Jill Whalen

Member since: 06-28-08
Website: http://www.highrankings.com/seo-services
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7 Do's & Don’ts For Working With A Technical SEO During A RedesignCheers to SEO: How It Pays To Be OptimizedIs Choosing Search Engines Over Users A Fatal Flaw In SEO?Organic SEO As Another Marketing Channel3 Things I Learned About Business On My Summer VacationIs Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle?85 Reasons Why Website Designers/Developers Keep SEOs in BusinessUsing Analytics To Measure SEO SuccessAre The Search Engines Really Indexing Flash?The Answer To All Your SEO Questions!SEO Trends From 2008 & A Look Into 2009Why Usability and SEO Go Hand-in-handSEO For Big BrandsBest SEO Practices During A Website RedesignStop the Confusion! Use SEO Terms Correctly6 Common Website Mistakes That Are Costing You Money3 Types Of Blogs That Totally SuckWhat You Can Learn From Google's "Site" OperatorDiagnosing The SEO Health Of Your WebsiteWe Don't Need SEO Standards!Is Your Website Copy Crystal Clear?5 Reasons Why Rankings Are A Poor Measure Of SuccessHow SEO Has Evolved Over The YearsSEO Is Not An Option, It's A Requirement!Social Media Marketing: The New SEO?Recent Comments
Does SEM = SEO + CPC Still Add Up?Yes, it's been very annoying to hear so many people referring to paid search as SEM, and yes, it's come from people who one would have thoug would kno
When In House Should Opt For OutsourcingGreat article!
I would add one more to your list:
Technical SEO consulting, especially if going through a website redesign or adding new product
SEO Industry Cries Foul Over Google SEO ‘Services’The "advice" that Google provides, be it for paid search or organic search is always going to be that which benefits them the most, not the company th
Bing! Sues Microsoft Over Trademark InfringementSince they offer completely different types of services, I can't imagine this will go anywhere.
Good way to get press and links tho on the little
10 Year Retrospective: Search Engine Strategies To Search Marketing ExpoGreat trip down memory lane, Danny! I wasn't at the first couple of conferences, but started my speaking career the next year with your Dallas confere
Yahoo Search No Longer Uses Meta Keywords TagToo bad the Yahoo guy wasn't telling the truth (or simply didn't know). Like others have said here, they are still indexing it as they always have.
Is Choosing Search Engines Over Users A Fatal Flaw In SEO?@Gil a big part of my beef is that SEO tactics that Rand claims are for search engines are actually for users as well.
And until people start think
Links Vs. Web References As Relevance SignalsInteresting theory.
What do you think about negative references? What if a company sees a surge in people saying that they suck, for instance?
D
Organic SEO As Another Marketing Channel@hugoguzman EXACTLY!
SEO “Best Practices” Are BunkSo if we must have best practices…. can we agree that they’re essential but offer zero competitive advantage?
No, because there are still so many s
SEO “Best Practices” Are BunkNice article, Adam!
While I agree with the sentiment, I can't agree with saying that there is no place for SEO best practices. Every site, imo, can
The Curious Case Of Google’s Bizarre UK Search ResultsWe have a Hull, MA where my oldest daughter is in the midst of moving to. So I just tried your "Hull Driving School" search and I'm getting UK SERPS!
Live Blogging The MSFT – YHOO Search Deal Press ConferenceWow. All that great technology Yahoo bought years ago (AltaVista, Fast, etc.) and they're stuck using Bing? Poor Yahoo....
Is Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle?@surftrip thanks for your comments, even if you disagree.
Bottom line for me is that I'll stop talking about this crap when companies stop wasting
Is Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle?@Vanessa
I couldn't agree more with your 4 bullets at the end as to what SEO should be about.
Is Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle?Oops, I can't edit my comment apparently, but I mean to say,
"In fact, I said, 'the descriptive naming of internal anchor text.' IS one of thos
Is Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle?@spirituality - you said: "but not advising clients to make sure there are text links to their categories"
That's not something I said in the artic
Is Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle?@RyanJones
You said:
"Take a website, give it huge ugly parameter filled urls, don’t include META keywords or description, make all
How Twitter Might Send Far More Traffic Than You ThinkYep, what danmiller said.
Danny, you mentioned that you had Google tracking codes, but that's not going to make it appear that you got referrers f
85 Reasons Why Website Designers/Developers Keep SEOs in BusinessThanks, Jake, I think you just gave me my next article!
Can Microsites Harm Your Primary Site’s Rankings?Good article, Eric!
I've been running into this a lot lately in doing website reviews for clients. One site I reviewed was using the microsite str
Using Analytics To Measure SEO SuccessYes, you would need to differentiate between any yahoo paid search and organic yahoo search, but my focus these days is typically google as most I wor
Using Analytics To Measure SEO SuccessRoopam,
Rankings don't always equal traffic because many people optimize and rank for the wrong phrases. They may be ones nobody is searching for,
Can Reading Online Be As Rewarding As Curling Up With A Good Book?Ahhh....Kim, I remember getting a record in the cereal too! May very well have been Partridge Family, as we did have a 45 of that hanging around. Too
Are The Search Engines Really Indexing Flash?@tjm8660 I realize there are work arounds and new technologies, but the fact of the matter is that most websites are not making use of them, and there