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What Do Infographics Have to Do With SEO

pittfall — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:12 +0000

What is an infographic? An information graphic or infographic (full infographic image here) is a source of data visualization and has become a popular new way of sharing information or research. It is a simplified way to present a complex idea or information through a visual representation. Simply speaking, infographics are visual analogies. What is [...]

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What Do Infographics Have to Do With SEO

What’s In Your SEO Profile

pittfall — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:12:14 +0000

Make a List I know that if you are working to optimize a website you probably have a number of lists that include things that you have done or things you want to do. However, you might not have created the most important list your website and your SEO plan needs, your website’s profile. Even [...]

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What’s In Your SEO Profile

Guest Appearance on Webmaster Radio

pittfall — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:20:54 +0000

I had the great opportunity to join Chris Boggs, SEMPO President and Co-Host of SEO Rock Stars on Webmaster Radio yesterday for a chat about Google’s Changes in 2011 and their impact on Natural Search. Check out the audio – “Google Growth in 2011; Panda, Plus One, Fresher Results” Next time I am a guest [...]

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Guest Appearance on Webmaster Radio

Collaborative Linking

pittfall — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:30:22 +0000

What is a link from one website to another a sign of? It is a relational cue, regardless if it is reciprocal or not. I can assure you that I am not a member of the Chicago Cubs, however, when I wear my Cubs jersey, I am providing a visual relational cue to people that [...]

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Collaborative Linking

Special Delivery – IP & User Agent

pittfall — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:20:13 +0000

What is IP Address or User Agent delivery? Both of these tactics are blackhat techniques to deliver different content to different visitors. So, what’s so bad about that? Really, cookies and settings used to store preferences and such that make a website more user focused, right? The difference between giving users a unique experience and [...]

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Special Delivery – IP & User Agent

How Do You Measure SEO Success?

pittfall — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:31:52 +0000

SEO goals differ, but most focus primarily on rankings in SERPs or only on increases in conversions and profit or revenue. If you are only looking at one of these two groups you can be missing the real impact of SEO! SEO activities focus on improving search engine rankings by optimizing content and building links, [...]

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How Do You Measure SEO Success?

SEO – The Three-Legged Stool

pittfall — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:25:25 +0000

There is a lot of things that fly around about SEO but all of them can be easily summed up in three specific optimization areas: 1. Technical and Server Side 2. Content Development 3. Promotion and Link Development Within each of these three areas are opportunities and limitations, but to have a great site, you [...]

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SEO – The Three-Legged Stool

FIRM – SEO Optimization Tactical Approach

pittfall — Sun, 30 May 2010 03:15:51 +0000

Throughout the years, I have looked to find a model to measure and address SEO concerns, whether it is an opportunity from a technical, content or link development perspective and still being mindful of the overall goals of a given website. I have developed a personal way to approach items that have been identified and [...]

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FIRM – SEO Optimization Tactical Approach

The Pitfalls of SEO – SEO Simplified

pittfall — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:38:57 +0000

Sometimes it is easy to get lost in the details of SEO. This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball. You got it? - Bull Durham Don’t get me wrong, SEO does require some advanced techniques to compete in most of the top areas, but it [...]

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The Pitfalls of SEO – SEO Simplified

Link Building Tips – Google Alerts

pittfall — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:09:47 +0000

Link building is one of the most important and most difficult tasks in SEO. The most difficult thing to do is to get others to talk about your site and publish a link to your site, hopefully with anchor text, or alt element for image links, that contains a keyword that is important to your [...]

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Link Building Tips – Google Alerts

Link Building 2.0 – Link Development in Web 2.0

pittfall — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:35:35 +0000

Link building has changed, specifically around the concept of Web 2.0. Here is the definition from SEW: Web 2.0: A term that refers to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services. These usually include tools that let people collaborate and share information online, such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies. Web 2.0 [...]

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Link Building 2.0 – Link Development in Web 2.0

Baiting the Waters for Link Success

pittfall — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:01:12 +0000

Linkbaiting, like many forms of link development and viral marketing, is a double edged sword. It can dramatically influence you inbound link profile (IBLP) for the benefit or detriment of your organic search performance. Being too effective in non-influential spaces can clutter your link profile and not reach your ultimate goal of conversions. Linkbaiting, like [...]

