Some people have been panicking over losing the Google Keyword Tool, and it could indeed be a problem if there were no replacement. But visionary marketers and their programmers have developed new solutions to fill the void without skipping a beat.One of these new SEO research tools is Apex SEO, created by Dylan Kingsbury and Aaron Sammon, gives you the keyword information you need to choose keywords that you can optimize for.For example, this tool is ideal for local keywords that offline merchants need., so if you are a consultant, this tool will be your solution for your clients’ marketing... [...]

Walt Bayliss created a WordPress plugin a year or so ago that improved the SEO performance of sites that took advantage of its rich SEO features. Now he has just released version 2 of his tool, Keyword Cashlinks Plugin.This plugin adds cross-linking from one of your pages to another. When done right, these links create a subgroup within your content (also known as a channel or a silo) that lets a visitor interested in a particular topic see many posts on that topic. They also let Google better understand and categorize you site, so your SEO improves.Keyword Cashlinks Plugin is a set it and... [...]

Peter Garety made a big impression 0n the IM market when he announced his WordPress SEO plugin, P1 Content magnet.Garety announced P1 Content magnet two weeks ago. He has decided that it’s time to close it down at midnight.P1 stands for “Google’s Page 1” and this new plugin will emulate the Googlebot and will uncover the most important aspects of your page.Then, it will go even further. It will provide exact suggestions for what must be done on your page to get it to Page 1 and make it stick there.If you haven’t already checked on it, you can do so now before... [...]

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Luther Landro is famous for his local niche sites he makes available to marketing consultants. In them, he usually includes an appointment-request function. Now, in WP Appointment Assistant, he makes this appointment system available for any WordPress site.This can reduce the workload of harried receptionists. Now, when people find the website, they can request an appointment right from the site, without having to use the phone and take up the time of the office personnel.A lot of sites have email capture forms, but this is different. People aren’t just getting on the mailing list; they... [...]

In the online business, time is critical. You don’t want to waste time because you’ll never get it back.One of the most time-consuming and frustrating things for most marketers is building their website. It’s hard and it takes a lot of tweaking and finagling to get it right.Once you have it right, you can congratulate yourself, but wouldn’t it be nice to do more with that hard work? Especially, people who have to build one website after another in their business could use some help.If you consult for other businesses, for example, to get them online, you have to build... [...]

In May, Matt Cutts warned that Google is cracking down on “backlink spam”, the practice of spreading irrelevant backlinks aound the web by adding spam to a forum, wiki or social site. Marketers need more dependable methods of raising their search engine rank.Recognizing this direction, Peter Garety started working on a process to improve rankings without depending on backlinks. As a result he came up with P1 Content Magnet, software to help you build pages that rank high naturally, without artificial backlinking.Garrity demonstrates his software on his sales page. It shows you how... [...]

Kevin Docherty has been working on a tool to improve communications between site visitors and site owners. Today’s visitors become irritated when they can’t get their questions answered. Making it easy for the visitor to contact you when something is unclear to them is key to building loyal clients.Docherty has just released WP Connect, the second generation of his communications plugin. With it, you can assure that your visitors are never more than one click away from contacting you.WP Connect places up to five buttons in your sidebar. You decide how many buttons and which functions... [...]

The internet is all a-buzz about the new plugin, PulseHover, that increases social sharing of your site. It sold over 500 copies the first day. No doubt it can improve your traffic and sales through viral action.But if you want to be sure it will work for you, you can get a free trial version before you invest. It’s what they call their “mini” version. To get this version instead of buying the whole version right away:• Go to PulseHover,• Read the explanation of what they offer, but instead of buying,• Click to close the window. You get a pop-up asking you... [...]

I care about what happens to your website and I want to make sure you have a safe extracopy of your files, in case of disaster.This one simple WordPress plugin will do it:Backup CreatorIt will backup your entire WordPress site to your hard drive, email, FTP or Amazon S3 andit will do it automatically.You can restore it on another WordPress site to create an exact copy or clone.Go ahead and click to take advantage of their $7 sale version.Get it here: Backup Creator [...]