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Jack Leblond

Jack Leblond

Jack Leblond is a SEO/SEM professional working for a large corporation full time in Austin, TX. He is not a Realtor, he is our in-house SEO expert. Jack is the Director of Internet Strategy and Operations for TG (www.tgslc.org). In addition to managing the team that develops and maintains the company's multiple Web sites, he focuses on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), e-marketing and Social Media. Jack's background ranges from Submarine Sonar Technician/Instructor for the United States Navy, technical writer, pioneer in internet/intranet creation for McGraw-Hill and Times Mirror Higher Education, former Adjunct Professor for two Universities teaching web-related courses, has served as a city council member and co-founded Net-Smart, a web design and hosting company, where he managed networks and oversaw the development of hundreds of Web sites. As a free-lance SEO consultant, Jack performs SEO Site Audits for small/medium businesses that want their web sites to perform better in the search engine listings.

SEO Tip – It’s Time for a Pop Quiz

SEO Tip – It’s Time for a Pop Quiz

By Jack Leblond on December 19, 2009 | 24 Responses

Time to find out who’s been paying attention
This week we are not having a tip, this week it’s time to see who’s site is doing well, and who’s needs some more help.  After all, how can I possibly know what kind of help (or…

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SEO Tip – Spy on Your Competition with Google Alerts

SEO Tip – Spy on Your Competition with Google Alerts

By Jack Leblond on December 12, 2009 | 9 Responses

You Can’t Keep up with the Jones’ if you don’t know what they are doing.
Welcome back to the SEO Tips series, I’m glad you’ve stuck with me and hope you have learned a thing or two to help your Web site perform better. …

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SEO Tip – Use Google for Keyword Research

SEO Tip – Use Google for Keyword Research

By Jack Leblond on December 5, 2009 | 9 Responses

Use some of Google’s muscle for keyword research
Welcome back, hope you had a safe and enjoyable holiday break.  My wife and I used our time to put in new kitchen counters and tile….but, that’s a whole other post.  Let’s get to today’s SEO Tip.…

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SEO Tip – Don’t Forget to Optimize Your Interior Pages

SEO Tip – Don’t Forget to Optimize Your Interior Pages

By Jack Leblond on November 21, 2009 | 5 Responses

You need more than just curb appeal to make Google happy
Welcome back, time for another SEO Tip.
Is your Web site like a Hollywood back-lot?  All snazzy looking up front, but nothing on the inside?  More importantly, does Google think that’s what it is? …

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SEO Tip – Create a Sitemap For Your Real Estate Web Site

SEO Tip – Create a Sitemap For Your Real Estate Web Site

By Jack Leblond on November 14, 2009 | 4 Responses

Sitemaps help make your 100 acres easier to navigate
Welcome back.  My series of SEO Tips is winding down; I hope you have gotten a lot out of them.  If you have questions about this, the earlier tips or something I have yet to cover,…

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SEO Tip – Optimize Your Images for Better Rankings

SEO Tip – Optimize Your Images for Better Rankings

By Jack Leblond on November 7, 2009 | 9 Responses

It’s Saturday morning, so you know what that means – time for another SEO Tip.  This week’s tip is so simple some of you may wonder if it’s even true, others may wonder why they haven’t been doing it already.
You have all been told…

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Search Engine Optimization Tip – Word Separators

Search Engine Optimization Tip – Word Separators

By Jack Leblond on October 31, 2009 | 13 Responses

Hyphens and underscores and pipes – OH MY!
Welcome back, hope you are learning lots from my series of SEO Tips.  This week we’ll take a look at some common methods of separating words in your URLs and page titles, and which should provide you…

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SEO Tip – Discovering backlinks

SEO Tip – Discovering backlinks

By Jack Leblond on October 24, 2009 | 25 Responses

Welcome back, hope you are finding this SEO tips series helpful.  A few weeks ago we discussed how to properly link to your site and the documents in it. Today, we’ll learn how to discover what other sites link to you, what pages they link…

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SEO Tip – META keywords

SEO Tip – META keywords

By Jack Leblond on October 17, 2009 | 9 Responses

Hopefully last week’s SEO Tip didn’t make your brain hurt too bad – I promise not to get that geeky again for a while.
I know some you  of are already thinking up snarky comments about how useless you think the META Keywords are –…

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SEO Tip – Canonicalization

SEO Tip – Canonicalization

By Jack Leblond on October 10, 2009 | 10 Responses

In last week’s SEO Tip about linking to the home page correctly, I promised to tell you how to do “canonicalization” (just don’t ask me to pronounce it).  As a quick refresher, canonicalization is a fancy word that means to direct traffic from multiple, possibly…

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