REJECTED: How Google Places Gets Aggressive

In June of 2010, Google Places amped up its algorithm by introducing a much more aggressive listing level spam review process.  What does this mean, exactly?  Well, as it often does in the world of SEO, it means the rules have changed again.  While your Google Places listing may have once been at the top, it can be buried by just tweaking your post a little -- or sometimes, for seemingly no reason at all.

This includes certain touchy rules such as not using the word "google" in a Places entry, allowing only up to 3 capital letters together (such as LLC or LTD), and various sexual words being banned from all listings.

In other words, Google Places means business.

If you'd like to read on and see what else these aggressive new changes entail and how to properly utilize them, see the original article here.

Guest Blog: SEO vs SEM - What's the Difference?

SEO and SEM are currently quagmires in the field of marketing and design.  Lines are often blurred between the two practices, guidelines are thrown out and invented daily, and it can seem that no one really knows what they're talking about.

This blog by KM Rashid breaks it down for the common man, describing the pros and cons of each.  It's a nice, brief overview of Search Engine Optimization vs Search Engine Marketing, and we wanted to share it with you.

Read Rashid's SEO vs SEM article here.