Author Archives : Jason McDonald
Got a question? Click this link to or call . is founder and Senior SEO / Social Media Director of the . He teaches the SEO training classes for the group, and therefore provides most of the SEO tips for this blog. His goal with this blog is to provide an easy 'one-stop shop' for the busy marketer looking for tips, tricks, and secrets on how to get to the top of Google and Bing for free using proven SEO tactics. When not dreaming up SEO tips, Dr. McDonald lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, two dogs, a cat, four iguanas and twelve children (just kidding). Really you read down to the bio on this guy? Enjoy the blog.
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Where Do You Put Keywords for SEO Purposes?
Q: I have a 15 keywords I would like to rank for in Google for a service I provide. How do I place these keywords into my website with content. I think it would look strange if I had similar ...
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Keyword Volume vs. Keyword Value for Search Engine Optimization
Q: What is a useful metric for determining valuable keywords over ones that simply provide a large amount of volume? Answer. As I teach in my SEO training classes, I think about keyword discovery ...
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Google Logged In vs. Keyword Not Provided
Q: Is it that Google has stopped sharing all together? Or is it only when a person is logged into Google? I was a little late to the party so sorry if it was covered in the beginning. Thank ...
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How do You SEO Images for Search Engine Optimization?
Q: Does having keywords, short tail/long tail phases still have power on my home page and other pages? Q: Does using keywords to id images (Hrefs) still have power? Q: Does seo work well for ...
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Rapid SEO Local Change, What Happened?
Q: For the last 2 years we have focused on page one presence on ~ Plumber (s) and plumbing. We were number 1 now we are on page 7 what could of happened? All my more specific keywords are still ...
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Keyword Not Provided, What Does It Mean?
Q: So the “keyword not required” data is just the number of clicks made to get to our site for the keywords listed below then?? I thought the keyword not provided data showed the ...
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Hummingbird Update and Google Personalization Efforts
Q: Is it true that Google is personalizing searches so keyword search results will be different for each person based on their previous searches? Answer: Yes, Google is personalizing search ...
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Page Speed and SEO, Does It Matter?
Q: How much weight is given for site speed. Is it worth spending much time shaving off small amounts of time. my keyword competition is in extreme category you see. Answer: Page speed clearly ...
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Keyword Not Provided and WooRank
Q: When I use WooRank I get a list of keywords used for clicks to my site. Will this continue or disappear with Googles changes? Answer. My prediction is that yes, over time, this data will ...
