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Online Reputation Management Services

In: Bing|Google|Online Reputation Management - ORM|Social Media

21 Dec 2020

Argent Media has long provided Online Reputation Management services for both individuals as well as for organizations. While we also have long provided Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services as well as Pay-Per-Click Search Ad Management (SEM) — the two staples of Internet Marketing — even from our beginning we have provided Online Reputation Management as […]

What is an SEO Expert Witness?

In: Legal Expert Witness|Search Engine Optimization - SEO|Search Engines

8 May 2020

Q: What is an SEO Expert Witness? An SEO Expert Witness assists attorneys and their clients with cases involving where search engine optimization has been used, such as in trademark infringement and online defamation cases. SEO Expert Witnesses can explain how search engines function, how they index pages, and why they rank pages higher or […]

Reflections on Reputation – the New(ish) Quality Signal & Ranking Factor

In: Google|Search Engines

23 Jan 2019

I wrote a new SEO article which went live yesterday at Search Engine Land, called “How Reputation Became A Major Ranking Factor in SEO“. While I fully expect that there may be some level of criticism of it because it is based upon some degree of conjecture, all the same the assumptions made are logical […]

Why We Advocated For A Convicted Forger

In: Google|Industry News & Happenings|Online Reputation Management - ORM

15 Nov 2018

We recently took the unusual step of advocating for an admitted forger by way of submitting an amicus curiae brief to the court prior to the sentencing phase. If you closely followed the news around online reputation management issues, you may have heard of the jewelry company CEO who was caught forging court orders in […]

Does Google Hate You? 👿

In: Google|Online Reputation Management - ORM|Search Engines

7 Nov 2017

You’re sailing along with no care in the world, up until that wicked person posted something bad about you online. “No problem,” you think. After all, you already have a lot of good stuff about you that’s been ranking strongly for years, like your own website, your Twitter and Facebook accounts, online directory pages, a […]

Keyword Data – Chris Silver Smith Speaking @ SMX Advanced

In: Bing|Google|Industry News & Happenings|Search Engine Optimization - SEO

4 Jun 2014

Argent Media founder, Chris Silver Smith, will be speaking next week at the SMX Advanced Conference in Seattle on the panel, “Keywords on ‘Roids: Advanced Workarounds For Vanishing Keyword Data“, along with industry veterans Christine Churchill (KeyRelevance) and Rae Hoffman (PushFire). As all search engine marketers are aware, Google has steadily reduced the keyword referral […]

Local SEO 101: What Are Local Citations?

In: Google|Local SEO 101

7 Apr 2014

If you have read up on anything involving Local Search Engine Optimization or Maps SEO, you will have heard marketers talk about “Local Citations”. So, just what are they, and why are they so important in helping you to rank higher in local searches related to your business? Google’s earliest method or algorithm for ranking […]

What Does Recipe Rich Snippet Combined With Authorship Markup Look Like?

In: Author Markup|Google|Recipe Rich Snippets|Rich Snippets

4 Mar 2013

If you attended my presentation at the DFW SEM meeting in January on Semantic Markup for Local SEO, or if you read my articles on “13 Semantic Markup Tips For 2013: A Local SEO Checklist” and “Authorship: The Top Search Marketing Tactic in 2013“, you’ll recall that I recommended sites add in semantic markup wherever […]

Bing Local SEO Basics

In: Bing|Local Search

30 Jan 2012

In Chris Silver Smith’s most recent article on Search Engine Land, he provides some suggestions for local optimizations of business profiles for Bing’s Business Portal. While these tips may be basic, some of the information he points out — such as how images may help improve local rankings, and how including hours of operation might […]


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