A. This is what happens when the <title> of a web page is longer than 70 characters.  This character limit can change from time to time, and is different from search engine to search engine.

It is amazing to me to see how many SEO’s have a character limit that is too long.

HINT: If you cannot fit your most important keywords into a 70 character limit, you are probably targeting too many keywords for that page and need to split-up your targeted keywords into multiple pages.

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Here is a GREAT read on the subject, http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=178334

I am happy to report that not only is SEO not dead, it is still very much alive and kicking.  Personalized Search brings yet another variable into the equation that we SEO’s must stay on top of for our clients.

Like any industry where there is money to be made, there will be crooks that go after the easy money, inexperienced people that simply do not do a good job, and in the case of SEO’s there are also Pay Per Click experts, content pushers, and design experts after a similar piece of the marketing pie.

Instead of learning about SEO, many of these folks love to talk about how “SEO is Dead” or “SEO is Easy”, without truly understanding that “SEO is profitable” and our job as SEO’s is to squeak out the most profits possible for our clients giving them a bigger reason to invest into their overall internet presence.

To do this effectively, SEO needs to be managed and is not a one time job but a never ending process.  I am proud to provide this service to our clients - and am happy to provide it for you.  Simply contact me (Dan Guay) at webmaster@haymeadows.com, to get started today!  Thank you.

One of the first things we do is attempt to work with the website displaying the derogatory information.  Many times this does the trick.  For long term ongoing efforts however it is imperative that you work on getting sites ranking in the top 10 and then the top 20 for your company name in which YOU have control over the content.

Social media marketing places like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn are great for this.  Many times they will automatically rank well for your company name after just a small amount of participation.  Other times, it takes some SEO tricks of the trade (and Social Media tricks of the trade) to boost these profiles up the search engines and to help push down any negative press that might be surfacing near the top.

Another alternative is to SEO positive reviews and testimonials to the top of the search engines for your name/company name.  Creating sub-domains, an https:// page, and additional new websites are also other alternatives we have been known to have at our arsenal.

Why not pull out all the weapons, after all your online reputation management is probably one of the most important of all.

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Most were, but not all.  In fact, I again chose not to sign up all clients because a couple were already doing very well, I didn’t want to rock the boat.  In other words, NOT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE SIGNED UP FOR GOOGLE LOCAL.  Excuse me for yelling, how rude.  Hopefully you got the point.

The next thing I did was look at what search phrases most often show Google Local results.  Mix this with what gets searched for most often, and I used my thinking cap to figure out what the best phrases were to have included in the Name of the Company and Description of the company in the Google Local control panel administration.

I made sure only the MOST appropriate ‘category’ was selected when asked for category.

Is my job done?  No way!  Next week I will follow-up to see just how successful I was and make adjustments as needed.  Yes, that’s right.  I expect to see results by as early as next week!

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