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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

Where should I start with SEO?

pittfall — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:01:49 +0000

Seemingly, one of the simplest questions to ask and one of the most difficult questions to answer when deciding to optimize a website for organic performance, however, it can directly influence the impact of your efforts. Because much of the tactics are inter-related, some may not even be necessary and all are limited in how [...]

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Where should I start with SEO?

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

Caught Gaming Google

pittfall — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:51:31 +0000

The retailer JCPenney was ousted on Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 by David Segal of the New York Times with the help of research from Doug Pierce of Blue Fountain Media directly to Matt Cutts of Google that they had amassed impressive rankings that appeared to have been supported by a large number questionable links. Unlike [...]

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Caught Gaming Google

Insights that Lead to Success in SEO – Part 2

pittfall — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:14:39 +0000

In the first installment, I looked at tools that will help provide insights into finding the right keywords to optimize for that will lead to success in SEO. Now we will look at other tools and information to refine and/or expand your keyword list giving you additional insights to build and maintain a successful SEO [...]

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Insights that Lead to Success in SEO – Part 2

Insights That Lead to Success in SEO – Part 1

pittfall — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:48:18 +0000

Gathering info is one of the most important things to do before executing an organic SEO campaign. It is quite often that some are shot sided and only look at what they want rather than the actual opportunity. To find the most valuable keywords to start optimization, there are a couple of tools that will [...]

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Insights That Lead to Success in SEO – Part 1

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

Measuring the Value of Page Elements for Search Engine Rankings

pittfall — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:11 +0000

It might seem elementary, but there isn’t much study around the value of the various HTML page elements in search engine results pages (SERPs). For SEO professionals there are always discussions about what is and isn’t indexed and used as a value for search engine rankings. In fact, it has been discussed at length as [...]

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Measuring the Value of Page Elements for Search Engine Rankings

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

The Pitfalls of SEO – Keywords

pittfall — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:59:31 +0000

Keywords – Tools to Online Success Many of us in the online marketing community look at keywords as a synonym of a real key that “unlocks” traffic, however, I rather like to look at keywords as actual tools that gives your website the ability to open more than just doorways to additional traffic. Let me [...]

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The Pitfalls of SEO – Keywords

The Pitfalls of SEO – Analytics

pittfall — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:09:55 +0000

Not knowing what to expect, in some cases can be really exciting, like river rafting or hiking or exploring a reef while snorkeling, however, when it comes to your website it can be more important to have a better perspective on what to look forward to and what to look out for especially when your [...]

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The Pitfalls of SEO – Analytics

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

Further Study on the Value of Image Optimization

pittfall — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:25:10 +0000

Yes, yet another test, and I will return to the rest of the link development series soon, but I have been sitting on this test for some time and I thought you deserve to see the results. The last test on the value of image optimization was limited to Google and Yahoo only and utilized [...]

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Further Study on the Value of Image Optimization

Link Building Via Content Development

pittfall — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:41:07 +0000

Maybe you have heard some of the cliches about content: If you build it they will come! Content is King! Really? Yes, it is true. However, what most of the people that use these and other cliches about content development and link acquisition fail to share the details about what content development can directly impact [...]

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 [...]

Holistic Link Building Defined

pittfall — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:55:35 +0000

In my last post, Holistic Link Building 101, the beginning of a series of post was embarked upon and the topic is very subjective. When it comes to building a website for SEO success, however, link building or development is an extremely important part of an effective online marketing strategy. Like other SEO tactics, holistic [...]

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 [...]

Die Duplicate Content Die!

pittfall — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:41:51 +0000

What does canonical mean? According to a biology glossary from the University of Arizona it is “repetitive; repeating in different forms“. So, what does it mean to online publishers? Simply, duplicate content. How does duplicate content exist, what is it’s impact on search engines and, more importantly, how does it affect online publishers in search [...]

Measuring the Value of ALT and Title Elements of Image Tags

pittfall — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:00:13 +0000

Not a great title, I know, but accurate. Recently, I began a test of the ALT and Title elements in the img html tag. Here is the breakdown of the testing: Conducting the research by creating a page on the topic of “dogs” that has the same image of a Dalmatian that link to four [...]

Bounce – Better Than SearchWiki?

pittfall — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:27:37 +0000

Looking at the search landscape over just the past few months, it can be easy to see that professional SEO is not for the faint of heart. Search engines are always trying to make adjustments to their results and offerings to differentiate themselves from their competition, just like other competing businesses. For those of us [...]

Fishing for Links

pittfall — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:48:31 +0000

In October of last year, Google made some major adjustments to PageRank because of paid links, then in November, Google noted that buying or selling links that pass PageRank is in violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines and asked for webmasters to report them. I have heard, since this time, from a few sources, that this [...]