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I support this effort because her target reader is small business. Startup needs are different. Self learning is a long process and its often peer to peer first until they gain more confidence in themselves and skills.
I support your efforts. The flames will help you develop a strong spine, which sadly, is needed in this industry.
@IncrediBILL Perhaps you're right. I envy my football playing son, who LIVES to kick butt and pain has no effect on him at all. He wears bruises and cuts like trophies :)
@SEOhack You can call me Ms. Berg, but my even my husband would find that funny. He calls himself "Mr. Cre8pc", My kids call me "taxi", "packmule", and "Hey mom" :)
@SEOAly I started out in 1995 as a single mom, self taught all the way in the SEO biz. Everything I have now, I earned. The support from the small biz/startup community is tremendous. A conversational writing tone is often easier to read and learn by. I was never able to stay focused on all techy stuff :)
"@Cre8pc - 1995, huh? "
'Fraid so. In Internet years, I'm near ready to kick the bucket :)
@Skitzzo - Can you clarify? I understand that dupe Sphinn's on the same topic are not encouraged but this is a case of two different stories on a similar topic written by two different people and submitted by two different people.
Barry's was in error because DD's went hot or because its a similar topic?
Just wanting to understand because Sphinn is filled with hundreds of articles on the same topics written by different people.
@tykeblog I voted you back up. I find it interesting both from a search and user experience perspective that SERPS vary country to country. Is it censorship? My gut says "No". Is it algorithms based on localized factors, including user preferences data? That seems more likely.
I found nothing wrong with you asking the question.
Free speech when used to inform is one thing. Free speech when used as a weapon is not "free" and comes at a cost. The difference is intent and motivation.
I started to the read the post and then became sick to my stomach because it turned into a personal attack against a post written by an individual. It lost credibility after that. Would have been a nice topic otherwise. Desphunn.
I took notes during the video and tried to locate where the information is incorrect.
1. Use unique title tags for each page - true
2. Meta desc - helpful for searchers and engines in understanding page topic; has no effect on actual algorithm - true
3. Links - be descriptive with anchor text; don't use "click here" when a better description with keywords will do - true
4. Images - they come in image searches in Google and Yahoo!; use alt attributes; label them properly - true
5. Header tags - use them; they indicate the weight and importance of page topic and when used with keywords, help to clarify for engines the page topic - true
The video is delivered in video format, as well as content format for accessbility.
Very nicely done Li!
I linked to this in a thread at Cre8asiteforums since it fits a topic on ethics we have there.
I do feel sick to my stomach however. So sad...sites whose sole intent is to hurt people.
Story: Happy 1st Birthday, Sphinn!
My favorite moment was when Danny and I got into the bit about adding usability topics to Sphinn. He, like my husband, knew when to let me win that argument, LOL
Happy Birthday!
Story: SEO Plagiarism
I keep finding spam blogs that somehow piece together content by going out and grabbing words from original blog posts and piecing together a "new" post. One of mine had my title but the content was a mix of unrelated words plus one or two sentences from my post. And of course, ads everywhere.
Wish there was a way to send an "Amber Alert" (like in the USA when a child goes missing) that sends out an automatic feed to every blogger who subscribes, every news outlet and every search engine that we can ping the moment we find our stuff ripped off.
Story: Why I Don’t Like Sphinn
I'd be interested in seeing those new submission guidelines. I found nothing wrong with wishing Lisa happy birthday or linking to a post about it. Does this mean Sphinn can't do the same for Danny Sullivan?
I depshunn because I consider Sphinn a Community made up of an industry that's over a decade old. Friendships and history most certainly exist. People like to celebrate people. If birthdays are not Sphinn-worthy, perhaps a category for things like weddings, engagements, job announcements and birthdays is needed.
I desphinn the porn and topics that have nothing whatsoever to do with the industries covered here. I also either desphinn or spam the 50th post about Google/Adobe Flash. WE KNOW ALREADY! Read before sphinning.
Well written post by Lisa, as she reponds to the news put out by SEL and other top sources. The comments that follow from FLASH developers are worth a view.
Perception is everything. Just because a site ends with .seo doesn't automatically equate to credibility or expertise. Same as .com doesn't automatically mean the business is authentic.
With the bad reputation SEO has, I'd have to think about being judged and sorted by industry rather than personal expertise, skills, business reputation, etc.
SEO and SEM came years before PPC or PPI. There are specialists in PPC only, who don't touch organic SEO or site usabilty. I agree that education is needed. The discussion I reference in my aritcle was an example of how uninformed CEO's are about SEO, SEM and holistic web design.
Story: How To Use Your Words Online
I feel depressed after reading the responses! Only one person came close to pointing out that SEO alone will not save the world. Some of the responses seemed contrived just so they could link drop their own sites. One so called advertising person couldn't spell. Another still submits to Lycos and Alta Vista??? !!!
All that aside, what's clear is the perception of SEO/M has been severely damaged by con's and those companies who cold call and spam to get business by making promises they can't keep.
One of my favorite memories of George was in the 70's and going to my friend's house down the road and her mom would let us put on the album with the 7 words...and we'd laugh and laugh. Those were the days of Monty Python and Cheech and Chong too.
Good times.
Thanks Eric! I do wish that getting to conferences wasn't so expensive, because the face to face time is always so much better. I feel more "real" then. It's a more honest presentation of me to others, when done in the physical. In cyberspace, its easier to take on personas or filter and edit ourselves. SM may be confused as correseponding with "real" people but it's not. Behind the veil of a keyboard we can be anybody.
I'm not saying this is wrong. I'm saying that sooner or later, this won't satisfy us anymore. And those of us who remember huge gatherings like Woodstock and " Be Ins" understand that the reason for them, besides the drug experience, was the simplicity of being with people. Meeting strangers and talking to them.
At one Grateful Dead concert, a handsome guy saw me running from security as I made my way down front towards the stage. This man lifted me up with his strong arms, lifted me onto the chair he was standing on, and shared his space with me for the rest of the concert. At the end, he handed me a rose. I never got his name. But I remember him and what he did.
I look for moments like this in the new socially driven sites and I see we have walls up still. People are talking but not connecting. The majority...sometimes you see glimpses of honest human to human communion. But they're brief and interrupted by others who drop in with their stuff. It breaks the flow of energy.
LOL
@Jill...I think those who make statements that the "over 40" crowd don't get SM have forgotten that many of the top web forums on the 'Net are run by over 40-ish folks. And yes, we've been doing this awhile, in other formats. Egroups, which later became Yahoo Clubs, was where people met others in their niche/interest. There was Dejanews, listservs, chat groups, IM, usenet...it just has a fancy name of social media or social networking now.
What fascinates me is that I'm picking on young people who are growing frustrated with the medium now. These may be extroverts who feel the limits and walls put up by SM sites. Introverts appreciate the outlet.
I don't believe SM is the finished product. Rather, it's a stepping stone to something else not available yet. I'm excited to see where it all goes :)
And remember, I'm old!
If you're going to write about the history of SEO, do your research! For starters, several of us who were there were WOMEN working naked in our home offices and cutting our teeth on the porn industry so you weanies today would have boobs to look at for free. Not to mention some really scary looking dudes with beards down to their knees, many long haired hippie guitar playing non-geeks (one whom invented cloaking) and some kids just out of college plucked by some of the early dot-com's who helped drive up the prices of stock with their SEO efforts.
Really. I never met a geek in the 90's who was an SEO. Colorful eccentrics, yes.
Workaholics, definitely.
Story: SEO Consultation Ruining Industry Reputation