By Patrick Daly on February 5, 2009
It wasn’t until today that I thought it would be really nice to add notes to Google Analytics. For example, on a specific date I could make a note, “Changed background color.” From now on I’ll have an easily accessible…
Posted in SEO | Tagged Analytics, Google
By Patrick Daly on December 23, 2008
Ten days ago I announced my switch from MediaTemple to HostGator hosting because things were very slow.
So check this out. Google Webmaster Tools fills you in on some metrics related to Google’s crawling of your site. Here’s…
Posted in General | Tagged Blogging, Google, Hosting, Search Engines
By Patrick Daly on December 11, 2008
In November mindIT contacted me to help them improve online traction. They’re a small IT company in Dallas – great guys with a great business.
Google needed to hold up their end of the deal — finding the…
Posted in Case Studies | Tagged Content Management System, Dallas, Google, Health Care Software, SEO
By Patrick Daly on November 25, 2008
For a current client we are trying to improve the reliability of WordPress’ search engine. By default, WP sorts results by date. You could argue that this makes sense for a blog because the most relevant results may be the…
Posted in WordPress | Tagged Google, Plugins, WordPress
By Patrick Daly on November 13, 2008
Google’s SEO Starter Guide – Just released; a good read for all beginners
Advanced WordPress Optimization – Ten PHP and MySQL changes to speed up & secure your site
WordPress 2.7 “Trailer” – Short video about the new 2.7 interface…
Posted in Tips | Tagged Google, PHP, SEO, WordPress
By Patrick Daly on November 12, 2008
Nearly everyday (or at least multiple times a week) I visit this list of websites. The list is tailored to web design, SEO, & WordPress related sites.
I’ve gained much knowledge from the authors and contributors of these sites and…
Posted in General | Tagged Google, Matt Cutts, Micahel Gray, Smashing Magazine, Yahoo!
By Patrick Daly on November 6, 2008
Social Media Release Builder – Easy SMR creation and hosting
Reputation Management Theory – My YOUmoz post discussing singular vs. pluralistic link networks
How to Use Google Analytics Segementation – Easy startup guide to using Analytics’ New Features
Unpersonalize Your…
Posted in Tips | Tagged Google, SEO, WordPress
By Patrick Daly on October 1, 2008

I have no clue what happened, but two days ago Yahoo! and MSN started crawling my site like crazy. I didn’t do anything out of the ordinary but it seems like something clicked on my site. So its been…
Posted in SEO | Tagged Bots, Google, MSN, Yahoo!
By Patrick Daly on September 23, 2008
Struggling to beat out your competitors on a national scale is tough to do – taking them on locally ain’t so tough!
You just have to know what to do.
Optimizing your content, but especially the markup of your page,…
Posted in SEO | Tagged Google, Hyperlocal, Semantics, SEO, WordPress, Yahoo!
By Patrick Daly on September 19, 2008
TechCrunch posted earlier today on the irony of Apple owning the first two results for the Google search “i’m a pc”.
This is a lesson to be learned. Own your own brand, your products, and even those of your competitors…
Posted in Reputation Management | Tagged Apple, Google, Microsoft, Search Engines