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Industry Consensus – Why I Encourage you To Take the SEOMoz Survey

Published on 2012-03-26 10:54:58

Every two years something special happens in our industry.  Thousands upon thousands of people voluntarily take upwards of 20 minutes or more of their day to pause from what they’re doing to offer their opinion, their experience, and their beliefs about the state of search marketing and how they go about their work.  The resulting [...]Industry Consensus – Why I Encourage you To Take the SEOMoz Survey is a post from: Search Marketing Wisdom All content copyright protected - all ri [..] > read more

One Line Wisdom from the Best Little Show in Social

Published on 2012-02-06 13:43:01

Recently I made the trek to the Great White North to attend and share my thoughts at MediaBistro’s Socialize Conference in Toronto, Ontario.  If you have ever wanted to soak up some serious social media wisdom from the best minds in the business but find the huge conferences a little off-putting, then Socialize may be [...]One Line Wisdom from the Best Little Show in Social is a post from: Search Marketing Wisdom All content copyright protected - all rights reserved. Subscribe to this blo [..] > read more

SEO Tool Review: SEM Rush

Published on 2011-11-16 10:00:00

The following is a review of SEM Rush. SEM Rush did give us a three month pro membership in exchange for this review, however, both parties agreed the review would be unbiased and would contain just the facts. If you feel this review was biased in any way please leave us your remarks in the [...]SEO Tool Review: SEM Rush is a post from: Search Marketing Wisdom All content copyright protected - all rights reserved. Subscribe to this blog by RSS or Email > read more

Why I Joined Click2Rank

Published on 2011-07-18 08:36:00

It’s funny how life takes us on a path of learning and growth that is sometimes blessed and sometimes feels cursed.  In reality, whether we understand that it’s all blessed, comes down to how we choose to perceive what’s in front of us, and what in that, we choose to learn from, or leave behind. [...]Why I Joined Click2Rank is a post from: Search Marketing Wisdom All content copyright protected - all rights reserved. Subscribe to this blog by RSS or Email > read more

Slide Deck & Notes from My SMX Advanced Google Survivor Preso

Published on 2011-06-20 10:54:41

I had the privilege to participate as a panelist on the Google Survivor Tips panel during SMX Advanced in Seattle this year.  The presentation was centered around how to address the fact that your site is vulnerable to the Google roller coaster R > read more

Google Announces New Features – Live Tweeting Recap

Published on 2011-06-14 13:06:32

Earlier today, Google held a live stream webcast where they announced several innovations that will help users experience a more enjoyable search process. I watched the event live, and tweeted snippets from the event, so I figured I’d post them > read more

The Bogus Call to Arms Against Schema.org

Published on 2011-06-11 11:06:09

Update (3 hours after initial post) Manu Sporny, W3C’s Chair of the RDFa group, read this article and provides a great response in the comment thread, to which I responded. So be sure to read the comments after reading the article. ____________ > read more

How I get 80% of my income Through Social Media

Published on 2011-05-17 15:49:25

So you’re an independent consultant – or you’re thinking about becoming one.  Maybe you’ve known all along that it’s your path.  Or maybe the economy has taken its toll and you’re either tired of working for some > read more

Come Hear Me Speak on the Google Survival Tips Panel @ SMX Advanced

Published on 2011-04-26 16:00:46

If your site was negatively impacted by the Google Panda/Farmer update, or if you’re concerned that your site will be next as Google works to clean up their index, or if you just want to know how you can just focus on your business and not even > read more

Great Internet Marketing Giveaway of 2011 Winners List

Published on 2011-04-25 16:51:03

Here they are – the list of winners of the Great Internet Marketing Giveaway of 2011! � Name Prize Amanda Gordon The Last Original Idea Heather B. Mobile Marketing: Finding Your customers No Matter Where They Are Kelly Sheppard Mobile Mark > read more

Google Plus 1 – Social Sentiment as an SEO Factor

Published on 2011-03-30 14:35:23

Wow.  Just Wow. SEOMoz recently conducted their latest “ranking factor” survey and I had the pleasure to participate – can’t wait to see the results.  But one of the concepts in the survey asked whether social sentiment woul > read more

A Twitizen of High Quality, Who Should I Follow?

