John, I'm a young dentist on a very tight budget. I found someone who builds dental websites for only a few hundred dollars. I want to save money building my website without sacrificing its quality. What are your thoughts on using a discount priced website builder? G.C. Hi G.C., Of course you always ...

John, I'm a dentist practicing in the midwest. What is the single most important thing to consider when hiring an SEO for my website? A.T. Good question A.T. There are several qualifications to consider before you hire an SEO to improve your site's ranking in the search engines. Above all else, I'd have ...

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Question: Hi John, There's a couple of threads on Dentaltown that give advice on SEO for websites. One company says its videos will play an important role in search engine ranking. The other thread mentions that if you "over photoshop" your images it will hurt the SEO. Can you let me know ...

Search engine optimization (SEO) and better ranking for your dental website in the search engines is indeed important, however, it is not the complete solution. Sure, people who arrive on your site from a Google query ...

I had a conversation last week with a California dentist and his in-house marketing manager. They wanted to know how to improve their website's visibility in the search engines and their site's visitor conversions. During our talk it was revealed they were considering ...

A "link farm" is a website, or Web page that contains hundreds if not thousands of links to any number of unrelated industry sites. Believe it or not, there are many so-called SEO "experts" who ...

If you're like many dentists, you've heard all the hoopla about Twitter, Facebook and other social media being essential to dental marketing. Most dentists have yet to attempt using Twitter or Facebook to acquire new patients; a few ...

It's important to conceptualize your goals. A mission statement can provide a crystal clear idea of what you want to accomplish. It's a concise, important "letter of intent" that helps define your goals and can even ...