My First Keynote Speech
Thanks to Andrew Skelly and all the other speakers and organizers for the Toronto Action Summit. This is my first keynote speech. I would love to know your thoughts. The camera work was not the best but you get the idea. I also had the Q&A removed because you can’t hear the questions. My First Keynote Speech from Brad Gosse on Vimeo. Like my T-Shirt? It says “Your wife reads my blog” Get yours by clicking here SHARETHIS.addEntry({... [Read More...]
Could Facebook end Google’s search monopoly?
The Facebook Like Button may change the way people use search in the future. You should be putting this on your sites today! There was a time when people didn’t think google would beat Alta Vista or Excite. There was a time when people thought Apple couldn’t take over smart phone sales. You may argue with me but I think change is coming, and it doesn’t cost you a dime to embrace it. What do you think?? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:... [Read More...]
Search Engine Optimization Speech
WordCamp Toronto 2010: Brad Gosse from CCSAI on Vimeo. For those of you who didn’t attend my WordCamp Toronto talk. Here is the video in full. Thanks once again to all the volunteers and sponsors who made the event possible. It was great to share knowledge with the Toronto blogger community. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Search Engine Optimization Speech", url: "http://www.bradgosse.com/index.php/2010/04/29/search-engine-optimization-speech/"... [Read More...]
Press Releases Are The Corner Stone of Your SEO
Do you make effective use of press releases when you do your search engine optimization work? It’s funny the things I forgot to talk about sometimes. Press releases and search engine optimization go hand-in-hand. How you craft your press release and where you submit it are extremely important. Don’t cheap out on this step, you will regret it if you do. A recent press release I ran, returned me over 1800 link backs to my website. I would... [Read More...]
Good SEO Requires Patience
So many people give up on SEO work after a few months. In my experience the big wins come from a long road of real work. I don’t advocate any SEO shortcuts. Just providing good content to the internet and using a good strategy to link it back to your site(s). This client waited 8 months to see a minor result and 11 months to see a huge increase. Be patient and don’t do anything that sounds risky. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Good SEO... [Read More...]
My Top 10 Referring URL’s
I am often asked where I received my blog traffic from. Since you’re referring URLs are not really a big secret these days I thought I would share them with you. These statistics are pulled from my Google analytics account. Surprisingly all of my traffic sources in the top 10 are free For those of you who don’t know what a bounce rate is, it is the percentage of people who leave after visiting one page of your website. Source/Medium Visits Pages/Visit Avg.... [Read More...]
Word Camp Toronto 2010
I had a really good time at Word Camp Toronto 2010. Special thanks to Mathieu Yuill and Melissa Feeney for all their hard work putting together this event. There were countless volunteers involved as well too many to mention and I didn’t get a chance to meet everyone. My deepest thanks goes to anyone involved with making the event a success. The Keynote speaker: Jeremy Wright was by far the best in my opinion with Mark Evans being a close second.... [Read More...]
Google Algorithm Updates
After reading a really good article in Wired about Google and their new algorithm updates I thought it would be worth shooting a short video about the topic. Essentially Google has now admitted that they are using twitter results as a part of their link popularity engine. This is great news for those of us who have invested heavily in social media presence and quality following. They know the difference between automated twitter accounts and the... [Read More...]
Optimizing YouTube Videos For Search Engines
You may not know that YouTube has the option to upload closed captioning files to your videos. This allows YouTube and Google to find your videos and catalog them better that the ones without this information. I strongly urge you to take the time to do this if you have any of your own YouTube videos. I am confident it will improve your traffic and views. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Optimizing YouTube Videos For Search Engines", url: "http://www.bradgosse.com/index.php/2010/03/09/optimizing-youtube-videos-for-search-engines/"... [Read More...]
4 Cool Ways To Measure Your Web Traffic
Heat maps (Crazy Egg) Showing you concentrated mouse activity on your webpage, this is extremely helpful in giving you a visual overview of where users are clicking. Every time you redesign your site you should run a one-month heat map to see the results. This is particularly helpful when selling advertising space or trying to find problem areas with your website. Plans start @ $9 monthly and I only suggest taking a 30 day picture each time you change... [Read More...]
