Jacob Stoops

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Using CSS Image Replacement for Non Web-Safe Fonts

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 5:22 pm
If you’re a designer, you’ve run into the issue of web-safe fonts in your designs before. If you’re not a designer, then you might be wonder just what IS a web-safe font? Web-safe... Thank...
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Image Optimization & Naming Files: Help Search Engines Help You

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 11:38 am
Images present a very unique problem webcrawlers. A search engine webcrawler doesn’t have the ability to view and image on the web and inherently know what that image is depicting. In other... ...
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How to Write Highly-Optimized Title Tags

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 4:04 pm
In SEO, there are a lot of theories. Optimize this, optimize that, do this, do that. There’s white-hat, and black-hat, and grey-hat, and {insert color} hat to describe the different... Thanks f...
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In the SEO Know? Share the Wealth. Reap Rewards!

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 7:17 am
I’ve learned a very valuable lesson over the past week. If you’re a practitioner of Search Engine Optimization, share your knowledge! Why, you say? It WILL help you not only win business,... ...
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SEOs, Luck, Magic, and Fairy Dust

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 11:31 am
I’ll start right off and say it. SEO is not magic, witchcraft, or anything you can pick up at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There are no Harry Potters, Gandalfs, and definitely no... ...
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SEO for Large Sites & Companies

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Sep 18, 2009, 1:15 pm
If you’ve been in the SEO industry for a while, you’ve probably come across some pretty large and challenging websites to optimize. It’s no doubt that a large website can be a very... Thank...
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Do Executives Really Understand Social Media?

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 1:29 pm
Saw an interesting article from eMarketer today on Executives and Social Media. This led me to some interesting thoughts. Now I am by no means a social media czar as you can tell by the fact that I......
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6 Crawlability Mistakes & How To Cure Them

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 2:21 pm
So it’s been a couple weeks since you launched that flashy new website, and it’s still not indexed. Pissed off, right? Fire your web provider! Fire your SEO! Fire your marketing company!... T...
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4 SEO Clients That Drive Me to Drink & How to Cope With Them (Spoof)

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 10:20 am
Disclaimer: I come off as a big-time asshole in this video, and that is not my intention. My intention was to put a bit of a funny and sarcastic spin on a couple different types of SEO clients that......
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101 SEO Tips That Made My Head Explode

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 10:32 am
Today, I’ve decided to challenge myself a little bit. Every SEO can probably come up with a top 10 seo list no problem! I’ve probably done that more than a few times, so I’ve... Thanks for ...
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Page Titles & SEO: 7 Things to Avoid

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 27, 2009, 8:39 am
As I stated previously, page titles are extremely important to SEO and it is very important for you to get it optimized the right way. This is an area that if you do wrong can result in your site... ...
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Page Titles & SEO: The Top 7 Must Do's

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 8:34 am
Having high-quality page titles is among the top factors in how well/poorly your website will rank. Therefore, they should be considered prime real estate when it comes to your Search Engine... T...
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The SEO Circle of Life

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 20, 2009, 9:57 am
Never in a million years did I ever think that I would be able to compare Search Engine Optimization and the movie Lion King. But indeed, I’ve arrived at this sad, sad state of affairs. What... ...
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How Search Engines Work

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 18, 2009, 8:42 am
One of the first steps to understanding Search Engine Optimization is to understand the search engines themselves. If you’re familiar with what you’re up against, then you can have a... Thank...
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Local Search Engine Ranking Factors

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 14, 2009, 9:18 am
Over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed that ranking factors for local search engines are vastly different from normal organic ranking factors. Like natural search, there are so many... Tha...
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7 Expectations to Set When Selling SEO

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 12, 2009, 12:09 pm
Note: Yes, that is my dog running around in the background making racket. Also, Tip #7 is totally cracked out! The sound got screwed up somehow, so it looks like I’m from one of those bad... Th...
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Dear Bing & Yahoo…You Still Suck!

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 10, 2009, 8:09 am
Dear Bing & Yahoo!, You still suck majorly and I’ll tell you why! I don’t care that you just merged together to fight big-bad Google. You’ll both probably end up just shitting... Thanks ...
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11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring An SEO Company

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 6:45 am
Finding a good SEO at a reasonable price in this economy can be a challenging task. Furthermore, it can be hard to decipher through all the bullshit sale pitch crap to tell if their qualified SEO... ...
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SEOMoz Launches New Mozbar for SEO

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Aug 3, 2009, 4:30 am
A great SEO tool called Mozbar was re-released over the weekend! According to Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOMoz, this new-and-improved version of Mozbar is an SEO’s dream! “It probably comes as... ...
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Top 3 Reasons Why You Need SEO

Jacob Stoops posted an article on - Jul 31, 2009, 11:30 am
Disclaimer: I’m still pretty new at this video thing, and I have a terrible stutter about 1:30 in. It actually took me like 4 takes to make this short video, so I produced some high-quality,... ...
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About Me

I'm a 27 year old SEO Analyst at People To My Site in Columbus, OH. I'm also a freelance web designer with a flair for Wordpress designs, and an avid blogger. You can read my SEO blog at www.agent-seo.com

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