Archive for September, 2007

How to fail at blogging

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Well, this isn't really a difficult post to write because there are so many blogs to look at and see how people are doing them poorly. I wish I had the time to prioritize th points below in order of how badly they affect your site, but again, it ...

Rand Fishkin, the new Danny Sullivan? I don’t think so.

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Tony Hill recently asked the question whether or not Rand Fishkin was "The New Danny Sullivan". It's a nice title and makes for good link bait, but to set the record straight, in the minds of many of the "old school" SEO's, Danny is the "father of SEO" and ...

Why your press releases don’t work

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Making the news has been a significant part of corporate marketing strategy; even long before the days of the web. The web has made this component of marketing very easy to execute by using sites such as PR Web, PR Newswire, and the like, but most people still don't get ...

Why outdated web content can rank well in the search engines

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Some time ago (well over a year), I ran a small web site that was started pretty much as a self challenge. It was a niche site in a very non competitive market, so I just thought one day "hmm, the site leading the way isn't doing SEO well, ...

Google Page Rank, does it matter?

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

I read a disturbing Yahoo! Research article yesterday, and I was just amazed. It was disturbing because someone with too much time is again focusing on the end result rather than the road to getting there. Of course, it is a Google competitor, so I guess they can ...