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What is Content? It’s not Your Sales Copy
It's not the packaging, it's what's inside. Here it's anti-gravity from Brooklyn Superhero Supply. A few weeks ago I published a list post about the 10 most common content ...
40 Cutting Edge Social Media & SEO Services to Invest in Now
* Unless you lived under a rock for the last decade you already invest time and money in web design social media SEO link building analytics services. It's 2012 though and the social media and SEO landscape ...
The Stone Age of Blogging is Over – What’s Next?
* Lately many influential bloggers have written about the end of the golden age of tech blogging. They say "tech" but in a way they mean blogging in general it ...
10 Fatal Content Strategy Mistakes Most Businesses Make
* Everybody seems to agree by now that you need „great content“ to succeed on the Web. Both social media and search engines require quality content as their business model relies on ...
Does Google Index Your robots.txt?
This is a guest post by SEO strategist Moosa Hemani. It has been slightly edited by myself, Tad Chef. robots.txt, a protocol that helps search engines to find out ...
SEO Activism: Detox Campaign by Greenpeace
For years I've been a proponent of using SEO for more than just making money. Even on the Web it's "people before profits". You can't just do business as usual ...
Does Link Building Still Exist as an SEO Practice in 2011?
* This week I have written a post for the cognitiveSEO blog about the best link building blogs, experts and their most important postings from this ...
Why Click the Google +1 Button on Websites Instead of Liking or Tweeting Them?
Image: This is how logged out Google users see Google +1 votes. They display only on the first result. When Google initially introduced the Google +1 feature for search ...
Run DMC and Google Want You to “Keep it Fresh”
* Whether you’re spitting rhymes about gold chains and Adidas kicks, or shaping your web strategy, one thing is essential… "Keepin’ it fresh." Fresh content is unique and engaging, and Google likes that. It seems ...
Who is Your Competition on the Web?
Usually when people refer to their competitors they name a few businesses from the same industry who sell the same products or services as them. This might be ...
Google +1: The New SearchWiki?
2.5 Years ago I hailed the new search results customization feature by Google called SearchWiki. I loved it in spite of it being broken from the start. Nonetheless the sheer possibilities ...
Science vs Reality: Do Not Obey Scientists – Practice What Works in SEO & Beyond
* A few weeks ago I had a lively discussion on Twitter with two quite opinionated individuals who are quite known in the SEO industry. I won't name them ...
Quora vs Yahoo Answers: Which Q&A Site is Better for Your Business?
Graph: Yahoo Answers and Quora compared on Google Trends for Websites (plus Twitter and Tumblr for a better perspective) Many people ask questions on the Web, especially on search engines like Google ...
Are You After Traffic or Visitors?
A while ago I have written a post about how you should treat the people who visit your blog. My point was that treating them like an amorphous mass of "traffic" ...
How to Build Links Like Jaamit
Jaamit Durrani and a cat that looks like Hitler at Think Visibility. This is how funny @jaamit was.* Three months ago Jaamit Durrani had asked me whether I'm ...
The Anatomy of an SEO 2.0 Web Directory of the Highest Quality
* I'm preparing a SEO 2.0 web directory right here on my blog as you might have noticed already. What? A web directory? In SEO 2.0? It sounds ...
SEO vs SEO 2.0: Top 15 Differences
* What is SEO 2.0? These are the 15 most important differences between SEO and SEO 2.0: table{font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 11px;} td{border:1px solid black; text-align:left; vertical-align: text-top; padding: ...
What Does My Bounce Rate Really Mean?
Image: Open 19 by Rupert Ganzer. As a modern day SEO I deal half of the day with decreasing bounce rates. It means: I try to make people visiting websites ...
Non-Profit SEO Resources
Non-profit SEO was on my mind for some time at least as long as I have known the Graphic Alliance, a social designers network of companies and ...
How to Get Links on SEO 2.0 and Other Blogs
Image: Node by Uqbar. As both business blogger and SEO am I aware of both sides of "link building". I get lots of spammy comments from Asian "blog ...