What IS A Canonical Link? A canonical link, also know as a canonical tag “is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or “duplicate” content appearing on multiple URLs. Practically speaking, the canonical tag tells search […]
Don’t Allow Your Website To Be Held Hostage
Over the years as a freelance writer and SEO service provider I have run into numerous clients who have had their websites held hostage for one reason or another. Some of the time the problem is relatively easy to resolve, other times it can become a full blown hostage crises. It all starts with NOT […]
The Huge Benefits of Web Push Notifications For Your Blog
In a nutshell — if you have a blog you HAVE to try Push Notifications. I am going to confess — I am NOT an early adapter. In spite of making my living on the internet as a writer, SEO specialist and BLOG implementer I almost never jump on a bandwagon of any kind before […]
Easy Basic SEO – NO Plugins Involved
You don’t NEED plugins to do your own Easy Basic SEO. Just follow the check list and build the 10 most important SEO tactics right into your blog posts. . I was heavily involved in the SEO consulting business for well over a decade. Some of the small businesses I worked with grew exponentially […]
Is Medium JUST Another Shiny New Object?
I started out super excited about the Medium platform for writers … and then dived way down into a black hole. Was there a way out? I found out about Medium in mid-August from my friend Milli Thornton ?. She told me that she had just got a payment for $40. I remember thinking this […]
Add The LOOK INSIDE Widget To Your Author Blog or Website
Kindle Instant Previews (aka Look Inside) Kindle Instant Previews allows you to embed full samples of your books directly onto your blog or website. The preview is similar to the Look Inside feature that lets customers preview samples of both kindle and print books before making a purchase. Not only does it add functionality to […]
7 Ways To Get Those All Important Reviews For Your Kindle Book
You can’t even give a book away for free without at least one review. Here are seven different ways to get reviews. Some of them are fast, some of them are very effective, all of them work. Most of them are free, if you don’t count the hours you will put into it, and others […]
How To Get More Traffic To Your Blog With Medium
My traffic from Medium has now reached “significant.” When I first joined Medium almost a year ago, I was excited … not because of the earning power (I had NO idea) but because I saw an opportunity of sending traffic to my blog sites. It was THAT potential that got me started. I have […]
Is YOUR Blog A Minefield That Chases Away Potential Customers?
Would I actually stick around, if this wasn’t my website? You spend huge amounts of time, effort and money getting people TO your website … are making sure they never come back? The other day, I was doing something I had promised myself NOT to do. Internet Surfing! Akkkkk I followed a few links and […]
Make Money On Your Author Website With These Amazon Plugins
If you want to monetize your author website by making it easy to sell your own books AND by selling other Amazon books or products, one of the easiest ways to do it is with a WordPress plugin. There are numerous Amazon Plugins to choose from. Some of them do “just one thing,” while others […]