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Grantastic Designs has been featured in many online marketing and design publications worldwide. Below are links to online marketing and design publications we are featured in:

2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

2006 search engine marketing and design articles

• Clickz
  • Optimizing Blogs for Search Engines
  • Shopping Search Has a New User-Friendly Interface, Part 3
  • Shopping Search Has a New User-Friendly Interface, Part 2
  • Shopping Search Has a New User-Friendly Interface, Part 1
  • User-Centered Design and SEO
  • The Most Important SEO Strategy
  • Search Engine Bans and Penalties, or Just Your Imagination?
  • Multimedia Metadata Optimization
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and URL Structure
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Affiliate Marketing
  • Google Sandbox: Fact or Fiction
  • Persona Development and SEO
  • Analyzing Search Behavior for SEO
  • Encouraging Search Engine Spam
  • SEO, Information Architecture, and Interface Design
  • SEO Generalists vs. SEO Specialists
  • The Best SEO Experts are Named Mike the Genius
  • Barry Diller on Search
  • Debunking SEO Myths: Branding and Search Engine Results Pages
  • Search Engine Spam Penalties: Good or Bad?
  • Competitive SEO: How Far Will You Go?
    
    
• Search Engine Strategies Conference Report
  SearchDay
  • Coping with Convergence: Local Search Meets Mobile and WiFi, Part 2
  • Coping with Convergence: Local Search Meets Mobile and WiFi, Part 1
  • Behind the Scenes in the Search Engine Labs
  • Do Patents Point to SEO Gold?
  • Search Marketing in Regulated Industries
  • Understanding Searcher Behavior
  • Multichannel Metrics: Managing the Sea of Data
  • Search Engine Optimization for Podcasts
  • News Search Engine Optimization
    
    
• Wired
  • Google Users: I Can Quit Anytime - Six days a week, Shari Thurow spends copious amounts of time conducting searches on Google. But each Saturday, she makes a point of observing a "Google-free day."
    
    
• InfoWorld
  • BMW back in with Google
    
    
• WebProNews
  • SES NY: Duplicate Content Jeopardizes Your Site - Duplicate content on Web pages can often be considered a form of search engine spam. However, there are legitimate usability reasons for distributing duplicate contents on a site.
    
    
• The Hosting Standard
  • A Web Host's One-Two Punch: Search Engine Marketing and ROI Tracking
  • Top 10 Search Engine Marketing Myths

2005 search engine marketing and design articles

• Wired magazine
  • Google Techs, Webmasters Mingle
    
    
• Clickz
  • Calls to action and SEO
  • Search engine reps: friend or foe
  • Web site usability and SEO
  • Get results with Google AdWords
  • Web positioning metrics and SEO
  • Search-engine friendly content management systems
  • Ineffective SEO e-mail campaigns
  • Effective information architecture for search engine visibility
  • When Content Isn't King in SEO
  • Q & A With New Shopping Search Engine Become.com - Part 2
  • Q & A With New Shopping Search Engine Become.com - Part 1
  • Become a Google Power Searcher
  • More Ways NOT to Work With an SEO/SEM Firm
  • How NOT to Work With an SEO/SEM Firm
  • Identifying SEO Experts, Part 1 - Beginners
  • Identifying SEO Experts, Part 2 - Intermediates
  • Identifying SEO Experts, Part 3 - Advanced
  • Meta-tag optimization tips
  • Eye-Tracking Data and SEO: Keeping It in Perspective
  • Big Brands Equals Big SEO Opportunities
  • Guideliness for Successful Link Development
  • SEM and Site Usability
  • Black-Hat Myths About White-Hat SEO
  • SEM New Year's Resolutions
    
    
• Search Engine Strategies Conference Report
  SearchDay
  • Shopping search and merchant reputations
  • Video and podcast search engines
  • Meet the news search engines
  • Copyrights, trademarks, and search engines
  • Click fraud: a legal look
  • Feeds: a new channel for search marketing
  • What, exactly, is search engine spam?
  • Avoiding search engine woes with multiple domains and Web sites
  • Local search marketing tactics
  • Meet the local search engines
    
    
• SEO Corner in WebProNews for Professional Developers
  • Cross-linking and search engine optimization
  • Web design templates and search engine optimization
  • Breadcrumb (contextual) links and search engine optimization
  • Successful link development tips and guidelines
  • Contextual advertising: facts, myths and misconceptions - Part 1
  • Contextual advertising: facts, myths and misconceptions - Part 2
  • Contextual advertising: facts, myths and misconceptions - Part 3
  • How to determine if your site is banned in Google

2004 search engine marketing and design articles

• USA Today
  • For Google, many retailers eagerly jump through hoops - read about our client success story
  • Google eyes a gaggle of sites - comments on the new-and-improved Google index
    
    
• Entrepreneur magazine
  • In the Click: Making Keywords Count
    
    
• Wired magazine
  • A site for banner ad freaks
    
    
• Clickz
  • Search Engines and JavaScript
  • Search Engines and the SEO Business
  • SEO and Successful Site Architecture
  • Link Development: The Key to Successful SEO
  • What to Look for in an SEO Firm
  • Get Flash Sites Ranked in Search Engines
  • Top five SEO design mistakes
  • The "design" part of search-friendly design
  • How effective is your keyword research?
  • Search engine friendly or search friendly
  • SEM and branding influence
  • Using paid search engine advertising for better SEO campaigns
  • SEM firms: friend or foe?
  • Questions fo Froogle Mastermind Craig Nevill-Manning, Part 1
  • Questions fo Froogle Mastermind Craig Nevill-Manning, Part 2
  • Search engine marketing (SEM) and online publicity
  • Web positioning software - good or bad?
  • Spotting search engine spam: Q&A
  • Search engine optimization: design matters
  • How to spot search engine spam: doorway pages
  • How to survive search engine changes
  • Titles and search engine marketing
  • Why advertisers fail at search marketing
    
