Monthly Archives: August 2009

Snow Leopard

To say I am looking forward to Snow Leopard is an understatement – the prospect of getting rid of Microsoft Entourage is making me giddy, my only worry is that it won’t live up to the dream. So when at 6pm today here in Shanghai I get an email saying it is in the post [...]

Weekly SEO Round Up

Link Building http://www.searchenginejournal.com/natural-link-building/12582/ http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-building-for-small-ecommerce-sites http://searchengineland.com/a-case-study-using-contests-to-build-links-23776 http://www.searchenginejournal.com/keyword-research-synonyms/12540/ Social Media http://econsultancy.com/blog/4408-five-easy-ways-to-make-your-business-website-more-social http://www.seomoz.org/blog/early-detection-how-social-media-may-save-the-world http://econsultancy.com/blog/4436-social-media-engagement-good-habits-are-hard-to-start http://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-target-users-within-social-networks/12558/ http://econsultancy.com/blog/4451-what-can-email-marketing-learn-from-twitter-blogs-and-other-social-media-channels-2 http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_to_use_facebook_5_tips_for_better_social_networking.php http://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-employees-need-social-media-guidelines/12588/ PPC http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com/search_marketing_gurus/2009/08/dont-gamble-with-your-ppc-campaigns-save-it-for-the-casinos.html http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/increase-google-adwords-quality-scores-by-enhancing-user-experience http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/the-dos-donts-of-googlebase-avoid-the-headaches-keep-making-money/2009/08/21/ On Site http://www.seomoz.org/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-optimization http://econsultancy.com/blog/4413-e-commerce-delivery-options-key-tips http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/the-importance-of-nofollow-links http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/on-site-evaluation-in-action-what-where-and-how.html http://searchengineland.com/how-to-handle-an-seo-setback-24052 http://searchenginewatch.com/3634740 Random http://www.getelastic.com/top-ten-2-dot-0/ http://www.seobook.com/fox-news-blasts-seo http://www.seobook.com/google-adds-keyword-predictions http://wordpress.tv/2009/05/30/matt-cutts-google-sf09/ http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/us-websites-break-into-uk-serps-join-the-invasion http://www.aimclearblog.com/2009/08/20/how-savvy-advertising-agencies-outsource-search/ http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors Tools http://www.searchenginejournal.com/firefox-addon-html-validation/12526/ update: edited to fix the broken links – sorry about that.

SEO Weekly Round Up

Affiliate Marketing http://www.seobook.com/pros-cons-affiliate-model Analytics http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/web-analytics-into-money/ http://www.getelastic.com/is-analyzing-time-on-site-a-waste-of-time/ Link Building http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-building-for-small-ecommerce-sites http://www.seobook.com/hanging-out-established-places Social Media http://econsultancy.com/blog/4394-18-observations-on-twitter-and-seo http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/enterprise-twitter-tools/ http://www.thisisherd.com/2009/08/online-arena-and-changing-definition-of.html http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/ruud-questions-hugo-guzman.html On Site http://www.seomoz.org/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-optimization http://econsultancy.com/blog/4393-how-to-impress-the-different-search-engines http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-matt-cutts-on-nofollow http://seogadget.co.uk/the-future-of-seo-structured-markup/ http://econsultancy.com/blog/4434-q-a-paul-cook-on-his-new-tag-optimisation-research Random http://www.seomoz.org/blog/4-essential-seo-infographics http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/optimize-search-engage-community/ http://www.seobook.com/google-caffeine http://econsultancy.com/blog/4400-how-will-your-site-rank-with-google-caffeine http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2009/08/google-caffeine-test-suggests-too-much-emphasis-on-real-time-indexing.html http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-much-do-rankings-matter http://www.seomoz.org/blog/this-week-in-search-for-81309 update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

Secret to good customer service?

After reading a great post on customer service, it does make me wonder what is the best possible way to scale customer service and I don’t think it can be just as simple as writing something on the wall. Things like good customer service are built on many layers, things like managers, good processes and [...]

SEO Weekly Round Up

Ad Copy http://www.searchenginejournal.com/optimizing-the-page-search-results-snippet-on-page-tactics/12216/ Analytics http://www.aimclearblog.com/2009/08/04/make-videos-pay-youtube-analytics-fundamentals/ Blogging http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/09/10-harsh-truths-about-corporate-blogging/ Branding http://www.seobook.com/myth-organic-marketing Link Building http://www.searchenginejournal.com/link-building-evaluation-guide/12297/ http://www.johnchow.com/six-solid-steps-to-get-more-links-and-traffic/ Social Media http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/08/03/62-ways-to-use-twitter-for-business/ http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/08/05/to-join-or-not-to-join-that-is-the-question/ http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-how-to-get-retweeted http://econsultancy.com/blog/4335-what-the-f-k-is-social-media-one-year-on http://www.aimclearblog.com/2009/07/13/reputation-management-crises-8-crucial-priorities/ http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/08/social-media-optimization-redux/ PPC http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090804-135250 http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090806-144107 On Site http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/quick-tip-simple-breadcrumb-usage.php http://www.searchenginejournal.com/sitemaps-and-internal-links-the-10000-page-test/12336/ http://www.getelastic.com/applications-of-keyword-research/ http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/08/optimize-your-crawling-indexing.html Random http://mashable.com/2009/08/04/free-blog-media/ http://outspokenmedia.com/seo/reporting-your-seo-competitors/ http://econsultancy.com/blog/4380-five-must-use-sales-value-propositions http://econsultancy.com/blog/4381-etailers-still-need-to-improve-customer-service-survey http://searchengineland.com/how-to-excel-at-excel-for-sem-applications-part-6-23642 Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.

SEO Weekly Round Up

Link Building http://searchenginewatch.com/3634550 Social Media http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/29/1-800-flowerscom-sets-up-shop-inside-facebook/ http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/using-lead-generation-amp-gain-social-branding http://econsultancy.com/blog/4327-20-+-mind-blowing-social-media-statistics On Site http://www.seomoz.org/blog/top-10-things-the-microsoftyahoo-deal-change-for-seo http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-the-seo-fundamentals-pyramid http://www.searchenginejournal.com/12-steps-to-complete-search-engine-domination-from-zero-to-hero-in-just-6-months/6745/ http://www.searchengineguide.com/stoney-degeyter/the-contruction-of-an-optimized-web-page.php http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2009/07/31/increase-page-views/ http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteaboard-friday-architecture-for-commerce-with-dr-pete http://www.getelastic.com/conversion-metrics/ http://seogadget.co.uk/googles-vince-update/ Random http://www.seomoz.org/blog/nudge-lessons-for-seo-and-business http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090729-163016 http://searchengineland.com/21-essential-seo-tips-techniques-11580 http://www.seobook.com/why-buy-milk-when-you-can-get-cow-free http://www.searchenginejournal.com/bing-reshaping-seo/12183/ http://www.seobook.com/seo-strategy http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/reporting-serp-spam-know-how-to-report-reclaim-your-rankings/2009/07/30/ Update: fixed the broken links – sorry about that.