SEOr·gasm (es ee ôrgzm)
The peak of excitement from an SEO’s sudden release of pent up frustration regarding the tactics of other SEOs who’s practices they condemn. Characterized by strong feelings of pleasure often following a blog or forum posts of some kind. Can be accomplished as a solo act but is often found to […] more…
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When you think of keyword research Dan Thies’ name often comes to mind. Dan’s expertise, however goes far beyond keyword research as he has become one of the most sought after SEO coaches/educators out there also being one of the most well-known and respected voices in SEO. Dan was gracious to allow me to interview […] more…
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Google is complaining to the anti-trust department that Microsoft plans and having a search box, which by default is set to search MSN, with it’s new IE7. This version of IE has been available as a beta download since last week and Microsoft plans to include it with the Windows Vista operating system scheduled to […] more…
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Thursday was the last class for the spring and I’m scheduled again in October/November to teach the class again. In the fall we’ll be adding an extra four hours to the class (four three-hour sessions instead of four two-hour sessions.) The added time will give me a little leeway to work through the material more […] more…
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Speaking of Resume spam, we recently placed an ad for a marketing copy writer. The ad clearly states
Interested candidates, please fax your resume and samples of work to 775-324-0432.
One candidate emailed their resume and at the bottom in bold it reads:
*Extended Work History and Writing Samples available upon request*
I’m sorry, I thought I already did […] more…
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Have you ever seen anything like this:
http://www.xonics.com/?
Follow that link…. must be great for usability!
Update: I noticed that the home page says “best viewed with Internet Exploere”. They’re not kidding!! The flashing effect (added via CSS) doesn’t work in IE so there is a good chance they don’t even know this is happening.
If you ever […] more…
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There has been a lot of talk recently about linkbait, the new SEO buzzword for doing something that makes generates a lot of links to your website. Jim Westergren has a great list of things that make for great linkbait to your site:
* Build a useful tool
* […] more…
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You don’t have to use keyword phrases as a single phrase on your pages in order to rank well in the search engines. If you have ever looked at your server logs you’ll find that people often use strange word combinations when searching. For example a keyword that generates traffic for one client of ours […] more…
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The Candidates
Synergy: Allie, Andrea, Brent, Pepi, Roxanne, Sean, Stacy, Tammy
Gold Rush: Bryce, Charmaine, Dan, Lee, Lenny, Leslie, Michael, Summer, Tarek, Theresa
Prelude:
Lee buries the hatchet with Charmaine and let’s bygones be bygones. A smart move for someone who will be the next team project manager and needs his team’s full support in order to pull off […] more…
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spam (spm)
n. Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.
We all hate spam, don’t we? Nothing slows up your morning like having to sort through hundreds of junk emails, just to find the handful that are of a genuine business nature. Thank God for commercially […] more…
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