Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 31st, 2006 in General
IE7 Beta 2 is now available for download to the general public. You can get it from:
Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2 Preview checklists
I love Firefox, but I did want to try out IE7 to see how it is. Gotta admit that I like it. Now, granted, it doesn’t compare to Firefox, because there’s no set of extensions that can be added, and although the browser is tabbed, there’s no control available so that you can tell it what types of urls to automatically open in a new tab. I’ll be sticking with Firefox for now, but if IE7 adds in…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 30th, 2006 in SEO Tips
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m having a lot of work done to my home. One of the jobs is to have the landscape contractors put in underground drainage in my backyard to help the water drain better. So, a few days ago, they hauled in a ton of dirt to level the ground. Because the three that showed up to do this phase of the job were Larry, Curly, and Moe, I ended up with a mountain of dirt that did a great job of plugging up the back yard, with no chance for water to be able to flow…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 29th, 2006 in General
Although this has little to do with SEO, I just had to point out this blog that I stumbled across. It is called BadSense and although it only showcases a few sites at the moment, it is a fun look at the dorks who are abusing Adsense.
A caboodle of AdSense sites, all with one problem: They’re doing things poorly! Whether illegal usage or just flat-out ugly ads, BadSense has the worst of the worst.
Technorati Tags: bad adsense publishers
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 26th, 2006 in SEO Lingo
Check out this week’s SEO cartoon from SEOrefugee. I made the cartoon really small as a teaser. 
Skitzzos Pop is a great cartoonist. I can’t wait to see more of what he comes up with.
SEOrefugee Blog ? Blog Archive ? SEOrefugee Cartoon
Technorati Tags: seo cartoon
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 26th, 2006 in General
Just got word of a new print magazine devoted to the search marketing world will be coming out this summer. It will be called Search Marketing Standard and will cover PPC, SEO, web analytics, click fraud, local and contextual search and other search-related topics. Articles will include advice from experts, interviews with the who’s-who list, reviews of tools and more. Sounds like something I’d love. And the prices are nice and cheap! Even better, until February 28, you can get a year’s subscription for FREE. Definitely worth a try. I’ve already signed up. Looking forward to the first issue. I hope…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 25th, 2006 in SEO Tips
What’s the best part about the Super Bowl? The commercials, of course! And ever since the dotcom boom days, a lot of the commercials focus on the Internet in some way, shape or form. This year, according to Super Bowl advertisers take to the Web - Business of Super Bowl - MSNBC.com , some of the major brands that will be advertising will be focusing on creating microsites designed around the commerical.
Some of them sound pretty interesting and creative, and this is what interests me the most. These guys are using some of the greatest creative marketing minds in the world,…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 24th, 2006 in Other (NonSEO) Tools
A fabulous new Firefox extension that lets bloggers easily post without ever going to their admin has been released.
Performancing Firefox 1.1 Delicious/Technorati Release! | Performancing.com
No longer do I have to copy/paste a url, then copy/paste text, etc. just to talk about someone’s web page. Now, all I have to do is highlight the interesting text, right click and start blogging. The title of page is automatically included, hyperlinked of course, and I can type to my heart’s content. Kind of like Blog This for Blogger.com users, but it can be used by just about any of the main blogging…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 23rd, 2006 in SEO Tips
Saw this at Threadwatch and was very impressed. There’s a new site called Ning that allows users to easily create their own social apps, such as restaurant reviews, photo sharing, hot or not, and more. They provide example apps that users can clone and make their own (such as restaurant reviews in their home town). It’s a really cool service that really helps underscore what I was discussing in my last post - being the first to do something.
Maybe someone else has already done this kind of thing, but if so, I haven’t seen it. In any case, they are sure to…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 21st, 2006 in SEO Tips
Randfish is always talking about link bait, which is essentially some sort of content that attracts links like fish to worms. Most seos talk about using either controversy or humor to create link bait.
But today, I want to talk about using the idea of being first to create link bait. By that, I mean being the first to do something, the first to notice something, the first to create something.
The first person who notices something major going down in the world (preferably in your topic of interest) and reports on it, can be the one who everyone points to.
Being the…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 19th, 2006 in SEO Tips
Lately, I’ve been having a lot of work done on my house. Well, I should clarify. I have been TRYING to have a lot of work done on my house. I am amazed at the number of times I have made phone calls to companies to get an estimate on a job, and one of the following happens.
- I leave a message and never get a call back.
- I talk to someone and they make an appointment to come by. Then they don’t show up. Nor do they call to reschedule. I just never hear from them again.
Of the 100 or so…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 15th, 2006 in General
| So, what is a v7ndotcom elursrebmem, anyway? Well, now, that depends upon who you ask. Let’s travel through the v7ndotcom elursrebmem Conference and see what some of the participants have to say. |
| Mike: v7ndotcom elursrebmem? You’re kidding me, right? It doesn’t exist! There’s no such thing! |
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| Danny: Ok, ok, many people say the v7ndotcom elursrebmem doesn’t exist, but there does seem to be some sort of v7ndotcom elursrebmem-like effect that some people have noticed from time to time. |
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| Barry: I think it all depends upon how people DEFINE v7ndotcom elursrebmem. |
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| Jill: I didn’t believe the v7ndotcom elursrebmem existed either, until I had a close… |
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 13th, 2006 in SEO Tips
Over at WebmasterWorld, bordeaux comments that a site that previously did not rank well on Google, recently removed all content except the title tag, and shot to number 1. The site only has a few low PR backlinks. Another user, inbound, then states that he experienced the same thing with his site, which rose from number 20 to number 1 after removing all content except the title tag. He also has just a few links.
I might just have to give this a shot, just for fun. Hey, maybe it will work for one of the SEO contests as well! LOL.…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on January 13th, 2006 in SEO Theories
I love comparing Google, Yahoo! and MSN to each other. Today, it’s all about speed of indexing a new site. I launched a site 3 weeks ago, and put up a small smattering of links to it about a week later. So how do the big three stack up in terms of indexing the pages?
- Google - 2 pages indexed
- Yahoo! - 23 pages indexed
- MSN - 318 pages indexed
Not a big surprise for anyone, I’m sure. Nevertheless, I hate sticking to old assumptions. You never know when one of the search engines might surprise you. Today is not that day.
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