Published on 2011-03-14 08:01:13

As a Community Manager, an expert in all things social, what do you look for in people you choose to follow on Twitter? What qualities constitute a Twitizen of high quality worthy of taking up time and space in your personal Twitterverse? Is a person > read more

The SEO Industry needs to grow a pair

Published on 2011-02-24 11:35:43

The buzz continues to swirl throughout the search industry since the JCPenney nonsense, and on the heels of that maelstrom, the Forbes penalty for selling links, and then most recently, Overstock was nailed. This week Lisa Barone added her take on th > read more

Does Money Motivate: The Copywriting Edition

Published on 2011-02-14 14:59:21

Recently, Ben Cook tweeted a link to an interesting infographic for employers. It posed the big question: Does money motivate? Of course, I scream ‘hell no’ to myself.  Well, when you look at the infographic, it says money does motivate > read more

JCPenney Responds to NYT and Google

Published on 2011-02-14 12:29:26

After I wrote my own article this weekend chiming in on the JCPenney paid links fiasco, and I got a flood of comments on the matter, I wrote an email to Darcie Brossart, VP, Corporate Communications at JCPenney inviting her to read my article.  Ms. > read more

JC Penney has a bigger problem than paid links

Published on 2011-02-12 19:12:25

I love when web sites get caught paying for links and end up feeling the Google wrath.  JC Penney’s the latest example.  Yet it’s happened before, and it will surely happen again.  But there’s a much bigger problem every time thi > read more

JC Penny has a bigger problem than paid links

Published on 2011-02-12 19:12:25

I love when web sites get caught paying for links and end up feeling the Google wrath.  JC Penny’s the latest example.  Yet it’s happened before, and it will surely happen again.  But there’s a much bigger problem every time this > read more

Black Magic SEO

Published on 2011-01-19 07:57:24

Yes, I titled this post “Black Magic SEO”, not “Black Hat SEO”.  Because even black hat SEO shouldn’t be sullied by the likes of “techniques” and “methods” that I for one hope to one day see be c > read more

Win an iPad Win a Kindle: The great Internet Marketing Giveaway of 2011

Published on 2011-01-05 07:19:41

Are you envious of all the people who win prizes yet you never do?  Would you like to own an iPad or an Amazon Kindle?  Do you enjoy reading great books and articles from some of the best minds in the Search Industry?  Well here’s your chanc > read more

“Learning” On The Job – SEO Ninja Training

Published on 2011-01-04 14:29:24

SEO is like Karate. It’s a martial art. Serious SEO ninjas never stop training. No matter what stage of experience you are in SEO – white belt, brown belt, black belt or Sensei, you’d better be reading, researching, testing, and “learning on > read more

2011 Social Media Resolutions

Published on 2011-01-01 12:31:24

A shiny brand new year is upon us once again.  Time to make plans, set goals, resolve to be better than we were the year before.  Right?  Who wouldn’t want to be a slimmer, fitter, vice-free self? Who am I kidding, put down the hand weights, gra > read more

Search Marketing Wisdom Goes Neutral

Published on 2010-12-24 10:23:11

This is just one amazing, magical and blessed week for Search Marketing Wisdom.  First, I invited @SocialMichelleR to be a guest writer, the first time I’ve invited ANYONE to contribute.  The next thing I know, I was moved to open that invite > read more

Epic Change – The New Search Marketing Wisdom

Published on 2010-12-22 09:10:07

What would the search industry be without evolutionary progress?  It would be a shadow of its current self, that’s for sure!  And with that in mind, I’m excited to announce evolutionary progress for Search Marketing Wisdom!  A true sea > read more

I bow my head in memory of Jaamit

Published on 2010-12-03 11:02:31

Today a funeral is being held for someone I never met in person.  Someone who lived half way around the world.  And yet, while we never met in person, I mourn his passing.  As surely as though we had. Jaamit Durrani, by all accounts from people wh > read more

Microformat Reference Guide for SEO and Developers

Published on 2010-10-28 07:05:13

With the latest radical change to Google’s listings, which has made some people very unhappy and convinces others that Google cares about Local, Google pushes Place Pages to a higher level of importance. As far as I’m concerned, first and > read more

Blueglass Florida 2AM Pizza – Plus Save 15 Percent

Published on 2010-09-28 15:37:57

I can’t wait to get to #BlueglassFl  – the Blueglass, Inc. conference coming up the 1st week of November, and taking place at the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida…  I say that not just because I’m going to be speaking there, > read more

The New Twitter – A Quick Review

Published on 2010-09-24 16:15:56

So ten days ago, the new Twitter web interface was announced in a big ta-da conference and it was live-streamed by Robert Scoble, which meant that 4,000 of us got to watch along, so hats of to Robert for that effort.  Unfortunately, this is a timed > read more