Happy Halloween
October 31, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
Happy Halloween, All You SEO Scoopers.
SEOs are masters at disguise, don’t you think? Therefore, I have to assume that each of you is very creative when it comes to dressing up in a Halloween costume. I thought I’d just ramble on a bit about Halloween today, and ask you to do the same.
Boldly Ask For A Vote
October 30, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 1 Comment
A few months ago, I suggested that you think like a blogger. I deliberately left the suggestion simple and vague, but I may have been a bit too vague. So, here’s one more hint to help you understand my message.
Let Me Take The Less Popular Side Of An Argument
October 29, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
Ok, I’m going to post this knowing full well that what I am about to say is completely against what all the smart people would say. In fact, it even contradicts what I say much of the time. And it directly counters a comment made today by one of my most “favoritest” people in the SEO world, Debra Mastaler. Sorry, Debra, despite the fact that you are “right”, I still feel compelled to take an opposing viewpoint today.
The Seller’s Motivation
October 28, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
I saw someone say in some forum somewhere that Google was going after those sites in which the link seller’s motivation was the passage of link value (i.e. PR). That’s what has been sticking in my craw for a while but I hadn’t had the time to let it simmer and gel in my head until now.
What Are They Smoking?
October 27, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 7 Comments
How much trust can you place in the algo of a company that gives a PR3 to Youtube, for crying out loud? Let’s see. Either…
Get Off Your High Horse – We Aren’t Stupid
October 26, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 20 Comments
Ok, all of you out there (and you know who you are) who have been sitting up on your high horses proclaiming that everyone else is stupid for getting upset about the PR changes – STOP IT! You are the ones who aren’t getting it. When it comes right down to it, people, it’s not about the little green bar. It’s all about CONTROL. That’s what has everyone upset, whether or not they really know it.
Poll Results So Far and Thoughts
October 25, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Ok, the poll from yesterday has received 71 votes so far, which isn’t a lot, but I still wanted to just throw some thoughts out there about the results anyway. In my opinion, the first two options, still buy them at the same price as before and still buy them, but pay a little less for them both reflect a situation where you could basically say that nothing much would change in the scenario where all text link ads suddenly no longer passed any value. All of the other options would represent a major shift, again, in my opinion. So, I’ve grouped the first two options together and grouped the last three options together to determine the outcome. It comes out to this: about 1/3 would continue on pretty much as usual, and 2/3 would make drastic changes (either by paying much less, buying them only rarely, or not buying at all). Two-thirds of the current buyers dramatically reducing their ad buys would affect things pretty drastically, I would think.
Link Buying Poll
October 24, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 5 Comments
Please take the following poll ONLY if you already purchase text link ads (from anywhere). If you don’t, the poll has no meaning for you. The poll is completely anonymous, so participating won’t out you in any way.
PR Update Today – Many Sink
October 24, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 14 Comments
Looks like the toolbar PR updated today, with many sites losing lots of green. Problogger alerted me to it, since it noted that its PR went down to a 4, as did Copyblogger’s. Some of my sites saw a lower PR, including this one. However, I’ve still got great rankings and traffic for things I track, so there’s no direct reflection there. If PageRank falls, but rankings and traffic stay the same, does anyone hear it drop?
Sidenote: What I’ve Been Up To
October 23, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 2 Comments
Some of you know that this is my busy season, but I’m still managing to find time to squeeze other things in. Just thought I’d share what a couple of those things are, and do a bit of shameless promotion while I’m at it.
Social Voting Meets SERPs – User Improved Search Results
October 22, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 6 Comments
- Has the time come for Digg-style social voting search engines?
- Can a search engine present algo-based results that can then be further influenced by user votes?
- Are users comfortable enough with the concept of voting at this point to be able to marry digg-style voting with normal search?
- And if socially-influenced SERPs become a reality, will we attempt to game it and subsequently ruin it?
- If a new search engine can successfully accomplish such a goal, will users switch to it?
Social Profiles Link Generator Tool
October 21, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · 10 Comments
Have you ever noticed the links to my social profiles that I’ve got listed in the left sidebar? Yeah, it looks just like the screenshot you see here. I coded that sidebar section by hand, but I’ve been bugging someone to make a tool that would make generating that list easy. I bugged, and bugged, and bugged, and annoyed the crud out of him until he finally decided that programming the tool was much better than listening to me drone on and on about it.
Interesting Yahoo Vanity Search Concepts
October 20, 2007 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Yesterday my Yahoo search error 999 problem was solved when I obtained a static IP address from Hughesnet (my new satellite internet service provider). Apparently, the dynamic IP I was getting was being blocked by Yahoo. Anyway, to test things out and make sure I could use Yahoo search again without error, I attempted to think of a search term to enter. That’s actually hard to do when you don’t really need to search for anything. So rather than strain my brain, I searched for [dazzlindonna].
