Archive for the 'Web 2.0 SEO' Category

Tiger Woods Accident Search Results May Be Harmful

The “Tiger Woods Accident” is one of the most requested search terms on the web at the moment. And that has given a fresh opportunity for cyber criminals and malware marketers, according to security software vendor Symantec.
“From an IT security point of view this unfortunate incident is just another fruit ripe for the picking […]

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The 2008 Swimsuit Edition

…or 12-Steps to SEO
Marketing folks are being tasked with improving their website’s SEO rankings, and often don’t know where to start. Often they’ve end up being the adoptive parent of a child that hasn’t been shown enough love — and the result can be a sprawling, out of control, hard to manage spoiled brat!
To get […]

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

The Apple Store: Where Toll-Free Is A Real Option For Shoppers

The Apple Store, as you know from my post of yesterday, is on my “What’s Hot” List for where to buy Christmas presents because of how well they take care of their customers. They have the products in stock — and offer engraving, gift wrapping and a super-fast delivery, all for FREE! In addition, I […]

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

The Top Properties in Search

ComScore has released their round up of the top search properties for October and it comes as no surprise that Google is topping the list once again.
 What the big surprise is, however, is how much more people are using search to get at the things they are looking for.
Here are the facts: in September, Americans conducted […]

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Small Steps to SEO Success

“You need to be in shape to get to the top, and stay there”. This was the slogan for a television ad that ran in the 1970’s, showing a group of competitors climbing the stairs of a skyskraper.
I always was amazed with that commercial, probably because where I grew up, the tallest building was a […]

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Secrets of Successful Web Design

Successful websites have a simple design, elegant and clear, content and are user-centric. Is it possible to achieve perfection with a minimalistic design? Yes it is.
Think that in one-two years we will all access the Web using handhold devices (PDAs, mobiles, iPods and so on). Of course we will want to get straight to the […]

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

On Link Love, Link Baiting and Link Carelessness

I Make You Smile
and you give back so much!
I would like to thank Kim for the “You Make Me Smile” award and give back the link love.
And this reminds me to write an entry about blog awards… with their pros and cons - particularly why you should be careful with some of them. This will […]

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Secrets of Blog SEO: Conversation

One of the saddest so-called SEO advices is “don’t pass link juice” to other sites. Many bloggers still use “rel=nofollow” in their entries to prevent their page rank from dripping away. This is one of those selfish acts many webmasters do to please Google. And the WWW revolves around Google (?!)…
What these webmasters don’t know […]

Monday, September 24th, 2007

SEO and the VS Dilemma

Some “vs” articles are pointless and pretty confusing. The very definition of the term points to a fight of sorts. And usually where there is a fight, there must be a winner.
We could talk about truce, yet truce doesn’t really happen when the sword of discord gets buried, but when one loses the power […]

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Linking Strategies - The Me vs. Us Controversy

She wasn’t the first to say it, but the first time I read it in relationship with SEO was when Liz at Successful Blog said,“Reach out with respect”. And it always struck me as a common sense, down to earth, friendly thing to do.
This phrase actually comes from her entry Link Anchor Text: SEO and […]

Monday, August 27th, 2007