http://www.socialblogroll.com/rss/ social blog roll http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/423130192/google-earnings-beat-expectations-shares-climb-15154.php Many Wall Street analysts and Google watchers were anticipating that Google might “come down to Earth” with its Q3 earnings today, given the turmoil in the US economy. But in fact the company soundly beat expectations and posted very healthy revenues, driven by Google’s dominance of the only strong segment of online advertising — search. Google ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/423089102/searchcap-the-day-in-search-october-16-2008-15152.php Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Back to Basics: A Look at Video Search and SMBsLike many of you, I’ve attended lots of industry shows and events during the past several months related to search and directional marketing. ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/423054555/back-to-basics-a-look-at-video-search-and-smbs-14993.php Like many of you, I’ve attended lots of industry shows and events during the past several months related to search and directional marketing. What is especially amazing to me is how frequently I am asked about the ‘secret sauce’ behind optimizing online videos for search success, especially with regard to organic search. Truth is, we’ve ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/422953136/google-msn-share-advice-for-webmasters-seos-15149.php The ever-helpful teams writing for Google’s Webmaster Central blog and Microsoft Live Search’s Webmaster Center blog have published a variety of videos and presentations this week in the name of helping webmasters and search engine optimizers. On the Live Search blog, Nathan Buggia recaps his SMX East presentation on Webmaster Guidelines, shares the slides from his ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/422936407/giving-them-what-they-want-online-video-and-the-consumer-experience-14982.php As we are in the cycle of the presidential election, there have been several high profile examples of how search is influencing and playing into the consumption formula for online video.  Two specific examples demonstrate how search either reinforces the opportunity big media has in capturing their share of the explosive growth in online ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/422926201/igoogle-now-supports-full-canvas-views-15148.php The new iGoogle theme just launched, which adds “full canvas views for gadget and support for full feed reading.” In short, the new view places the tabs that you typically see at the top, under the search box, now on the left hand side. It then allows you to add gadgets that support ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/422894587/headup-a-true-semantic-web-search-agent-15147.php “Semantic web” is one of those phrases that’s tossed around loosely these days, used to describe just about anything that goes beyond basic keyword search to surface relevant content on the web. But true semantic web applications, those that enable people to share content beyond the boundaries of applications or web sites, are still relatively ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/422778437/google-offers-diy-display-ads-builder-expands-tv-ads-distribution-15142.php Google has long been seeking to diversify its revenue base and ad products to attract more ad dollars and different types of advertisers. There’s a lot more money, for example, in brand advertising than in direct response. The YouTube acquisition was partly about getting more display/brand ad dollars. Google’s DoubleClick acquisition was also about targeting ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/422719353/g1-reviews-flood-market-mixed-but-mostly-positive-15137.php If the G1 vs. iPhone comparison were a presidential debate, the iPhone would have won — but not decisively. That’s according to a flurry of reviews out today in advance of official delivery of the first Android phone on October 22. As with the iPhone, there are many likes as well as dislikes among the ...] http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~3/422544553/google-adwords-allowing-gambling-ads-in-uk-15136.php E-Consultancy reports Google has reintroduced the ability for UK AdWords advertisers to place search ads for gambling. In June 2007, Google placed a ban on all gambling ads in the UK, this decision seems to now have been reversed. Blogger, James Little said he received word from Google that this would be allowed and the ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/CPZIB6uvQ9M/search-engine-landscape-2010 <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/63">randfish</a></p><p>I spoke this afternoon at the <a href="http://www.web2expo.com/webexsf2010">Web 2.0 Expo</a> in San Francisco to a room full of curious marketers &amp;&nbsp;site owners. After the session, there was a lot of requests for the slide deck and thus I've shared it below.</p> <p><a title="View Web20 Fishkin Search Landscape on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/30866054/Web20-Fishkin-Search-Landscape" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helv http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/fzQFih1wTHA/a-natural-link-love-story <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/22897">Dr. Pete</a></p><p>Low-quality links are like one-night stands &ndash; they're easy to find and may be fun for a while, but you can't expect to build anything lasting out of them. Real link-love takes a long-term view and a commitment that too many website owners seem unwilling to make.</p> <p>I want to tell you a story to try to convince you that building strong, natural links is worth the effort. This is a story from my own blog. I'm not trying to be egotistical, but I want you to und http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/hovOprY8LLE/finding-gaps-and-opportunities-step-3-of-the-8step-seo-strategy <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/4802">laura</a></p><p id="promoted">This post was originally in <a href="/ugc">YOUmoz</a>, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.