learning lessons from newspapers

People, we should be learning lessons from newspapers. True that some have not been able to survive. However, they have been in this game for many years. Yeah, I did say game. It is basically how to get more viewers. Making readers tune in. There are many ways. That said, my favorite is to create an interesting saga. Basically one that people will follow year after year.

Flash files no more

They say Google can index text in flash files, but I am not so sure. There are many websites that use flash and do not rank so max. I say flash no more. For me this is like saying that a shower is better for you. Well, it does not feel the same way.

mid tail

Well, you hear about long tail a lot now. Here is mid tail profitability session. Three steps and I would break it down into seven. This is a great guide for ppc.

Be quick on a stick because profits are falling and ppc rates are rising. It is important to get a close match or you gonna snap.

Web viz

Here be some web visialization tools that are awesome. It is important to keep track of data that is yours. People need more tool to see.

What is coming

QE2 is the keyword that is new. People are now searching more. Take a look at searches for silver and gold now. There are going up.

Don't Ask

I have heard of dont ask dont tell, but this is amazing. Ask is shutting down search engine. It is sad to see another go. That said, it was coming.

SM killing your brand?

Social media is a brand killer bro and that is somewhere we can go. It can do damage in a zap. That is a problem we must deal with to survive. Please wake up. Do not let social media kill your brand name.

Blogging tips

Here are some blogging tips for you. Most are obvious, like it is hard to make money. However, you might learn something new.

Tips for search engines

OK so no all search engines are the same. Here are some new tips for you. Fact is, they are for the Bing search engine. Well, we hope you learn something new.

Building Backlinks

Building back links is hard work now that so many blogs are no follow and do not pass link juice. That said, there still are some. Yeah, that are part of the do follow band wagon. Try to look for those and also to post on social networks.

pix are max

Picture is better than one thousand words they say. Well, for SEO I do agree. Picture can help boost your web pages. Hey, we can say - pix are max. Add some pix. Here is an image editing freeware site so please enjoy.

SEO and spaghetti sauce

There is a great article for you to view. It is called SEO and spaghetti sauce. People need to understand the seo process. Fact is we need to do more than stuff keywords into our pages. Article goes through the steps that are necessary.

on page seo

Here is a guide for on page seo. This is something people need to learn as it will help us. Find out how to get high rank for your web pages. Crush your competition and boost your company.

Gold prices sag

Dollar is now rising. That cause a down trend in commodity prices. For example, gold prices sag. This is interesting to me. People are searching more. Terms appear to be gold prices. Fact is those are max pop. It could be that these are going to be important in major search engine.

Bing vs Google

There are some theories about Bing versus Google in seo. I can tell you that most people use Google as their search engine. BING/Live/MSN is not max pop. People actually did prefer yahoo which is now gone. Mostly we are sad, as our options are less now. That said, they do not operate the same. Bing give more importance to content and less to link juice. Also, they give up more space.

Blogger angry

Here are some ways to make bloggers angry. Hey, my favorite is the last one. Crickets do have such a beautiful voice. It seems we hear them more now. People need to interact more with their viewers. Try to over deliver, and not over promise.

seo

What is seo? OK some say Search Engine Optimization is the meaning. That may indeed be so. However, there is expansion in a name. It is a concept growing. There is a bright future for seo.

Lots of water on moon

Today I saw a story on WSJ that has nothing to do with finance or our poor economy. Also, it has little to do with seo. However, this story is big on the search engines. Folks, got some good news. There is lots of water on the moon. Possible lunar bases are no longer science fiction, but in fact science.

blocks of text

I like to move around blocks of text when creating copy. This seems so easy. Well it is hard work to keep the flow of the story going. Block ofter are hard to follow if broken up. That said, it is important to put the most important information at the top so readers can see.

OL SKOOL SEO

Friends, please do not use ol skool seo. It does not work anymore. Try your new on. Hey, get with our program. People, the future is now. Sadly, some of you are writing copy like its 1899.

Here are top results in Google instant for you.

Webmaster tools

Google webmaster tools help us. They are a wonderful user experience. Tell me which pages get the most views. Also how to improve my pages.

xmarks soon gone

Xmarks is shutting down its bookmark sync service. There was no money. Let's face it, few companies will survive now. Folks it is our sorry economy. Expect more companies to close in days to come. Hey sorry, xmarks soon gone.

Bounce rate vs conversion

This is a case of bounce rate versus conversion. If people hit the back arrow. Well, they will usually not buy your product or service. Try to keep the bounce rate low, and look out when it start to rise.

