Looking for your opinion
January 31, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
There has been some discussion recently about whether or not I should be accepting money in return for reviewing a product, site, or service. One reader suggested a poll, so I’m obliging that request now. I would love to have your opinion on the matter.
Why I dont like podcasts
January 31, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 6 Comments
Podcasts seem like such a great idea, but they just don’t work for me. Why? Because while I’m listening to them, I find that I’m not really listening. My mind wanders off to other things, or I’ll start reading a blog post from somewhere, or I’ll start typing a blog post…like this one, for example. Yes, right now, I’m “listening” to a podcast, but obviously as I type this, I’m not really listening.
WSI – New SEO Scoop sponsor
January 31, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
You may have noticed that SEO Scoop has a new sponsor (over in the sidebar). As a thank you, I’m giving WSI a one-time blog post to present their business concepts. So here it is.
Check for those bad links
January 30, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
When was the last time you ran Xenu link checker (or any similar tool) on your site? Every so often I like to remind everyone to check for links leading to 404s. No matter how diligent I am about keeping my sites up to date, I never fail to find some bad links when I run Xenu. Why do I care, you may ask? Because in the past, I’ve found that getting rid of links that lead to nowhere can help my rankings (note that I have no absolute proof that there is a correlation between dumping bad links and rankings, but it *seems* to work for me). So there’s your tiny tip o’ the day. 
Blogs – mixing personal and professional
January 28, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 4 Comments
This morning I was bored and decided to read some blogs that I forget to read on a daily basis. In my travels, I noticed that Jim Westergren changed the design of his site (not sure when) and noticed for the first time that he includes lots of personal posts amongst the normal SEO stuff. I never realized that Jim was such a prolific writer and was especially interested in writing science fiction short stories and novels. I like the concept of seeing a more rounded view of a person that I virtually know. We all spend a fair amount of time reading blogs, and feel as though we know the people behind the blogs. But the personal aspects of the bloggers’ lives are often missing.
For Friday, SEO Cartoon
January 26, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
This is way, way too funny. I’ve included a small, teaser image here of the cartoon, because I didn’t want to steal the thunder from the original. Check out this hilarious SEO Cartoon.
SEMPO Institute – a few more facts
January 25, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
As you have probably heard by now, SEMPO, which describes itself as “a global non-profit organization serving the search engine marketing industry and marketing professionals engaged in it”, has recently announced the SEMPO Institute. To quote them once again, “The Institute offers online distance learning courses that will provide a breadth of search marketing instruction from Fundamentals to Advanced Search Advertising.”.
Directories still a viable link source?
January 25, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
Every so often I see people discussing whether or not it is still worth getting listed in a web directory. I usually see the idea shot down as being ineffective and not worth the few minutes of time it takes to get a listing. I disagree with that stance. Directory listings are still beneficial. I get actual visits from directory listings on a daily basis. That in itself is a worthy use of my time to get the listing. But it is still helpful from an SEO point of view as well. A clean link from a relevant directory page that has been cached is still going to add to your site’s ranking. Maybe not a lot…but some. And it’s a great way to kickstart a new site. As with all things, don’t rely on just directory listings. But don’t ignore them either. It’s one of the easiest ways to get a link that there is.
SEO Toolbar V2.0
January 24, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 17 Comments
I’ve been asked to do a review of SEO Inc’s SEO Toolbar v2.0. The following is a paid review.
Search Marketing Standard Spring 2007 edition
January 23, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
I’m a fan of the one and only SEO print magazine out there, Search Marketing Standard. I’ve discussed it several times in the past. The Spring 2007 edition will be arriving in mailboxes next month sometime, and guess what? I’ve got a short article in it. I was honored to be asked to contribute to the magazine, and I did my best to make it read-worthy. It started out being a long, rambling article, but an editor “convinced” me to trim it down substantially. LOL. That’s why there are editors in the world…to keep us from rambling. So check out SMS’s latest blog entry that gives details on all the upcoming articles in next month’s issue (including yours truly).
Two site comparison tools
January 23, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
I checked out two very different site comparison tools yesterday, both of which could be useful for different SEO purposes.
Google to put books on portable devices
January 21, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
According to the UK Times, Google is “working on a system that would allow readers to download entire books to their computers in a format that they could read on screen or on mobile devices such as a Blackberry.” This will apparently be a part of Google’s Book Search service.
Are subdomains no longer separate sites in the eyes of Google?
January 18, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 8 Comments
When did subdomains start appearing in a Google site: search? In other words, a site:www.somedomain.com used to only show results with urls from www.somedomain.com.
