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SiteMost’s Blog Recap 28/11/07

Pete — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:12:01 +0000

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, things have been pretty busy lately and I let my blog posts fall a week or two behind.

But even though I was slack, it certainly didn’t stop everyone else from writing some great posts… so here’s a monster recap of all the great posts I’ve read over the past couple of weeks.

From Search Engine Land:

Search Illustrated: Keyword Research (Part 3)… if you like this, you may also enjoy Part 1 and Part 2.
Google Offers SEO Advice On AJAX Coding
How To (Kind Of) Buy A #1 Organic Search Ranking On Google
Google To Defend Against “Selling Top Spot” In June 2008
How To Maximize Your Exposure In Google

From Search Engine Roundtable:

From Search Engine Journal:

From ProBlogger:

From Hamlet Batista

From SEO By The Sea:

From Small Business SEM:

From DoshDosh:

From Marketing Pilgrim:

From SEOBook:

From SEOmoz:

From everywhere else (but mostly found through Sphinn):

I think that’s all the linklove I can handle for one post… feel free to send me any stuff for next weeks recap if you think I’ve missed something.

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 9/11/07

Pete — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:56:49 +0000

It’s Friday and as is the custom on SEOmoz, they have a Whiteboard video-session covering some of the weekly happenings. This week Dave Naylor made a guest appearance and it was very good – Whiteboard Friday – “Pardon The Fookin’ Interruption” (The Complete Trilogy)

Whilst we’re on the topic of video posts, SEObook do one about On Page SEO Tips for Google as well as another good post (this one isn’t a video) on Selling Commodity Services: Controlling Cost vs Adding Value

Michael Gray from Graywolf talks about something that I’ve been playing a lot with lately – StumbleUpon and how it’s beating Google, Yahoo, and MSN in social search. DoshDosh then goes on to explain The Importance of Social Media Marketing: Why You Should Learn and Master it

Meg from Blogpond talks about how the new Geographic Target feature in Google Webmaster Tools and how it can help us Aussies – Attention Aussie Bloggers

Search Engine Roundtable gives us:

To follow-on from the last bullet-point on 301’s, Dr Pete wrote a good post at SEOmoz – Hey Google, I’m Over Here! (a 301 Experiment)

Tamar Weinberg tells us the Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content

I completely understand where Debra from The Link Spiel is coming from when she says – Hi I’m Debra And I’m A Directory Addict. So how can you tell if a directory is good or not? Shimon Sandler expalains how by discussing some Factors of a Quality Web Directory

If you’re looking for some tips on blogging, you’ll probably find these posts handy:

Search Engine Land write a really good article on Understanding Search Usability. They also talk about a few Ways Link Builders Hurt Themselves

Cornwall SEO ask – How Are You Going To Get A Link If They Don’t Know You Exist?

And to finish on what I thought was a pretty funny article (and something I never expected to read) – Facebook: More Popular Than Porn

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 31/10/07

Pete — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:35:40 +0000

The big news for the last week has been the Google PageRank updates which I mentioned in my last post. The topic still has some hype but fortunately it’s starting to die – I personally like what Lyndoman from CornwallSEO.com had to say on the issue – My Opinion on the Google Page Rank Massacre

If you want to read what everyone else had to say, here’s a list of blog posts I managed to find on the topic (sorry if I missed some – there were a lot):

Now, onto other news…

Some good SE Roundtable articles from the last 7 days:

Jennifer Laycock explains why Viral Marketing is NOT the Same as Word of Mouth

Search Engine Journal gives us:

Graywolf asks us – Do You Want Your Ancillary Pages in Googles Index

From Marketing Pilgrim:

CapeCodSEO.com gives some good tips in Link Building 101: What Should Be Evaluated With Each Link Opportunity

Jill Whalen asks Social Media Marketing: The New SEO?

Bill from SEO By The Sea discusses How Google May Blend Information From Feeds and Extracted Data For Search Results

And last, but not least – Yahoo’s Australia Arm Undergoes Shakeup

That’s about all the linklove I can give for a week – if you think I missed something important, let me know and I’ll add it to the list.

