Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 31st, 2006 in SEO Tools
About two months ago, I posted about HitTail (here and here). I think it’s time for another followup on this tool.
Looking at my HitTail stats today, it shows:
Top Ten keywords are 23.4% of all your search traffic.
Long Tail keywords are 76.6% of all your search traffic.
Total unique keywords collected: 2099
Wow, those numbers totally amaze me. I’ve concentrated on optimizing for about 20 or so phrases. But my visitors are largely finding my site from anything but those phrases! And in many cases, they’ve had to dig deep into the SERPs to find the link to my site. What if I had…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 31st, 2006 in SEO Tips
I have to point out the best SEO tip I’ve seen published in a while. Andy Hagans at the Link Building Blog gives an amazingly clear insight into Google TrustRank. I mean, this is a lightbulb over the head kind of moment, folks. He brings together pieces of information that we already had into a brilliant view of how we can determine how trusted a site is. Kudos, Andy!
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 31st, 2006 in Search Engine News
As I recently mentioned, Matt Cutts took some webmaster questions, and has now answered them via video. His post is here, with links leading to the videos themselves.
Nothing ground-breaking in the videos, especially for experienced SEOs, but it is always a good idea to check in on what Matt has to say, even about the simplest things. You never know when you might need to quote him. 
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 30th, 2006 in General
Here is today’s installment of SEO Scoop’s Spotlight Sunday, where I shine the spotlight on some sites that were submitted to me. Here are several sites that I enjoyed. And as a reminder, if you want me to shine the spotlight on one of your sites one Sunday, just email me the title, url, and description (email to scoop[at]seo-scoop.com).
StayGoLinks
A view of the Mobile Internet world from a Desktop perspective.
DazzlinDonna’s thoughts: Obviously, mobile technology is of growing importance, but it’s not something I’ve really thought much about. I was intrigued by the concept of a blog that discusses the interconnection…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 29th, 2006 in SEO Tips
Jason Brown, of Marketing Opus, has an interesting article giving detailed specifics of how to use Craigslist to increase your local search advertising.
The article explains how to optimize your listings and list them in a way to draw traffic back to your site, without having your post flagged as spam. If you are involved in local search, this may be a nice way to garner increased traffic. Well worth reading.
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 28th, 2006 in SEO Theories
Googleguy finally showed his face again over at WMW, and is discussing a few things that may be of interest to SEOs. I’ll do a quick recap of some of the things he said so far (or at least my interpretation of what he said):
- Datacenter 72.14.207.104 is undergoing a new infrastructure, that is “orthogonal/independent of many other changes”. This new infrastructure should be complete near the end of the summer, at which time, he or someone may begin discussions about datacenters.
- 72.14.207.104 is the datacenter which has more accurate site: queries as well as improving results for other queries as well.
- The recent…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 28th, 2006 in Search Engine News
Yahoo! announced that they have implemented a new crawler, which will result in using less of our sites’ bandwidth. In addition, this new crawler means that you may see more or less pages in the index, and a shuffling of rankings as well. You can send feedback on observations or get technical support for the crawler problems.
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 28th, 2006 in SEO Tips
Matt Cutts is once again taking questions from webmasters, so get yours in (make sure you follow his instructions). Go here to ask your question.
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 28th, 2006 in General
14thc.com is featuring several interviews with SEOs (10 in all). It is always fun to learn more about the human aspect of people we come in contact with on a daily basis, but may not actually “know”. Some of the interviewees may be SEOs you’ve heard of and some you may not. I think that makes it even more interesting, as we get a slice of life from different types of people. (Disclaimer: I am one of the interviewees). The 10 SEOs are:
Great reading for a Friday. Enjoy.
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Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 27th, 2006 in Other (NonSEO) Tools
Occasionally, I see people asking how much they should charge for either text links or graphic ads on their site. Frankly, there really isn’t a “standard” chart out there, although that would be a useful thing to have. However, I’ve compiled a list below of several link/ad pricing tools that may help you get a ballpark range of what your site is worth in terms of advertising pricing. Expect to see the occasional wide ranges from each tool, but some information is better than none, when trying to determine what price to charge.
Linkworth Link Price Quote
Text Link Ads Link Price…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 26th, 2006 in SEO Tips
If you are planning on producing content that you believe will be link bait, consider doling it out a little at a time. I call this “serial link baiting”.
For example, if you are producing a tool, don’t put all the features in the first version. Make the first version good enough to generate lots of excitement (and links), but keep a few features in your back pocket. Later, a month or more down the line, present version 2 of the tool with a fabulous new feature. Now, you’ve got another link bait opportunity. Continue in this vein until you run…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 24th, 2006 in SEO Tips
Whether you are an experienced SEO, a beginner, or are just interested in the process, wouldn’t you love to peek into another SEO’s window as they work on a project? Jennifer Laycock and team are allowing you to do just that. In Real Small Business, Real Big Ideas - The Carrie D. Mader Project Part 1, Jennifer has gathered a team to help a site achieve organic rankings, and they will be documenting the process for everyone to see. I know I’ll be following along as the series progresses, to see just what another SEO is doing. I feel so…
Posted by DazzlinDonna on July 23rd, 2006 in General
Today is the first installment of SEO Scoop’s Spotlight Sunday, where I shine the spotlight on some sites that were submitted to me. Originally, I was only going to shine the spotlight on one site each Sunday, but decided there was no way I could only pick one. So, here are several sites that I enjoyed. And as a reminder, if you want me to shine the spotlight on one of your sites one Sunday, just email me the title, url, and description (email to scoop[at]seo-scoop.com).
The Promotion Trader Forums
PromotionTrader.com is a new online community that allows Internet
marketers, search engine…
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