No wonder the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) industry has such as bad reputation. I am amazed that there are still so many SEO snake oil salesman out there spamming small businesses. Let me show you one prime example of some of the junk that people calling themselves “internet marketing specialists” and SEO specialists are spamming (sending unsolicited commercial email). They’re still hurting the Search Engine Optimization Industry. [Read more…]
Net Builders Launches Sulumits Retsambew SEO Search Engine Optimization Contest
Will Spencer the owner of Net Builders has recently kicked off another SEO (search engine optimization) contest called the the “Sulumits Retsambew SEO Contest”. The whole point of the contest is to test the Google algorithm. The winner will own the top-ranked search result for the “made up” keyword phrase “Sulumits Retsambew”. [Read more…]
6 Reasons the Search Engine Optimization Industry Needs a Bailout
Since the United States Government has been giving out money recently and calling it a “bailout”, many different industries have been stepping forward and trying to stake their claim. We have already seen a bailout in the financial industry, and we have recently seen the automotive industry go to Capital Hill to explain and argue with government officials about getting a bailout. So, I thought it would be appropriate to come up with six reasons why the Search Engine Optimization industry needs a bailout. [Read more…]
6 Ways to Get Nearly Instant Links to your Web Site
Update: This is an old post, and I don’t recommend using any of these link building tactics anymore. If you have any links from these sites, I recommend you remove them–not get them.
It seems as though everyone wants something done quickly, or nearly instantly. We want success quickly. We want to be successful online and we want to get links to our web sites quickly. We want traffic to our web sites quickly. [Read more…]
Search Engine Workshops Now Offering Online Search Engine Marketing Resource Center
Search Engine Academy is now offering a networking community for search engine marketers. This new networking community is the first on the internet to offer a place where search engine optimizers can meet and share strategies, access other online areas, and get the latest updated material on a regular basis. [Read more…]
What Does Social Media Have to do with Search? Plenty
Back in the “dark ages” of search engine optimization, way back a few years ago, actually, we created content on our websites. We then paid attention to on-page optimization, like optimizing our title tags, our body copy, and we mentioned our keywords in the copy. Linking campaigns were important, and we used to get lots of links from website directories and we did link exchanges. Do you remember that time? [Read more…]