They say that a carpenter is only as good as his tools, I would argue that in many ways the same can be said for SEOs. While personally I avoid tools that attempt to tell me how to optimize a site, (like somehow a site I’m working on and Wikipedia should be measured by the […]
It Just So Happens That Press Release SEO is Only MOSTLY Dead
Over on ClickZ last week, Andrew Edwards asked, “Is SEO dead?” You can read his column and the 42 comments that it generated for yourself. Or, you can scan the infographic below that Aaron Wall of SEO Book published on Oct. 1, 2012, after the “death of SEO” had been previously declared after Google’s Florida […]
State of the Industry – Real SEOs Solve Problems
The most important is the one we’ve foisted on ourselves. Search engine optimization has an ongoing reputation problem. SEO has always been a controversial practice. There’s an air of manipulation inherent in SEO which is similar to the air of manipulation around other forms of prominence marketing. Though professional SEO is really about clarity, many […]
Join the Google My Business Feedback Program
Google My Business, (the name of the new dashboard for local businesses for Search, Maps and Google+), is soliciting feedback from businesses and local SEOs, and if chosen, it could even include a trip to Google for in-person interviews. The new program, called the “Google My Business Feedback Program” wants feedback to help shape the […]
Google Kills Two More Link Networks
Google has targeted two more link networks resulting in many unnatural linking penalties being sent out to webmasters. While it has been a few months since Google has taken down another international link network, clearly they are continuing on in their fight against link networks. However, signs indicate that at least one of the networks […]