Someone needs to tell SEOs whining about how Google sucks that really, they have no one to blame but themselves.  After all, all those pesky updates that sends people’s sites into a tailspin and sees their spammy sites relegated off to Google’s spam prison are all because, you guessed it, an SEO or spammer got [...]

Can’t you just picture it, the Google spam team is sitting around in one of their meetings  and the topic comes up about how they could really mess with SEOs minds.  Then someone pipes up “I’ve got it, let’s make up a penalty that makes being optimized a bad thing!”  (Oh to be a fly [...]

Do you dream of being the next Shoemoney?  Or want to become SEO household name like Danny Sullivan?  Or get SEO rock star famous like Greg Boser and Todd Friesen?  Well, in order to do that you have to stop being an unknown and get your ass into the coveted group of SEOs who are, [...]

I’m currently training for an Ironman. It’s not my first time tackling the distance–I completed my first Ironman in 2010, and have been involved in endurance sports since 2006. Whenever a non-triathlete or someone who isn’t familiar with the sport hears that I’m planning to race in an Ironman this August, the response is generally [...]

Generally, I’m a fan of enabling comments on your personal or professional blog. Most of the time it’s a win-win–you can facilitate a discussion among your readers, address any feedback that gets brought up, and get free unique content for your site (blog comments can often bring in some long-tail search traffic). It’s an easy [...]