Top 10 SEO Myths V2
This is an answer to the article “Top Search Engine Optimization Myths” by United Worx a popular article which just show written a few years ago. It wasn’t valid anymore in some cases and thus I decided to update or…
SEO 2.0 for Web 2.0 Sites the Microsoft Way: Just Replace Frames With AJAX?
SEO 2.0 is not my invention neither did I coin the term. Many used it before and many do without having read this blog. While my SEO 2.0 definition is still a little fuzzy it takes time to grasp the…
3 Approaches to Reputation Management: Which One Do You Need?
Already a while ago I acknowledged that reputation management is part of SEO 2.0. I never mentioned it again though since then. Reputation management is a relatively new term in SEO and it is hot. Really hot. Some social media…
What is SEO 2.0? Add Your Definition Now!
Soon I will truly redefine SEO. Not just upgrade to version 2.0, I will redefine SEO as a whole! Thus I want to know how well my propaganda and brain washing techniques have worked until now. So I want you…
PageRank Superstition: 200+ Signals Are Not One Google Juice
Sorry Andy and the rest of the world: There is no hidden PageRank or Google juice that miraculously determines the ranking in Google’s results. It’s not 1998 anymore. A few months ago Google disclosed to the New York Times that…
Towards a New Defintion of SEO
While I promised you a redefinition of SEO when I started this blog, in fact it’s still my motto in the header, until now I delivered only an upgrade, a new version of SEO. Yes, SEO 2.0 until now…
Enlarge Your PageRank!!!
Click to enlarge! Oh, it doesn’t work? This is not a funny post. Some days ago a client of mine wrote me an angry email threatening to end our cooperation. Not any client, a client who is with me for…
Silly Marketers: SEO is for Kids
Many marketers just don’t get it. Either they are plain ignorant, silly or worse. Usually I’m not bashing anybody but this time a post called “Silly Marketer… Mixx Is For Kids” [sic!] makes me think that we are still in…
10 Misconceptions Why SEO is Better than SMO Refuted
Wayne Smallman over at Blah! Blah! Technology has taken great lengths to convince people that conventional SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is better than SMO (Social Media Optimization) for middle sized and small businesses. As I do not advocate a pure…
Why Social Media are Like Slavery and SMO Equals Abolitionism
Most people apparently think social media services based on User Generated Content (UGC) like YouTube, Blogger, Digg, del.icio.us, Flickr or StumbleUpon are outright idealistic endeavors built for the benefit of humanity and not Social Media Optimization. Yet they are not….
3 Way Link Exchange with SEO Spammers Is a Dead End
Dear Webmaster, I would like to express my interest in 3 Way Link Exchange with your website for our mutual benefit. Your website link will be placed on linkfarm.com or SEO-spam-directory.com I will add your link here: uselessguide.com/Internet_and_Web_Services/Search_Engine_Optimization/ OR blahblah.com/directory/Search_Engine_Optimisation_2/…
20 Ways to Get Legit Paid Links Without Getting Penalized by Google
Women are like websites. Getting links is like having sex. You can pay for sex or you get it for free. If you are very attractive you have no problems. If you are ugly, boring and shallow you have to…
SEO Lynching: How to Fool the Angry Mob
SEOs are the new Jews or “Negroes”. People just love to hate them. If they appear in an environment where the angry mob resides, like Digg for instance or sadly also StumbleUpon they will be insulted as if the respective…
10 Reasons Why SEO Haters Are Plainly Wrong
It happened again! SEO hate. This time on StumbleUpon where I did not expect it as people get targeted news there so nobody who does not like SEO or SEO blogs has to read them, unlike Digg or Reddit where…
The Real Rules of Social Media Marketing Unmasked!
Glen inspired me. He wrote down, among other, some well known rules of social media marketing. As I do not abide by any rules beside my own and disagree with many of those I rewrote them so that all of…
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 search…
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 is also a pilgrim! You…
11 Examples of SEO 2.0
Why explain what SEO 2.0 is, if you can give examples of it? So here is a list of 10 SEO 2.0 examples in no particular order. Link bait done right is very SEO 2.0 Reputation management is SEO 2.0…
Last Call for SEO 2.0: How Do You Imagine it?
As I think more and more about SEO 2.0, it’s all about participation. So before introducing “the” definition myself, I want you, you and you to tell me what SEO 2.0 means for you. I ask, because I do not…
Link Bait Sucks, Users Are Not Fish
OK, link bait sucks predominantly as a term but not completely as a tactic. Nonetheless there are certain aspects of link bait (or linkbait in one word) that really make this SEO 2.0 method obnoxious in some cases. No wonder…
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