</p><p>If you&rsquo;ve labored through building out categorized keyword lists in <a href="../../blog/categorized-keyword-research-step-2-of-the-8step-seo-research-strategy">Step 2,</a> you&rs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/SLmcq1nwkLM/whiteboard-friday-what-kind-of-links-do-you-need <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/21348">great scott!</a></p><p>It's true you can do a lot of work on a site to optimize your rankings, but eventually you're going to need some links.&nbsp; While they make small changes all the time, the search algorithms are still based primarily on links. But here's what you may not consider when you're devising your link building strategy or working to acquire the links you need: links can accomplish very different things.</p> <p>Depending on your situation--your site, your link profile, yo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/_vBnfOv2r0M/canonical-url-tags-nofollows-linkscape-update <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/63">randfish</a></p><p>It's an exciting day at SEOmoz - Linkscape's index has updated with fresh data crawled in the past 30 days. This update also gives us a chance to show off lots of interesting data points around the web's usage of search-specific tags and directives. Let's dive in!</p> <h2><strong>The&nbsp;Canonical URL Tag Grows in Popularity</strong></h2> <p><a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/canonical-url-tag-the-most-important-advancement-in-seo-practices- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/jX_1qsy_VUU/how-i-get-things-done-and-how-you-can-too <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/21379">willcritchlow</a></p><p><em>Warning </em>- this is a more personal post and one that isn't about hardcore SEO tactics. Despite this, I think that I have some useful lessons to share and I hope you find it useful. For thoughts on similar principles but more from an SEO project perspective rather than an individual efficiency angle, you could read <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/project-management-for-seo">project management for SEO</a>.</p> <h2>How I get things do http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/I8aQL_tna8g/some-opinions-on-the-seo-myths-realities-fight <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/63">randfish</a></p><p>A few weeks back, <a href="http://www.stephanspencer.com/">Stephan Spencer</a> (one of my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-SEO-Mastering-Optimization-Practice/dp/0596518862">Art of SEO</a>&nbsp;coauthors) authored a post for SearchEngineLand entitled <a href="http://searchengineland.com/36-seo-myths-that-wont-die-but-need-to-40076">36 Myths that Won't Die But Need To</a>. I certainly recommend checking out the post, but be warned of some highly c http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/8o_oDjh-ezE/3-key-takeaways-from-search-social <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/13440">Lindsay</a></p><p>Last week Jen and I attended the <a href="http://searchsocialsummit.com/">Search &amp; Social Summit</a> here in my backyard of Tampa Bay. This isn't your typical conference recap post, though. I wanted to focus on the action items that still stand out for me a week later, the things will make a difference in what I do or how I do it. Perhaps you'll rethink the way you do a thing or two as well.</p> <h2>Outsource, Seriously.</h2> <p><img wid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seomoz/~3/p7PryWG8fmc/define-competitors-step-4-of-the-8step-seo-strategy <p>Posted by <a href="http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/4802">laura</a></p><p id="promoted">This post was originally in <a href="/ugc">YOUmoz</a>, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc.</p><p>Congratulations on making it halfway through building this SEO Strategy document with me!&nbsp; Do you feel your value as an SEO rising?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you&rsquo;re jumpi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/-HPMdl5B3V4/ Several years ago (2007) I was asked to give a presentation at Jill Whalen&#8217;s High Rankings Seminar in Minneapolis. This was pretty cool because I had been reading Jill&#8217;s newsletter for years beforehand. The topic I spoke on was &#8220;UnGoogle Your Search Marketing,&#8221; where I discussed how to employ blogs, social media and optimized press ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/TQx1jKyCZLQ/ With more businesses realizing the power of digital channels to nurture relationships, rally fans and build customer affinity, opportunity abounds for savvy professionals. But with execution all over the board how should those who are new get started? To answer that question, we posted thoughts from a variety of marketing and web professionals on social media strategy ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/FyFDZe4DPes/ MarketingProfs B2B Forum is coming up quickly next week and I will be presenting about an hour of essential search engine optimization tips and insight specifically for B2B web sites along with Vocus Product Manager of PRWeb, Jiyan Wei. There&#8217;s a tremendous opportunity for B2B marketers to leverage SEO to increase prospect acquisition and to facilitate ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/OPlo_ecdBPU/ B2B marketers have always been in the business of &#8220;content marketing&#8220; with white papers, case studies, webinars, demos, free consultations, ebooks and the like. Longer sales cycles due to more complex products and services and business purchasing processes often require more information. The content used to educate buyers of B2B products and services can be a ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/G2ab7ni0yY0/ The book, &#8220;Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies&#8221; by Forrester&#8217;s Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff offered companies a much-needed framework for companies to understand social technologies and consumer behaviors. It also  introduced the now popular four-step process for developing a social media