I'm going to make this short, but just trying to make another point as to how important keyword research truly is. Here is really simple keyword phrase that I believe it helps show the importance of keyword research.

The Business:
"A storefront that sells Apple Computer products on Maui"

The Keywords:
Maui Apple Store and Apple Store Maui

Search ratio is 1:5. So for every person that searches for "Maui Apple Store,"...

Josh Sommers

So what's the difference between Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Internet Marketing? Where should I start? Let's start with SEO.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SEO is the practice of optimizing your website, blog or web page so that it will show up high in the organic results in the search engines for your keyword or keyword phrase. The way to do that is to create a web page that is the most relevant and organized web page on the subject...

Bob Sommers

I've been spending some time now promoting the benefits of using Article Marketer as an article distribution site. Truth is, I've been so engaged with Article Marketer, that I have not spent any time looking at the alternatives.

In this blog post, I want to compare the distribution of one of my article marketing articles distributed on Article Marketer...

Bob Sommers

Keyword Domination
We all know how powerful video and article marketing can be. Instant rankings for long tale keywords and thousands of powerful links back can't be beat!

So I'm going to start looking into some of the other off-site-sites that will allow you to add content relevant to your long tale keyword. (Basically shooting for instant rankings for long tale keywords...)

Here are a few that I'm going to start looking into:

eHow.com
hubpages.com...

Josh Sommers

Keyword Chaos

It seems like there is a lot of confusion regarding keyword research. And hopefully I can add to the chaos.

Different goals warrant different keywords. Some people are looking to generate traffic, others are looking for a high click through rate (CTR), many seek high payout terms, while the rest of us are looking for the low...

Josh Sommers