Santorum is still spreading

darren on January 26th, 2007

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.

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Tag clouds for presidential speeches

darren on January 19th, 2007

well done and crazy engaging
History of Presidential Speeches in tag cloud form. Watch it go from War to Appropriations to Constitution to Economy to Terrorist
I’m surprised I haven’t seen more of these for a wide variety of things. Maybe I’m just not looking.

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Portland Pinball (cars, ice, and hills)

darren on January 19th, 2007

I thought I got away from this stuff when I moved out of the Midwest. Nora has had 5 snow/ice days and a few late starts to school. I first thought it was ridiculous that people couldn’t drive with a “trace” or “dusting” of snow. But watch this video and it’s much more understandable.

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Martinez’ SEO Theory

darren on January 16th, 2007

A well-stated theory about what an SEO’s job is & how to go about it - in tough cases. A couple points that get at the heart of what I think is a huge bonus of hiring an SEO.
If you don’t have at least 10-20 sites in your portfolio, get them. Come back and finish [...]

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stop already.

darren on January 12th, 2007

this chain-letter blog circle-jerk is really getting out of control in the SEO community. Once was even too much, but now that the ego “gets a taste of the honey” (one of my dad’s common phrases) they can’t stop.
So for this “trust meme” (it’s not really a meme after 2 posts Michael) I trust that [...]

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public stats & competitive intelligence

darren on January 12th, 2007

Quantcast is the latest public stats/metrics company I’ve seen. They have a great interface and some interesting data. Accuracy…eh…
Competitive intelligence is key to every industry but finding an accurate inexpensive tool is nearly futile. So instead use them all:

Alexa (alexaholic is more fun)
Bill Gross’ (idealab) Compete
Quantcast
Google Trends

For pay ones:

Trellian’s Competitive Intelligence
Hitwise
Nielsen netRatings
comScore Media Metrix

Some SEO [...]

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