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Today I thought it a good idea to write a post meant to get the brain juices flowing more than a strict SEO technique. Sometimes it's nice to think aloud without holding back on your ideas just to get to the good little nuggets tucked away in your own brain.

As SEO Factor is concerned, I haven't really taken the business aspect seriously. SEO Factor started as just a blog to share a little information to a small group of people. Over the years, business owners would often contact me for services. Though I was all to happy to accommodate, I never sought new business. Over the last few years, I've been contacted more and more, and so as increased my desire to take SEO Factor to the next level.

2008: Year of the LLC

Well, it was an interesting week. Seems everyone is at the SMX Advanced this week, so it was a little slow. I thought I would wrap up a few bits of news for a nice Friday informative. I haven't been blogging a lot lately (seems less and less every week), but that's just a sign that SEO Factor is doing well. Catch 22 I guess.

Catch 22

After my hotel reputation management post yesterday, I received a lot of emails about the subject, and how a hotelier goes about finding an Internet marketing firm for their hotel. I couldn't answer some of those emails too directly, as there would be a conflict of interest, but I thought I would create a decent post to help you out.

It seems that almost every conversation I have about SEO with someone new to the idea includes some common questions. With answering these questions, I am then asked the exact same question, every time. "So, what sites do you read?" Well, let me tell you.

It's not uncommon for SEOs and bloggers to share their RSS feeds or XML files to their readers. This indeed allows for the reader to make use of the ones they want to read, and use their desired RSS Reader.

I mentioned in my last post that I had a story about reputation management. This one is a story about 2 hotels. One charges a lot less than the other, but learns that price is not the only thing people want.

Today you hear a lot about reputation montioring as a service, but I want to stress that there's a little more to it. You need to act on the things that impact your business' perception online. So, let's start our story.

First, I should really apologize for not posting in a while. I've been super busy lates. I know that's not an excuse, but it's the truth. However, there are some great posts and happenings this week that I wanted to link to. I have a couple of posts coming next week, so there will be something good to read.

The Future of SEO

I recently wrote an article for Skellie of Anywired.com on 7 Signs of SEO Scams. It was posted yesterday, and I would like to direct my readers to it. It was a post on SEO offers that should be noted as signs of a scam.

Social media is big talk these days. From news stories about the amount of money a social media site is "worth," to firms scurrying to offer "social media services," it's difficult to turn your computer on without seeing or hearing something. But honestly, how do you test the power?

Thanks to my newfound Twitter account, Andy Beal pointed me(us) to an article, that referenced him, in which he referenced a Popular Mechanics aricle