Are You Missing Out On Links From Social Relationships?

You always hear SEOs preach about “building relationships” so that you can obtain the truly valuable links.  When it comes to building links it’s no secret that social networks makes it a lot easier. What if I told you that you already have the relationships built and you could be leaving link opportunities on the [...]

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LinkBuilding, Social

Posted on November 18th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

Want A Google+ Invite?

Have you gotten an invite to the new social world of Google+?  No!? Well here is your chance.  Everyone that leaves their e-mail address in the comment field will have an invite sent to them.  I just ask for a small favor.     Would you please consider re-tweeting or sharing this post on Facebook? [...]

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Social

Posted on July 7th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

What Motivates A User To ReTweet or Share Content?

Every site or blog owner hopes that the time and energy they put into their content offers great value to their visitors.  One of the largest compliments a visitor can offer the author is sharing their content within their own network.  Whether it be retweeting, “liking”, linking or simply sharing by word of mouth the [...]

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Social

Posted on May 15th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

How To Get Twitter To Release An Inactive Twitter User Name

For over a year I watched an inactive Twitter account hold hostage the handle I wanted to use.  @NickLeRoy was held by someone named Nick McCoy and it’s obvious that he decided not to use the account after registering it.  He had a couple spam account followers, didn’t follow anyone, and I couldn’t see any [...]

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Social

Posted on April 4th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

Want Links? Mess With Someone's Emotions!

Today I came across a link that absolutely sent my emotions wild and immediately prompted me to write this post.  Before I share with you this video let me explain that I have a zero tolerance for picking on or teasing people.  It may have a lot to do with being the “fat kid” when [...]

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SEO, Social

Posted on March 16th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

Why ‘Social Rank’ Will Die in 2011

Last week, Danny Sullivan posted an extremely interesting post regarding social signals and the correlation they have with organic ranking in Google and Bing.  Google recently stated that they have over 200 factors in the ranking algorithm and each one of the factors may have several variations within each as well.  Now with one of [...]

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Social

Posted on December 7th, 2010 Written by Nick LeRoy

About Nick LeRoy

Nick LeRoy is a Minneapolis SEO consultant offering St Paul based SEO services to his clients. In his spare time he likes to blog about SEO and other search related topics on his blog at NickLeRoy.com

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