Archive for the ‘SEO’ Category

Banning A Referrer

Friday, May 9th, 2008

If you're tired of getting spammed from a single referrer, rejoice. There's no need to take it, and implementing a ban for a referrer is as easy as pie. That is, if you're using mod_rewrite. If you are using mod_rewrite, then you simply add a rule to ...

Return Of The Long Tail Traffic

Monday, April 21st, 2008

The recent Google update that I've mentioned a few times in the last couple weeks is now starting to "firm up", based on what I observe in my logfiles. As I've explained before, I'm not an SEO Scientist, but rather an SEO Chef. I don't study SEO on ...

Outsourcing SEO Service

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Lately I've been attempting to delegate more of my internet marketing and SEO responsibilities, and one obvious area is with "SEO Services". Now, the idea is great in theory, but like anything else, is going to require plenty of due diligence when it comes to finding providers who can ...

Focusing On Search Engine Results

Monday, March 31st, 2008

It's easy to focus most of your time on search engine results when you're attempting to build traffic. The search engines remain the best overall source of traffic, that websites really cannot live without. In the end, the traffic you get from search engines will be extremely ...

Best Source Of New Keyword Ideas

Monday, February 25th, 2008

If you are constantly working on your website, looking to expand your rankings, you'll need new sources of keyword ideas. One of the best of this is pretty obvious, but invaluable. If you look at what people are already entering to get to to your website, you'll find ...

Using Yahoo For Keyword Research

Monday, January 21st, 2008

For the most part Yahoo Search sort of sucks. But I will say I enjoy the "Search Assist" feature they provide. Yahoo allows you to drill down on search terms and they offer suggestions to help you make your search more precise. This is exactly where you ...

So, You Have An Audience Of SEOs And Internet Marketers…

Monday, January 21st, 2008

...and you find out about this "hot new" linking opportunity, and you decide to tell them about it. What happens next? Chances are, some of your audience ends up abusing the advice in a manner you hadn't foreseen, and sour tastes get left in everyone's mouth. That's ...

A Lot Of Stale SEO Information Keeps Floating Around

Friday, January 18th, 2008

I have been reading about SEO for many years now, and I have to say the conversation has finally become mind-numbing. I understand why. It's very difficult for people to actually talk about SEO in terms of "what works" when they make their living from websites with tons ...

Do People Link To Commercial Content?

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

I've been producing commercial-oriented content on the internet since 2003. Before that, I was also involved with the internet business in a professional capacity, and never got into doing much internet work "just for fun." My content has always been commercial in nature, so I've been aware of ...

Characteristics Of Authoritative Web Pages

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

If you spend much time researching the subject of SEO online, you'll run into the term "authoritative" or "authority" many times, with generally only a partial explanation. The term is powerful. It makes you want to have an "authoritative" page on a subject, or to be the "authority ...