September 2009 – Mike Wilton

A Closer Look At Google Maps Community Edits

September 14, 2009 Mike Comments 3 comments

Last week I caught a good read over at the Huomah SEO Blog called, A small business guide local web marketing. Author Charles Stankovitch did a thorough job of teaching readers how to tap into the local market on sites like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Yelp, as well as a handful of other local sites. But the irony of the situation was that shortly after the post went live, Google had gone in and made some new changes to the…

Does Size Matter? Google Thinks So

September 10, 2009 Mike Comments 1 comment

Google announced yesterday that they super sized their search box. I haven’t personally seen the changes when I visit Google.com, but a number of blogs, colleagues, and Twitter friends have mentioned the new phenomenon. Google’s claims that the change was, “because it symbolizes our focus on search and because it makes our clean, minimalist homepage even easier and more fun to use” I think they just had search box envy. Below is a comparison of the top 3 search engines…

The Top 5 SEO Tools In My Arsenal

September 9, 2009 Mike Comments 9 comments

If you’re in the search marketing industry you know that there is a bunker full of SEO gadgets, gizmos, and whatchamacallits to choose from. Whether you’re searching for keywords, checking backlinks, or scoping out the competition, everybody seems to have the next big tool to make your website a success. With that said, each SEO seems to have their own stash of favorite tools that help them in their SEO ventures. Last week Milwaukee SEO Anthony Verre did a great…