Seo for your living

Scoreboard Media has a great post on the best question to ask a potential SEO service provider.

The Ups and Downs of Socializing Your Content
Post about the value add and costs of adding a user generated content section to your site.

The Fog of War - Great DVD
I highly recommend watching the DVD titled The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara.

Make Thousands of Near Identical Articles for Content Syndication & Link Building!!!
The buzz about content remixing for syndication is equally misguided and shortsighted.

Google is the Biggest Web Spammer
If spam is hosted by Google, ranked by Google, and displays Google ads, then why the need for outsourcing that fault? Why can’t we just call those people Google affiliates and leave it at what it is, Google = spam?

Many of us laughed or felt horribly betrayed or eventually both when we discovered the truth about such social media mistakes as the Wal-Mart fake blogs or Sony s failed attempt at a viral campaign on YouTube. We would have winced if we had made those kinds of mistakes on behalf of one of our own sites. Wouldn t it be great if there were some rules for social media …
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Group Interview on Links - Without Group Think
Rae recently posted a 5 person interview about link building that is well worth a read.

Many of us laughed or felt horribly betrayed or eventually both when we discovered the truth about such social media mistakes as the Wal-Mart fake blogs or Sony s failed attempt at a viral campaign on YouTube. We would have winced if we had made those kinds of mistakes on behalf of one of our own sites. Wouldn t it be great if there were some rules for social media …
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Using Co-branding to Overcome Barriers to Market Entry
In many markets the top ranked site is determined by popular opinion OUTSIDE their niche market. If you are new to a market or want to reach an audience that normally ignores you, the easiest way to do so is to co-brand something they DO care about.

Google is the Biggest Web Spammer
If spam is hosted by Google, ranked by Google, and displays Google ads, then why the need for outsourcing that fault? Why can’t we just call those people Google affiliates and leave it at what it is, Google = spam?

Blogspot and SEO (WebProNews)
Well it never just rains. It has to pour. I made an offer of some free SEO reviews a while back and a nasty confluence of happenings has upset my apple cart. But I m going to try and get some advice out to a few more people now. And this is going to be the toughest task I ve had in a while. You see it never dawned on me that so many folk would be on hosted blogs. Let s just say that optimising …

The Ups and Downs of Socializing Your Content
Post about the value add and costs of adding a user generated content section to your site.

Group Interview on Links - Without Group Think
Rae recently posted a 5 person interview about link building that is well worth a read.

Well it never just rains. It has to pour. I made an offer of some free SEO reviews a while back and a nasty confluence of happenings has upset my apple cart. But I m going to try and get some advice out to a few more people now. And this is going to be the toughest task I ve had in a while. You see it never dawned on me that so many folk would be on hosted blogs. Let s just say that optimising …

SEO Self-Reflection (WebProNews)
SEO articles abound on social media linking strategies. SEO blog posts are legion on the topic of link and widget bait. SEO forums buzz endlessly about reciprocal versus one-way linking. There is no doubt that all of those various types of external, inbound links matter. But how often do we discuss internal linking strategies? I had a long conversation with an apprentice level SEO this …

Japan’s SEO Future (WebProNews)
On my last day in Japan, I can report that there is a huge market for Japanese SEO services. And there are many companies not only with this understanding, but actively pursuing technologies to help them with their own SEO efforts, and to assist their clients better SEO their sites for more search powered success in Japan. SEO is a big buzz word in Japan, but I was surprised to find out …

The Ups and Downs of Socializing Your Content
Post about the value add and costs of adding a user generated content section to your site.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) March 23, 2007 Host Gator, a leading provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting, announced today that it will soon launch hosting services enhanced for search engine optimization under the brand SEO Hosting.

Help Me Help You
Scoreboard Media has a great post on the best question to ask a potential SEO service provider.

SEO Self-Reflection (WebProNews)
SEO articles abound on social media linking strategies. SEO blog posts are legion on the topic of link and widget bait. SEO forums buzz endlessly about reciprocal versus one-way linking. There is no doubt that all of those various types of external, inbound links matter. But how often do we discuss internal linking strategies? I had a long conversation with an apprentice level SEO this …

A-listers Feel the Heat (WebProNews)
One of the top search marketing bloggers Michael Grey recently made a video cast telling new SEO bloggers to step away from the keyboard. Going on to rant on about if you can t add something unique or different to the conversation then why bother. Well for one even if your blog doesn t have a lot of subscribers it can be extremely valuable for your customers, yourself, and search engine …

Make Thousands of Near Identical Articles for Content Syndication & Link Building!!!
The buzz about content remixing for syndication is equally misguided and shortsighted.

