Jim Lillicotch

Is It Worth It To Give Away Information?

I recently drove about 300 miles to meet with a potential client. My first thought when they asked to meet with me was that they had mentioned in the beginning that they were looking for someone local. I wondered it they were serious about hiring me or ju... Read >

Search Engine Optimization is Really Pretty Simple

There has been quite a bit of talk going around SEO blogs lately about whether Search Engine Optimization is dying or is already dead. I don't believe that either is true. One of the main reasons for their argument is that SEO is really pretty simple a... Read >

Why Should A Search Engine Trust You?

Because search engines are getting thousands of new pages a day - and who knows how many authors - they tend to be skeptical about new content unless it's from a source that they already trust. Website authors are all screaming, "Hey I'm the best, rank my... Read >

What does a small business want from a website?

There are many small businesses that, even in this day and age, don't have a website or have one that just sits there and does nothing. What they want is a website that makes money instead of costing money. A site that is search engine friendly will ass... Read >

Lessons Learned from Talk Like A Pirate Day

September 19 has been declared "International Talk Like A Pirate Day". How do I know that? I read it on Matt Cutts´ blog. If you don´t know who Matt Cutts is, he is one of Google´s first employees. Matt writes a blog "Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO"... Read >