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Andy Hagans on Google's Sandbox
I hate to oversimplify the sandbox, or the solutions required to escape, but Andy's got a good working theory and hopefully we can all put it to the test with our new sites. From Andy: How to beat the sandbox Acquire high...
Checking out BlogExplosion
BlogExplosion is a site that offers services, advice and software designed to increase blog traffic. I signed up tonight and have been checking out various services. There's a ...
Final Weigh-In on SEOChat
I promised a post that offered closure on the SEOChat issue. Here are the list of events: SEOChat admins instituted some changes to the forum software Members began complaining vehemently, particularly with regards to the "nofollow" links on signatures (which one can only earn by posting 100 or more times and spending 90 days on the forum) Admins and some Mods...
Professionals... Naked & In Underwear? Welcome to UPONG
ISOS has done it again. Hot on the heels of SEMPO and SMA-NA, the ...
W3C Valid Code & Google
Good interview with Matt Cutts from Phillip Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped. I particularly liked this bit about valid HTML and rewarding it in the rankings: People sometimes ask whether Google should boost (or penalize) for v...
A Creative Way to Make Link Pages
St0n3y has a good post at SEW about an idea for creating a more relevant and powerful link page based on an article with multiple tips: 1) We write an article about an industry related topic. For this example, let's say it's a site that sells baby products. We migh...
New Keyword Tool for Adwords
I just spent an hour or so at the new keyword tool for adwords. It gives you a nice list of variants for any search term that you type in. Different from the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool and similar to the Wordtracker related terms list. To find this tool, log into you...
SEM Campaign Tips & Tricks
Let's say I was training a new employee on AdSense and Overture SEM campaigns, and I'd like to have some good online resources to point them to. What would you recommend? Yes, I know it's not technically a post, but it's a chance to use your hand coding HTML skills in the comment boxes ;)...Don't Waste Your Money with Other Analytics Tools, Come to Google...
Google's new analytics setup looks impressively slick. That data, on the other hand, goes right through to big GG themselves, so all of you e-commerce nuts with cloaking, pop-ups, low co...
Contrasting SEO Ethics with Perception
The SEO ethics debate may be pointless, but it does spur a lot of activity. I noted a thread at SEOChat on the subject, where some disagreement between Fathom and I, along with a stereotypical quote from Mick has me reading: Rand: Never take on two clients ...