Recently, there have been a series of negative articles about content farms. Content farms, such as Demand Media's eHow and similar low-cost content publication sites, are now deemed an industry "concern". "Industry" being the traditional publishing idustry, and concern presumably being "competitive threat".
There are so many blogs on search marketing. Then there are so many forums. And Tweets. So much SEO noise, and so little time.
There is obviously no shortage of information on SEO. But thanks for turning up here :) The sheer avalanche of SEO information can be overwhelming, for beginners and experts alike. Who do you know who to listen to? What information do you need to know, and what information is ...
The following is a guest post by Ari Ozick, a member of our SEO Community who frequently shares great insights. :) The above graph is based on an intensive questionnaire of over 2500 world class SEOs, including freelancers, in-house corporate types and SEO entrepreneurs. In the questionnaire, I asked ...
If you have the budget resources the best time to hire an SEO is before you start your website projects.
Online Marketing is Complex One thing I believe about online marketing (and SEO in particular) is that the more rigid the advice the lower its value, particularly when it is cast out to a general audience. Why
Recently a well known SEO blogger mentioned that they didn't understand why real professional SEOs advocate variation between page titles and on-page headings. This blog post is a free SEO consult for that person :) Hopefully it clears the public SEO space of some misinformation. Are You Missing Keywords? ...
What is the purpose of that new page you're adding to your site? Is it to rank highly for a keyword term? That's half the battle won, of course :) After the visitor has arrived on your page, what do you want the visitor to do next?
Paul Sloan has been a good friend of mine who has worked in journalism far longer than I have been an SEO. In this interview we discussed journalism, marketing, and public relations. You have been a journalist for a wide array of publications. How would you describe the differences ...
In 2009, Google places a lot of trust in authority. Authority, in terms of ranking, typically means "an established site with a high number of inbound links from authoritative sources". Ranking might also have something to do with popularity. And the usage patterns on your site