strategy. A lot has changed since we first interviewed Charlene Li ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/cZ24CNoKiqI/ I decided to do a little liveblogging at the MarketingProfs B2B Forum and picked this session: Why email CRM and social media have become the tools of modern B2B marketing where a case study was presented by Genworth Financial. Joel Book from Exact Target introduced the case study:  Creating brand advocates is as important as ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/QoBODji-R6U/ Facebook pages can be a huge way to connect to audiences. Facebook statistics tell us that the average user (at the time of this writing) is connected to 60 pages, groups and events. This means that aside from all the other Facebook friend activity that goes on, your page is one of 60 trying to ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/Y3VN8xkQeg8/ Spotlight on Search Interview with Maile Ohye, Developer Programs Tech Lead at Google Spotlight on Search is an interview series that shines a light on search marketing professionals to learn more about the nature of their work, differences in SEO amongst categories of web sites and of course, SEO tips, tactics and useful tools. Maile Ohye has ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/Yx87IRoK3nk/ Online Marketing Blog has been toying around with a new blog header and thought it would be best to get your opinion on which design we should choose. In the upper left corner of this post there are 5 different headers to check out, each with it&#8217;s own name. Click on each one and the header ...] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnlineMarketingSEOBlog/~3/TcO4nDLz57k/ Spotlight on Search Interview with Alex Bennert, Chief Search Strategist at The Wall Street Journal Spotlight on Search is an interview series that shines a light on search marketing professionals to learn more about the nature of their work, differences in SEO amongst categories of web sites and of course, SEO tips, tactics and useful tools. This ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/cjT3t1FG5Vw/ Here’s some more stuff you should know about. - I did a monster-long interview with Eric Enge. I think the interview lasted an hour or something like that, and we covered several areas in depth. - Next, take a break and go read this post by Rhea Drysdale. Heck, maybe send her a donation by Paypal (Added: ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/ZM5Wv45Qr1w/ I just wrapped up two 30 day challenges (no sugar for 30 days and no iPhone for 30 days). I’ll try to report back what I learned soon, but in the mean time I wanted to alert you that today I’m starting a new 30-day challenge: not replying to outside email. When I announced my first ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/MEVPBK81rkU/ I played with an iPad yesterday. Here’s my mini-review. The screen is bright and the touch sensitivity is fantastic. Given that it reminds me the most of an iPhone, it’s surprisingly heavy. It feels dense with potential. On the childlike-sense-of-wonder-scale (as fake Steve Jobs would say), the iPad is better than the Macbook Air but not ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/BDePrRgdhxY/ Sometime in the next few weeks, my wife and I are going to take a trip to Japan and Thailand. Our tenth wedding anniversary flew by in January 2010, and now we’re taking the chance to celebrate and explore some new places. I’m really excited because I’ve never been to Asia before (!). We’ve got our ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/DcsDHYZr_2M/ (I’m in the middle of traveling, but I know that a lot of people will be interested in the news that Google is incorporating site speed as one of the over 200 signals that we use in determining search rankings. I wanted to jot down some quick thoughts.) The main thing I want to get across ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/1Es8JvUswOM/ (I’m traveling, but lots of good stuff from the recent SMX West search conference is now live — plus some new stuff — so I wanted to talk about it.) At the SMX West search conference I did an Ignite talk about Google’s SEO audit that it did on itself. This was part of a global ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/O-jelBAQpHQ/ Here are the Android Apps that I currently love. It’s not a complete list, but it’s a pretty good start. Music and sound apps Subsonic: stream music from your home computer to your phone Listen: save and play podcasts like This Week in Google Tuner – gStrings: a great guitar tuner Pandora Radio: stream customized music based on artists you ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/FoEZnL9EMCk/ You know when you do a Google search and get all those extra url parameters that crowd things up? “ie” and “hl” and so on? I hate that, because I often copy and email Google urls, and I try to clean up the url by removing all those extra params each time. You can fix this ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/E2a8RUc2o58/ I recently returned from a vacation to Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. It was a ton of fun and I hope to blog about it at some point — each country was of course unique and each offered different, wonderful experiences. From the cherry blossoms and the kindness shown to me by my colleagues at ...] http://feeds.mattcutts.com/~r/mattcutts/uJBW/~3/w0aYc6TdoVI/ If you’re attending Google I/O next week then you might enjoy the SEO site review session that we’ll be doing. If you’ll be attending Google I/O, you can now submit your website for review. I’ll also include the form below: Loading… By the way, if you’re attending Google I/O you’ll probably want to install the very spiff ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/431088840/018539.html Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=ehfnFS"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=ehfnFS" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=S0tdM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=S0tdM" border="0"></img></a> <a href="h http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430876132/018538.html The holidays are over and Barry and I are back -- for real. In the flesh. We even have a video recap on Sunday if you tune in. Google's First Click Free Program Discussed A week ago, we learned a... