I am a Blue Collar SEO
Some SEOs have a big reputation because they have Fortune 500 clients. I call these firms White Collar SEOs. I mean no disrespect towards these SEOs when I say this, but I mean really, how hard would it be to [...]
Google may have turned the dup content knob a bit
For the last couple of days, word has been spreading about some changes in Google rankings, backlinks and PR. It does not seem to be widespread, but something clearly is going on. The most discussion on the topic can be [...]
Fun with search engines
Want to play a trick on someone? Some enterprising soul has created a fun way to fool your friends with a Google search - well, at least it looks like a Google search. Inside Google posts about the card tricks [...]
Creating legitimate content
More and more often, I am seeing ads and posts discussing the use of automated content software. These scripts are churning out pages of drivel by the thousands. This hurts the Internet content as a whole, makes users angry when [...]
Big SEOs vs. True SEOs
Ben, aka Phoenix, has an excellent article out today that should be read by anyone just thinking about getting SEO work done on their site. He discusses the scams and the shams that are often used by some of the [...]
Spreading the workload – SEO time savings
Egol started an interesting thread over at SEO Chat, titled "Getting Others To Write Your Content". The members bring up some very interesting ideas and concepts that could make your life easier when needing good solid site content. They also [...]
Google does the smackdown on WebPositionGold
Both webposition.com and webpositiongold.com have been removed from Google's index. Both site and link commands show zero results. Google has been on a rampage to attack sites that send automated queries, knocking out online tools and now de-indexing automated tool [...]
Some praise for desktop search
Desktop search, in this case Google's, was recently my hero. I accidentally deleted some important text on a web page, and recreating the text would have been a major pain. I did not yet have a backup of it because [...]
Google Web Accelerator – Potential Nightmare
As you are probably already aware, Google has released a beta product called Google Web Accelerator. The official description is: Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google's global computer network to make web pages load [...]
Can you see the forest for the SEO trees?
Here is the hypothetical scenario. You have a website that is highly themed to a particular niche. As an example, suppose your site is all about kickboxing. The site itself is in a portal style, where you have lots of [...]
