seo

  • SEO Rapper on YouTube

    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.

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  • linkbuilding — white hat version

    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 to an invested interest here in keeping…

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  • New Yahoo — open search and Yahoo buzz

    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.” And I do not want them to be…

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  • summarizing

    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 substantial than a tweet. But in theory,…

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  • It’s not just web presence, it’s Web Presence

    Because I have been working on the Web since 2000, no one needs to prove to me or anyone I work with the value of a Web site. SEO is a different story. Some people get it and some people don’t. And as with most things, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. What…

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  • blog buzz, SEO, and desired user action

    This post on SEO Moz: R0n Paul is the Snakes on a Plane of 2008 got me thinking about the goals of blog buzz and also the goals of SEO. I think there is an assumption out there that all links are good links and all blog buzz will help your product or strategy. And…

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  • Still getting used to this wordpress thing

    I wouldn’t say I am a super-user of any particular blog software, but I do know my way around Roller and Blogger. But WordPress has so much more to offer. It is overwhelming. I think I have done all the theme tweaking I need to (and some I probably did not need to). Now I…

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  • This week in SEO

    Looking into the Yahoo Site explorer to try and branch out from the Google Webmaster tool as the only option for search engine to Web site communication. Also hacking this wordpress theme. I like the layout, but not the adsense ads. I will be the one to decide where ads go, thank you very much.

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