by Scott | May 25, 2007 | Google, SEO, SEO-101, Viruses and Scams
Someone sent me a link to this post, and I found it extremely interesting. According to the article, Google is following and factoring “no followed” links for ranking purposes. Back in November, “no follow” was given the white stamp of approval...
by Scott | May 20, 2007 | Pay Per Click, SEO-101
I’ve completed an article about writing your copy for pay per click ads, and placed it in my tutorial section. If you are new to Internet marketing, or creating your own ads to display on Google or Yahoo’s sponsored search results, it’s worth a quick...
by Scott | May 16, 2007 | Google, SEO, SEO-101
A search engine consultant these days needs to know a lot more than the basic SEO tactics they may have learned over the years. They really need to know how to efficiently navigate Google’s Webmaster Central, and make good use of the tools they have provided. It...
by Scott | May 11, 2007 | Education, Local news, SEO, SEO-101
Search engine marketing and optimization are pretty hot subjects, and I frequently get asked for recommendations where someone can learn the skills they need at an accelerated pace. For my own needs, I first attended John Alexander and Robin Nobles’ search...
by Scott | Apr 17, 2007 | Google, SEO, SEO-101
Have you ever seen anyone tie up all three available search slots at the top of Google in the local (Google Maps) results? I hadn’t either… If you search for Portland internet consulting firm on Google, you’ll see my friend Charlie Stanley of Fierce...
by Scott | Apr 15, 2007 | SEO-101
Knowledgeable search engine experts tend to agree that ALT tags are no longer a relevant ranking factor for any of the big three search engines. If that’s the case, the same as meta keyword tags, then why do so many page one websites still use them? If...