Press Release

A great way to gain traffic is a press release that details your new product or service. This is max for gaining exposure. OK many PR services are free, but it all adds up. It could help you make some money. Here are six steps to writing a max press release for you. Let's get this show on the road as they say.

seo spammers

Hot trends are return malicious links by seo spammers. A lot of them claim you have a virus. Then they the seo spammers try to sell you garbage programs.

Sphinn vs SERPd

Here is a battle of two web sites and looks at the page views. Sphinn versus SERPd after spin loses voting buttons and views. Hey, I am not making this up. People are going away.

YSM migration

YSM migration to adcenter deadline is October 25, 2010 so make sure. I personally do not use Yahoo a lot now. That is because YSM is not what I want anymore. OK make sure.

Yahoo improves

Yahoo improves its core search engine. This is great news. What can we say? People could see a brand new day for that giant as it tried to regain power. It is about time Yahoo improves. Hope all the best for the once prince. As for me, it feel like to little to late to stay in the game. For Yahoo it will soon be game over.

Digg to bring back bury

They say no money no worry. However, without money you got a big worry. Yeah, because you cannot pay. That said, digg is bringing back the bury button and that is good news. They were going down the tube as super max. Hope people can still vote down or up.

Twitter takes over

Twitter has a new button for you to use. Hey, this is great news. I am happy for you. Personally, few are using an XLent new service. Truly, that is sad as Twitter takes over. Customers use it to get the latest on npa. BTW, npa stands for new product announce. It is an interesting name. OK, back to playing the game.

new media empire

People report demise of the new media empire. Well, perhaps soon. Things are moving speed of light now. It is like each cycle is now shorter than years ago.

Sphinn 3.0

I believe sphinn 3.0 reminds me of an Edsel car. Ford did not ask its customers what they wanted in an automobile and sprang it upon em. The results were one of the worst blunders ever. How did this come to pass?

Sphinn editors decided to stop voting on stories that were new. Before stories were promoted by votes and made the front page. As a result they had fewer viewers. People went to other sites. Sadly, the traffic is down now. Edsel was a terrible failure, but Ford did survive. Perhaps so will spin. Future is grim.

mayday

They call it the mayday monsta and monsta it is. This mayday algo is new. However, the problem has always been with us. Duplicate content and that damage it does to ranking web pages.

typo traffic

OK so many of us rely on typo traffic to make our score. However, I have found that most of this traffic is very poor. Let's fact facts, we do not get awesome conversion. Most people who cannot type have no credit and thus no credit cards to pull out and pay us.





They have little money. Here is the reason.
Sales Tax
Hotel Tax
School Tax
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Excise Taxes
Property Tax
Cigarette Tax
Medicare Tax
Inventory Tax
Car Rental Tax
Real Estate Tax
Well Permit Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Inheritance Tax
Road Usage Tax
CDL license Tax
State Income Tax
Food License Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax

Digg soon gone

Digg traffic is collapsing and the site is hard to use. The old digg is gone. Well, I feel that soon so will the new. Problem is that is now losing viewers. The transition was not smooth because it was very buggy and crashed a lot so people stopped coming.

link a rama

Folks, we need to create a link a rama. It is max necessary. How else to get out of this limbo known as PR zero. Sadly, no serps for pr zero or is it zerps?

WTF SEO?

Google WTF word targeting funnel is new. I say WTF to you. Actually, never heard of this one. Yeah, I did say never. Hope it is a joke, because if not it would really be sad and some.

on page seo

Here are ranking factors for on page seo. Try it out and then tell me. Those this help you? Check list for your web pages. Make sure you have all your i with a dot and t with a cross.

link building

Here are some link building services. Time to get going. Hey, that is if you want to rank high in the search engines. Fact is most of us want to rank high now. Patience my fine ones.

20 results per page

Google is quietly testing twenty results per page. This is a big change for all of us. With twenty results this will help give more pages coverage. Perhaps people will get more traffic now. Well, we do certainly more hope so. This is getting more scary.

Links

SEO is a game. Well, the number one priority is getting links for your web pages. I mean number one. Forget about all the other factors as they are not important now. If you do not get links you get buried in the dust bin and it is game over.

Google speed up

Take a look at the Google speed up. Speed is a ranking factor now. Keep you sites slim and trim to get better ranking for you. Check the load times for your web pages.

getting more consumers

Business is on getting more consumers. Well, here are three tools to help you get more customers for your company. Hope you can and will enjoy.

riot in seo

There is going to be a riot in seo. Long tail is gone. Short tail is back in. Keyword better be short because people hate to type now.

