David Bain, Author at Search Engine People https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/author/davidbain Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Sat, 28 Jan 2017 01:54:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/search-engine-people-favicon-2026-66x66.png David Bain, Author at Search Engine People https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/author/davidbain 32 32 SEO Isn’t Dead: How SEO is changing and what to do about it https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-isnt-dead-how-seo-is-changing-and-what-to-do-about-it.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-isnt-dead-how-seo-is-changing-and-what-to-do-about-it.html#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2013 17:25:47 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=42239 One of the headlines I hate seeing is SEO Is Dead. You can almost guarantee that one of these blog posts will rear its ugly head at least once-a-month. Perhaps even more regularly at the moment following Google's Hummingbird announcement. SEO isnt dead. It wont die as long as organic search engine listings exist. However, [...]

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]]> https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/seo-isnt-dead-how-seo-is-changing-and-what-to-do-about-it.html/feed 7 4 Steps to Making Your Podcast Much More Professional https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-steps-to-making-your-podcast-much-more-professional.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:25:10 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=41719 Podcasting is a strange medium. Most content consumers don't really know what a podcast is, yet despite several predictions to the contrary, podcasts are still steadily growing in popularity. A lot of people thought that podcasting would dive with the advent of easy and cheap-to-stream video. But that hasnt been the case. Because audio if [...]

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]]> 5 examples of why the long tail is shrinking rapidly https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/5-examples-of-why-the-long-tail-is-shrinking-rapidly.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mon, 12 Aug 2013 13:25:10 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=41205 Like many people I read and was thoroughly fascinated by Chris Anderson's The Long Tail, a book which was based upon an article originally published in The Wire in October 2004. In the original piece, Chris said that the future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the [...]

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]]> 3 P’s of WordPress Site Structure for SEO – P#3: Performance https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/wordpress-seo-site-structure-part-3.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:25:00 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=24456 In the third and final post of my ‘3 P’s of WordPress Site Structure for SEO series I’m going to cover P for Performance. If you haven’t read the previous posts, make sure you catch up with P#1: Preparation and P#2: Publishing first of all.

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]]> The 3 P’s of WordPress Site Structure for SEO – P#2: Publishing https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/wordpress-seo-site-structure-part-two.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:25:00 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=23619 In the publishing part of your WordPress site structure for SEO you should consider your category optimization, content production strategy, your keyword positioning, internal linking and also your syndication strategy.

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]]> The 3 P’s of WordPress Site Structure for SEO – P#1: Preparation https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/wordpress-seo-site-structure-part-one.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:25:00 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=22482 Over the next 3 articles I’d like to take a look at what I call the 3 P’s of WordPress site structure for SEO, starting with P#1: Preparation.

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]]> Don’t Blame Google – Get Known for Doing Something Great! https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/do-not-blame-google.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/do-not-blame-google.html#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:35:09 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=21679 Google updates their listings to try to give their users a better experience - not because they want to give your competitors a share of the traffic.

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]]> https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/do-not-blame-google.html/feed 3 Irrelevant Traffic That Doesn’t Convert & What To Do About It Today https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/find-non-converting-keywords.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:31:00 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=20453 How to pinpoint which keyword phrases aren’t so relevant for your site, and how to determine better keyword phrases to target

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]]> 7 Ways To Improve Conversion Rates On Your Squeeze Page https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/squeeze-improvement.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:31:00 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=19313 Boost the performance of your squeeze pages

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]]> What’s the relationship between SEM, PPC, and SEO? https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/whatis-seo-sem-ppc.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:31:00 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/?p=18245 What’s the relationship between search engine marketing, search engine advertising and search engine optimization?

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