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 22/10/07

Pete — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:16:20 +0000

I’m a few days behind on my blog reading, so some of these post which would usually cover the last 7 days might extend to 10 days and some of the more recent stuff from the last 24 – 48 hours will have to wait until next weeks recap.

I’m a member and fan of SEOMoz and most recently I’ve been loving the posts by one of their most recent staff members Shor – A Sale Of Two Titties – Is Wordplay The New Foreplay?

SEO By The Sea covered 3 great posts that explore the possible inner workings of Google:

LinkJuicy interviews Michael ‘GreyWolf’ Grey on Advanced Link Strategies

SEO Roundtable Favorites for the week:

I’ve also recently started subscribing to HamletBatista.com and have been really impressed with his articles: Advanced Keyword Research — The power of understanding your visitors and Revealing your Competitor’s FULL External Relevance Profile – One of my best kept secrets

SEO Fast Start provide advice on Mastering Both Kinds Of Link Building – Authority & Reputation

Small Business SEM wrote a post on Which Google Products Should a Small Business Use? a few weeks ago and followed this up last week with Which Google Products Should a Small Business Use? Part 2.

Aaron Wall from SEOBook gives us a Warning: New Google Webmaster’s Guidelines and explains Google Lowered My PageRank, Was My Website Penalized?

Marketing Pilgrim tells us that Google Analytics Adds New Features as well as posting an entertaining little ad about advertising: Video: Marketing is No Longer a One-way Dialog

Courtney Tuttle gives us 44 Internet Marketing Articles That Everyone Should Read: Internet Marketers Group Writing Project (I haven’t read them all yet, but the ones I have looked at are quite good).

On the topic of lists – SEO Theory Blog gives us 20 Hard Core SEO Tips

And on a lighter note, Google Is Not The Most Relevant Search Engine According To Google, so perhaps it needs to have some optimisation done – What would Google look like if they had to Optimize for Google

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 11/10/07

Pete — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:40:27 +0000

Once again it’s been a busy week in the blogosphere and here are a bunch of posts that I particularly enjoyed. When I started this post, there were about a dozen more blogs that I was going to mention, but I had to refine the list a little to keep it to a reasonable length. Sorry if you didn’t make the cut – there’s always next week…

To start with, there have been some Major Relevancy Changes at MSN, Yahoo, & Possibly Google. Yes, it was then confirmed that there was also a Google Toolbar PageRank Update (October 2007).

Eric Enge Interviews Google’s Matt Cutts and Marketing Pilgrim covers SMX Local & Mobile Conference Keynote with Michael Jones of Google.

Whilst on the topic of Google:

On the topic of links:

Search Engine Roundtable poses a couple of interesting questions – What Defines an SEO “Expert? and Should Designers Know SEO?

Rebecca posts a question of her own on Shoemoney’s blog – How Respected Are You? which is followed-up by yet another question on the Shoemoney blog (this time it’s a bit more rhetorical) by Neil Patel – You want to be rich? Then start talking shit!

Britney Spears Plumps Lyndoman’s Pillow.

Aaron Wall talks about how Radiohead Joins Google in Destroying Traditional Publishing & Media Companies.

Matt McGee asks Small Business Owners to Put Down Your Ranking Reports.

Tom_C guest-posts on SEOmoz – 11 (and a half) SEO Feeds to which All Beginners Should Subscribe.

And last, but not least, Marketing Sherpa releases their Search Marketing Benchmark Guide 2008.

Let me know if there were any other great posts that deserve a mention in the comments.

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 2/10/07

Pete — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:35:09 +0000

As always, there’s been a fair bit happening in the search industry lately and lots of good posts to recap.

