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Around a year and a half ago Google unleashed its’ wrath on general web directories. With bolts of lightning (not quite but just as painful to the directory owners) it struck down the page rank of some of the best know directories for buying links. Let’s see how they have faired 18 months later. http://www.ewebpages.org/ Read more about Directory Meltdown 18 months later[…]
This myth has been around for as long as I have been involved with SEO, so about 8 years. I recently replied to a thread on DigitalPoint forums concerning this myth. The original poster mentioned that they recently bought a domain name and a hosting package and the hosting company was offering them a fantastic Read more about Popular SEO Myth – Submission to Search Engines[…]
In Canada we are still hurting for decent pay when it comes to SEO jobs. I just saw an ad on Monster.ca where a company was offering 28k-30k for advance SEO, online marketing and analytical skills. In my opinion even if a canidate had half the required skills they were asking for the minimum salary Read more about US SEO Job Opportunities Growing[…]
well, really bad… Here is some content I found that was written exclusively for the search engines – it uses the keyword multiple times but sounds absolutely terrible. The photographs can be something useful in making us able to get the certain memories stay in our mind. Without using the photographs we might not be Read more about Really bad content is…[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Yahoo has been busy as a beaver (as we Canadians would say) with a slew of new announcements yesterday. The most interesting one is the launch of Yahoo! Circular, an online retail marketing program modeled after newspaper circulars/inserts. This activity blitz comes just as Yahoo’s annual shareholder meeting was set for August 1 where Corporate Read more about Yahoo! Busy Beaver[…]