Okay, so it has been a little more than a week since Part I, but SES NY takes a long time to recover from.
There are a ton of keyword research tools and tool lists out there, but it is still incredibly important to have all of your tools in one place. There are a lot of familiar tools in here, but there should also be a some lesser known ones here as well.
Let’s start this off with an SEO snack provided to you by one of my newest friends, Gareth
Free Tools
SEObook’s ultimate keyword research tool is a great place to start. Another tool on the site, is the Google Scraper tool
We can’t forget everyone’s old favorites, the Adwords [...]
Archive for March, 2008
- March 31st 2008
- 4 Comments »
Yoda’s Ultimate Tool List Part II – Keyword Research
- March 30th 2008
- 4 Comments »
Bad Client! Bad Client!
My name is Julie, and I have a bad client.
OK seriously, HE isn’t a bad client…he just has the misfortune of being bound by some amazing constraints that are coming from all over his company, factors that prevent me from doing, well, my usual SEO tomfoolery. Here’s the list of services that I’m allowed to perform:
1. Meta tag writing. This brings such joy to my life, you simply cannot imagine. I get to flesh out titles, meta keywords, and meta descriptions. I’m living the dream.
2. PPC ads. Small budget, mostly just brand keywords in quotes…see item 1’s “living the dream” which is also applicable here.
3. Witty repartee with client whenever he wants it, usually on IM and Facebook, occasionally on [...]
- March 27th 2008
- 9 Comments »
Seven Deadly Sins of SEO
Recently, the Catholic church decided to update the 7 deadly sins with a new set to reflect it’s new socially conscious agenda. Sweeping away the obvious historical issues we could raise here, I thought it would be fun to look at what these might be in SEO/M
These are meant in fun only. LAUGH AT THEM – do not take them seriously
Gluttony
Based firmly in the realm of food, gluttony can be seen in the SEO community among those who consume too much chocolate – errrr- food. Gluttony, unlike greed, specifically relates to the consumption of food. In SEO Terms, it can be seen in the constant desire and obsession over keywords. Wanting more constantly, this SEO scrapes content, reworks it and [...]
- March 21st 2008
- 34 Comments »
What A Waste…Oh The SEO!!
Is SEO ever a waste of time and/or money? American Express certainly seems to think so, even going so far as to suggest that search engine specialists will naturally try to trick the filtering techniques of engines and are likely to get your site banned from the engines.
Seriously ineffective SEO firms and individual crackpots with just enough knowledge to fool people into giving them money abound at the moment, unfortunately. It’s quite easy to find examples of clients who have been shafted by someone who did something amazingly stupid and harmed his or her business. There are most likely just as many examples of cases in which, for whatever reason, clients simply did not do well in the online arena. [...]
- March 19th 2008
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SEO Talk at March London Girl Geek Dinner
Here I am again with the London events
Only this time, it’s on MY BIRTHDAY!
There will be three speakers. I’m leading off speaking on SEO basics so all you Chicks out there wanting to pick up pointers, come on over and grab yourself a ticket! There will be food and a bit of wine, water and juice courtesy of the sponsors along with FREE WI FI!!
Head over to http://londongirlgeekdinner20.eventbrite.com and enter the password “searchme” and you’ll be able to grab yourself some tickets! You can donate any amount and all the cash goes to help Girl Geek Dinners. Everyone is a volunteer and freely gives of their time.
March London Girl Geek Dinner
Date: 25th March 2008 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Sponsors: Latitude
Venue: The [...]