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=8zgldN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=8zgldN" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=trWCM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=trWCM" http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430793280/018536.html Loren Baker of Search Engine Journal teamed up with two great guys, Jordan Kasteler and David Snyder of Search and Social to launch IMBroadcast, which is advertised as the "first ever UGC video site dedicated to the Internet Marketing industry."... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=j23N3w"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=j23N3w" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=wVMLM"><img src="http://feeds.f http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430768056/018535.html Google's Gmail is getting more and more interesting features. First, I heard via Mashable that Gmail Labs has added support for canned responses. The Official Gmail Blog writes: If you're sick of typing out the same reply every time someone... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=imbXVp"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=imbXVp" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=p3fVM"><img src="http://feeds.feedbu http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430746770/018534.html Cynthia at Google Groups must be a new FeedBurner user. After all, Feedburner has seen regular drops in subscriber count (maybe once or twice a month) and even ran into a zero subscriber count issue with some users earlier. But... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=uzPQKh"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=uzPQKh" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=4HCuM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/S http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430689252/018532.html First go read Greg Sterling's write up at Search Engine Land named Location in the Browser: What Does It Mean? Now that you read that, you will realize that the implication of Google adding geolocation capabilities to your desktop browser... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=RIdvxa"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=RIdvxa" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=XYNEM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburn http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430666454/018531.html I am not sure about this, but it seems that Google's webmaster trends team is sending out snail mail letters to some Sitemap users in the Google Webmaster Help forums. I believe the letters read: &lt;url&gt; &lt;loc&gt; http://www.google.com/webmasters &lt;/loc&gt; &lt;created&gt;... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=T1AJNj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=T1AJNj" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.co http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430658110/018530.html Google AdWords: Now With Images that I wrote at Search Engine Land described a newish AdWords interface I spotted. In short, a search for diamonds or other searches that would bring up an ad from Blue Nile, would show a... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=XXi6Oz"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=XXi6Oz" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=cf1UM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEng http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/430006308/018526.html Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, yesterday, and the day before, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=BfSyMI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=BfSyMI" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=3zh1M"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=3zh1M" border="0"></ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SearchEngineRoundtable1/~3/429723970/018525.html Michael Gray explains why PageRank sculpting is important. He explains that Google has downplayed the use of PR sculpting but it seems that it's working pretty well for some people. Using an analogy with two very different cars (one, an... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=lVTAkD"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/SearchEngineRoundtable1?i=lVTAkD" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/SearchEngineRoundtable1?a=kqnNM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner http://www.seobook.com/interview-anita-campbell-1-hour http://www.seobook.com/clicky-web-analytics-interview http://www.seobook.com/google-serp-ctr-data-search-rank http://www.seobook.com/does-marketing-make-you-cynical http://www.seobook.com/top-10-seos http://www.seobook.com/google-engineers-offering-free-course-black-pr http://www.seobook.com/are-you-working-against-yourself http://www.seobook.com/seo-zero-sum-game http://www.seobook.com/update-rank-checker http://www.seobook.com/advanced-web-ranking-review http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/9FlbY8HTuwA/ One of the first considerations for a web site owner is how to get the content you need at fair prices. Most serious web site developers have little to no time to create the most important aspect of a web site &#8211; the content. Outsourcing content creation to a company has many advantages. However, hiring ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/blogs/thesis-wor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/mUgqY5yb05Y/ Today&#8217;s post is answer to a question from Curedream: Is there really any value in getting links from the Yahoo directory I&#8217;m going to move that up a bit and tackle directories in general.  