Fortune Interactive & SEM Logic
I'm fascinated by this SEM Logic software. It sounds like something we've been trying to get working for months: Research from the fields of Information ...
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SERoundTable Forums
Barry Schwartz has finally opened the new SERoundtable forums. He's got quite an impressive staff - dazzlindonna, phoenix, pk_synths, sufyaaan and even Darrin Ward (yes, the OG himself). I'll be modding there, too and look forwar...
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State of the Blogosphere
I've got one, you've probably got one, and so does nearly everyone we know. Blogs have been the "next big thing" for just about the last three years. Not surprisingly, the darling child of the 'new media' is still growing fast, and, according to info collected b...
SEO Myths - A List and Discussion
Bill Slawski starts an SEO Myths thread at Cre8asite that's a true gem. I've excerpted some of my favorite myths he's covered, but it's the evidence and explanations that contain the meat of this post, so take a visit: MYTHS of SEO: SEO copywriting means writing strong copy, then inserting keywords wit...
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Can a US$500 Budget Deliver a Decent SEO Plan?
In a recent thread at Cr8 I gave some rough averages of incoming bid requests I received: 80% has a annual budget less than 1,000US$ 10% has...
Final Weigh-In on SEOChat
I promised a post that offered closure on the SEOChat issue. Here are the list of events: SEOChat admins instituted some changes to the forum software Members began complaining vehemently, particularly with regards to the "nofollow" links on signatures (which one can only earn by posting 100 or more times and spending 90 days on the forum) Admins and some Mods...
Changes to SEOChat
There's been some major changes to SEOChat, the forum where I moderate and spend most of my online forum time. The owners, DevShed and Jon Caputo, have decided to enforce strict "nofollow" tags on all outbound links in signatures, causing a mass exodus of many members, including many mod...
What's the Big Secret?
At Cre8asite forums, one of the more amusing threads today comes from new member severeidaho. His state is infamous for government coverups and FBI goings-on, so why not some secretive SEO: ...
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Evolution of SEO – what happens to handcrafted SEO in 2006?
IMO one of the most alarming trends in 2005/6 has been, and will be the automation of SEO related tasks. I agree, some tasks like rank checking deserve to be automated but out there are people who seriously combine phrases like "generated...
Contrasting SEO Ethics with Perception
The SEO ethics debate may be pointless, but it does spur a lot of activity. I noted a thread at SEOChat on the subject, where some disagreement between Fathom and I, along with a stereotypical quote from Mick has me reading: Rand: Never take on two clients ...
Good Advice for Consultants & Contractors
Steve Friedl, the man behind UnixWiz.net, has an older article on consulting that's worth reading. I pulled out some of the "maxims" that he writes about that stu...
5 Tips for SEO Businesses
Todd has some good references on operating your SEO business and I thought, in the spirit of teamwork, I'd address the same topic today with some recommendations of my own. Below is my own list of suggestions, based on experience (in both failure and success): Don't Underestimate your Value...
Ethical SEO vs. Effective SEO
The Return of Design site (which is run by the folks from Forty Media, who'd prefer to be linked to with the anchor text "phoenix web design") have an interesting post about what they consider ethical and unethical in the SEO...
Mainstream Press & SEO
The SEO/SEM industry has very little coverage in the major publications of the tech world or the business sphere. Understandably, we're a small industry and a curious one at that. Characterizations among those who are semi-familiar with search engine optimization range from low-tech marketers to high-grade spammers. As Rodney Dangerfield would most certainly note, "we don't get no respect"....