http://www.davidmihm.com/blog David is a freelance designer who creates search-friendly websites for clients throughout the Western United States. David has dabbled in web design since the late 1990's and has designed on a professional basis since January 2001. Contact him at (503) 560-2755 or davidmihm@gmail.com. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:15:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those who hadn't heard, Marchex and Matt McGee recently decided to part ways. Regardless of any "structural" changes that Marchex was making, I was surprised that they would let such a charismatic and knowledgeable ambassador for their company out of their grasp! But their loss will be ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/general-marketing/an-interview-with-small-business-sems-matt-mcgee/ Proselytize Your Customers with Exceptional Service While even casual acquaintances know I'm a big sports fan, and a huge college basketball fan in particular, only the most avid David Mihm fans (read: stalkers :D ) might be aware of my distaste for coffee and coca products, as well as my passion ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/general-marketing/customer-service-the-great-differentiator/ Salk Institute, by TheNose A Quick and Effective Keyword Research Strategy for Small Businesses Why you should do keyword research Without doing keyword research, you might think that "office supply store" is the single most important keyword that you want to show up for in search engines, and that's where you might throw ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/general-marketing/what-is-your-best-traffic/ I write this post with a heavy heart; one that has discouraged me from writing posts in the past week. But I thought I would pass along my experience, in case others have had, or want to avoid, similar experiences in the future. Things that I hope will ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/google/wordpress-spam-injection-google-penalty-for-blog-but-not-website/ Step-by-step instructions for the small business just trying to get a handle on this whole internet marketing thing. In honor of the recent passing of the former president of the National Rifle Association, I submit to American small business owners the following ten essential action items for a successful online presence. Disclaimer: ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/general-marketing/the-ten-commandments-of-online-marketing-for-small-local-businesses/ Just a quick semi-live blog from the Opening Keynote address at SMX West: Danny Sullivan's opening keynote gave prominent mention for the importance of Local (along with other Vertical search elements) in the coming year, as part of what he refers to alternately as 'Blended Search' and 'Search 3.0'. Danny featured a ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/considerations-for-smbiz-owners/danny-sullivan-highlights-importance-of-local-search-in-smx-west-keynote/ (N.B., if you're not subscribed to Mike Blumenthal's blog, you should be. Do it here.) Mike Blumenthal's been all over the recent experimentation with the Google Local OneBox Ten Pack, first made public by Paul Jahn, in the last several days. Mike accurately notes that while displaying a ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/google/search-engines-how-to-improve-your-local-search-interface/ The honor goes to this post by Tim Coleman of Convert Offline, a Boutique SEM for Local Service Businesses. Tim lays out a VERY convincing argument for why certain businesses (and certain businesses' reviews) show up at the top of the Google Local algorithm, and why others don't. It's the ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/google/the-most-brilliant-google-local-post-ive-ever-read/ Though on the whole, I found PubCon to be a bit repetitive of many of the presentations I’d seen at other conferences I’d been to this year (SMX Seattle, SES San Jose, SEOmoz Seminar), the social scene in Vegas left nothing to be desired. Monday I arrived in Vegas Monday afternoon, and ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/for-fun/top-social-scene-moments-pubcon-2007/ Gregory Markel: Greg brought to everyone’s attention TubeMogul.com, a site that allows for one upload and automatic submission to 12 video search engines.  He still recommends that smaller sites with fewer videos submit on a manual basis to vary their titles and descriptions in order to rank for a broader range ... http://www.davidmihm.com/blog/google/top-video-search-optimization-takeaways-pubcon-2007/