In my opinion, yes, there is value in getting your website listed in some directories&#8211;but not all. The trick is figuring out which ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a href='ht http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/d05RWl1JSC4/ In recent weeks I&#8217;ve noticed a disturbing new trend in Google SERP&#8217;s: Google has become much more aggressive at trying to reverse engineer the publication date of a post/page.First let&#8217;s be clear about what we&#8217;re discussing. In some cases, when you do a search, Google will show a date in the listing. See the example ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a hre http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/rc3YWoDPWSE/ In the past I&#8217;ve spoken about why I turned off blog comments, but it was mostly from a time/labor perspective. Now I have another reason, one that affects everyone from an SEO Perspective. In some cases. leaving comments on will negatively impact your rankings and traffic.In case you missed it, in yesterday&#8217;s post I spoke ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a href='http://www. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/m4Ibk3jcFuA/ Link begging is the practice of identifying link prospects, usually through competitor backlink analysis, and then contacting each one of those sites and begging for a link. Link begging typically ignores the original context of the link, as well as the probable motivation of the linker. Not only that, it&#8217;s potentially destructive to an organization&#8217;s ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to mi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/g4dWEfkurXk/ While Facebook may be a hot marketing tool right now, there is danger in putting too much effort into making it the center of your marketing efforts. In a recent post I spoke about publishing paths and tailoring your content and selectively publishing it to different websites. It can be dangerous, though, if you take it ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/blogs/t http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/7uHEINodbh4/ I&#8217;d like to say thanks to the people who sponsored the blog this month, without them there wouldn&#8217;t be regular posts here. Text Link Ads &#8211; New customers can get $100 in free text links. CrazyEgg.com &#8211; Supplement your analytics with action information from click tracking heat maps. BOTW.org &#8211; Get a premier listing in the internet&#8217;s oldest ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/pPzzNHdKkM4/ Today&#8217;s post is an answer to a question I took a few weeks ago: How to organize archives/categories on Wordpress for news site/blog that publishes a lot of articles, around 30-50 daily.  The first thing I want to bring up is that generally, if you&#8217;re publishing that volume of posts per day, your posts probably are date ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a href='http://www. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/HyVUBQbxbZU/ I was having a a few conversations on twitter last week. It was clear that more than one person needed a little bit more explanation about how to put some of the tips I mentioned into action, so here are 6 quick tips to help you improve your posts. Pull Quotes If you&#8217;ve read a magazine in ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/blogs/thesis-wordpress-theme http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Wolf-howl/~3/6hRd_6w_yo4/ Today&#8217;s post is an answer to a question from Don: How to best handle pagantion, use the same description meta tags? Use the same title tags just add page 2 First off, I&#8217;m going to answer this as user: avoid pagination if at all possible. Things like slide shows or lists where you show the 5, 10, 15 ...]<p>This post originally came from <a href='http://michaelgray.name'>Michael Gray</a> who is an <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/information/consulting/'>SEO Consultant</a>. Be sure not to miss the <a href='http://www.wolf-howl.com/blogs/t http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/A0epPVrjAl0/100510-150415 <p>As consumers and audiences shift toward non-traditional channels in their quest for content, online gaming via social media platforms have become the prime battleground for advertisers and marketers alike, spurring widely reported animosity between Facebook and Zynga.</p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100510-150415">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=A0epPVrjAl0:BkrkjLqoXcQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src= http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/pq6GKK63i_c/100511-063542 <p><br />It's hard to believe, but <a href="http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/toronto/">SES Toronto 2010</a> gets underway in a month. And looking over the <a href="http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/toronto/agenda.php">conference agenda</a>, I'm having a tough time figuring out which sessions to attend.</p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100511-063542">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatc http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/tJ1OskvWUVM/100511-115357 <p>Skype, the chat, voice and video calling platform is looking into meshing third-party ads to its services, the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7706171/Skype-to-offer-adverts-to-keep-service-free.html">Daily Telegraph reported</a>. </p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100511-115357">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=tJ1OskvWUVM:crmyqeTE4zo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/SDUab0HKBck/100511-114142 <p>Google is looking to reshape and boost its social media strategy through the hire of a "Head of social", <a href="http://gigaom.com/2010/05/10/google-seeks-to-hire-head-of-social/">GigaOm reported</a>, citing a recruiting letter the website obtained. </p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100511-114142">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=SDUab0HKBck:Dh5YIZpOgWc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/DghMt7nuXy8/100511-083648 <p>Google's search supremacy is once more reaffirmed as Experian Hitwise's April figures show a 2% rise to 71% grab of the U.S. search market, while competitors Yahoo, Bing and Ask kept on losing ground from a month ago.