Using Co-branding to Overcome Barriers to Market Entry
In many markets the top ranked site is determined by popular opinion OUTSIDE their niche market. If you are new to a market or want to reach an audience that normally ignores you, the easiest way to do so is to co-brand something they DO care about.

Selling SEO Services on a Performance Basis
Should I consider selling search engine marketing services on a performance basis?

Weekly Search Buzz RoundUp - 3/23/07 (Search Engine Roundtable)
Like Lisa’s little recaps in the SEO blog world, Tamar will be covering the forums world. (Will we ever become BFF again, Lisa?) This week was my first week blogging for Search Engine Roundtable. As part of that, I immersed…

In many markets the top ranked site is determined by popular opinion OUTSIDE their niche market. If you are new to a market or want to reach an audience that normally ignores you, the easiest way to do so is to co-brand something they DO care about.

SEO articles abound on social media linking strategies. SEO blog posts are legion on the topic of link and widget bait. SEO forums buzz endlessly about reciprocal versus one-way linking. There is no doubt that all of those various types of external, inbound links matter. But how often do we discuss internal linking strategies? I had a long conversation with an apprentice level SEO this …

Elite Retreat just finished, and I think this one was even more fun than the last one. Wendy and Kris both blogged it. Thanks to everyone who attended and spoke….

SEO Spam Case Study (WebProNews)
ShopFactory.com (by Steffan Klein & Michael Veith, according to the About page) is a system to help you create online shops. The makers promise that their tool helps you get top Google rankings with built in search engine optimization. Looking at some of the shops, you can see they use frames, so they re probably lying about that. However, and customers may not know this*, setting …

Japan’s SEO Future (WebProNews)
On my last day in Japan, I can report that there is a huge market for Japanese SEO services. And there are many companies not only with this understanding, but actively pursuing technologies to help them with their own SEO efforts, and to assist their clients better SEO their sites for more search powered success in Japan. SEO is a big buzz word in Japan, but I was surprised to find out …

Free Elite Retreat Conference Pass
We are giving away a free pass to the the fast approaching San Fransisco Elite Retreat conference.

Blogspot and SEO (WebProNews)
Well it never just rains. It has to pour. I made an offer of some free SEO reviews a while back and a nasty confluence of happenings has upset my apple cart. But I m going to try and get some advice out to a few more people now. And this is going to be the toughest task I ve had in a while. You see it never dawned on me that so many folk would be on hosted blogs. Let s just say that optimising …

Google is the Biggest Web Spammer
If spam is hosted by Google, ranked by Google, and displays Google ads, then why the need for outsourcing that fault? Why can’t we just call those people Google affiliates and leave it at what it is, Google = spam?

Group Interview on Links - Without Group Think
Rae recently posted a 5 person interview about link building that is well worth a read.

See Google PageRank and Anchor Text of Your Inbound Links
Joost de Valk emailed me about a Firefox Greasemonkey extension webmasters can use with Google’s Webmaster Tools to see the PageRank and anchor text of inbound links. The tool is fast, and does a good job of showing you how well you have been mixing your inbound anchor text.

Selling SEO Services on a Performance Basis
Should I consider selling search engine marketing services on a performance basis?

Make Thousands of Near Identical Articles for Content Syndication & Link Building!!!
The buzz about content remixing for syndication is equally misguided and shortsighted.

Joost de Valk emailed me about a Firefox Greasemonkey extension webmasters can use with Google’s Webmaster Tools to see the PageRank and anchor text of inbound links. The tool is fast, and does a good job of showing you how well you have been mixing your inbound anchor text.

Free Elite Retreat Conference Pass
We are giving away a free pass to the the fast approaching San Fransisco Elite Retreat conference.

Getting Out of a Bad Community
Tips on how to dis-associate a site from bad sectors of the web.

Elite Retreat just finished, and I think this one was even more fun than the last one. Wendy and Kris both blogged it. Thanks to everyone who attended and spoke….

Blogspot and SEO (WebProNews)
Well it never just rains. It has to pour. I made an offer of some free SEO reviews a while back and a nasty confluence of happenings has upset my apple cart. But I m going to try and get some advice out to a few more people now. And this is going to be the toughest task I ve had in a while. You see it never dawned on me that so many folk would be on hosted blogs. Let s just say that optimising …

Filters vs Penalties & Optimization vs Over-Optimization
Most pages which have their search engine rankings drop are usually filtered, not penalized. This post mentions a few examples of different types of filters.

Too Much Email
If you emailed me recently it may take me a while to reply.