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Is purchasing multiple keyword-targeted domains an ethical practice? Kurt Krejny considers the risk vs. reward of this tactic, what his current findings of it are, and what could happen in the future to sites that do this. read more »
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WebCEO, WebPositionGold and other automated rank reporting software may be going the way of the Dodo. read more »
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Debate on site review, should it be one or split into two? Duncan mentions having one while Will says two; 'Technical Review' and 'Keyword Targeting Review'. read more »
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Reputation Management is much like a beauty regime. read more »
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To ensure that search engines understand your website structure correctly you should control each page HTTP headers. Your server should handle all requests properly - by this you will both achieve better crawl rate and higher rankings. read more »
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This morning I was handing off a project to a developer and found myself ranting about the common mistakes developers make when coding HTML. These boneheaded mistakes can cause search engines to choke when it comes to indexing your websites. And its read more »
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Want to know what George Michael has to do with Google's Universal Search algorithm? You don't gotta have faith to believe this story: the author presents evidence of a stunning search for scientific information that turned up the two-time Grammy A read more »
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Spring Festival (or Lunar New Year) has already arrived in China, so it's not too early to bring out the bleach, brooms, and rags in an effort to apply some spring cleaning to your writing. Read about the most common and easily preventable trends in read more »
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Learn to ID Web weeds like pesky PDF files that no one optimized, Flash files and low-value/low traffic pages. Tear out those weeds by sculpting your site’s template links, spending quality time with Google Webmaster Tools and embracing your web ana read more »
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Wow! In case you missed something, here is EVERYTHING newsworthy from 2007 - by Danny Sullivan. read more »
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Several blow-you-away video favorites from Paula Gignac, Seth Godin, Ken Wong, Joseph Jaffe, David Weinberger, David Usher, Jackie Huba, Shel Israel, John Gustavson, Christopher Loudon, Mary Maddever and Bryan Eisenberg. read more »
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The big kid on the playground, Google keeps grabbing #1 PPC spots. Blowing its own horn could be routine as advertisers settle for #2 when search giant Google takes over #1 because its other outlets come up short. See images of Google's coupon promo read more »
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Google is an factor that is outside of your control. Sure, you can follow their rules or adjust your behavior to fit in but that still doesn’t put Google within your palm. What do good entrepreneurs do with uncontrollable factors? They create what-i read more »
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We've had several threads here on Sphinn debating whether Google will hurt a site for selling links. Now an official answer: yes. If you sell links, Google says it might drop your PR score, penalize you in the rankings or potentially ban your site a read more »
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Some websites are so bad from an SEO perspective that they're like dead bodies arriving in the E.R. When they fail virtually every test, jolting them back to life takes techniques AND candor with sensitivity (read: don't be too curt). Is there hope? read more »
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Accounts submitted by on online marketer to Newsvine have mysteriously vanished. Author looking for explanations and other SEOs that have experienced this cut from the vine. read more »
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Is it black hat? Are you sure ? read more »
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Poor Search - a mere 5% of online activity. Low is relative don't you think? Learn about the new Online Publishers Association findings and what content trends mean for search marketers. read more »
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