Thoughts on the strength of DMOZ? If you can get a DMOZ link it’s helpful, but there’s no special “DMOZ boost” or anything like that. – Matt Cutts Google’s Webmaster chat is a blitz of information from Google. The web ex interface is displaying different demonstrations, while the Question and Answer section is wit with […]
Yahoo’s Secret Weapon Originally uploaded by contentwritingadvice Yahoo! is using every possible weapon available to keep it’s independance from Microsoft. Recently, at their Search Monkey Development Party they launched a new offensive with a NEW STRATEGY!!! BEER! I personally commend Yahoo! on their innovation…now if they could just vend them to me when I search […]
Back to basics: It’s been a while since I went back to the fundamentals on my blog and talked about certain principles of content writing that I find to be fundamental advice for every site builder to follow. Be Centered: Kung Fu is about finding your center…I just have very large center- Sammo Hung Like […]
I checked on my twtter this morning to find that Rae Hoffman and Lisa Barone were going at it tooth and nail over the concept of “Live Blogging” and it’s impact on conference attendance and value. If you aren’t clear, live bloggin is done by conference attendees who have their laptops going and are transcribing […]
In the recent Google Webmaster Help Chat session, they presented a very thorough discussion of how to optimize your images. We all know that Google’s Universal search is altering the way that users interct with Google’s search interface. Instead of just links to websites, media clips, images, audio clips, new articles, maps, book reviews, restaurant […]
Blog Vs Static, blogs in the lead? Over the past few months I have been working with clients who had a static traditional website for just over a year, and we decided to mix things up and add a blog on a 3rd level domain to their site.They posted just 4 articles, and within 3 […]
SES Conference Coverage March 2008 The Search Engine Strategies conference in New York was a blast. I will be posting up detailed analysis from the panels that I attended, and share the responses to the questions I asked during the Q & A portions of the conference. Topics Covered by SES New York There was […]
From the lips of Matt Cutt himself in an interview with Wired Magazine, answering a question about what a start up web business should do right out of the gate. “[MattCutts]: First, I would create great content. That’s a fantastic way to get a head start.” Hail to the king baby! Content is back! SO […]
“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.”– Richard Harding Davis When you are generating the content for a specific page, or in general for your website, you are always going to need to have good references. The […]
I “Destroyed” Matt Cutts! Well….By “Destroy” I mean out ranked him on a term “Content Writing Advice” that nobody really looks at… …and he hasn’t even written a specific post about content writing advice… …and he most likely doesn’t even realize that he did rank for that term… Actually, I know that this is a […]