From the monthly archives:

January 2006

Corporate Black Hat SEO Terminology

January 31, 2006

So now that more and more companies are getting involved in one form or another of search marketing, chances are at some point some of you may get a call from, and actually end up pitching for the occasional consulting gig. To help you transition from working in your bathing suit to a pinstripe suit [...]

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The Art of Title Bait

January 29, 2006

So now that everybody is talking about linkbait. I think it’s important to consider one of the important qualities of good linkbait, otherwise known as Title Bait.

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Nerds, an online dating site just for you

January 28, 2006

Ok I’m not sure if this creator read my post How to Get Your Non Tech Site into Digg, but if I he or she did, I’m taking partial credit.
FYI I have absolutely no affiliation with that site.
read more | digg story

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Clickable TV

January 28, 2006

So I finally got around to reading Brian’s article on IPTV, which tied in with something I was reading on WebmasterWorld about Dora the Explorer teaching kids to “click” on TV. Now I’ve mentioned before that I think within a few years we’re going to see an internet based TV network. Which made me start [...]

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Tip For the Comment Spammers

January 27, 2006

If you’re going to target an SEO’s blog you’re going to have to do better than “Great post, great advice, love your blog keep it coming”, especially if your name is [really obvious keywords here]. You might stand a better chance of success [...]

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SEO Leftovers

January 27, 2006

One of the principles of a well run kitchen, especially a kitchen with French Culinary influence, is the concept of letting nothing go to waste. For example when we have Thanksgiving in my house I’ll purchase the biggest bird I can get in my refrigerator. I usually have 8 to 12 people over, and yes [...]

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Maximizing Profits With Website Design and Layout: Part III

January 26, 2006

In Maximizing Profits With Website Design and Layout: Part I, we looked at some examples of screen resolutions, and content placement. In Maximizing Profits With Website Design and Layout: Part II, we looked at how banner size affected the “sweet spot” being above or below the fold. In part III we’re going to look [...]

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Link Bait Competition

January 25, 2006

So maybe you think the whole “v7ndotcom elursrebmem“, contest is silly but you’re big on the idea of pulling in a few extra drachmas and getting the accolades and recognition of your peers. If so check out BizNicheMedia who is running a contest [...]

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Maximizing Profits With Website Design and Layout: Part II

January 25, 2006

In Maximizing Profits With Website Design and Layout: Part I, we looked at some examples of screen resolutions, and content placement. In part II I’m going to show some examples of how I look at and approach design considerations, specifically where the important “money making” parts are in relation to the screen break.

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MSN Premium Advertiser Pages

January 25, 2006

So with all the big deal that Matt Cutts made about buying text links you’d think the Googlers would be able to filter pages out of the SERPS that are clearly paid advertisements like 1,2,3. You can see that they are indexed and [...]

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Domain Parking and Cloaking

January 24, 2006

So I was cruising around last night with “Googlebot” as my User-Agent. I was thinking of something and decided to visit a domain I have with a parking service. I was surprised to see they were using cloaking IP delivery to include links [...]

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Yahoo: Yea We Suck and We Don’t Give a Damn!

January 24, 2006

In what may turn out to be a PR nightmare Yahoo admits to not wanting to be number 1 in search
Yahoo! gives up quest for search dominance
“We don’t think it’s reasonable to assume we’re going to gain a lot of share from Google,” Chief Financial Officer Susan Decker said in an interview. “It’s not our [...]

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Google, Bull Sh*t and Britney Spears

January 24, 2006

So the web’s most linked to Googler Matt Cutt’s is going on about spelling and it’s effect on SEO. Now my personal opinion is people who strive for perfect spelling are no better than the intellectual elitists who pass around incomprehensible PDF’s that are so lacking in creative and interesting writing, they overcompensate with high [...]

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Maximizing Profits With Website Design and Layout: Part I

January 24, 2006

I was building new site this past weekend and I got into the liquid width versus static width debate with myself again. Now I’ve been involved in designing, programming, running, and optimizing websites in one way or another since 1998, and while I’m no usability expert I think I’ve seen and built enough websites to [...]

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SEO Zen Master

January 23, 2006

Maybe I’m a sucker for eastern philosophy, but if you’re looking to find out how to take a pebble from the hand of the master, then you should know there’s is no such thing as SEO

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Reverse Mad Libs SEO

January 21, 2006

Here’s another quick and fast tip for you … people have habits. They are also repetitive and like to keep repeating things (intentional). If you run a website about Jessica Simpson and were getting lots of traffic for [Jessica Simpson cell phone pictures], pull a reverse mad libs on it. Take the noun out and [...]

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Google Trust and Librarians

January 20, 2006

So what websites does Google trust? Well we all have our own theories, but I think there are a few clues in the Google Newsletter for Librarians: January Edition.

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Million Dollar Home Page Scandal Smells Rotten to Me

January 20, 2006

Ok Blah, blah million dollar home page, blah, blah, blah. MillionDollarWeighloss.com (no link love for you) buys the last pixel on ebay for $38,000. Million DollarHomepage  suffers a DOS attack and is offline for a little while. Now the guy who bought the [...]

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Technorati Responds

January 20, 2006

So I got an email in response to my Technorati problem.Seems Bad Behavior is the problem and they are working on it. Happened to me as well, if anybody has found a workaround drop it in the comments.

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Using Others Content as Linkbait

January 20, 2006

Perfect of example of how to take someone’s else’s content recycle and repackage it into an awesome piece of linkbait that’s actually useful.
Geek to Live: Lifehacker Pack

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