, tell us about your business. Be very specific about the products and services your company offers.
  • In that email, include why you think we should select your business to be overhauled.
  • Please include your website address and contact information (Email, Full Name, Phone Number & Business location)
  • Email all of this to overhaul@iclickcreative.com.

Should your business be selected for our first web cast episode you will be notified by email and a phone call by one of our producers.

The first episode of Overhaul SEO is scheduled to be aired on Feb 1, 2010 at tv.iclickcreative.com

About iClick Creative:

iClick Creative is a leading Denver Marketing, Ad and SEO Firm who provides powerful local internet marketing solutions to small – mid sized businesses around the World. iClick Creative is a wholly owned subsidary of Sean Hakes, Inc.

Categories: Internet Marketing
Posted by admin on December 5, 2010

Denver Internet Marketing

Interviewing Denver Internet Marketing Companies?

Sean Hakes, Inc is a leading search engine optimization and pay per click advertising firm in Denver, Co who is an Accredited Business with the Denver BBB and a proud member of Tom Martino’s Referral List.com.

Our Local SEO Solution include both on-page and off-page seo solutions for small businesses. As a leading seo and internet marketing provider in Colorado we are without a doubt one of the most competitively priced companies you’ll find.

Our firm features in-house designers, web developers and internet marketing experts waiting to help your business thrive!

Categories: Internet Marketing
Posted by admin on November 26, 2010

SEO TIP: AVOID LINK WHEELS/ PAID LINKS

Written by: S.P

Finding the right seo firm you can trust with your investment is a hefty task, that’s why it’s important to identify some seo tactics that may end up getting your website a lickin’ from major search engines like Google. Here are a few of those gnarly tactics you’ll want to avoid along with a copy of Google Webmasters Quality Guidelines.

  1. Avoid Link Wheels / Article Spinners:
    This deceptive tactic is designed to mess with your companies page authority also known as PageRank™ a lot of SEO companies implement this tactic as a quick way to spin 1 particular article so it reads differently enough to be considered a unique article by Google.  This deceptive tactic is designed to fool the search engines and create a PR boost that will ultimately get you penalized and even banned for life.
  2. AVOID PAID LINKS:
    There are a lot of companies who are buying links to boost their link authority with Google. These deceptive tactics are designed for short-term gains but when found can also result in penalties and even banishment from Google. If your SEO firm imply that you will be getting a certain number of links for a particular fee in their SEO Proposal it might be wise to avoid that particular seo firm.
  3. IF YOU THINK AN SEO IS A BIT SHADY, THEY PROBABLY ARE.

Here’s a copy of Google’s Webmasters Guidelines – you can read more about Google’s Quality Guidelines here.

Design & Content Guidelines:

  • Make a site with a clear hierarchy and text links. Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link.
  • Offer a site map to your users with links that point to the important parts of your site. If the site map has an extremely large number of links, you may want to break the site map into multiple pages.
  • Keep the links on a given page to a reasonable number.
  • Create a useful, information-rich site, and write pages that clearly and accurately describe your content.
  • Think about the words users would type to find your pages, and make sure that your site actually includes those words within it.
  • Try to use text instead of images to display important names, content, or links. The Google crawler doesn’t recognize text contained in images. If you must use images for textual content, consider using the “ALT” attribute to include a few words of descriptive text.
  • Make sure that your <title> elements and ALT attributes are descriptive and accurate.
  • Check for broken links and correct HTML.
  • If you decide to use dynamic pages (i.e., the URL contains a “?” character), be aware that not every search engine spider crawls dynamic pages as well as static pages. It helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them few.
  • Review our image guidelines for best practices on publishing images.

QUALITY GUIDELINES:

Quality guidelines – basic principles

  • Make pages primarily for users, not for search engines. Don’t deceive your users or present different content to search engines than you display to users, which is commonly referred to as “cloaking.”
  • Avoid tricks intended to improve search engine rankings. A good rule of thumb is whether you’d feel comfortable explaining what you’ve done to a website that competes with you. Another useful test is to ask, “Does this help my users? Would I do this if search engines didn’t exist?”
  • Don’t participate in link schemes designed to increase your site’s ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or “bad neighborhoods” on the web, as your own ranking may be affected adversely by those links.
  • Don’t use unauthorized computer programs to submit pages, check rankings, etc. Such programs consume computing resources and violate our Terms of Service. Google does not recommend the use of products such as WebPosition Gold™ that send automatic or programmatic queries to Google.

Quality guidelines – specific guidelines