Barry Welford, Author at Search Engine People

10 Reasons To Edit Your Published Blog Posts

Barry Welford — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:42:00 +0000

Editing your published blog posts is probably the best advice you will read this month, yet very few of you will do it. Here are 10 reasons why you should. If you have others that make more sense to you, why not add them in the Comments. 1. To Correct Typos Perhaps a no-brainer to [...]

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Comment Cacophony

Barry Welford — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:45:33 +0000

Cacophony comes from two Greek words meaning bad sound. That's what you might hear as you pass a group of ravens in a tree or are besieged by a murder of crows. However it is often used more widely to mean any assembly that is creating unpleasant noises. It is also used figuratively to describe [...]

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Summertime And The Blogging Is Easy

Barry Welford — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:04:53 +0000

The more appropriate phrase on which the title is based is "Summertime and the living is easy". This lullaby lyric by Sam Cooke captures what we might all hope for as we enjoy our summertimes. It's a time of relaxation and enjoyment. That topic came naturally as I got my mind round the task [...]

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Are Social Media Eclipsing Business Blogging

Barry Welford — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:00:08 +0000

The Wrong Question In some ways I believe the question in the title is almost wholly wrong, but it seems to be a major topic of interest if you do a search, as I did, for articles on business blogging. If you feel it is inappropriate now, it was even more inappropriate in 2008. However [...]

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Google Stop The Rot Please

Barry Welford — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:45:27 +0000

Sorry For The Rant Some may see this post as a rant, and to an extent it is. However it reflects a feeling I have on many occasions and I am sure many others feel the same. I will describe the trigger for this rant a little later in the post, but let us explore [...]

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Blogs In Space

Barry Welford — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:45:56 +0000

Disclaimer Although the title captures exactly the theme I wanted to write about today, I fear it may attract some visitors who were expecting some other content. If you were looking for blogs about space, then you might find Top 10 Space Blogs, by Dave Mosher, science journalist, blogger and producer for the Discovery Channel's [...]

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Social Media Babble

Barry Welford — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:49:04 +0000

Babel, Not Babble Sorry about that typo, the title should have been Social Media Babel, although babble covers very similar ground. If you aren't sure what we are talking about, you'll find the following definitions of babble helpful. Inarticulate or meaningless talk or sounds. Idle or foolish talk; chatter. A continuous low, murmuring sound, as [...]

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Design Entry Pages Not Home Pages

Barry Welford — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:45:10 +0000

If you have followed the train of thought in our two previous posts on Home Pages Suck and Home Pages Suck On Google, then this post will be no surprise to you. Again we are presenting some unconventional thinking. It's a different way of looking at things. Sometimes you may see things a certain way [...]

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Home Pages Suck On Google

Barry Welford — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:33:00 +0000

Disclaimer: Readers are warned that this article contains language and ideas that may cause offense to those with traditional views: reader discretion is advised. That disclaimer is important since we will be rejecting some concepts you may have accepted without question. If you can suspend disbelief for a time, welcome. Home Pages Suck In a [...]

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An Outside-In View of Subdomains – Answers

Barry Welford — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:26:38 +0000

The first blog post on An Outside-In View of Subdomains - Questions is essential reading before continuing here. That post encouraged you to answer three questions that may well separate our readers into two groups with very different views of domains. My answers to those 3 key questions are: Is domain authority real? No Are [...]

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