I’ll start with some good stuff from SEOmoz:

Advanced Web 2.0 at the Shop.org Summit – some good stats from Rebecca
QR Codes And Physical Hyperlinking, No More Typing And No More Search Engines? – Thanks Shor… this was one of my favourite reads for the week!
An Open Challenge: Applying Jim Collins’ Good to Great – Asking the Tough Questions
Original Link Building for Beautiful-Looking Websites

On the topic of link building, you should also have a read of Help! I’m New, I Need Links, What Can I Do? and Aaron Walls post on Fresh Link Building Tips: New Search Filters = Easy Link Research.

It appears a Yahoo September Update is Underway causing temporary searching issues. These changes were also noticed by Aaron Wall – Major Yahoo! Ranking Changes.

And since we’re mentioning Aaron Wall and SEOBook… his insights on Why Google Hand Editing Seems Random are quite good and what’s even better is Everything Aaron Knows About Online Marketing, on One Page.

Marketing Pilgrim continue their study on Eyetracking on Google Universal SERPs

Search Engine Roundtable discuss how Google Analytics Limits You to 50 Accounts and Ranking for Google Image Searches.

Bill Slawski writes An Expansion of Importance Scores for Web Page Rankings? on his own blog as well as contributing an article on Should a Small Business Blog? at Search Engine Land.

If you run a small business and liked Bill’s article above, you’ll love everything Matt says at Small Business SEM. He’s put together a good post on Business Cards: Form over Function?

If you don’t use Google’s Webmaster Tools then there’s something wrong with you. They are a great resource and if you’re not sure about how to best utilise them, here’s A Comprehensive Guide.

Google have been taking their time with the latest toolbar PR updates and Matt Cutts has said on a few forums not to expect any updates in the next few weeks. This has caused some concerns about whether Google are going to stop reporting PR altogether. Darren Rowse and I agree that you should Forget About Page Rank and Build a Better Blog.

There has also been some recent discussions about whether or not it is possible to automate the SEO process. Hamlet Batista provides A detailed look at what can (and can’t) be automated in SEO.

Jill Whalen writes a good post on Search Engine Land about Avoiding Clueless-Is As Clueless-Does SEO… and last, but certainly not least – Google has it’s 9th Birthday!

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 22/09/07

Pete — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:34:51 +0000

Here’s a bunch of posts I’ve enjoyed from the Blogosphere in the last seven days (or thereabouts)…

Darren Rowse gives us some tips on Driving Traffic to Your New Blog. On the topic of driving traffic and increasing your online exposure, you may also be interested in these 15 Link Building Methods, Get The Most Out Of Each Of Them.

SEOmoz encourages us to Get Creative With Your 404 Error Pages as well as providing us with An Exhaustive List of Search Engine Based Keyword Research Data.

Aaron Wall does a guest post on Search Engine Land about Web Site Credibility whilst back on his SEObook blog he talks about Links or Content? Nope, the Issue is Attention.

I’ve recently subscribed to Matt McGee’s blog – Small Business SEM and he has a good post on Local Search. Matt also does a regular blog recap post which lead me to Google, duplicate content caused by URL parameters, and you.

Coincidentally, a client asked me this question only a week ago – Does Google Ban Parked Domain Sites?. Search Engine Roundtable also discusses – Google Update Underway? Chinese Spam Impacting Google.com.

Copyblogger talks about the importance of telling people where to click… so please Click Here and whilst you’re there, ask yourself – Are You Using the Five Types of Links Properly?

A debate heats up about whether SEO Can Be Automated … or Not.

Bill Slawski from SEO By The Sea wrote a post in October last year on 20 Ways Search Engines May Rerank Search Results… last week he revisited this idea with a post on 20 More Ways that Search Engines May Rerank Search Results. Whilst you’re there, I’d also recommend reading his post Google Patent on Desktop Search and Implicit Queries Based Upon Active Documents .

If anyone has any feedback or thinks I’ve missed something crucial in the happenings of the SEO world – add some comments and let me know… Thanks

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 13/09/07

Pete — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:45:22 +0000

I hope you’ve got a few spare minutes because a lot has been going on in the SEO Blogosphere over the last week.