</p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100511-083648">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=DghMt7nuXy8:ZnetnLIVsjA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sewblog?d=yIl2AUoC http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/6fjb-NkMLTw/100511-115613 <p>LinkedIn said on its <a href="http://blog.linkedin.com/2010/05/06/linkedin-slideshare-videos/">blog</a> it is taking its integration of SlideShare technology one step further by adding videos through the social presentation platform. </p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100511-115613">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=6fjb-NkMLTw:DAR6-wVyfFg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburn http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/xQqwRGdApkA/100512-121100 <p>"Mapquest" was the most popular search term within the travel industry in the U.S. in April, representing 3.13% of all searches, market research firm Hitwise said in its latest report.</p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100512-121100">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=xQqwRGdApkA:5jve5jWpFpQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sewblog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img>&l http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/GBrL4EHfpNA/100512-140414 <p>"Facebook" was the most popular search term within Hitwise's Computers and Internet - Social Networking and Forums industry in the U.S. in April, representing 10.62% of all searches, market research firm Experian Hitwise said. </p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100512-140414">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=GBrL4EHfpNA:ADh1O1l9hKg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sewblog? http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/j3ASn1RaA2w/100512-141853 <p>Facebook has risen to the number one spot as single biggest display ads publisher on the web in the first quarter, <a href="http://www.clickz.com/3640310">ClickZ reported</a>, according to date from market research firm comScore. </p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100512-141853">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~ff/sewblog?a=j3ASn1RaA2w:mJDELdr1Rbs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner. http://feeds.searchenginewatch.com/~r/sewblog/~3/2virOiPBYzA/100512-153317 <p>Last week, Insider Pages (owned by CitySearch) launched their <a href="http://www.insiderpages.com/">Doctor Finder service</a>. Since choosing a doctor is a bit more of a selective process than finding a restaurant (no matter how picky you are), Insider Pages partnered with Healthgrades.com to add a decision support capabilities to their search engine.</p><p><i><b><a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100512-153317">Click to read the rest of this post...</a></b></i></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="htt http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3740 Google and Yahoo on Faster Web Pages <p>Earlier this month, Google announced that they would start considering the speed of a site as one of the ranking signals that they use to rank pages in search results.</p> <p>Yahoo published a patent filing last year that also described how they might use page load and page rendering times ...] http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3759 <p>The term crowdsourcing was coined by Wired correspondent Jeff Howe, in a 2006 article titled The Rise of Crowdsourcing, where he described how a crowd of people might use their spare time to help in solving problems or creating content, or in addressing other issues that a single person or organization might have difficulties addressing ...] http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3769 <p>Would it surprise you if searches on the Web make up around 10 percent of all pageviews on the Web, and indirectly led to more than 21 percent of the pages viewed online? It surprised a couple of researchers from Yahoo.</p> <p>That’s the result of a study conducted by Ravi Kumar and Andrew Tomkins from ...] http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3775 <p>An interesting new patent filing from Yahoo raises a couple of interesting questions about the future of the company. It describes a wearable computing device that could be used in many ways and the patent application provides a number of examples that sound like something out of a science fiction novel I read a ...] http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3782 <p>If you have a business where you want customers to visit in person, and you haven’t added and/or verified that business in Google Maps, you may want to consider doing so. You can do this regardless of whether you have a web site or not.</p> <p>The Google Navigator system that Google has developed for mobile ...] http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3790 <p>Would search engines be better if they started web crawls from sites like Twitter or Facebook? Wikipedia or Mahalo? DMOZ or the Yahoo Directory?</p> <p>The Web refreshes at an incredible rate, with new pages added, old pages removed, and words pouring out from blogs, news sites, and other genres of pages. Ecommerce sites showcase new ...] http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3806 <p>Not every link from a page in a link-based ranking system is equal, and a search engine might look at a wide range of factors to determine how might weight each link on a page may pass along.</p> <p></p> <p>One of the signals Google uses to rank web pages looks at the links to and from those ...] http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=3824 <p>This post may get you thinking about the benefits of using heading elements and lists on web pages for SEO purposes from a slightly different perspective than you may be used to.</p> <p>Google uses a large number of signals to decide upon the order of pages shown in search results. Some of those signals measure ...]