Share Well it looks like I’ve managed to put in a post today before any of my other lady Chicks – which I started thinking of as almost impossible – LOL… So I’ve been thinking a lot about systematising lately and how important it is to do that for your business – regardless of where you are in the pecking order (SEO Chicks… pecking order….. I sense a pun alert…). Converting as many processes of your job into easy to follow, consistently performing systems is not that easy to do, but it is soo worth it when done and done properly. I’ve experienced the full benefits of documentation in a big way in my previous job, so when I started [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Simple SEO: Does It Exist?
Share We talk a lot about making sites good for users, making them accessible, easily crawlable, and well-designed. We advise everyone to write good content and carefully analyze their metrics. We talk about knowing your users and catering to them, and, above all else, we speak of SEO as being a combination of art and science. So where is the bit about simplicity in all of this? Is there room for sparseness in today’s SEO campaign? The other day when I was going to the grocery store, there were a few volunteers outside collecting for a charity. Their slogan was so utterly simple that it made me really think about the over-the-top manner in which many of us attack our [...]
Chocbait – Miserable Failure?
Share Chocolate makes me happy. It says so on my Moo cards and so I thought after seeing how much fun Chris Hooley seemed to have with drinkbait that I would shamelessly rip off errr� borrow that template and try and meet people by giving away chocolate. Drinkbait was a fantastic idea specifically drawn up by Chris to achieve a particular end. He bought �nips� (which I only know another connotation for so am clueless about what this has to do with drink) and went off getting pictured with various SEOs. I wasn�t drunk when I looked at the images and I thought were great but now (also sober) I can�t find them. “Drinkbait” was followed up by someone with [...]
How Not To Get Your Comment Approved
Share We have been getting a surge of comment spam that is obviously being done by very apologetic individuals. As a good Southerner, I appreciate the manners involved but let me list out a few things that won’t get you the links you want… Saying something like “I like site give me link!” This is definitely to the point. I appreciate that, seriously, but at least give me a reason! Liking a site isn’t a good enough reason for us to allow your comment through. And of course you like our site. It rocks. Join the fanclub (cough). Adding in a frowny face emoticon. While this always makes me laugh since it expresses the utter anguish of link building and [...]