Business http://business.wpb2.com Business Blog Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:00:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Leading indicators rise in September http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/leading-indicators-rise-in-september/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/leading-indicators-rise-in-september/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:00:56 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/leading-indicators-rise-in-september/
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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/leading-indicators-rise-in-september/feed/ Wall Street surges on hopes of credit recovery http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/wall-street-surges-on-hopes-of-credit-recovery/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/wall-street-surges-on-hopes-of-credit-recovery/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:57:51 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/wall-street-surges-on-hopes-of-credit-recovery/
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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/wall-street-surges-on-hopes-of-credit-recovery/feed/ LI Biz Blog: Check out our debate videos, and the oyster festival draws a big crowd http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/li-biz-blog-check-out-our-debate-videos-and-the-oyster-festival-draws-a-big-crowd/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/li-biz-blog-check-out-our-debate-videos-and-the-oyster-festival-draws-a-big-crowd/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:49:02 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/li-biz-blog-check-out-our-debate-videos-and-the-oyster-festival-draws-a-big-crowd/
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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/li-biz-blog-check-out-our-debate-videos-and-the-oyster-festival-draws-a-big-crowd/feed/ Grocery bill still high? Blame ’sticky’ prices http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/grocery-bill-still-high-blame-sticky-prices/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/grocery-bill-still-high-blame-sticky-prices/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:15:58 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/grocery-bill-still-high-blame-sticky-prices/
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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/grocery-bill-still-high-blame-sticky-prices/feed/ Poll finds high anxiety on economy this month http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/poll-finds-high-anxiety-on-economy-this-month/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/poll-finds-high-anxiety-on-economy-this-month/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:14:07 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/poll-finds-high-anxiety-on-economy-this-month/
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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/poll-finds-high-anxiety-on-economy-this-month/feed/ Investors remain nervous even as 3Q profits emerge http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/investors-remain-nervous-even-as-3q-profits-emerge/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/investors-remain-nervous-even-as-3q-profits-emerge/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:12:35 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/investors-remain-nervous-even-as-3q-profits-emerge/
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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/20/investors-remain-nervous-even-as-3q-profits-emerge/feed/ The Unwilling SEO http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/the-unwilling-seo/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/the-unwilling-seo/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:49:59 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/the-unwilling-seo/ I’ve become an unwilling SEO (search engine optimization professional). 

What I mean is, because I run a  business with a large Web component, I’ve had to learn a little about search engine optimization and search engine marketing – emphasis on “a little.” 

I don’t consider myself a search professional.  Nor do I want to become one.  Given a choice, there are lots of other things I’d rather spend my time on, that I think I’m better at.  It’s just that search is so important to my business, as it is to so many small businesses today.  

I wrote about the challenges of balancing between learning and doing SEO yourself, and outsourcing various functions over at the Looksmart blog:  Tips for the Unwilling SEO.

Another fine post from Small Business Trends

The Unwilling SEO

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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/petrochemicals-brazil-resin-imports-to-continue-rising-in-2009/feed/ Oil & Gas - Uruguay - Ancap to offer 11 blocks in 1st annual offshore round http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/oil-gas-uruguay-ancap-to-offer-11-blocks-in-1st-annual-offshore-round/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/oil-gas-uruguay-ancap-to-offer-11-blocks-in-1st-annual-offshore-round/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:13:41 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/oil-gas-uruguay-ancap-to-offer-11-blocks-in-1st-annual-offshore-round/ Uruguay’s state oil company Ancap will offer 11 blocks in the offshore bidding round that starts in December this year, company E&P director Héctor de Santa Ana Álvarez told BNamericas at the INGEPET …

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]]> http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/oil-gas-uruguay-ancap-to-offer-11-blocks-in-1st-annual-offshore-round/feed/ Infrastructure - Chile - MOP to invest US$124mn in southern rural roads http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/infrastructure-chile-mop-to-invest-us124mn-in-southern-rural-roads/ http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/infrastructure-chile-mop-to-invest-us124mn-in-southern-rural-roads/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:13:41 +0000 n4 http://business.wpb2.com/2008/10/19/infrastructure-chile-mop-to-invest-us124mn-in-southern-rural-roads/ Chile’s public works ministry (MOP) will invest 77bn pesos (US$124mn) by 2010 to improve the rural road network in the country’s southern regions, a MOP official told BNamericas, elaborating on a mini…

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