Archive for the ‘internet marketing’ Category

SEO Tools: Six Firefox 3 SEO Extensions

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

This is part two of a three part series highlighting free SEO tools. Part one discussed SEO Bookmarklets. In this post, we’ll look at six useful SEO add-ons for Firefox 3.
In no particular order, here are my favorite Firefox extensions for SEO and internet marketing:
1) SEO Link Analysis
SEO Link Analysis is a very handy extension [...]

A Couple of Random StumbleUpon Traffic Tips

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

It’s a hot day and the weekend. Time for a couple of random StumbleUpon traffic tips.
Send StumbleUpon Traffic to Referrers
If your website is mentioned in a high-quality article on another website or blog, why not thumbs up that article?

It’s a nice way to say thanks to the author.
If it’s a well-written article, it will [...]

SEO Tools: a Collection of SEO Bookmarklets

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

What Are Bookmarklets?
Bookmarklets are snippets of javascript code that add functionality to your web browser. Here are some great SEO-related bookmarklets, with an explanation of how you can use each one to make your SEO research easier.
Many of the functions are already built into one of the handful of SEO-related Firefox add-ons (I’ll add a [...]

SEO Pitfalls: Outbound Links to Bad Neighborhood Websites

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Google judges a website’s value, in part, by its outbound links. High quality links can improve search engine rankings. Low quality links (links to bad neighborhoods) may lower rankings, or even get a website penalized or banned.
By evaluating current and future outbound links, you can avoid “guilt by association” penalties. Many of these practices also [...]

Longtail is looooooooooooooooong

Friday, July 25th, 2008

A little SEO humor…

The Death of StumbleUpon User Ratings?

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I’ve been stumbling since September 2005, and never have I found a more effective procrastination tool. To save myself from endless time wasting, I tried hiding the toolbar (never lasted) and disabling the plug-in (lasted about four hours). Finally, I just gave up—I’m a stumbler.
However, finding out that people can buy their way onto StumbleUpon [...]

Searching for the Best Web Analytics Software

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Yesterday (7/22/08) was an eventful day for us. Roy Russo, the CEO of LoopFuse, took offense to my review and decided to address it by launching an adorable DOS attack. Though it wasn’t effective, it still shocked us so much that last night we decided it must not be Roy Russo at all, but someone [...]

Should I Report Spammy SEO to Google?

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Of course spammy SEO techniques are annoying…
There’s no doubt in my mind that white hat SEO techniques are the way to go. Tricking the system provides a short term boost (at best), and I prefer techniques that provide long term benefits.
Though I make my living on the internet, I still consider myself, above all, a [...]

Market Your Knowledge: Nine Guidelines for Establishing Yourself on a Forum

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Now you’ve selected a forum, how can you become an active member of the community?
Familiarize yourself with the forum
Before you post, read several of the latest forum threads. The top few listings on a forum are often sticky threads—threads that the moderators want all users to read. They contain information about the forum: FAQs, posting [...]

Podcamp Seattle 2008: “Unconference” Notes

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Yesterday I attended Podcamp Seattle, my first unconference and also the first Podcamp in Seattle. The first ever was held in Boston in 2006. Since then there have been Podcamps on nearly every continent, save Asia. (Apparently, the Antarctic new media community also has yet to come on board.)
For a first-time conference (I can’t keep [...]