    
• Search Engine Strategies Conference Report
  SearchDay
  • Shopping search tactics
  • Creating compelling search engine ads and landing pages
  • Search engines and competitive research
  • Search engine marketing and branding challenges
  • How much is a search marketing firm worth?
  • Ad agencies and search engine marketing firms begin to play together
  • Public relations via search engines
  • Kanoodle joins contextual advertising fray
    
    
• InternetNews.com
  • The Graphical Search Divide - search engine advertising and graphic images
    
    
• SEO Corner in WebProNews for Professional Developers
  • Search engine spider, index, and ranking
  • Keyword repetition for search engine optimization
  • Word count and search engine optimization
  • Getting Flash sites ranked in search engines
  • Absolute vs. relative links: which is better for the search engines?
  • Optimize your entire site for the search engines
  • Web site architecture and search engines - Part 1
  • Web site architecture and search engines - Part 2
  • Web site architecture and search engines - Part 3
  • Disabling Google and other search engines from crawling a site
  • The myth of permanent search engine positions
  • URL structure and search engine optimization

2003 search engine marketing and design articles

• Clickz
  • Search engine spam
  • Top 5 search engine marketing myths
  • Understand search results pages
  • What types of search engine marketing does your site need?
    
    
• PDF Zone
  PDFs and search engines: Four tips for getting your PDFs indexed
  
  
• Internet Retailer
  • Pay attention, consultant urges: Not all search marketing is created equal
  • The steps to identifying and choosing the right search engine optimization expert
    
    
• Search Engine Strategies Conference Report
  SearchDay
  • Bungled search engine optimization - cleaning up the mess
  • Analyzing Search Engines as Investments
  • Search Engine Contextual Ads Gain Momentum
  • The Future of Search Engine Marketing
  • How Search Engines Make Money
  • Optimizing Flash for Search Engines
  • Search Engines and Web Server Issues
  • Search Engine Marketing and Branding
  • Shopping Search Fuels Online Sales
  • The "Secret System" of Search Engine Advertising
    
    
• High Rankings Advisor
  • Digging Deeper into Search-Engine Friendly Design, Part I
  • Digging Deeper into Search-Engine Friendly Design, Part II
  • Optimizing PDF Files for the Search Engines
    
    
• Maximizing Search Engine Visibility, book review by Chris Sherman of SearchDay.
  
  
• SEO Corner in DevWebPro for Professional Developers
  • Attributes, variables, and search engine visibility
  • Australian / New Zealand Google
  • Dissecting search engine results pages
  • Duplicate content in the search engines
  • Frames, JavaScript and search engines
  • Getting your site listed in the Google index
  • Hiding content from the search engines
  • HTML tag order and search engine positioning
  • JavaScript and search engine visibility
  • Keyword repetition in HTML tags
  • Keyword-rich URLs and search engine visibility - Part 1
  • Keyword-rich URLs and search engine visibility - Part 2
  • Making a good Google ranking even better
  • Manual submissions vs. automated submissions
  • Meta Keywords
  • Registering a site with keyword phrases
  • Search engines and font tags
  • Search engines and Web site directory structure
  • Submitting all pages vs. the main page
  • Submitting to non-US search engines
  • The Search Engine Marketing Cycle - Part 1
  • The Search Engine Marketing Cycle - Part 2
  • Understanding search engine results pages
  • What can I do to optimize my site for the search engines?
  • Writing title tags for the home page
    

2002 search engine marketing and design articles

• Shari Thurow gives great tips and insight into the "spider" world of search engines. Read the full interview at ibizinterviews.com....
  
  
• Shari Thurow is quoted about AltaVista's new Web site design ("a million times better") in Wired.
  
  
• Shari Thurow is quoted in PC World Magazine on the topic of search engine optimization. Do Search Engines Tell the Truth? by Dennis O'Reilly.
  
  
• Search Engine Strategies Conference Report
  SearchDay
  • Big Sites + Big Brands = Big Search Engine Marketing Challenges
  • Converting Searchers to Customers
  • Low Budget Search Engine Marketing
  • Search Engines and Legal Issues - Part 1
  • Search Engines and Legal Issues - Part 2
  • The Search Engines Ask You
  • The Search Engine Spam Police
  • The Search Engine Spam Police - Part 1 (Directories)
  • The Search Engine Spam Police - Part 2 (Search Engines)
    
    
• High Rankings Advisor
  • Converting Visitors into Buyers
  • Designing Search-Engine Friendly Web Sites
  • Search Engine Spam Affects Us All
  • The Search Engine Spam Police
  • Successful Site Architecture

2001 search engine marketing and design articles

• Search Engine Strategies Conference Report
  SearchDay
  • Measuring and Tracking Search Engine Success
  • Designing Search-Engine Friendly Web Sites and Site Clinic
  • Leveraging Your Content
  • Writing for the Search Engines

If you have any specific questions about our search engine marketing and design publications, or if you would like us to write an article about one of your publications, please use our contact form or email us at info@grantasticdesigns.com.

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