The ACCC launched a case against Google not too long ago and here’s how it ended-up – Watchdog bitten in Google case. Marketing Pilgrim also has a good write-up about it. You’d think companies would realise by now such attempts at taking down Google are futile.

So whilst taking-down Google is futile, taking-down some one using Google isn’t, but it does come at a cost – Man Arrested for Google Bombing Polish President Into Top Spot For “Kutas” (Penis). Whilst on the topic – Link bombing still works. Even unintentionally.

Just before I move-on from Google, there’s also been some talk On Google Banning Directories and Matt tells us about a Useful Google feature: better date search.

Aaron Wall has posted some good stuff recently:
Free Search Traffic: Add Keyword Rich Content to Authoritative Pages
7 Useful Webmaster Tools Google Stole From You
Ride New Verticals or Go Against the Trends of the Web
3 Ways to Get Screwed by Social Media Marketing

Aaron Interviewed Debra Mastaler, the Link Guru and Darren Interviewed Aaron – Learn How to Get Your Blog Ranking High in Search Engines.

For all my fellow bloggers here’s how to SEO-sanitizing a WordPress theme in 5 minutes, here’s 25 Expert Techniques to Have a Successful Blog and Why Your Newsletter Content Should Come From Your Blog.

Usability is getting a bit of press lately from Bill Slawski – Some Recent Google Papers on Usability and User Testing, who also is involved in an interview with Kim Krause Berg on Supplemental Index and Usability. Aaron Wall also has some thoughts with The Immeasurable ROI of Improved Organization, Communication, & Usability

Hamlet and Jen duke it out with Why you should target the most competitive keywords and Five Reasons to Aim Low When You’re Just Learning SEO.

StoneTemple release their 2007 Web Analytics Shootout which is an excellent read if you’re interested in stats tools.

And last, but certainly not least, the SEOmoz SEO Expert Quiz (that I mentioned in my last post) has generated a whole lot of controversy which you can read about here: Dissecting An SEO Quiz — Are There Right Answers?, here: Why the SEOmoz SEO Quiz Is Completely Wrong and here: Why Vanessa Fox is Wrong About SEOmoz Being Wrong.

Whilst a lot of experts are debating the nature of the questions and accuracy of the answers, I’m sure SEOmoz aren’t perturbed as they’re too busy counting-up all the links they gained from that one skillful piece of bait!

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SiteMost’s Weekly Blog Recap 05/09/07

Pete — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:02:53 +0000

In my last post I disagreed with Jill Whalen, but she says some pretty good stuff in her post about the Top Ten Organic SEO Myths.

When I try and promote social media, I’m often asked Which Social Media Sites Should You Target? or I’m faced with people whinging about not having the time. Those people should read Five Tips for Finding Writing Time. Now that you’ve covered that issue – It’s Time to Take Blogs Seriously but make sure you don’t make these Twelve SEO Mistakes Most Bloggers Make.

Aaron Wall Updated tools.seobook.com as well as discussing some other useful tools.

Marketing Pilgrim gives Six reasons NOT to try to be an online retailer but follows-up with A Six Step Plan to be Profitable in Internet Retail. They also reveal some interesting information with their posts on Eyetracking Shows Web Audience Ignores Ads and GoogleBot Understands Comments.

Last but not least, The Official Google Australia Blog reports that Google Australia has formed an Agreement with News Digital Media.

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SES San Jose Coverage Recap

Pete — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:46:44 +0000

Last week San Jose hosted the Search Engine Strategies conference. The conference spanned 3 days and featured 74 different sessions (most of which had multiple speakers and/or panelists)… so there was a lot of great information being shared over those few days.

Search Engine Roundtable covered most of the sessions and have provided write-up’s on their site. In alphabetical order, here’s the listing of sessions they covered:

You’ll notice I’ve put an asterisk (*) next to some of the sessions above – these were the ones that I personally enjoyed reading about. Let me know which ones were your favourites.

SES San Jose Coverage Recap

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