http://ljbanks.com LJ Banks -- findability expert Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:32:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been getting reports from various sources that Google is now indexing flash "for real" this time and we don't have to worry about using text to make sure search spiders and people with pagereaders can access our content. I did read the Google Webmaster blog post on ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/07/30/flash-still-not-good-for-findibility/ It's the end of an era. Barry Schwartz at SearchEngineLand reports that Yahoo has decommissioned the Overture Keyword Suggestion tool. Although I no longer use it (I prefer the Google Adwords Keyword tool as my free keyword tool), I think it was one of the first keyword tools I ever used ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/06/30/overture-keyword-tool-discontinued/ This is not a summary of what I learned, just some random thoughts on the conference itself. I am not an SEO insider. I do inhouse SEO and do not mingle with the big players. First off, this was far better than Search Engine Strategies conferences. I've attended ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/06/11/reflections-on-smx-advanced-seattle-2008/ Not sure what I am doing wrong here. Both OpenID plugins I have tried have blown my blog away. I want to support this technology, but I also want my blog to load. Anyone have any OpenID wordpress comment authentication plugins to recommend? http://ljbanks.com/2008/05/13/iso-openid-plugin-for-blog/ Great list of pro and con articles and tools for twittering at SEO 2.0 blog: Twitter Dilemma: To Tweet or Not to Tweet? Pros, Cons, 50+ Links & Tools. I was late to the twitter party and I admit it can be a huge time waste. The best use I ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/04/30/blogging-about-twittering-and-twittering-about-blogging/ This is why I love the interwebs: I totally agree, except I don't get the part about the snicker. But that's probably because I am not hip. http://ljbanks.com/2008/04/04/seo-rapper-on-youtube/ Recently, on my advice, our site turned down a submission for an article on link building. My gut reaction when asked about any article on link building is that is too much a gray area of SEO and we shouldn't even open ourselves up to that. I admit ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/03/18/linkbuilding-white-hat-version/ I hate to be negative about Yahoo. I like Yahoo. I still use their e-mail and I always include it in my list of "other search engines" when giving SEO best practices. Such as, "this will optimize your page for Google and other search engines like Yahoo." ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/02/28/new-yahoo-open-search-and-yahoo-buzz/ One of the reasons I like twitter is the forced brevity. Having only 140 characters helps me focus what I want to say into small portions. I think of Twitter as a snack, while blogging is a meal. Maybe not always the most filling meal, but much more ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/02/25/summarizing/ Now that I have a better understanding of how it works, (thanks Turbotodd) I am all over this OpenID thing. Doesn't hurt that all the big players are sigining on as well ( Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign and Yahoo! join OpenID Foundation Board.) Having one place to sign in and ... http://ljbanks.com/2008/02/07/getting-on-the-openid-bandwagon/