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Baiting the Waters for Link Success

How to Win Links and Influence Webmasters

pittfall — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:14:52 +0000

Direct requests for inbound links are a valuable way to build quality links to your website, however, the effectiveness of requesting links is directly linked (no pun intended) to the delivery of the request. For those who are looking for an automated means or a template that works can stop reading, because to put it [...]

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How to Win Links and Influence Webmasters

Directory Submissions for Success

pittfall — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:31:54 +0000

Welcome to the third post in my latest series, Holistic Link Building 101. When it comes to building a website for SEO success, link development is an extremely important part of an effective online marketing strategy. Two important questions about link development regarding directory submissions: 1. Are directory submissions still a relevant tactic and worth [...]

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Directory Submissions for Success

Holistic Link Building 101

pittfall — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:52:13 +0000

Link building is one of the most challenging aspects of SEO and it doesn’t appear that some people really get it, but that is no different than most SEO concepts. A lot of people find a nugget of SEO wisdom, apply thought, reason and ride it like a horse until it can easily become apparent [...]

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Holistic Link Building 101

Long Live No Follow

pittfall — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:00:26 +0000

In a recent post at SEOmoz, by Will Critchlow of Distilled, entitled Nofollow is Dying: The Impact of Micro-Blogging and Nofollow on SEO, is a review the overuse of the nofollow link attribute in online publishing by webmasters and 3rd party sites like WordPress.com, Blogger.com and Twitter and it’s impact on SEO for everyone. Before [...]

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Long Live No Follow

DoFollow Plugin

pittfall — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:29:06 +0000

For all bloggers that appreciate their comments and building a community around their websites, the idea of not giving at least a little link love sounds preposterous. Even though WordPress is widely considered as the best blogging platform available, it comes with a few things that you might want more control over, like adding a [...]

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DoFollow Plugin

BlogRush Keeps on Creating a Buzz

pittfall — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:01:05 +0000

Since the launch of BlogRush (still in beta) just over a month ago, there has been buzz all over the blogosphere touting, questioning and now cursing it’s purpose. Even a simple search for BlogRush at Sphinn returns 2 pages of results with 8 posts that have “gone hot” regarding the topic. Now that there has [...]

Google Admits Problems Dealing with the Googlebombing

pittfall — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:17:27 +0000

Google claimed back in January that the Googlebomb was no longer a concern, however, today on the Official Google Blog, Marissa Mayer noted: If you do a Google search on the word [failure] or the phrase [miserable failure], the top result is currently the White House’s official biographical page for President Bush. We’ve received some [...]

News from MSN/Live Search and the Fight Against Spam

pittfall — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:46:55 +0000

What is the purpose of spam? Well, when it is in your “inbox” it is usually a phishing agent trying to get information that can be sold (money), when it is in search results it is a bit more direct (money). Either way, your information is valuable and your wallet is more direct. Bill Slawski [...]

Wikipedia Goes to No Follow

pittfall — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:00:20 +0000

Hooray for those of you who have been competing with others that have either been competing with another website or group of websites that are listed in Wikipedia. Wikipedia has gone to “nofollow” tags for all external links. I first heard the news from Carsten at Search Engine Journal. So, what does this mean? This [...]

2 Techniques to Rank #1 in Google

pittfall — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:29:03 +0000

Unlike the spam emails that you and I have receive (regularly) about the “secret to the #1 position in Google’s results” that is actually related to bidding for the top position in AdWords. There are two important things that will get your website to rank #1 using 100% whitehat techniques. Wow! Is it even possible? [...]

Link Week at Search Engine Land Kicks Off

pittfall — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:14:49 +0000

Eric Ward, a well-known and respected SEO has built his career on the power of links on the Internet, has joined Search Engine Land in a new area called Link Week. Eric wrote his first piece as an introduction to the new project: “Over the past few years the mild mannered link has achieved rock-star [...]

The Marketing in SEO

pittfall — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:08:59 +0000

I have covered the three most important aspect of organic search results: Link Popularity Content Age I have also said that Search Engine Optimization is a function of Marketing (not IT). The other important aspect that I follow and live by, focus on the user and the search engines will follow! Google’s Webmaster Central has [...]

What is SEO?

pittfall — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:42:21 +0000

What is SEO, really? Google should have a good idea, feel free to go to Google and enter the query: “define:seo.” You can verify it, but, Google returns 26 results for the definition of SEO on the Internet. Most of these are consistent, however, they all focused on the end result of Search Engine Optimization, [...]