Godaddy

Ship is sinking so man the life boats and throw out some life savers. This tub is going down and then some. Godaddy is for sale now. They are asking one billion and that is a lot of money. Most of us that do SEO understand the power of a domain name. It gives you quite a boost in rank if the keyword is in the name. OK, so that is power.

LSI

Latent Semantic Index or LSI is important in creating content for your pages. It is my belief that LSI will be more powerful in the days to come. Perhaps, we can now use a thesaurus to gain more power.

Google Instant

Google Instant is type as you go. This instant search is like a max speed up. Yeah, I did say max. It is a great new way. Hope to see more. Things are popping. I look to find new news. Well, way to go. Most of us like this new type as you go search engine.

Black hat seo spam

There is evidence of massive spam. This is affecting the search engine. We have black hat seo spam. Much of the stuff on the front page is crap. Take a look at the number of pages. It is obvious that we are under attack from spammers. As to how to solve this problem we are not so sure. Perhaps we can pay people to click on a button when they see spam.

Bounce rates

Bounce rates are a major ranking signal for your web pages. This tells a lot to search engines. Like, for example, if users enjoy your pages. This also helps the user experience. If your viewer quickly hit the back arrow. Well, that tell search engines your viewers are not happy campers.

DIGG soon gone

Folks, I predict we will see DIGG soon gone. Basically now, DIGG user anger increases. What we have is a situation where people are moving away. People no longer feel comfortable on DIGG anymore.

CTR data lacks accuracy

Folks, our CTR data lacks accuracy. Fact is it this problem is getting worse. Not much we can do about it, but we need to wake up. Without accurate data we make mistakes and mess up. The time to fix things is right now. Get log files off your server.

massive changes on SEO

Friends, how on to your seat, because it is going to be a bumpy ride as they say. From what we hear massive changes on SEO are coming. This should not be a major surprise to anyone. Google is fixing things again. That algo is gonna change so prepare.

amazing amazon

What can we say. It may indeed be refer to as amazing amazon. Today announce amazon is working on a TV movie service. Similar to cable it would have a monthly charge and unlimited movies. This could be the final nail in the coffin of block buster, but we shall wait and see.

Brands are power

Folks, this I should say. Brands are power. They allow you to stand out in a crowd as producing a quality service. If you do not have a brand then you are forced to compete on price. Well, that means you get make very little money. What is the reason? Well, for one, you have narrow margins. They can be thin as a razor.

Google RTS

Google is launching Real Time Search and this is max. I get Google RTS to find out what is hot right now. Stories that are trending will appear. OK so instead of asking what is up. Check it out right now.

Yahoo goes BING

Microsoft Bing now powers the Yahoo search engine. This is a sad day for all of us. I mean we all know how bad Yahoo was. Still, I like having many choice with out ASKing for em. Do I hate this move...

DOWn we go

SEO is my biz bro, but things are getting scary. It is another case of DOWn we go. Yeah, I did say case. If business feels a pinch they cut back on marketing and SEO even. What we all want is a recovery. However, it seems to me that our recession is not over. In fact, we seem to be going deeper into the recession. This means less money on PPC spending or any to develop new web sites as business tries to cut back on expenses.

seo tip

Here is an seo tip to help your traffic increase. Basically, it deals with using ga. GA is short for Google Analytics a great program. It is free for you to use. Mostly, it provide information on whom your users are. That gives you an idea of how to optimize your web site for your viewers. Like most seo tips this one requires some effort on your part to improve your pages.

Blog speed up

They say time is money. If your blog is slow, then customers will let you go. Time for a blog speed up. Get rid of widgets in excess. Also, take a look at image size. Here are ten tips to speed up your blogs and web pages.

controversy

Please do not anger your viewers. Well, even a clown knows not to insult the audience that pays his way. However, politically it is hard to imagine. Yeah, President Obama’s on going defense of the ground zero mosque. Basically, his struggle to make this his singular First Amendment issue. Well, it tells us his career is over. People, approx 70% of americans are against the ground zero mosque.

What we can learn from this in SEO is that controversy can gain you links or destroy your career. It is not good to create new enemies. However, the worst is to alienate friends and followers by insulting em.

real money

Have you noticed how colorful our currency is? It look like disney dollars now. What we have is colorful candy currency. I mean the old bills still look like real money. This new stuff looks like it came from some toy box game. Let's fact facts, it looks like play money.

