Top 10 Firefox extensions for anyone who works on the web
May 31, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
If you are a web developer, designer, SEO, or do anything web-related, you absolutely should be using Firefox simply because you can download and use some fabulously useful extensions (now called add-ons). Here are my 10 favorite Firefox add-ons, in order of each extension’s usefulness to me.
Google shows the world your underwear
May 31, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Ok, that title is a little sensationalist, I admit, but it wouldn’t surprise me either. Wired is letting people submit things they’ve found via the new Google maps feature, Street View, that um, maybe Google shouldn’t be photographing for all the world to see. If you live in a big city, where Google has been, be afraid. You may have been caught coming out of a strip club, picking your nose, or any of a number of other private things you didn’t really want to share with the entire world. You can also find some links over at Boing Boing, including Google cameras peeking into someone’s living room.
Wordze Keyword Research Tool
May 31, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 4 Comments
Any good SEO will tell you that keyword research is your very first priority. There are several keyword research tools available. I’ve tried them all, and let you know what I think of them. Today I’m going to focus on what may be the best of the best. Wordze is one of the newest keyword research tools to hit the netwaves.* It’s less than a year old, but it has the flair of an old experienced SEO tool.
Boykin is the King of Link Yummy Posts
May 29, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
I noticed Jim’s article listed on seosem.corank.com curiously titled “Link Ninjas now throwing clocks, mugs & mp3 players“. Upon arriving at the post, I noticed the real title was “Jim Boykin: Deja Vu plus Swag and $720 in free ads.” and that made me even MORE curious. What’s Jim got going here? That’s a two part answer.
Vote for my SEO lyrics!
May 28, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
If you don’t plan to compete with me in the SEO lyrics contest, then may I suggest you instead vote for my lyrics? The song is called DMCA, and it is a parody of course of the Village People’s YMCA. Since there are lyrics from other contestants that I believe are better than mine, the most I can hope for is either: Read more
A Digg site just for us SEOs
May 27, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 4 Comments
Tired of getting buried at Digg because you’re an SEO? No problem, I’ve created a Digg clone over at coRank so we can spam, er SUBMIT, our stories all we want. And there are NO nofollows on those links, people! So, sign up and start submitting stories over at the SEO and Internet Marketing Social News Site. Just click on the Join SEO and Internet Marketing button to get started. It’s quick, easy, and totally SEO juicy! 
Facebook marketplace, the new Craigslist?
May 27, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Just noticed that Facebook now has a marketplace, which is described this way:
Sell your stuff. List what you need. Browse friends’ listings.
This is advanced SEO?
May 27, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
I just stumbled across a site listing SEO related classifieds, which after scanning through the handful that were listed, equates to scammers selling themselves as SEO experts. Regardless of that, however, I got a chuckle out of one of the ads, which reads:
Wasting your clicks on unrelated sex-themed parked domains
May 27, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
Smackdown has outlined how Google is displaying your PPC ads on porn-related parked domains. How well do you think those clicks convert for you? And yet, you are paying for those clicks. Considering that Google does not allow Adsense publishers whose sites are porn-related to display Adsense ads, why is that a parked domain with an obvious porn-related domain name can? This is just another example of why so many Adwords advertisers opt out of the content network. Go read the Smackdown post, as it details the problem nicely. And then tell Google that you don’t want them to waste your hard-earned PPC dollars this way.
Shoestring site marketing
May 26, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
SEOish interviewed seven “big guns” of SEO to ask how they would market a site on just $100. (Actually, the question really involved $100, $250, or $500). While each of the SEOs gave some interesting answers, it was Andy Beal’s quote, “Not a lot you can do with $100″, that caused me to write this post. And there was at least the hidden implication that many of the guys probably felt the same way, but they didn’t actually say it out loud.
Yahoo releases their 20 most misspelled search words
May 25, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Yahoo’s Buzz Log notes the top 20 most misspelled terms in Search. Here they are (correct spelling in parentheses):
Do you ByLink?
May 23, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
I’m only going to discuss this once. Why? Because it seems that no matter how many times I try to get people to listen to me when I mention this topic, they don’t really hear me. So I won’t waste my breath. Those of you who do listen this one time, however, are the smart ones.
Web CEO giving deep discounts right now
May 22, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
If you are using the free version of Web CEO and are considering purchasing one of the upgraded versions, now might be a good time to do so. Web CEO (a comprehensive SEO ranking and SEO tools suite) is offering some deep discounts right now (through May 31st) for both the Small Biz and Professional versions. You’ll save $190 on the Small Biz version or $230 on the Professional version. In addition, you’ll get their new version 7.0 free when it is released at the end of the month. Grab those discounts while you can!
