One critical element of planning for a link building campaign or to do some competitive analysis is to find out how many incoming links you have to your (or a  competitor's) website and what those links are. There are a ton of great resources out there that help you do this. Here are three free ones that I have found to be very useful.

When it comes to designing a good website, I always think of the book "Don't Make Me Think" by Steve Krug. It's an oldie, but a "goodie." As a web developer, we are always faced with the battle between usability and aesthetics. Not to say that you can't have both, but they are often at odds with one another. Throw in the need for a website to be search engine optimized and you get even more complexity. Here's the thing to keep in mind: USABILITY SHOULD ALWAYS WIN.

I often get asked questions like "If I only could do one thing on my site to make it be better optimized for search engines, what would it be?" Well, this is by no means an exhaustive list, but it is the 3 most important tags that you need to address on your pages in order to be properly indexed by search engines...

I hate that in the hustle and bustle of operating a business we often miss the opportunity to announce the launch of one of our client's new websites, but today Element Analytical, an engineering analysis, investigation, and inspection solutions company located in Knightdale launched their new website, which sports a clean look, easy-to-use content management system, and a news area to post updates on their industry. One of the owners happens to be a good friend of mine, so check out their new site and tell them how much you like it!

We just launched a new free tool for those who want to make the most of their title, meta description and meta keyword tags on their website.

Click here to check out our SEO Title and Meta Tag Tool - SEOMetaTagTool.com.

As you may know, there is a certain number of characters you should optimally shoot for for each of these fields, and yes, we know that the meta keyword tag is virtually useless for SEO anymore, but we felt it was best to include that while we were at it

Just put in your information, keeping an eye on the counter to stay out of the red, and when you're done hit the "Generate Code" button and get the HTML to put into your site. It's that easy. Check it out!