OK, here is what I am trying to say. Basically, you website must look legit for people to trust you. It cannot look phony as ma bell or the crapple iphoney.

conversion is now

First off, you need to rescue sites with poor conversion. That is because they do not generate enough money. People are not getting what the come for from your web pages. This wastes time for your consumers. Also, it eats up your bandwidth which is expensive. Solution is to optimize your main landing page.

searching for a future

Google is searching for a future in the mobile arena. Basically, our poor economy is getting worse. It is end of the american dream and the beginning of an american night mare. The end of american optimism is right now.

Fact is our life is more than keywords and codes to help rank web pages. What we see is a steady erosion. Less jobs and less ops every year.

Branding power

SEO is also about branding power. Still, what is in a name? Well, not even mighty microsoft can compete with the app pull - master of the phone app. Take a look at an apple ipod versus a micro soft zune comparison. True the site is called zunerama. Hey, they might be a bit biased, if you know what I mean. That said, micro soft could not win this war.

heat maps

Heat maps are great in SEO. First off they show you what is going on. Second a heat map can help you can optimize your site nav. Third, it is possible to increase your conversions.

Think Pink?

Google is not going green. They want you to think pink, that is when you click on a link - that is from a sponsor. OK, I am not sure. Hey, things were great with yellow, or light blue even. However, now Google is using light purple for a pink link.

Search Glass Ceiling

They say time is money. What happens when for all important words in your niche you rank number one. OK, so you go after those second tier words, and eventually afterwards third tier soon. After a while you reach the point of diminishing returns on your energy. This is known as the search glass ceiling that you hit now. Hard to break out of due to the difficulty in sensing. Important to always be measuring. Where is your time going?

Search autosuggestion

The search autosuggestion tool is great for us. It lets us find niches that are new. Also, we can learn what users are looking for in a product or service. I highly recommend this tool to you.

SEO chess game

Think of SEO as a chess game. Basically, you are moving your pieces. Opponents in the SEO chess game want to crush you. It is a challenge to even survive. Leveraging Google Analytics data will help you. It will show you where you are strong, and what you are doing wrong.

Google ignoring links

People should give links meaningful names. I hate to see - CLICK HERE. That give very little information to search engines. If you wonder if Google ignores your links, that could be the reason.

Manipulation of search engines?

Debunkers claim the SEO is snake oil and so on. MSM claims we are the bad ones. Google is falling prey to SEO. Hey that is us. Folks, we are accuse of manipulation of search engines.

Think pink

Google Adwords ads are pink now. OK some prefer light purple as a name. It is a pretty shade I say. Perhaps this is to eliminate banner blindness and get more clicks to occur.

Google wave is over

Google drops wave. They say there were not enough users. I did like the product, but it was hard to get people to join. For one, it was invite only and difficult to get in. Well, this did slow down adoption of this valuable service.

Why SEO?

The idea is that SEO is free unlike ppc. People do not like to pay. Well, SEO requires hard work by its users. Folks, we are looking at a double dip depression or recession. This means we should focus on cutting prices.

Watch List

Do not get put on a watch list due to being spammy. This is bad for you. Fact is you lose rank in the search engines. People can no longer find your pages. Almost as bad as being delisted and kicked out.

Trends are hot now

Trends are hot now. It is a good idea to blog on trending topics to get exposure. People are focusing on selling to the masses. The days of selling luxury items to the few are gone. Play is now to sell to the many.

Wealthy cut back on expenses. This means less sales for you. Hopefully, you will adapt in this case. Fact is time is now for expansion. Businesses will either die out or grow up.

ecosia

Folks, here is a new search engine. It is called ecosia. Well, this one is environmentally friendly, so that is a good name. Basically, ecosia is a green search engine. Who could imagine that searching could help tame global warming. It gets is results from Bing and Yahoo right now. Hopefully, in the future it will develop an algo on its own. That would be a good future for ecosia.

SEO experts are hated

People ask why SEO experts are hated all over. The answer is easy. Most people are negative and hate success. Sadly, they project their loser status to us. I hope you will learn SEO and also become a success.

searching for one

I sometimes feel like it is hard to use the search engines. Hey, it is like I am searching for 10,000 kittens and cannot find even one. These applications should be easier to use. Well, I did not say easy. Please, but, make it easier.

Watch this space

Hey, ever read a newspaper. Well, you come up on an ad that says - watch this space. It would be nice to see what they are selling, but this is an attempt to make you curious. The idea is to create a mystery aura. Customers like the mystery for some reason.

search engine war

There is a battle for search engine supremacy. Folks, this is a search engine war. As in all wars, there will be losers and winners. It is a food idea to see who the winners will be as in those who survive. Yahoo is not one. They have been losing market share for years. Microsoft with its less than 10% is not doing well in this search engine war. They will soon be gone.

