Twelve SEO Mistakes Most Bloggers Make

August 23rd, 2007

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Search Engine Land

In this article Stephan Spencer, President and Founder of Netconcepts, writes about the most, common mistakes that bloggers make, and what to do about them. From title tag optimization to keyword URLs, you’ll want to read this article to optimize your personal or business blog to help your blog increase its search visibility.

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Google News comments likely to be panned by major corporations

August 8th, 2007

by Chris Smith

Originally published in Natural Search Blog

Sometimes Google’s announcements get lost in the shuffle. “Google today introduced a new experimental feature in their News – theyâ??ve added story participant comments into their listings of stories.” In this article, Chris Smith talks about his thoughts and reactions to Google’s decision to allow comments on their news, and how it relates to other companies. Read more about Chris’ thoughts in the article here, and learn how comment-enabling might benefit your company.

Making Blogging and RSS Pay Off

May 22nd, 2007

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Catalog Success

In the intensive session I led during the ACCM in Boston on May 21, the overriding theme was that search engines judge a siteâ??s worth on its inbound links. Translation: No links = no rankings.

Blogs, meanwhile, are great at attracting links from the blogosphere, because bloggers are rather cliquish and mostly tend to link to each other. So youâ??ll earn links as a blog that you wouldnâ??t normally earn otherwise.

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SEO: Blogging Your Way to the Top

July 1st, 2006

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Practical Ecommerce

Search engines, Google in particular, seem to love blogs. This is in part due to the fact that search engines rely heavily on links for their ranking algorithms, and the blogosphere is rich with interlinkages. Bloggers constantly link to each other – through “hat tips,” “blogrolls,” “trackbacks,” and so forth. Furthermore, blogs tend to be heavy on content and light on search-engine-unfriendly features like overly complex URLs, frames, JavaScript-based links and Flash. I’ve seen new blogs quickly penetrate Google’s top results where a brandnew, traditional website might have languished in the “Google sandbox” for a number of months…

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10 Tips to Help Your Blog Soar in the Search Engines (Part 2 of 2)

May 9th, 2006

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in MarketingProfs

In this continuation of ten useful tips about optimizing your blog for search engines, we look at the five remaining tips, including: sticky posts, heading tags, anchor text and more.

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10 Tips to Help Your Blog Soar in the Search Engines (Part 1 of 2)

May 2nd, 2006

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in MarketingProfs

With over 75,000 new blogs created every single day, and tens of millions of blogs already in the blogosphere, it’s not a given that you’ll get found by your target audience and develop a loyal following of readers. What can you do to pull in the crowds and to rise in the rankings? Read on and I’ll share my secrets…

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Blogging Builds Brands

October 18th, 2005

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in All About Branding.com

Blogging is one of the hottest trends on the net. A blog (short for “web log”) is a web-based diary where the author can ruminate on whatever strikes his or her fancy. The blogger may share photos, poetry, political views, gossip, industry trends, business advice, or the latest on their personal life. By definition, blogs are organized in reverse chronological order. Many are updated daily. They can have one or multiple authors, such as a community blog.

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SEO, Blogs and RSS Feeds: A Magical Combination

August 2nd, 2005

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in DM News

The major search engines – Google, in particular – seem to love blogs, which are the personal or professional diaries that number in the millions online. Search engines favor blogs because …

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