The very first question I am always asked about when I tell people that my business is on the Internet is: how can I get my site listed in the search engines?
Lucky for me, I can simply reply that it’s far too large a subject to explain in one short sitting.
The truth is that search engine optimization (SEO) is really much simpler than people make it.
The bottom line is, if you are a dentist in a small town and you setup your website even halfway correctly, your site should come up in google (near the top) when someone searches for “dentist smalltown”. That being said, if you don’t live in a small town, say Las Vegas… Or if there is a “black hat” competitor, you may not come up very high in the results, and for all intents and purposes, if you are not in the first five to eight results on the first page, you may as well not be in there at all.
So, what is the small practice in Las Vegas supposed to do?
There are aeveral options, but really it all comes down to whether or not you want to spend a lot of money or not.
A good SEO professional can either clean up your website and optimize it for the search engines or they can help you setup and manage an effective ppc (pay per click) ad camaign. Either way, you are going to spend a good deal of money (5,000 to 25,000) depending on the size and scope of your business.
Please feel free to send me any questions you might have on this or any other subject.
Robert Mandrake
Salma Hayek has called off her engagement with Francois Henri Pinault ? Seriously ? I didn’t even know they were engaged… hah, what do I know.. I guess celebrity hook ups are just that… hook ups ? I don’t know… I really don’t follow either of these people… although Hayek has had some fairly good movies… Francois Henri Pinault, I have never really heard of… anyway, if you want to read more… click the following link about it.
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Robert Mandrake
So, here we go again… drama in our world over the use of derogatory names and words…
now, the morning television talk show “The View” has really stepped in it… this all stems from Jesse Jackson’s alleged use of the “N” word on FOX NEWS in reference to Senator Obama… this is certainly a massively controversial situation… and The View just jumped right in with both feet… allegedly using the n word and co-host of the view whoopi, allegedly used the N word on the show as she argued with her white counterparts… read more about the View and The N Word here…
David Duval is back… yea… we missed you man… you used to be one of the greatest golfers in the world… and then Tiger came along, and just psyched you out… but, seriously…
David Duval, the PGA Tour winner of yesteryear, has returned to the British Open golf championship… and after two rounds of golf, he is in 4th place, and only a few shots back, with a real shot to win…
Well, as much as we all love you David, and we love to see your golf swing… we love to watch you drop putts all over the green… I hate to break it to you… but, this tournament is very much like a scab world series or super bowl… when the best are not on the field (ala Tiger Woods), there will always be an asterisk next to the winners of all the golf majors until Tiger woods is back on the field.
Sorry man.
Robert Mandrake.
CDARS - a tree ? no, CDARS is not a tree… although it does sound like one..
The Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service is a service that allows people with a lot of money (more than me) to keep their cash safe in FDIC insured deposits… by sort of “gaming the system”.
It works by splitting up your deposits into more than one $100,000 or less deposit, etc… here is more info on CDARS.
I only wish I had that kind of money 
Robert Mandrake.
Starbucks is closing over 600 stores. Yes, the Starbucks Closure List is available now… click the link to see if your starbucks is closing. Coffee drinkers are going to be crying in the streets as the coffee cafe industry begins to contract due to the economic slowdown…
Everyone is buzzing about this Hanckock Twist… Hancock the movie… and there is some sort of twist that everyone is talking about…
Ok, I have not seen the movie, but, I was hoping that some of my readers have been to the movie theater, and grabbed some popcorn, and saw the movie, Hancock, with Will Smith… I did see the Hancock movie trailer… when I was watching another movie at a movie theater…
So, would someone please reveal the Hancock twist please ? Please leave me a comment and explain what this twist is
Thank you.
Robert Mandrake
So, the mortgage crisis continues…
IndyMac Bank appears to be stopping taking any new mortgage applications anymore… its a total mortgage implosion. A total blow up… SUB PRIMES has reared its ugly head yet again as IndyMac Bank announces massive job cuts amid horrible writedowns and mortgage losses…
Is this the last mortgage blowup ? It this the last mortgage bank to implode ?
I would really like to hear stories from people who have had dealings with IndyMac Bank. If anyone has a mortgage with them, please post a comment… share with our readers your story.
Robert Mandrake
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Today, we were all talking about blogging, and how important it is to the search engines, etc… so, I am here trying to teach my buddy how to setup his own blog…
Mandrake
I am seriously shocked and blown away that Wesley Snipes would go to jail for not paying his taxes.
I dont understand why he would purposely break the law and do something so stupid as to not pay his taxes.
Don’t these tax cheats understand that you have to pay your taxes ?
Was Wesley Snipes really duped into this tax evasion scheme ?
Does anyone have any anwers for me ? If you do, please leave me some comments…
Robert Mandrake