Some days it is difficult to come up with a quality topic, especially when you have been away for a few days. What can I say as I am trying to switch gears from vacation to work. I know that I need to produce content, at least to get my brain back on subject.
I should […]
How Not To Write A Quality Post
April 30th, 2008 2 Comments
Tags: Blogging · content development · SEO
Dirty Sexy SEO Men
April 25th, 2008 8 Comments
A couple of months ago I had a wonderful day — I was the undisputed 2nd Sexiest Man in SEO. Not only that I was the first result for Sexiest Man in Search, which is more of an accomplishment considering that there are 29 times the number of results and the search for the sexiest […]
Tags: Carlos del Rio · Danny Sullivan · geeky · Nick Berliner · Peter Newsome · SEO · sexiest man in the world
Do You Have A Complete Strategy?
April 21st, 2008 No Comments
photo credit: SuperFantastic
Search Marketing is more than just search engines. One of the most amusing things to me is when people boast that they get the vast majority of their traffic from Google — sometimes as high as 80%. It is difficult not to laugh at that. Having a business that is entirely contingent […]
Tags: Google · landing pages · marketing strategy · Search Engines · SEO · Yahoo
Bring Home The Bacon In Image Search
April 18th, 2008 No Comments
photo credit: Patrick Haney
In the early weeks of April there has been an explosion in a very odd phrase, Bacon Bra, go search it. I’ll wait. There is quite a bit of content. But alas, no image content. The web results contain numerous versions of the original image from Flickr, but image search doesn’t […]
Creative SEO
April 17th, 2008 4 Comments
Today’s SEO review is of James Kinloch site. Yesterday he stopped by to comment on “Are you Doing Opt-in Wrong?” and invited me to check out his site. He wants the phrase creative SEO.
What is Creative SEO?
To qualify as creative you need to be doing something that is notably out side of the norm. Link […]
Tags: SEO
Search Standards Protect Site Owners
April 7th, 2008 3 Comments
photo credit: Noah Sussman
Today there is a lot of coverage of SEO Standards. If you want a list of some recent articles visit this post at SEOmoz and Slightly Shady. I think that most of the people talking about standards are coming from the wrong position. They are largely talking about it from […]
Tags: content development · PPC · Search Community · Search Engines · SEO
Are You a Sellout?
April 1st, 2008 No Comments
According to a young woman I met this weekend you are, or will be. Everyone eventually gives up the long hard road to their dreams for the comfort of immediate reward. The real question is how much have you sold?
Search has 3 major players makers, rankers, and searchers
Makers build content: Bloggers, web designers, game makers, […]
Tags: Design · Google · Search Engines · SEO · Social Media · Yahoo
Cashew Objectification
March 31st, 2008 1 Comment
While attending a birthday party I overheard an interesting conversation between two of the participants. A man was telling, or trying to tell, a woman that you should avoid making things complicated. But in an attempt to say Eschew Obfuscation gave me my headline. He proved his point to me but confused the woman.
Keeping things […]
Tags: Design · Search Engines · SEO
Ducklings and Social Media
March 28th, 2008 No Comments
Baby ducks are amazing! They are cute, fluffy, and — I assume — crunchy. According to Taco Bell commercials a duckling could only be better if it were covered in cheese.
Beyond tasteless jokes ducklings have an amazing ability, imprinting. Ducks will literally attach themselves to the first large object they see. If you wear white […]
Tags: SEO · Social Media
Does Context Affect Quality?
March 26th, 2008 No Comments
An excerpt from comments at Cornwall SEO March 7 - 11, 2008:
Carlos Del Rio:
The major weight of links and references are to things that are accessible, not exceptional. Pages that amass large amounts of links are often remarkable (comment worthy) content that is not on the high end of the value spectrum.
Lyndoman:
Carlos if something is […]
Tags: Google · Linking · Search Engines · SEO · Social Media