To put it mildly… I <3 WordPress. I think it’s a great little CMS and Iove it’s simplicity and effectiveness. I strongly recommend it for any small business owner or affiliate who’s looking for a quick and easy way to start publishing some content online. But for everything I Iove about WordPress, it comes up [...]
Search Engine Optimization
While it may not have the name of the Google engineer, Navneet Panda who the Google Panda update is allegedly named after, the content of a US Patent Application DETECTING AND REJECTING ANNOYING DOCUMENTS definitely contains verbiage that looks eerily familiar to what we’ve seen and heard about the Panda update. In my opinion, what [...]
Below is the SEO Audit template I use to audit content-based websites when I do not have access to the clients analytics. Before I get started with the SEO Audit process, I like to get a good idea of what the potential client expects to get out of his website and what the targeted keywords [...]
Cliff Notes version: For small business owners who are looking to audit their own websites this book is perfect. For the seasoned SEO who is looking for “secrets” from a reputable name in the industry to quote the book: “These are not the droids you are looking for…”
Today Blekko announced they will be banning some of the most popular content farms from their index.
Any seasoned seo will tell you that not all links are created equal. In the eyes of Google a contextual link from an authoritative website is worth far more than a link on a footer of some site with nothing to offer other than duplicate content. A great method for acquiring some of these contextual [...]
Need SEO assistance for a small online retail store that just launched. The store was built using GoDaddy Quick Shopping Cart. Website is [Removed to protect the innocent] Right now no work has been done for SEO and I would like to get the site on Google 1st page rankings in natural search for the [...]
It’s unfortunate but there are a lot of snake oil salesman in the seo industry… In any industry or business there are always folks who are willing to take short cuts in order to reach their goals and the seo industry is no different.
Building and creating links and finding suitable link partners is a painfully arduous task. Unfortunately it is also necessary if you ever plan on ranking for something meaningful in Google…
