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Hello, I’m Jacob Stoops, an SEO pro and blogger in Columbus, Ohio working for Rosetta Marketing. I have an extreme passion for content creation, design, and social media. Also, I have an unhealthy obsession with Mafia movies. Learn more about my Search Engine Optimization skills.

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My Passion for SEO

I love SEO. That said, I remember the struggles I had to go through to learn it. I got the hang of SEO by reading online content much like this.

My goal is to pay it forward by helping those who are trying to learn SEO Best Practices the way I learned them.

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Google Launches Search Plus Your World, Search Results Get More Personal

Google Launches Search Plus Your World, Search Results Get More Personal

Post Date
Jan 11, 2012

Yesterday, Google launched Search Plus Your World, an update to their personalized search algorithm which will impact how personalized results are displayed to users, and will put a greater emphasis on security, Google+, and results coming from users within their own social circles.

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Will Social Media Streamline or Fragment?

Will Social Media Streamline or Fragment?

Post Date
Jan 9, 2012

Guest poster Jesse Langley discusses the potential for social media to either fragment or streamline, resulting in either one big streamlined social media site or a variety of niche and specialty social media websites. Thanks to Jesse for writing an interesting and thought-provoking post!

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Link Building for Flash Websites

Link Building for Flash Websites

Post Date
Jan 5, 2012

Based on a request I received earlier this week, I’ve decided to outline some tips and strategies for link building for Flash-based websites as well as some of the complexities involved in doing SEO for Flash sites. Flash websites can be very tough to optimize, but these link building tactics should go a long way in helping you as an SEO.

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Styling Posts by Post-Count Using PHP Conditional Count Script

Styling Posts by Post-Count Using PHP Conditional Count Script

Post Date
Jan 3, 2012

For my first post of the year, I’m going to show you a little trick I learned using PHP post-count functions to style my Wordpress posts differently based on the post count – i.e. where that post falls in the numbered order (in relation to the other posts).

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2011: What a Long but Great Year

2011: What a Long but Great Year

Post Date
Dec 30, 2011

A brief look back on the odyssey that was my 2011. This past year was probably one of the longest and most rewarding years of my life. I had many great experiences that I’ll never forget, and many forgettable experiences. All-in-all, I came out of it in one piece, and I am definitely the better for it.

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Landing Page SEO Best Practices: Blue Elephant Edition

Landing Page SEO Best Practices: Blue Elephant Edition

Post Date
Aug 5, 2011

Ever wonder if you’re following Search Engine Optimization Best Practices when building out that nifty new landing page? I’ve created some guidelines to help you along when you’re building out a new page on your website or tweaking an existing page on your current website and you really, really want to make sure that you’ve optimized that particular page for a specific keyword.

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Plugin Review: WordPress SEO by Yoast

Plugin Review: WordPress SEO by Yoast

Post Date
Jul 26, 2011

In today’s article, we’ll be reviewing Joost de Valk‘s awesome plugin, WordPress SEO by Yoast. I decided to give it a try about a month ago when building a small website for one of my clients. I had previously been using the All-In-One SEO Pack which is a fine WordPress plugin, but I must tell you that WordPress SEO by Yoast really impressed me quite a bit with it’s capabilities.

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10 Questions with Nate Riggs

10 Questions with Nate Riggs

Post Date
Jul 21, 2011

In the first edition of “10 Questions With,” I got to talk with the great Nate Riggs of Social Business Strategies and NateRiggs.com about all things tech-related and even manage to get a question in there about good-old Columbus.

I must say, it was a …

Incoherent Ramblings: Head in the Sand Edition

Incoherent Ramblings: Head in the Sand Edition

Post Date
Jul 11, 2011

So for the last three months or so, I’ve clearly had my head in the sand when it comes to technology goings on (or life goings on for that matter). A lot has happened since I’ve been in the proverbial new job, wedding planning, full-time …

Incoherent Ramblings: The Perfect Storm Edition

Incoherent Ramblings: The Perfect Storm Edition

Post Date
Jul 8, 2011

Boy, has it been a long time or what?!?

The perfect storm of productively un-productiveness that has been my life for the last 3 months has died down just long enough for me to get a blog post out.

Between my new job, full-time school, …

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