Today I noticed on a trackback link from Pronet Advertising that Digg has decided to un-ban a number of domain names. Neil Patel’s name is listed as the author of the blog post and he lists Online Marketing Blog at the top. I appreciate the heads up.I suspect there are people wondering what the owners of the sites that are not on Digg have to say about this. Here’s my reply: Sigh.We (more…)
I just read an email from an agency wanting SEO for their client: “Our client wants to improve their search rankings but is on a limited budget. Also, what results can we expect?”Seems like an innocent question at first glance, but I know better. These agency types are so used to negotiating ad prices and media buys, they think SEO works the same way. SEO is not a value meal.What would a (more…)
There is no such thing as an “automatic” SEO tool, but there are applications that can be very helpful with certain processes. Here are two tools that I came across over the weekend:SearchStatus - SearchStatus lets you view its Google PageRank, Google Category, Alexa popularity ranking, Alexa incoming links, Alexa related links and backward links from Google, Yahoo! and MSN.Keyword Discovery (more…)
Larry Chase has published Web Digest for Marketers for a very, very long time. What amazes me is that he still finds great online marketing resources to share. His latest newsletter shares 12 Insider SEO Tools & Tactics.HitTail - This tool reveals in real time the most promising yet least utilized keywords that drive traffic to your site organically.Link Hub Finder Tool - This tool will help (more…)
Our search marketing agency has been making some adjustments to link building services and while auditing current tactics, came across a good resource listing some of the best directories for link building and SEO over on the Search Engine Watch forums.Directory listings rarely send unique visitors, but they are dectected by most search engine spiders. That can be an asset and a liability (more…)