Misty Beier

Web and Graphic Designer

XHTML, CSS, SEO and Web Standards

Monday, February 02, 2009

What’s the Difference Between SEO & SEM: Part 1 of 2

Posted by Misty Beier at 09:30 AM 0 Comments

First off, let’s define SEO and SEM:

SEO:
Search Engine Optimization
SEM:
Search Engine Marketing

I’ll try to keep this short, but it won’t be easy since this is a great interest of mine.

So what’s the difference between SEO and SEM? Let’s start with SEO.

SEO is used mostly by web designers and front-end web developers to optimize a website for search engines. In other words, SEO helps people find your website. This is done by:

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Learning about Inbound Marketing

Posted by Misty Beier at 01:36 PM 0 Comments

About two weeks ago, I registered for a webinar from Hubspot.com on Marketing in a Recession. Today I finished watching it. (The holidays are keeping me busy.) Yesterday, they had the follow-up video called, How to Combine SEO, Blogging, and Social Media for Results. I'm looking forward to watching that one. But for right now, I'd like to share what I learned about inbound marketing.

Filed in: SEO
Monday, October 27, 2008

A Few SEO Resources I Use

Posted by Misty Beier at 01:39 PM 0 Comments

Search Engine Optimization is a big topic in the web design industry. There are so many SEO tools out on the web, that sometimes it can be overwhelming.

I've put together a small list of some sites for SEO and a book that I use for reference.

First the book, Building Findable Websites: Web Standards, SEO, and beyond by Aarron Walter. This is a good learner's book and a great reference guide. I think the author mentions just about everything a web designer can do to get the most out of search engines. From creating quality content for humans to read (not just for search engines to get a higher position on the results page) to how to make your awesome splash page (which is a big no-no in the SEO community) indexable for search engines. I recommend this book for web designers who are looking for fast information and need a quick fix for any SEO problem.

Filed in: SEO