Category: SEO

Discussion, Articles on Search Engine Optimization

Content isn’t helpful

Content isn’t helpful

After Google’s recent Farmer or Panda update, where untold thousands of webmasters, including myself to a lesser degree, perceive themselves as collateral damage in Google’s attempt to police the quality of online content. See...

DIY Website Promotion

One of the most Frequently Asked Questions, is what can I do for my website to get onto Google? The short answer is, get links from other sites, get a blog, and add content...

Grassroots SEO

Grassroots SEO

Daily Kos, (www.dailykos.com) engages in very different, but still very important, form of election activism. It’s a type of activism no one else is working on, and it is well-suited to our medium as...

Canadian SEM: Impending Hockey Stick?

Canadian SEM: Impending Hockey Stick?

Canadian Advertisers, Pull Thy Collective Head Out of Thy Collective Butt? That could have been the subtitle of some recent speeches and writings by Gord Hotchkiss, a well-known Canadian search marketing guru. This week,...

Google and Click Tracking

Google and Click Tracking

The factors in Google’s algorithm to rank sites in the Search Engine Results (SERPS) is endlessly discussed and analyzed. One of the factors that appears to have become more prominent recently is Click Tracking....

I love my Akismet

I love my Akismet

If you aren’t using Automattic Kismet (Akismet for short) on your blog, it’s time to get on it! Everyday Akismet blocks about 100 spam postings by linkers. Why so many? Spammers are trying to...

Local Search

Local Search

Local search has got to be one of the best bargains out there! Here are some local search results I noticed this morning. Submitting to Google local search is free and ranking is easy....

Organic Vs. PPC

Organic Vs. PPC

Today’s post is several items that don’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to small business owners: Organic and PPC Media Post’s Search Insider recently did a great article...