Top 3 Internet Marketing, SEO, and Web Design posts of the day

There is definitely information overload when it comes to updates on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and on the many Internet Marketing, SEO, and Web Design blogs out there. So each day I round up my TOP 3 posts from around the web and summarie them here. If something grabs your attention you can head over and read the full articles.

Today we have a bit of on-site SEO advice to help your website rank better, a web phrase revision, and a great post on about Facebook ads.

12 Ways to Increase Traffic From Google Without Building Links by MOZ

Everyone in the know always say how links from other (good quality) websites are what gets you ranking high in the search engines. However, if you are a small website with very little current visitors then how do you get links? Well there are different methods to do this, some deemed more ‘dodgy’ than others, but all requiring a fair amount of work.

A recent blog post by Cyrus Shepard on MOZ offers some really interesting advice on alternatives to link building. You are always recommended to have good quality content on your website, and if you can update or add new content relatively regularly then this is always going to be a positive thing. This is why having a blog on your website is a good idea.

This blog post on MOZ covers several (12 in total) best practices to help your website show up more in Google searches. Topics such as in-depth articles, Google authorship, and website speed are all discussed, and anyone interested in knowing what may or may not affect google positioning should definitely check this post out.

Direct link to this blog post: http://moz.com/blog/google-traffic-links

10 web design terms everyone needs to know by Creative Blog

If you dabble in websites or read internet related blogs or magazines then you will come across words and phrases that may not be totally familiar. A post on Creative Blog is just the thing you need to make sure you are up to date with current web design terms.

If you follow my guides and videos you may hear me say words like HTML and CSS, but have you ever wondered what they stand for or mean? How about responsive web design and semantic markup?

There are a host of common web design words covered in this Creative Blog post, so if you want to brush up on your terminology check it out.

Direct link to this blog post: http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/terms-31410954

How To Advertise On Facebook – Revealing My Facebook Marketing Strategy by Matthew Woodward

What do you know about advertising on Facebook? I’ve dabbled in the past and actually seen some potential, but I was just focusing on getting more likes on a Facebook page. However, using Facebook ads can be a lot more useful that this.

Matthew Woodward has published a recent post all about his experiment with Facebook ads, where he walks through exactly how he setup Facebook ads and used them to drive traffic to his email list, which resulted in direct revenue for his website. This is a very useful blog post and tells you everything from defining goals, setting up the ads, creating an offer and landing page, tracking clicks and conversions and more.

If you’re interested in learning more about using Facebook ads to influence your website check this post out:

Direct link to this blog post: http://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/tutorials/facebook-advertising-lead-generation/

Summary

I hope you liked these Top 3 Internet Marketing, SEO, and Web Design articles. There will be more tomorrow so remember to sign up to my email list to get updates.

Do you have an opinion about these 3 posts? I’d love to hear about them in the comments below.

Cheers, Neil.