Say hello to my little friend!

one of the reasons I haven’t been posting much of late.

So at this point, he/she has been crawled and is scheduled to enter the main index in about 6 months. I’m not too concerned about ranking or ROI at this point, maybe in 18 years or so though.

errr…if you didn’t at least smile at my “How to know your friend is an SEO” post, please ignore that.

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You know your friend could be an SEO if:

1. They have a work uniform consists of a bathrobe
2. They have a nickname that would sound good on a helmet in Top Gun
3. They know what Mesothelioma is
4. You don’t know what he does, but when he tries to explain it, you hear the word “google” a lot. Sometimes in awe and sometimes in disgust.
5. Having them as an overnight guest, you get manually spammed
6. They go on a Read the rest of this entry »

This is a great example of how small businesses think of search.

Scott Berkun’s brother has a problem:

“Recently his competitors began using various search engine manipulation techniques: fake pages, link farms, link doorways, all sorts of things to deceive search engines.”

So Scott is asking his readers to link to his brother’s site - etoner.com.

But in general, before you go publicly asking for help and showing off your site, it’s important to get your house in order. Read the rest of this entry »

The unknown husband-to-be was dealt a set-back today and it looks as though his tv spot won’t happen during the SuperBowl. He’s asking for readers to petition to CBS (who is reading his blog) in the comments to make it a “go.” Go Digg it & drum up some interest

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I just don’t understand Yahoo sometimes…

You have a tool that gets used (ok, abused) by thousands upon thousands of advertisers. You make all your money from advertisers. One of the main reasons they are using that tool is to spend more. So…you kill it? How about at the very least continue giving your advertisers something they are craving while at the same time pushing your own agenda. I wouldn’t mind that.

Of course, I used it mainly for other purposes. inventory.overture.com was my favorite domain speculating tool. It sucked for heavily searched for terms, but it was beautiful for discovering some smaller keywords that weren’t yet hit by automated rank-checkers.

And. It was awesome for domain sleuthing. Read the rest of this entry »

A good friend is a photographer/product manager/videographer/and search engine marketer. The last one he didn’t realize until I convinced him…and even now he only reluctantly takes credit.

He is the guy behind the guy (Dan Savage) who built and marketed the SpreadingSantorum.com website. While this might not be a claim you want to show off to Grandma (check out the site when she’s looking over your shoulder) it’s gotten some excellent rankings, mentions on the Colbert Report, and now…Matt Cutts is saying it’s not a googlebomb, it’s just good SEO.
So Chase…congrats, you are an SEO. So sayeth Cutts. Like it or not.