All of that delicious SEO info offered by Yahoo Site Explorer is gone. I received an email about upcoming changes in the inbound links from the Blekko API today...Also today, Blekko began requiring users to be logged in to receive SEO data (try searching "netvantagemarketing.com /seo" and see what happens). Is Blekko going to jump [...]
Read MoreRecently I was introduced to a concept that I love, the five second bio. The five second bio is a way to identify people when moving into a new social circle. For example, when I refer to my friend Wade I tell a short identifying story about him, like he once shaved off half his [...]
Read MoreI love free samples. Sometimes I don't even care what they are. Walking through the local supermarket I'll gladly take several helpings of something I would never eat...just because it's free. However, when that free sample is something you enjoy...EUREKA! You've struck gold. Now that I've reached a happy place imagining myself wolfing down a [...]
Read MoreIf you haven't heard about it yet, Ontolo launched what is quite possibly the greatest invention in the history of mankind recently. After producing a plethora of fabulous tools that made link prospecting and qualification easier the past few years, they finally put everything together in one fabulous package with the Ontolo Link Building Toolset. [...]
Read MoreNothing is worse for the budding online businessman than to see their traffic numbers plummet...particularly their search numbers because they are often the least understood form of traffic. Often search traffic is oversimplified as, "Work hard in SEO and link building to get top positions and the traffic will magically appear." But like any business, [...]
Read MoreEven the casual SEO has historically kept an eye on their rankings. Using an online service or a program like Web Position Gold to track the successes and failures of their activity. At the same time, the wise SEO kept an eye out for their usual competitors, and stayed on the lookout for emerging competitors [...]
Read MoreLife isn't a beauty contest. Plenty of ugly people can be successful (even *I* earn a living), and I've seen some horrific websites make money for companies. One thing that I've learned in the SEO business over the last few years is that sometimes it pays to say no to a hideous website when someone [...]
Read MoreWhile I'm certainly not a bashful person, I do tend to shy away from too much professional bravado. However, I got a kick out of some of our organic results when I took a look at them today. A while back I published an article about geo-targeting with SEO, discussing the benefits of targeting your [...]
Read MoreI've found that a tremendous amount of material relating to web analytics tends to relate to the needs of billion dollar companies or is so rudimentary that it provides little value except to those just cutting their teeth on the topic. There is a missing middle ground here, particularly for the typical SMB, where there [...]
Read MoreA news story today reminded me of this fact. It's so easy to do something dumb when you're dumb and you begin thinking you're invincible. I can't say that I didn't do a handful of dumb things when I thought I was ten feet tall and fireproof. Fortunately I came away largely unscathed. As I've [...]
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