Internet Marketing, Online Business, and Life is What You Make of It.
August 12th, 2007 — Link Building, SEO Articles, SEO Advice
Filed under the category of “I know I should, but I never actually do that” is a simple tip for gaining free one-way links from companies that you do business with.
Have you purchased a product or service online recently? Of course you have. What did you think of the company, website, and/or your overall experience?
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August 2nd, 2007 — SEO Articles, SEO Advice
This blog sucks when compared to most, but it’s not just one thing that makes it so bad. It’s a combination of many different basic blogging mistakes. So, maybe by pointing out what I know I’m doing wrong, I can help someone else avoid being a dumbass like me when it comes to blogging. Let’s keep the self-degradation going and start the list, shall we?
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June 13th, 2007 — Programming, SEO Articles, SEO Advice
I know, not another boring post about 301 redirects, but I came across a pretty specific issue recently with one of my sites so I thought I’d post the solution that I finally worked out here. I almost named this post “Why It’s Important To Fail”, but I think most webmasters/SEOs understand that without failure, there can be no success. So I digress…
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April 27th, 2007 — Link Building, SEO Advice
Sorry, I don’t have any words of wisdom to pass along on this or this one because I’m too busy right now and it’s already been covered in all of the usual locations (and every one is a better dissertation on the subject than I could produce). What I can offer, though, is a short video that I think sums up Google’s stance on paid links very accurately. Stay under the radar and you’ll have nothing to worry about.
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March 14th, 2007 — Link Building, SEO Articles, SEO Advice
Business.com has undoubtedly positioned itself among the best and most respected directories in existence today. It’s one of only a handful of “must submit to” directories for any small business owner, right up there with Yahoo (when appropriate) and DMOZ. With the exception of temporarily placing nofollows on some listings, they’ve done a great job and have had surprisingly good customer service in my experiences with them over the years. I always appreciate companies that regularly call or email their customers just to check in and see how things are going. It’s simply good customer service and can definitely lead to increased sales, but I won’t go off on a customer retention lecture (just yet).
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