DazzlinDonna’s take on SEO news, tips and theories.
Meet Michael VanDeMar, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I’d like to highlight a post entitled How To Completely Clean Your Hacked WordPress Installation. You know I’ve been on a mission to help others prevent the hacking problems that have become so prevalent, so it was only natural that I would choose this post of Michael’s to highlight.
I just tweeted the quote below, but I thought I should probably make this prediction here as well, just to mark it as an official look into the old SEO crystal ball.
Judging by the past, sometime in the next 30-45 days, Google will pull something that is going to freak SEOs out. It’s that time of year!
Just sayin’ …
SEO articles drive traffic and sales, — plain and simple. Whether you have an online business, or a brick and mortar enterprise, SEO articles may just be the best free marketing you can do to drive traffic and sales, bar none. Here, we will briefly discuss what SEO articles are for the unintiated. Then, we’ll go over how to write effective, traffic-driving SEO articles.
Meet Mike Banks Valentine, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I’d like to highlight a post called Tag Clouds and SEO - Tagging Engineers and Developers. Mike has an interesting take on using tag clouds, and basing them not on popularity, but on relevance.
Meet Navaneeth Kishor (aka Kichus or SEO Kid), the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I’d like to highlight a post entitled Magento Ecommerce: A Short SEO Review. I love seeing reviews of ecommerce apps in regards to how search friendly they are because it’s rare that I see this blogged about.
I know I’ve already blogged about WordCamp Birmingham (Alabama) over on my DD blog, but for those of you who don’t read that one, I wanted to make sure to bring it up here too. It’s the first ever WordCamp in the Southeast United States (Sept. 27-28), and I’m going to be speaking at it. Yes, I’m nervous, but y’all will just have to deal with the occasional “um, er”, and stutter. I’ll be speaking on SEO for WordPress though, so even if I stumble over my words now and then, the information will still be useful.
The cost is only $25,…
Meet Nick Stamoulis, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I’d like to highlight a post called Do You Use Keyword Stemming As Part Of Your SEO?. I’d like to see Nick and each of you expand on the topic somewhat. Nick mentions tools, but doesn’t discuss particular tools.
Although there are many URL shortening services out there like TinyURL, the newest one to hit the netwaves is Cligs, and it’s a winner (and free). The most obvious gotta-have-it features are the built-in analytics reports. Every Clig you create is stored in your own private account and reports are available to track:
I can probably count on one hand the number of times I’ve blogged about a forum thread, but this thread on image optimization from Cre8asite forums is one to read. Let’s face it, there’s not a lot said about image optimization, so any time I find information like this, I do a little seo dance. Here are just a few snippets from the thread to entice you to read further.
Regarding a Microsoft patent:
Basically there is an image relevance scoring system, i.e. algo input and/or filter (details follow)
And a text-image relevance scoring system (details follow)
And then Yannis chimes in with some observations from testing:
Enclose…
Hey, this is a fun little contest that Scott McAndrew has going. He is collecting stories about stupid mistakes and blunders that supposed SEO “gurus” have made. He won’t be publishing company names, so no need to include that. Just detail a horror story you’ve encountered. Had a client come to you after being shafted by some search “expert” or even one of the big SEO firms? Tell Scott about it in a paragraph or two, and you could win an Ipod Touch. Pretty cool prize, and just about everyone has one of those stories to tell. So head on…
Meet Ognian Mladenov (aka oggin), the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I’d like to highlight the only post I can read because the rest are in - well - some other language. So, I’ll stick with SEO Acronyms, and if you can read any of the other posts, power to ya!
Although this is for SEO newbs, it never hurts to remind even the most experienced SEO to check the basics now and then. Go to google.com and type this in:
site:www.yourdomain.com (or site:yourdomain.com if you don’t use www)
Look at the results for your site: search. Is the same title repeated over and over again? Is the same description repeated over and over again? Especially in the case of the titles, you are losing out on the most effective on-page SEO tip there is. If your page is about chocolate cake, but your document title is MySite.com (because it is just using the…
Meet OrangeSoda, the Search Blogger of the Day. Today I’d like to highlight a post titled SEO Firms vs. SEO Consultants. OrangeSoda extends the conversation that Lee Odden started, and explains why they agree with Lee, that an SEO firm is a better choice than a lone consultant, especially for larger clients.
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