Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

Google, Microsoft, And Yahoo Run Scared From Arbitrage Questions

Posted on: November 29th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 12 Comments

One of next weeks 5 star cant miss sessions was going to be the Arbitrage Issues Panel with Kris Jones, Jake Baillie, and the rest of the gang. In San Jose this panel was probably the most talked about. I wrote a few items about it… and so did others.
Some really big things came [...]

Seo – Sometimes You Have To Be Evil To Be Good

Posted on: September 24th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 29 Comments

When I first met Google engineer Matt Cutts a long time ago it was at SES NYC he was sitting with 2 of the most notorious blackhats there are, daveN and ChrisR. Anyway I walked up and introduced myself but barely got out a Jeremy when Matt said “ohh shoemoney please sit and join [...]

Toronto 2006 Search Engine Strategies Recap

Posted on: May 1st, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 8 Comments

EDIT: I forgot to thank Jason Bailey for many of the great pics I posted!
Wow Toronto was a LOT of fun… gee where did all the time go..
I got off the plane into Canada about 6pm. I went to go through customs and the officer gave me the 3rd degree about why I had a [...]

Show me the money – tips for affiliate networks

Posted on: April 23rd, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 4 Comments

What does not work with me:
It seems about every other day I get a call from a affiliate company telling me they have “the best payouts guaranteed”. They also always seem like they are form letters mass emailed. Its kind of hard to tell which are legit and which are real. What you might [...]

10k ppc experiment part2

Posted on: April 13th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 194 Comments

This is a second and final post to my experiment with pay per click engines. This is mostly based on my theories and social engineering. Please make sure you do your own research before jumping into PPC. For a smarter approach to ppc check out graywolfs excellent series called Adsense Arbitrage:

Automation and Button Pushing
Keyword Selection

Final [...]

I am done with Best Buy

Posted on: March 19th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 17 Comments

When I first decided I wanted to do video blog casts I decided to purchase a Sony HD video camera. So of course they do not have the one I want and I have to order it. Its now several days and after 10+ hours on the phone at various times (there hold times are [...]

Seochat forums nuked from Google index

Posted on: March 7th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 11 Comments

I remember one time Matt Cutts talking about the user experience… about how they were focused on delivering what they think the user would find.
For some time I had thought seo chat was pretty much good for nothing. The user experience had been so hindered with advertising, popups, and other things that REALLY SUCK for [...]

Google sheep piss me off

Posted on: February 4th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 16 Comments

So I am sitting on the plane from Atlanta to Chicago and this woman next to with me asks me if I work for Google. I said no and she went on to say… “Well you have a Google backpack, a Google watch, and you are wearing a Google shirt so I thought you [...]

Whats my domain worth and how do I handle the sale?

Posted on: January 14th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 18 Comments

The most common question from people in email or in person is “what is my domain name worth”. I always ask them if the have people interested or not. The answer is usually no, followed by a “I was just wondering what its worth”
I always compare collecting domain names with collecting baseball cards. Sure there [...]

$10,000.00 Google Challenge Issued

Posted on: January 9th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 8 Comments

Do you understand Google’s algorithm? Think your good at SEO (Search engine optimization) ?
 John Scott of V7n has issued a challenge to the best of the best to rank #1 for a random phrase. The money comes from various search engine optimization website owners from around the internet. I donated $2,000.00 myself on behalf of [...]

My Internet Search Engine Marketing Niche for 2006

Posted on: January 8th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker 21 Comments

My search engine marketing pick for 2006 is religion.
Everyone knows the Davinci Code is coming out but i have a good feeling this movie called “The Beast” is going to be a huge thing this year. Also being this year contains 6-6-06 is kind of odd as well… all equals a perfect storm of internet [...]

Make sure your website caters to the disabled

Posted on: January 4th, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker No Comments

Being that Today is the Birthday of Lous Braille It made me think about a recent article I read about make sure your website caters to the disabled. There is a estimated 500 MILLION dollars a year spent online from disabled people and if your website is ignoring them then you are ignoring some serious [...]