10 Useless SEO Worries (Part 2)

... them. And until that changes, just move on and make your site as valuable resource as possible. 3) Fretting about DMOZ listings Is DMOZ (the Open Directory Project) still relevant anymore? It's been a long time since I've given DMOZ any kind of thought, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong. But ...
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Nov. 8, 2007 at 8:51am Eastern by Stoney deGeyter

A Small Business Marketing Success Story: Avante Gardens

... to be local florists: Petal Pushers: Is Your 'Local' Florist Really Long-Distance? That consumer alert refers to offline deception via phone directories; ten years later, the situation is just as bad online. This month's small business online marketing success story is about a business owner who's using ...

May. 8, 2008 at 7:24am Eastern by Matt McGee

Microsoft Search Marketing Vs. Google Search Marketing (Beta)

... you a message like this: "Dear site.com, I visited your website and noticed that you are not listed in most of the major search engines and directories..." We're Google. We know if you're not listed, and we can fix it. Here are some more tips. No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google (except ...

May. 18, 2007 at 8:27pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Total Search Marketing, Part 2

... a web page to launch your video, optimizing content for organic rankings, using anchor text wherever possible. Submit to video search engines, directories, and video sharing sites. Google Maps: Give your site a local presence through the Google Maps Local Business Center where you can get a free basic ...

Jul. 30, 2008 at 8:30am Eastern by Paul J. Bruemmer

The Great Google Directory Ban Of Sept. 2007

Earlier this month, a discussion on our Sphinn site looked at how it seemed Google was going after directories with penalties. But was this really happening, or was it just forum noise coming out in particular from Digital Point? Today, Rand Fishkin takes a long look in the issue in What Makes a Good ...
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Sep. 20, 2007 at 8:56am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

21 Essential SEO Tips & Techniques

... that say "click here" do nothing for your search engine visibility. 15. Build links intelligently. Submit your site to quality, trusted directories such as Yahoo, DMOZ, Business.com, Aviva, and Best of the web. Seek links from authority sites in your industry. If local search matters to you ...
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Jun. 28, 2007 at 7:41am Eastern by Matt McGee

SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 11, 2008

... Wikipedia added nofollows to external links. Perhaps they'll perk up to discover that Wired's semi-Wikipedia challenger has no such blocking. Yahoo Directory Places Images On Sponsored Ads Yahoo Serving Images in Sponsored Search Listings from Search Engine Journal reports the Yahoo Directory is displaying ...

Jan. 11, 2008 at 2:15pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

The Coming Link Apocalypse

... or accordion repair, there are multiple sites probably each using various link building tactics, ranging from paid links to article syndication to directory submission to link analysis to paid reviews to social sharing to RSS feeds to link bait. You aren't doing anything wrong, and you do your job well ...
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Apr. 30, 2007 at 8:24am Eastern by Eric Ward

Local Store And Inventory Data Poised To Transform "Online Shopping"

... -- 54 percent Search engines -- 53 percent Shopping comparison sites -- 39 percent Consumer magazines online -- 37 percent Portals and other directories -- 25 percent Blogs -- 10 percent By the same token, consumers in the study used multiple information sources during their product research. These ...
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Mar. 31, 2008 at 6:04am Eastern by Greg Sterling

SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 17, 2007

... choice of the following three sets of inbound links, and I told you you could have one set and only one set,. Superpages Parent To Acquire InfoSpace Directory Sites Recently Superpages has been putting out a press release a day, and today is no exception. The company just announced that it would be ...
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Sep. 17, 2007 at 3:50pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz