Can SEO regulate itself?
Adam asks “who should regulate SEO” and includes me and a few other folks in his “meme” at the bottom of his post. He also mentions that SEOs can not be trusted to self regulate and passes the torch to the search engines to do so. I mainly pay attention to Google so let me […]
Read More..>>Backlink Theory by Michael Martinez
Unlike many SEOs Michael Martinez puts a lot of thought into “theory” (hence the title of his blog “SEO Theory”), he also pays good attention to current trends in search engine optimization because it is his business. Michael is currently covering “backlinks” and doing a good job of crushing many incorrect beliefs.
Notable blockquote:
Web marketing is […]
American Idol Links
If you do a search for “American Idol” in Google and Yahoo you will find a site called SirLinksalot.net in the top 5. SLA offers American Idol Links with flashing ad banners that would give anyone a headache. The site is also ugly so what is it that is of use to those searching for […]
Read More..>>Sponsored Wordpress Themes
I am using a new theme today for this blog called Black & White and sponsored by yGoy which is some sort of health portal by Amitabh Shukla? If you are familiar with Wordpress you know that there are many themes available from the theme viewer. You can pretty much make a theme, add whatever […]
Read More..>>Sitemaps Autodiscovery via Robots.txt
Now you can universally submit your Google sitemap via Robots.txt to Google, Yahoo, Miscrosoft and Ask. Looks like all have been assimilated but in this case it is a VERY good thing!
Ask.com
The new open-format autodiscovery allows webmasters to specify the location of their Sitemaps within their robots.txt file, eliminating the need to submit sitemaps to […]
Social algorithms are coming
Is Google and other search engines looking to build more advanced social algorithms?
Did you know that the comments that people leave in blogs are sometimes of more value to search engines than the actual posts themselves? Could this mean that in the future (when search engines are able to make better sense of social areas […]
SEO phraseology
Here is a really lame thing to do, go to an SEO blog and comment using different names for example, name yourself SEO phraseology in the comment area linking back to your blog. Don’t forget to also post something hugely insightful like, “Hey, great post!” cuz that will really make you go undetected, boy do […]
Read More..>>Circular linking patterns of the SEO elites
I am going to ignore SEO blogs and focus on more useful stuff like helping people out in groups and forums. The circular linking patterns of the handful of SEO elites is getting tedious to follow. I also did a study of my incoming links and find pretty much the only thing any “elite” has […]
Read More..>>Why are these sites doing so well in Google?
Scott Karp has a question for Darren Rowse about his digital camera site asking:
So, what, you may ask, is wrong with this? Well, maybe nothing. Maybe Darrens site has done the best job aggregating the best camera reviews on the web. Maybe Darrens site delivers the highest possible value for anyone in Australia interested in […]
Parallels between the health field and SEO
NHP from Google Groups says:
The parallels between the health field and SEO is absolutely amazing.
In both areas, people ask bizarre questions. They provide grossly incomplete information. They are totally unable to articulate their questions clearly, because they have no idea as to what they are trying to ask for. And, they always […]
Nofollow Wikipedia Today
I am going to nofollow Wikipedia today and here is why. I am hoping others will do the same.
A few educational things I wrote about in the past have been linked from Wikipedia. It was the choice of the editor to find and link to me which according to Google is an earned organic link […]
Read More..>>Health in search engines and real life
I joined the gym because for the first time in my life I am starting to gain weight. I went from a lean and muscular 175 lbs. to an uncomfortable 195 lbs. in the last 6 months and just do not like the way it looks and feels.
For those who like to follow […]
John Edwards and Social Media
Robert Scoble who I once interviewed here goes on a plane ride with Senator John Edwards and asks him a few questions about social media and blogging.
Edwards sees blogs, podcasts and media as a way to build from the “ground up” so yes, he is mildly aware of it. He also admits that he is […]
Relevant Conversation about Trust
I have been enjoying the latest conversation about trust, self promotion and tipping points.
Trust is hard to gain, easy to lose via Blakeross.com
Google’s Tipping Point via TechCrunch
Matt’s thoughts on Google tips via Matt Cutts
Fury over Google’s Self Promotion via Search Engine Land
The real lesson from this week via Matt Cutts
Trust it is hard to gain […]
Got tagged by Lee Odden
I got tagged by Lee Odden and here is what he said:
Jeff Pulver started things off with this Holiday version of Blog Tag and this is the way it works: Once you’re tagged by another blogger, you write five things most people don’t know about you and then “tag” five other bloggers.
Five Things:
1. I got […]
An SEO Loser amongst SEO Rockstars
I have to give John Andrews the “hat tip” (hate that stupid phrase) for posting about The SEO Loser, also a couple other of you have seen it already. You really have to read this guys post about what it was like being among aloof SEO Rockstars at Pubcon because it is
not only funny but […]
Edgar N Vective
Dax is back with a new book title Edgar N Vective that surely made Greg Boser scratch his monkey head and say, “WTF is Dax doing, last month he sold his moustache on eBay and now a book about zombies that eat brains”?
Checkout his Edgar N Vective blog to see an example of smart marketing […]
