SEO Zeitgeist

How to Up Your SEO Income by a Factor of 10: Testing

Friday, 10. 9. 2009  –  Category: SEO

The following is a guest post by Ari Ozick, a member of our SEO Community who frequently shares great insights.

The above graph is based on an intensive questionnaire of over 2500 world class SEOs, including freelancers, in-house corporate types and SEO entrepreneurs. In the questionnaire, I asked one simple question – [...]

Don’t Vote

Wednesday, 10. 7. 2009  –  Category: SEO

Matt Cutts has gotten the ball rolling on this “don’t vote” blog meme that asks you to tag five friends to register to vote.  With election day being just about a month away let’s help keep this moving.  So join the meme and register to vote within the next month.  Not sure how? Don’t worry. [...]

Social Media Marketing Continues to Grow in Priority

Wednesday, 10. 7. 2009  –  Category: SEO

Last week I attended and spoke at IMC Vancouver. It was a nice little conference that featured a lot of different speakers from the SMX/SES shows. While my sessions focused on SEO, there were a number of panels that discussed social media marketing. I heard a lot of feedback from attendees praising the social media [...]

Link Building through Relationships

Wednesday, 10. 7. 2009  –  Category: SEO

Ah, relationships. Good relationships are strong, meaningful bonds that act to hold people or objects together.  Like the furniture maker’s forgotten “dovetail” joint that once held a strong piece of furniture together and is now replaced with weak staples between faux wood fiberboard, relationships seem to be the forgotten glue that once held the business world [...]

Stop Wasting Money! 10 Ways Optimize Your SEM Efforts

Wednesday, 10. 7. 2009  –  Category: SEO

I read an interesting article that discussed the importance of targeting and bounce rates and it got me to thinking about the clients that I have had, past and present and the buckets of money I have seen thrown away. So, I decided to put a list together of 10 ways you or your client [...]

Lucky 7 Conference Tips

Wednesday, 10. 7. 2009  –  Category: SEO

A few weeks back, I spoke at a small conference in Las Vegas for the Forex market called the Forex Affiliate Conference, which is run by the guys from the Casino Affiliate Conference. It was the smallest conference I ever spoke at (about 20 people) but it ended up being one of the most productive. I [...]

Search Conferences 101: 33 Reasons Why You Should Go to the IM Charity Party at SES San Jose

Wednesday, 10. 7. 2009  –  Category: SEO

33 reasons why you should stay up late and go to the IM Charity Party at SES San Jose:
1. Networking happens AFTER the sessions are over. The best place to meet your future client/SEO/agency is at the hotel bar or at one of the conference parties
2. You might meet fookin’ dave naylor and buy him [...]

How to Fix a Website with a High Bounce Rate

Tuesday, 10. 6. 2009  –  Category: SEO

If you have a high bounce rate on your website, you’re not alone. Analyzing the underlying factors which lead to a high bounce rate can be the difference between hitting your conversion target or consistently losing customers. A high bounce rate should be considered as 80% upwards.
To accurately measure the bounce rate metric, you need [...]

16 Things I’ve Learned About Business while Being an SEO Consultant

Tuesday, 10. 6. 2009  –  Category: SEO

1. Pay extra for premium domains (if you develop them)

If you can’t find and buy a good aftermarket domain and get creative – you need some marketing classes
2. Don’t skimp on hosting
Such a painful expensive lesson to learn.
3. Respect contractors, but don’t overpay
Don’t ever talk down to anyone you work with, but don’t allow people [...]

Affiliate Summit East and San Jose Search Engine Strategies and IMCharityParty.com

Tuesday, 10. 6. 2009  –  Category: SEO

3 Things to post here at Stuntdubl Land. 1. IM Charity Party – Please help by spreading the word. If you were there last year, you know, and can help spread the word. Should be a great time for a great cause. 2. Affiliate Summit Panel of social media for affiliates – [...]