From the monthly archives:

January 2007

Tagged by Andy Beard, I’ll Respond and Tag Some More

January 31, 2007

New to my blog? You may want to learn more about me, subscribe to my RSS feed or follow me on Twitter.In checking my backlinks earlier tonight, I found that I was tagged by Andy Beard.  In the spirit of passing things on and following through — I’ve decided to respond… So here goes:
1. What [...]

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Google PageRank Updates Continue

January 28, 2007

I’m not too sure how many sites are seeing different values out there, but a number of client sites as well as some of my own have undergone PageRank updates at some point this weekend. The changes took place at some point between Friday night and Sunday morning — at least, that’s when I [...]

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Yahoo! Search Marketing Has a Chance to Win Advertisers Back

January 25, 2007

The early days of pay per click advertising were much more simple than today. You could communicate more easily to clients, and establish more profitable advertising programs using PPC as a supplement for organic search marketing. Unfortunately, search engine giants continue to tinker with what works best– and we’re now operating in a [...]

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Google Continues Towards Mediocrity as The Giant Hypocrite

January 23, 2007

Despite being the most widely used search engine available on the Internet, Google makes a number of mistakes on a regular basis. It’s when they compound those mistakes that they continue on the path they’re on… One where many involved in the Internet [...]

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The Gray Area Between Black Hat and White Hat SEO

January 22, 2007

After listening to an archived show of NetIncome, Jeremy’s show on WebmasterRadio, I started thinking about black hat optimization and the reputation that it has received in the industry. In the particular episode I’m referencing, Jeremy spoke with legendary “black hat” Quadzilla from SEO Blackhat. Together, they did something that has been needed [...]

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Stop With the Excuses: Free Traffic is Possible

January 20, 2007

I had the rare chance to sit down with a former colleague last week for the sake of comparing notes and discussing strategy in the ever evolving SEM landscape. Over coffee, he told me that there was no way to successfully market a web site without committing money to it for directory inclusion, PPC [...]

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