Mob vs Smart Mob: Why Social Media Traffic Is Valuable

Mob vs Smart Mob: Why Social Media Traffic Is Valuable

Over the years many people in marketing or business in general have questioned the value of social media traffic. Are they right? No! I have been among the critics even though I hailed it as the best traffic source in…

The Secret of John Chow’s Success Revealed!

The Secret of John Chow’s Success Revealed!

Have you ever wondered how well known “make money online” blogger John Chow managed to gain as much popularity on the Web in the early blogging era? What’s the secret of his success? The Name Wins the Game Well, one…

SEO Bullshit

SEO Bullshit

Wow! More good ranking news: I ranked #4 for SEO bullshit on Google.com for a while! My main competition was Jason Calacanis who had been cited everywhere for saying “SEO is bullshit”. Well, in times of SEO 2.0 you can…

The 7 SEO Blogs with the Funniest Names

One day I noticed on my referrers that I entered the Google.com top 100 for “seo blog”. It was a surprise! Why? It’s kind of interesting as I did not optimize for that and barely used the word “blog” on…

Things to Love about Iran

Things to Love about Iran

When you listen to western media you tend to believe that the people of Iran are monsters. Why? Not only the tabloids are full of stereotypes, hate-mongering and misleading or downright fake news. Never mind that the US have probably…

Dirty Blogging Tricks

Dirty Blogging Tricks

Even when you just start a blog you can use this or that dirty trick that will allow you to get rich quick make your blog more successful. I compiled a clean list of dirty tricks that may propel your…

How Blogging Made Me Famous in Weeks

How Blogging Made Me Famous in Weeks

The SEO 2.0 blog has made me famous after less than 3 weeks! It is of course somewhat a proof of concept. I want to practice what I preach and know myself if it and how it works. Thus I…

SEO Speak Translated: The Real SEO Glossary

SEO Speak Translated: The Real SEO Glossary

* In the SEO industry agencies, experts and even bloggers have adopted a special mode of speech not to say slang that might be misunderstood by outsiders like clients, website visitors or the general public. To help you understand what…

Some of the Best SEO Company Website Designs

As I mentioned earlier, great website design is one of the main pillars of new school search engine optimization. Many agency sites still look ugly though or have a mediocre user experience. What sense does it make to be #1…

Be the New York Times Of Blogging

Do you read tabloids? What kind of newspapers do you read offline? Are you rather the New York Times or the New York Post type? To make the comparison more obvious: Are you rather a The Independent or The Sun…

SEO Life Guards: They Sent Beautiful Pilgrims After Me!

SEO Life Guards: They Sent Beautiful Pilgrims After Me!

This is a really tough moment for me: I just can’t disagree with beautiful women. The case is even worse as it is not only a beautiful woman I have to disagree with now – she’s also a pilgrim! You…

Top 10 SEO Blogs That Do Not Yet Exist

My article “10 Steps to Success on the ‘Net Without SEO” over at Google Blogoscoped sparked some debate. Among others one guy asked me whether it makes sense to create “another SEO blog”. Of course it does not. Do not…