SEO Scoop

Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 30th, 2006 in SEO Tools

You do use WeBuildPages’ great SEO tools, right? I mean, hey, they are free. Besides that, they give you all sorts of great info. I’ve been using some of the tools for a long time. I’d say how long if I really remembered, but I don’t. Just know that I’ve used them for quite some time, and if you haven’t been, you should really check them out.

Whenever I start to analyze a site for optimization, I always use both the Top Ten SEO Analysis Tool (I think it used to be called Cool SEO Tool), and the Backlink and Anchor…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 30th, 2006 in General

I am in the process of setting up a new Wordpress blog. (Will share the url some other time). I haven’t gone through this process in a while, so I’ve discovered that Wordpress has gotten cooler. Well, not so much Wordpress itself. But Wordpress-related stuff.

For instance, since the last time I looked at all this stuff, there’s been something created called Wordpress Widgets. It’s not brand new, so I’m sure most of you already know about it, but for those of you who had their heads in the sand like I did, this is for you.

WP Widgets is this…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 29th, 2006 in SEO Theories

My oldest site, (circa 2000), needs to undergo a complete change. Everything, including the theme, platform, content, hosting, and design needs to be completely redone. This is a task I’m dreading, not only because it’s going to be a fair amount of work, but because of the SEO value that may be lost. The question to be answered is how much SEO value will be lost…if any?

One page of the site will basically look the same, but will direct users (via a manual link) to another brand new site. Products that have been paid products for all these years…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 26th, 2006 in General

This is not SEO-related really, but well, I just don’t have anything to say about SEO today. Instead, let’s talk about discounts. A few weeks ago, I ordered a laptop bag from ebags. After I placed the order, ebags thanked me by giving me a 20% off special link for the next time I made a purchase. I eventually deleted that email, but never emptied my trash, so that email was still around.

Last night, I decided it was time to buy some new luggage, especially since my old luggage got a little messed up on the trip PubCon Vegas. So,…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 22nd, 2006 in General

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone reading this today, no matter where you live. I thank you for sharing time with me as I blather on about SEO. I hope that you and your loved ones have much to be thankful for…now and in the future. Now, go on, get off the internet and go enjoy the day.

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 22nd, 2006 in SEO Tools

While at Pubcon, I had a chance to chat with the friendly guys from Mountain Media about their new search engine friendly ecommerce package, Mountain Commerce. I was interested in the product, because truly se friendly commerce packages are pretty difficult to come by. Sure, things are getting a little better out there, but much of it just isn’t perfect. So although I was impressed by Mountain Media’s sales pitch, I decided to reserve judgment until I could do a little testing of a demo once I got home.

Now that I’ve been through the demo, I’m still impressed. The feature…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 21st, 2006 in SEO Tips

Adam Lasnik said on Google Groups:

…reciprocal links have been around forever, and Google doesn’t frown on engaging in reciprocal linking in moderation.

The key here is, indeed, moderation . If, say, 90% of your backlinks are reciprocal, that’s probably not going to improve how our algorithms view your site. Or worse, if 90% of your backlinks are reciprocal and not likely to be of interest to your user.

But exchanging links here and there — *especially* when done with clear editorial judgement (e.g., you’re not just accepting dozens of link exchanges willy-nilly) — that’s not the sort of thing Google looks down upon.

Hope…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 19th, 2006 in SEO Tips

I have to relate a very humorous story that happened at Pubcon a few days ago. Please read all the way through because the ending is special.

It always amazes me that anyone would volunteer their sites during the site review portion of a conference. I mean, here you have the search engine reps looking at your sites. That just gives me chills. In any case, the first couple of sites were decimated by the reps due to the webmasters’ having numerous duplicate sites, which Matt Cutts found within seconds. By the time these sites had been hashed through, the reps…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 18th, 2006 in SEO Theories

Looks to me like a data push began on the 16th and is rolling through still. I’m seeing major changes on a couple of sites and have seen a few others mention it around the web. Looking at the datacenters shows differences of several hundred places in ranking in some cases.

Anyone else seeing anything?

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 17th, 2006 in SEO Tips

A couple of snippets of SEO tips/tidbits mentioned at the conference that I wanted to note while I still remember them:

If a url has no cache link in the Yahoo SERPs….it’s probably got a penalty on it.

Matt Cutts said the only urls in the supplemental index are those with not enough PageRank to be included in the regular index. A few links could pull it out.

Have a site that has a local presence? Claim your site via Google Local. You’ll get a postcard via snail mail which will then allow you to edit your listing, allowing you to get keywords…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 16th, 2006 in General

Just wanted to give a shout out to all the great people I met this week at PubCon. I do have a wee bit of spirits in me thanks to the great guys at Linkworth, so pardon me if I misspell anyone’s name, get a name wrong, or forget anyone. But rest assured, if I spoke with you anytime this week, then I’m very happy to have done so. So thanks to everyone listed below (in no particular order):

Bill Slawski
Rand Fishkin
Jane (of SEOmoz)
Barry Schwartz
Aaron Wall
Danny Sullivan
Brett Tabke
Dave (aka Drum)
Eric Enge
Beth Strukelj
Chris Boggs
Michael McDonald
Andy Beal
Lee Odden
Andy Hagans
Todd Malicoat
Rae Hoffman
Everett Sizemore
Tina Dixon
Pittbug…

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 15th, 2006 in SEO Tips

The Google blog just announced that Yahoo and MSN will be officially supporting the sitemap XML protocol that Google created last year. You can get more information on the protocol at sitemaps.org.

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Posted by DazzlinDonna on November 14th, 2006 in General

Guy Kawasaki was the keynote speaker this morning here at PubCon, and he was one funny dude. Very entertaining speaker. And since he begged us all to link to him, I thought I’d throw him a bone. LOL. So, here’s a link, funny guy, and I’ll definitely be reading your blog more often now that I know how entertaining you are.

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