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There is a very amusing (toungue-in-cheek) article over at SEOMOZ that talks about the different types of clients that SEO’s get. The one that sticks out for me and actually makes me wince is this one: The BTJ Client (or Bigger Than Jesus) is someone who is obsessed with getting a PR9 or PR10 site, Read more about Funny SEO Client Profiles[…]
The amount of misinformation floating around the web as it relates to search engine optimization is staggering. It seems that 9 out of every 10 posts I read contains blatantly wrong advice. I am begininning to think that some very sneaky SEO pro’s are spreading incorrect info on purpose. Here is a thread I came Read more about SEO Misinformation Creates Many Myths[…]
I receive quite a few inquiries asking if I can match or beat some very low (and I mean looooowwww) prices of some overseas folks that offer SEO (and I use the term loosely here) services. I often explain that most of these companies are just making free directory submissions or spamming blog comments and Read more about Outsourcing Problems[…]
This one has come out of left-field and has caught many folks (even those in the gambling industry) by surpise. It seems Google is trying to make a little extra cash by offering adwords to qualified UK customers. Now some of the affiliates are screaming bloody-murder. Google is set to lift its 4 year ban Read more about Surprise, Adwords Accepting Gambling Ads in the UK[…]
I have noticed a lot of extra traffic on one of my blogs and was happy to see it coming from hitting the number one spot on Google for a nice medium tail phrase. Here is the proud pic!
Hiring a qualified in-house SEO is very difficult. I myself have been working from home on my own projects for the past 7 years and had very little time to take on contract work for other folks. Because my lifestyle changed (kids are growing up) and I was feeling very socially isolated I decided to Read more about Hiring for an In-House SEO Position[…]
Like a good wine or a wise-man, proper SEO takes time to achieve fruition. One of the most challenging things I have had to accept as a professional SEO is the time it can take to see the fruit of my hard labour. And over at SEOMoz.org they hit this nail squarely on the head. Read more about Good SEO Takes Time[…]
It is not really a close-kept secret but it is relatively new and is quite powerful as I am finding with my tests. It is the power of image alt tags. With Google image search being used at a growing rate you can really drive substantial amounts of traffic to your website by utilizing your Read more about Secret Traffic Demon[…]
There have been a few posts recently about all the fly-by-night SEO scammers that are giving the entire industry a bad name. Here is an example of one on DigitalPoint forums and I have seen this style of SEO scam run dozens of time over the past few weeks. Here is their sales pitch: Keyword Read more about SEO Scams and Fraud[…]
I read a good informative post by Doug Caverly at WebProNews.com, it talks about some changes Google has recently made to their section on “What’s an SEO? It seems Google has taken down their warnings about SEO’s a few notches. The old version mentioned “a few unethical SEOs” in the fourth line and then jumped Read more about Google making ‘nice’ with SEO’s[…]