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A lot of times "branding themselves as experts" is necessary in order to find the "damn work". So really I don't think it's as irrelevant as you say. A band like U2 is obviously more accomplished than a garage band that does the work but doesn't get anywhere.
Well I sent all of the questions at once so I assumed he was 21... plus, come on - who doesn't want to be 21 esp at conferences.
Another reason why it's important to have your most important keywords in your brand / site name & URL.
Everyone seems to be making lists like this one these days. But the results here are definitely different than something you would find on Technorati due to the older/more "sophisticated"/less techy audience of TIME. (e.g. icanhazcheezburger is nowhere to be found and TechCrunch, the #1 blog on Technorati is #10 on the TIME list)
Since Wikipedia dominates much of the Google search results, this is a great way to estimate actual search frequency in Google Trends.
Probably going to be another post of the year nominee for 2008 on another one of those ridiculous awards sites. Good stuff nonetheless.
Great tips for doing social media the right way.
broken link for pownce.com...
annie7 brings up a good point. The long tail keywords probably are much more targeted which leads to a higher conversion rate. But other than that, I think the graphic is a good representation of keywords. Long-tail in aggregate is larger than a couple highly competitive keywords.
Interesting discussion. Although Danny pretty much dominated the conversation - not much of a debate but a good listen nonetheless.
I agree with both of you, which is why I wrote this followup article to begin with. There is no set SEO process that everyone should follow to get "results". By countering each of Vinny's points, I'm able to show that there are always different ways of looking at things while still being relevant and valid. This is especially true in SEO.
I really didn't mean to portray an image of "my way is better, you don't know SEO." The title of this article is merely playing off of Vinny's.
Haha Rand, I think it's a great new nickname for you. Althought you should definitely consider some Old Spice or Speed Stick.
Gotta watch out for the Seattleans.
This is a good article but I felt the need to argue every single one of the points. You can read my follow up post here: http://sphinn.com/story/16509
Let me know what you think.
Wikipedia uses nofollow because there are so many people trying to game the system for their own benefit. Does that mean we should take revenge?
Wikipedia is a great resource that offers some of the best content on the web for a whole sleuth of topics. Sure, I'm annoyed that Google ranks Wikipedia for almost anything and everything, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve the position.
Put yourself in a user's shoes - someone who knows nothing about SEO or search marketing. I would actually find a lot of the Wikipedia entries relevant and useful.
I agree that this is a stretch. The web is a medium for people to promote what they like and voice their own opinions. Honestly this whole nofollow nonsense is getting out of hand.
It does seem hypocritical however that Google tells webmasters to create their sites for human visitors and then enforces a nofollow rule that only benefits search engines and was only created to plug a weakness in the Google algorithm.
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