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Dexter Dings SEO: Why Do Hollywood Writers Keep Giving Search Engine Optimization A Bad Name?

Fair enough, Tamar - I don't watch the show so admittedly, I didn't get the context / bigger picture. Also, when I watched the clip, I thought it

How You Can Build Links Easily With Product Reviews

Michael, in general, I would tend to agree with you - people too often misconstrue the 'grey areas' and go the completely wrong direction, execute a t

Overcoming Common Obstacles To Bringing PPC In-House

I would have to disagree with you there David - people with an aptitude for math/statistics/economics and analytical & modeling skills are a natural f

Overcoming Common Obstacles To Bringing PPC In-House

Jake, David - let me bridge the gap a little between you on one point - David, you pointed a quote out in your first comment, "...notion that “The rig

What NOT To Do On Local Business Websites

@Donna - thanks for pointing that error out - I totally missed it while editing.. fixed now!

Welcome To The New Search Engine Land!

@George - we absolutely agree! It's not that we didn't think about it in the design tweak, because it's absolutely something we've kept in mind as we

The New Age Of Article Marketing

Zachary, I would have to say I'm a little biased about SEL since i'm the Executive Features Editor here - but if you're considering the premium member

The New Age Of Article Marketing

Heh, Zachary, I think we may actually be agreeing more than we are arguing;) Thanks for clarifying your point on the 1 in 8 ratio. I would also ha

The New Age Of Article Marketing

Karon, totally agree with you too (and I think Byrne might as well) - it's just that when article marketing became so rampant, the quality factor got

The Farmer Panda Impact On Links Nobody Is Talking About

Marjory / Nick - In Vanessa Fox's recent article, http://searchengineland.com/your-sites-traffic-has-plummeted-since-googles-farmerpanda-update-no

How I Got A 300% Retail Sales Explosion With 30 Minutes Of SEO

I really hope everyone reading this can hear Rob's southern Mississippi accent in their heads as they go through it - maybe I'll have to make Rob post

Google Forecloses On Content Farms With “Panda” Algorithm Update

@Jeff Yablon - thanks for pulling out the key part of the example - yes, the class laughed, because we were discussing the "Well, Duh" aspects of some

Forrester Research Publishes 1st Report On Enterprise SEO Automation Tools

Ben, see: http://searchengineland.com/googles-action-against-link-schemes-continues-overstock-com-and-forbes-com-latest-casualities-conductor-exit

Forrester Research Publishes 1st Report On Enterprise SEO Automation Tools

@Allen - first, as Olivier Amar pointed out, most Forrester Reports are indeed pay to play scenarios, a certain number of companies per report typical

Search Marketing Tips For Yandex, Russia’s Top Search Engine

Bengt, Grannada - that is an accusation we'd take very seriously around here - and we do often spot check our contributors to ensure that doesn't happ

How To Use Twitter To Boost Your Google Rankings

@JohnWEllis - I understand where you're coming from - and of course no one wants this abused - But if Google, Bing, or any other engine for that m

How To Use Twitter To Boost Your Google Rankings

Matt, I respectfully (and slightly) disagree with you on that point. Perhaps it's not as clear as it should be, but I think Kevin's point is that

Search & The 2011 Sundance Film Festival

thanks, Eric - guess I hide my disorganization well - this is the 7th SFF I've lived in Utah for, and yet it's the first year I'll even see a film, le

Google vs. Bing: The Fallacy Of The Superior Search Engine

For @ConradSaam & @Matt_Cutts - Something to consider here may be freshness factor as well on more time sensitive queries. For the purpose of what

Why FeedBurner Is Killing Your SEO Strategy

@IanLockwood -Personally, I think the concept of "link wheel" is probably a term popularized by a segment of link marketers in an effort to make it s

Why FeedBurner Is Killing Your SEO Strategy

@Jill - I'll call the mea culpa on that, as I didn't catch / point out the 301 aspect in my review. However, I think Chris Silver Smith is keying

Video: 12 Days Of Googlemas Carol From Google & Search Engine Land

@chiropractic - oh, there's a funny story about that... have michelle tell you some time... @D3 & Jill - luckily, Matt McGee & I officially became

Why I Didn’t Buy Links, But Seriously Considered It

OSD - keep in mind, there's separation of editorial & advertising here on SEL, not to mention the fact that columnists opinions are just that; as

36 More SEO Myths That Won’t Die But Need To

@SEOBoca- thanks for reporting that - I had actually seen the same thing when reviewing this article prior to publication, and I thought I *had* taken

How Monitoring Twitter Can Help Build Links

not really underscored in this example is the potential for the link to gain traction over time. Sure, Jane's blog may not be that popular, but it onl

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