http://www.seo-chicks.com The SEO Blog with attitude Thu, 15 May 2008 11:11:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you aren't married to a man who constantly refers to you as a Luddite, let me first explain what a Luddite is, all without going into any sort of intricate detail: it's someone who doesn't much care for things that make our lives easier, a person opposed to ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/543/seo-luddites-the-disgrace-my-god.html Earlier this year I was shortlisted for the “Blackberry Woman in Technology Awards” in the category “Best Use of Technology by under 30 year old woman”. Last night the award ceremony took place at the Mariott Hotel Grosenvor Square in London. Me and my junior SEO, Rebecca, got to the ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/535/blackberry-woman-technology-awards-%e2%80%93-an-evening-to-remember.html I've been to two search marketing conferences in the past month and asked the crowd the same question at each show. The question was about a real-life example of the bait 'n switch. There are a few different levels of bait 'n switch and you'll come across differing opinions as ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/532/the-ethics-of-linkbait-again.html This week I noticed a lot of great things happen in the social media space. Many yummy, tasty social media treats! Since Tuesday, different Ice Cream franchises have been offering special discounts or free ice cream through the Blogosphere, Facebook, and Twitter. Tuesday, April 29th= The Annual International Free ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/524/social-media-ice-cream.html We've all seen the graphic shown below or one similar to it, haven't we? Sure, it's the typical image of the evolution of man. In fact, you may even have pictured this image in your head while you were reading one of Julie Joyce's famous SEO Chick posts, ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/516/the-evolution-of-a-newbie-seo.html Wow...This is true privilege!!! Writing for SEO chicks....... thank you ladies. I am so excited about writing on here, and loving that Lisa actually found this post funny - serious leg slapping involved here and was there a snort......there may have been a little snort laugh, thank you lisa for ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/507/how-keyword-matching-is-just-a-little-like-online-dating.html We have a new guestblogger (SEO Chicklet). Rebecca Scott is one of my girls (ehm sounds like I'm running a brothel), ehm lets try again, she's one of my (MINE, FILTHY Recruitment Consultants, MINE!) SEO Consultants at Base One. Jeese, I need more coffee this early in the morning. But ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/504/new-seo-chicklet-rebecca-scott-beccy.html My friend Gene just pointed me to a very amusing (perhaps unintentionally so) piece on the push to change the perspective of typical IT workers away from unsociable geeks to vibrant and hot women. OK the author didn't really put it like that...but still, you get the idea. The IT ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/503/too-sexy-for-it.html As of 5th May 2008 Google is lifting the trademark rule for Google AdWords (UK) which prevents advertiser from bidding on branded keywords that are protected by trademark. Enter the brand bidding war and Affiliate heaven! What was the trademark restriction? Basically if you submitted a Google trademark complain procedure ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/502/the-lift-of-brand-trademark-on-googleadwords-is-google-getting-greedyer.html A couple of weeks ago I read a post about “Why the SEO World is like High School” and it really made me giggle. The SEO Chicks are the Cheerleaders of the SEO World, ha ha! Now, after chuckling for a while at this post I started thinking “Hey I ... http://www.seo-chicks.com/491/seo-chicks-%e2%80%93-the-unlikely-cheerleaders.html