You Want SEO Advice: STFU and Listen

February 23, 2009

After spending a lot of time at various  SEO forums and groups I am struck by how many beleaguered webmasters come for advice about why their site is penalized or not ranking well and simply dismiss the advice they get out of hand. It is especially prevalent in the Google Webmaster Help Forum. It has [...]

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New Blog Post is over at Search Engine People

February 18, 2009

My latest blog post, Twitter is killing my blog, is available over at Search Engine People.

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Robots Can’t do SEO

January 17, 2009

I have had a few discussions recently about the need for automation when it comes to SEO. There are some who believe that SEO should be almost fully automated. And while there are some steps and processes that can be automated the bulk of effective SEO is a manual process. Now I am not talking [...]

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The Bob Probert of SEO

December 6, 2008

I have had a few interesting experiences with clients recently and I decided that we  need to bring on an SEO enforcer, a Bob Probert of SEO. Bob Probert was the ultimate NHL enforcer of his era. His job was to make sure that the star players on his team were able to do their [...]

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Google SearchWiki…Benign or Nefarious?

November 22, 2008

As many are probably aware Google launched SearchWiki, which allows Google account holders to alter their search results. For those who are not yet aware it basically works like a social news site like Digg in that you can vote up certain results, remove others, and add comments. If you vote a listing up or [...]

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SEO Magic Pixie Dust

November 8, 2008

The more things change the more they stay the same. This seems to be especially true when it comes to SEO. No matter how many times you tell a client that SEO will take some time and require some effort on their end many still don’t get it. 5-10 years ago this was somewhat understandable [...]

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Fight the recession with SEO

November 1, 2008

There has been a lot of talk about the recent economic meltdown and how many large organizations are cutting back spending in all areas including marketing in many cases. In the past the opposite has held true. In past recessions the logic has been to increase marketing budgets in order to reach reluctant consumers. In [...]

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