Domain age

Here is a question for you. Does domain age matter for ranking your page. There are many answers. I believe the reply is yes. Here is why this is. Older domains tend to be less spammy. What I am talking about is those from the 90's and before even. Sadly that is not the case for new ones. Therefore it is to the advance of a ranking algorithm to include domain age.

Link Builders

Link building is the internet's main currency. However, you also have to do optimization that is on page. Start to work on getting links now. The are many methods that are to the max. For example, creating a link wheel is a great strategy to gain more rank for your page. Also, social networking is a great way.

Stopping high bounce rates

There is a problem that I see. It is you can now lose rank if your bounce rate is max. Certain web design mistakes can cause high bounce rates and crush your pages. Well, the key is to identify what is causing the high bounce rates and do some repairs. OK sorry, but one solution does not fit all sizes. Still, I have found that posting videos helps me. They give some exciting content to the user.

SEO affected by economy

Everything affects us. However, most focus on a poor economy. This means less emphasis on PPC and more on search engines.

Link building

Link building is like a monopoly game. Well, we all want our popularity to increase. It is a form of power. Hey yes, we all want to be max pop. However, there are obstacles on our course. They will change each year. Rules are written by the search engines. The key is to be flexible and stay on top till things go pop.

using your own images

It is not that I hate stock photography, because that is not so. However, I prefer to take my own pics. There are many reasons. Creative control is one. Here is my plee for using your own images. Stock houses seem to become more restrictive of what we can do with images. I have seen all kinds of limits appear. Frankly, it is an attempt to squeeze more money out of us.

Link Wheels

People use Link Wheels to gain juice. The juice is your ranking power. Add more and more sites to your rim. OK so using Link Wheels authority is sent to your page. This is you purpose. Keep on adding more links to help your rank increase.

Yahoo using Bing power

Hey, is Yahoo gonna use Bing power? BING-o! This is coming on. Still, I prefer the Yahoo algo to the micro soft one. That might be just me. However, notice that Yahoo has more of the search market than ms. Well, I stick to big g. The question is - are you a man or a micro soft mouse.

more on Google search

There is more buzz on. Story of Google search algorithm is getting hot and then some. Perhaps the gov will now reg our search engines. This would not be good news. Politicians bug me.

Social media success

What we want is social media success. That is what we wish to secure. It may seem like a lot to ask, but I feel we can ace one. The key is to understand the different platform providers and how to work their services. Most of the big ones no follow thier links now. That is not good news. Basically, it means more work for you.

YRO

YRO or Youtube Ranking Optimization is so hot now. Sadly, Youtube was down this noon. It was slow this morning. Question is when will it be up. Well, not sure. That is my answer. Perhaps be evening.

Hope for the best, but this cannot be good news. Still it is a good idea to optimize your movies. Get them top rank in the search engines.

HEY, wowzers mac, news corp is so max now.

Blogging for money

There are many bloggers, blogging for money. OK one problem is that people will steal your text and pics. It takes time to create quality content, but these bums seldom do so. Another problem is that it is hard to go after crooks that live overseas. Worst part is that many think it is cool to steal your copy.

For example, there is a cheating epidemic in college courses.

Keyword op

Keyword optimization is the way. Yeah, I mean the way to get top rank in the search engines. What you need is to make each keyword be number one. This is not easy. However, we can work on keyword op.

Google Stop Words

Don't let Google Stop Words stop you. These are words of redundancy that Google get rid of to stream line its search engine. Well, you need to get rid of many of stop words from your content also to get top ranking for your pages.

Adwords star

Google will now show star ratings in adwords ads for you. This ratings feature is brand new. It might help your sales increase. Stars are awarded for good reviews. This means you want customers to write reviews of your product or service.

eggs in basket one

Perhaps in an alternate timeline Altavista is a search engine power. However in our own, Google is queen. There are those that wish it were not so. Fact is I get maybe 80% of my traffic from the giant search engine. They say do not put all your eggs in one basket, but what can we see.

increase your conversion

1) Place pictures of items you are selling to consumers.
2) Add content blocks more and more.
3) Large [BUY] button that is easy to see.
4) 30 day money back guarantee for your users.
5) Targeting buying keywords in your ppc campaign.

Learn from leaders

Here are the five top blogs. Hope we can learn from them. There is much to gain. Top bloggers tend to focus on supplying quality content to viewers. There are many lessons for us.