Holy optimization Batman! Are search geeks no longer relevant in the world of SEO? Nothing of the sort my caped companion in ranking. Search geeks are still highly relevant and likely will be as long as search engines exist. You might even say without them all your optimization efforts could fail entirely.
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Riddle me this… If I asked you to imagine a picture of a stereotypical SEO what would they look like…? Glasses, buck teeth, bald, badly dressed… with suspenders holding up their pants…? Perhaps not quite. But the words ‘search’ and ‘geek’ have become somewhat synonymous over the past 10 years.
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You’re most likely aware that keyword research is a very important part of the SEO process. You can’t really optimize a page without knowing what you’re optimizing that page for. This morning I learned that WordTracker is currently offering a free 7 day trial to the full version of their Keyword Research tools.
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of seo standards since my last post on the subject. Initially I was set completely against standards, thinking them both impossible to enact and basically unnecessary. I’m still not sure if a standards body is feasible, but I am beginning to rethink my stance somewhat or at least I’ve begun to see cases where standards could prove useful.
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Every so often the subject of SEO standards makes the rounds through the community. Are standards necessary? Would they help or hurt the industry? One of the sessions at SMX West last month led to a recent post by Jill Whalen arguing against the need for standards which is raising the issue again. Two posts after Jill’s in favor of standards are also generating discussion. I’ve written in the past that I don’t think SEO should be regulated, but there’s more to the debate and I wanted to mention a few points here and ask a few questions of everyone.
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You like me. You must really like me.
Well, maybe it’s not so much me, but the judges accepted my bribes lost their senses and pushed my post on branding for small business and bloggers from nominee to finalist for a Small Business SEMMY.
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Imagine you’re back in high school (painful for some I know). You’re parents are going away for the weekend and you want to have a party; a big party. You want as many people as possible to attend. Unfortunately you only have one invitation to hand out, which asks the person receiving it to invite more friends. There are three people you genuinely like and hope will come to your party, but you can only give out the one invitation. The first person is the school’s computer geek, the second is your English teacher, and the third is the head cheerleader. Who gets the invitation?
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I’m not quite sure when and I’m not quite sure how, but a post I wrote back in late August has been nominated for a SEMMY Award. What’s a SEMMY you ask? Why only the greatest award in all of search engine marketing. What’s that? It can’t be such a great award since I was nominated? Thanks for the love and the vote of confidence. Ok, ok, what exactly is a SEMMY?
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Matt Cutts recently produced a video explaining how Google looks at the alt attribute on an image tag and offers some good tips for how best to use them.
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The following guest post was written by David Harry of www.huomah.com
Hello folks…. Steve decided to keep playin’ Hooky so the loonies are still running the asylum it would seem… we will return you to your regular programming shortly;
Is your SEO world dull? Just doing that same ‘ol thing time and time again? Are you looking for something new and interesting to sink you teeth into? Well my friend.. Step right up and we make what was old new again!!
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