Tag Archives: Search engine optimization

Writing for humans and robots

February 24, 2010

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Image via Wikipedia One of the fundamental bits of SEO advice I give most people when talking to them is explaining the difference between the two audiences you are writing for; humans and robots (computers). When you write some content on the web it should be safe to assume that a human will be on [...]

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Your blog is an Island

July 7, 2009

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I recently participated in an interview\battle on Daily Blog Tips which puts bloggers head to head such as Rand Fishkin vs. Lee Odden . This one was of course Marketing.fm vs TheFutureBuzz or Eric Friedman vs. Adam Singer The final question was the catalyst for this post which I wanted to explore further. 10. What [...]

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The power of search – A Catalogs.com SEO story

April 23, 2009

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The power of search engines to drive organic traffic is immense. Over the past few years I have spent a lot of time educating agencies, clients, and colleagues about the power of search engine marketing and search engine optimization. When you optimize your product, provide the right foundation, and follow the rules you reap great [...]

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Search Rank now included in Google Search Strings

April 21, 2009

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Image via CrunchBase Following up on yesterdays post about search news of queries getting longer I wanted to comment on the recent changes and addition of search rank now being included in Google’s search strings they are returning to users which was originally written about here. As SEL notes there could be many reasons how\when\why [...]

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Business Networking 101 (why to have your own website)

October 2, 2008

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Image via Wikipedia You hear the term “network” a lot and I thought it would be a good idea to share a recent post I found specifically on this topic: Business Networking 101 I think one of the strongest ideas in the post is to go out and create your social identity and your blog. [...]

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