How to Discreetly Hookup at a Search or Affiliate Conference
Earlier this week I talked about how SEO conferences could effect your marriage. Now I wanted to talk about how to discreetly hook up.
Category: SEO
5 Reasons “Going Viral” is Total SEO BS
Going viral is the white whale of SEO, and it's time to stop wasting your time. Here's why it's a total myth (and what you should focus on instead).
Google SEO Tutorial : I Rank On Page 1 For Many Keywords Do you?
This google SEO tutorial will blow your mind, don't settle for page 2 or 3 I am all about the top prize and that is page one! SEE?
What if the Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines are written with leaks in mind?
When the original search quality rating guidelines came out, SEOs gobbled them up, scrutinizing over every detail, analyzing the example sites (the good, the bad and the ugly). Every little bit of information that could be gleamed from that document was hashed out on private forums, in instant messages and mulled over at the bars at conferences. Well, a brand new version …
Why are all your eggs in one basket?
Panda and Penguin took its toll on website owners this year. Whether they caused their own issues, or if their ignorance in hiring a bad SEO company caused the issues, there were definitely a lot of sites who got hit pretty hard with Google’s big ban hammer. But the one thing that became quickly apparent when webmasters started bitching and …
Is anyone even trustworthy anymore?
With all the speculation about just who is behind SEOBitch, it has definitely made me question just who is trustworthy in this industry anymore. Or who your true search community friends are – and aren’t. When Shoemoney approached me about doing some more writing as SEOBitch, probably people would be surprised at what the number one deciding factor is. It …
Shamelessly namedropping Matt Cutts for fun and profit
I noticed Barry Schwatz bragging about how a Googler lives 2 minutes away from him – I suppose for a geeky webmaster that is cause to celebrate, especially if you or a client could exploit that acquaintance when things go sideways. How random, I met a guy tonight who works at Google and is also a member in the same small …
When Will So-Called Experts Stop Trademarking Search Industry Terms
I had thought we were past the days of respected industry professionals from trademarking generic industry names. But last week Jenn Mathews (proudly, no less) announced she had trademarked the term “Search and Social”. Seriously? This is barely a step away from the ridiculous SEO trademark that Jason Gambert did a few years back. Search and Social, both combined and …
Is the tide shifting from SMX to SES?
It has been no big secret in the industry that when Danny Sullivan left Incisive and Search Engine Strategies that he basically pledged his allegiance to Danny and his Search Marketing Expo conference series, as is his personal right to do. Matt has been at Google long enough that he can pretty much dictate when and where he speaks, I …
DMCA: The New Negative SEO or is it Google’s Tattler Tool?
When news hit that Google would begin taking the number of DMCAs a website receives into its ranking algorithm, there was a definite split among SEOs about whether it was a smart move or not. On the one hand, it would negatively impact scraper sites or websites that have lifted content from one of their own sites. And on the …