Comments on: This Month In SEO – 12/07

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:08:13 +0000

Thanks Martin. I really liked your thoughts about moderators. I’m a moderator at a couple of forums and always felt the same. I’ve been recommending your article to others on those forums in the hopes they can see it’s about more than fighting spam.

By: Community Building Blog

Community Building Blog — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:39:40 +0000

What a great roundup article – this is how they should all be written. Oh, and thanks for the link love!

- Martin Reed

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:23:59 +0000

Writing the posts did take awhile, but after doing them for awhile they started to become second nature. They take anywhere from about 5 to 6 hours to write each depending on how motivated I am to get it done.

For me collecting all the links takes the most time. When I write these I don’t feel like I can skip posts so I tend to at least skim every post from all 100+ feeds I’m subscribed to. Since the URL is necessary to copy I end up clicking to visit each post and while the few seconds to load a page may not seem like a lot they add up pretty fast.

By: theGypsy

theGypsy — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:10:50 +0000

grumble mumble..3???? ugh….

Yeah, my weekly’s were never as in-depth as yers and still I find it tough. Collecting things to report on was never a prob, just finding the time to write it up, add pics and so on was tough.

Now, I simply keep tracking stories and report on Thursdays when I can. Last month only 2 out of 4. This year should be the same I think, if it is a light posting weekm, great – I can fill it with a news post…..

Dave

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:19:52 +0000

Dave I’m not sure what to think. You passed math in order to comment here, but you failed in counting your mentions. I believe there are three links and not two. Even more pressure for next month.

The weekly was a little too much. Writing the post was fine, but it was too much reading to have to do. Monthly allows me to read a little less intently.

Hope your holidays have been going well too.

By: theGypsy

theGypsy — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:09:24 +0000

Holy leaping frog legs… 2 mentions?? Don’t ya think yer setting the bar a little high for me man? Now I have all this pressure to perform… (I’m shrinking.. he he). Weekly news can be daunting huh? I know the feeling, a monthly sounds far more relaxing :0)

Hope the holidays went well VG, looking forward to playing together more in the new year…..

Dave

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:04:05 +0000

A long, lazy weekend sounds good. Another great roundup post.

Some interesting stuff happening, like Google Knol. Not sure I saw that one coming, but it makes some sense.

I hope that the new year is a good one to you.

By: Kim Krause Berg (cre8pc)

Kim Krause Berg (cre8pc) — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:39:58 +0000

I’ve always admired the work you put into these roundup posts and wanted to extend my thanks. I look forward to your finds for next year! Happy New Year to you

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:18:25 +0000

@Kim – Thanks. I try to put a little more into these than just listing the links. I wish I could have kept up with the weekly time frame, but it was too much. I think the monthly will eventually allow the posts to evolve more.

@Bill – Thanks. I’m looking forward to the long weekend too. I had planned on making this a light work week and I just noticed I cleared 40 hours after today. I guess that is somewhat light for me, but more than I expected.

Google Know does look interesting. I didn’t see it coming either, but in hindsight it seems kind of obvious for them. I assume it will come out of testing.

I hope you’ve both been having a good holiday and have a Happy New Year too.