JamesOmdahl

You’ve done the work, you picked your keywords, you’re using them in your site text and beyond, and still nothing. No visitors. No conversions. Just silence. Were all your search engine optimization efforts for nothing? What’s going on? read more »
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Forum member "Deverill" rants about dealing with a marketing firm's "SEO expert". read more »
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Forget about the green pixels for a few minutes if you can. This is about the real PageRank score, not what they show you on the toolbar. It's about why Google can't just get rid of PageRank, why the Supplemental Index exists, and... just for fun, w read more »
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Stoney had a piece over at Search Engine Land that was a fun little (near) rant that could help save more than a few people some hair loss.

SNIPPET - I often feel sorry for small businesses. I do. Too often they don't have the funds, time or res read more »
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Anyone in for a flashback to 1996? read more »
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If you rely on PPC traffic you better read this. This is precisely what I have been warning is going on - especially with AdWords - written from the perspective of a domainer.

From the page: "Ultimately, an advertiser's dream is that 100% of cli read more »
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My latest Search Engine Land article:
"Fall is the time of year when we start to look at where search marketing is heading. Looking at the latest search marketing conference agendas, articles, and online news in the SEM space, it certainly appears read more »
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Funny because it's true - "The battle lines are drawn. On one side stands our plucky heroine: the redheaded stepchild of the corporation, the search marketer. Armed only with her knowledge and expertise, she stands, all alone. On the other side stan read more »
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Cutline is a great WordPress theme for affiliate websites, here's why... read more »
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Hello there - I've been asked to look into AdKnowledge and see if they would be a worthwhile ad network to advertise with. Has anyone ever used them, or heard of someone who has used them?

I don't mind trying something new, but I hate wasting read more »
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Take a rowdy group, add a bit of alcohol, and hilarity ensues. There's goes your chance at a seat in Congress :) read more »
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The nice folks from Google were in for a visit a week or so ago. One of the topics on the day's agenda was Ad Quality and they also presented some new angles and dispelled a few myths. read more »
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Jeremy Schoemaker gives some great points about why the Search Engine Strategies conference is going downhill fast. read more »
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Good discussion on the evolution of SEO/SEM and rise of in-house practitioners and the need for continuing education and training for in-house SEO's. read more »
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In-depth interview on cutting edge PR and linking strategy. "If Google wins what’s going to happen is the market will go underground. You’re going to have to "know a guy" to get you links." read more »
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This is obviously a wildly popular topic, but the implications go beyond a simple number representative of PageRank. Advertising programs and new organizations make it a point to game the system of links and PageRank -- so it's interesting to see h read more »
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Maybe I'm missing the boat, but optimizing a website for Live Search seems to be an exercise in futility. Why? Read on... read more »
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"The web has changed a huge amount over the past 5 years but the one thing that seems to be getting worse is the number of sites that lack any kind of basic search engine optimisation." read more »
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Ok, so this might be a tough one, but it's worth a shot.

If you were to make up a list of the top five link builders that provide link building services (companies and/or individuals) in the SEO business who would they be?

I'm guessing Eric read more »
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Exciting news from a national publication - Google targets older Internet users with a new site called "The Google." read more »
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Don't be a sheep, think about why good SEO is good for your website read more »
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These 10 hilarious website promotion tactics won’t pass any link juice, but they certainly can help getting your website out there. read more »
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Dan Thies from SEO Fast Start discusses how we can Get More Pages Indexed With Nofollow. The post is written well and easy to understand. Interesting post Dan. read more »
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Are you a pixilated, banner farming, online mall managing animated GIFing affiliate? If so, it's time to UP YOUR GAME! read more »
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OH MY GOSH! Rand has gone to the Dark Side. Click through to see a recently captured photo of Darth Fishkin atop the Seattle Space Needle. read more »
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