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Video: SEO Website Update

October 29th, 2007

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Practical eCommerce

In September 2007, Spencer revisited the SEO progress of Balancedlifeproducts.com which he reviewed in this initial “SEO Report Card” and reports his findings in the video tutorial below.

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Video Tutorial with Stephan Spencer

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Desperately Seeking Links: Baiting, Buying, and Socializing for Links

DMA 07 Annual Conference — Chicago, IL

October 16th, 2007

Moderated by Stephan Spencer

Keyword rich contextually relevant text links are like fuel for your website’s search engine rankings. Without good links, you are relegated to the bottom of the search results heap. Link building is arguably the most difficult, the most misunderstood and poorly executed aspect to SEO. Learn: criteria for evaluating a link’s value, creative link building strategies, link buying do’s and don’t’s, how to approach webmasters, how to leverage your affiliates, how social media can be leveraged to build links, dangerous tactics, and more!

Learning Points:

  • Link building efforts that went horribly awry and how to avoid repeating their mistakes
  • Concrete action steps to boost your site’s importance in the eyes of the search
    engines
  • Demystify link building, debunking myths, presenting real opportunities, providing tools, sharing real world experiences

Moderator:
Stephan Spencer, Founder and President, Netconcepts

Panelists:
Eric Ward, Founder, The Ward Group
Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing
Seth Besmertnik, CEO & Co-Founder, LinkExperts

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SEO Report Card: Link Building Could Improve Strong Site

October 1st, 2007

by Jeff Muendel

Originally published in Practical eCommerce

Candlesandsuch.com is a website run quite frugally by its two main proprietors. For a site that hasn’t had a lot of professional help with regard to search engine optimization, it possesses some positive SEO attributes. That’s not to say there aren’t issues, but some of the main facets of good SEO are observed and incorporated.

In this SEO report card originally featured on Practical eCommerce, Netconcepts’ Search Analyst Jeff Muendel takes an in-depth look at how inbound links and sculpting PageRank can help improve the overall site.

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Ecommerce Clinic: Link Building and Social Media

Shop.org Annual Summit 2007 — Las Vegas, NV

September 19th, 2007

Moderated by Stephan Spencer

Keyword-rich text links are like fuel for your search engine optimization (SEO). Our panel of SEO experts will evaluate your link health and propose the cures - both tactical and strategic. If you want to venture beyond directory submissions and into “link baiting” and social media marketing to supercharge your rankings, then this session is for you.

Speakers:
Stephan Spencer, Founder and President, Netconcepts
Neil Patel, CTO, Advantage Consulting Services
Eric Ward, Founder, The Ward Group
Rebecca Kelly, Search Marketing Consultant, SEOMoz

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SEO Report Card: Beachaudio.com

September 12th, 2007

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Practical eCommerce

In this website audit published on Practical eCommerce, Netconcepts’ founder and President Stephan Spencer reviews one of the Internet Retailer 500 companies, Beachaudio.com. Stephan’s review came at a key moment for their business; they had performed an SEO overhaul of their site back in April.

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SEO Report Card: VeganStore.com

August 15th, 2007

by Netconcepts

Originally published in Practical eCommerce

As a recently turned vegetarian (as of a year ago), I’m definitely in the target market. Too bad it’s unlikely I would have discovered the site. That’s because I’m not strictly vegan, and the site isn’t targeting “vegetarian” as a keyword. The only occurrence of “vegetarian” on the home page is in the meta keywords — and meta keywords don’t affect rankings (at least not positively!).

Stephan Spencer, founder and President of Netconcepts, reviews Veganstore.com in this article from Practical eCommerce.

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Red Envelope’s Website Critique

August 1st, 2007

by Stephan Spencer

Originally published in Multichannel Merchant

In Chinese society, “red envelope” refers to a monetary gift placed in a red packet because the color symbolizes good luck. That’s where Red Envelope got its name. Was the San Francisco-based gifts merchant lucky with the results of its Website critique? Well, while critiquers Amy Africa, president of Helena, VT-based Web consultancy Eight by Eight, and Stephan Spencer, founder/president of Madison, WI-based SEO-specialist agency Netconcepts, tried to handle Red Envelope’s site with care, they both found areas that need serious improvement. Africa reviewed the site’s content and functionality, and Spencer tested its search capability. Here’s what they had to say.

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Case Study: Cabela’s.com

June 27th, 2007

Cabela's Logo

  • GravityStream empowers Cabela’s marketing team with control over the natural search channel.
  • GravityStream shattered indexation goals by 45%. This lead to 200% more traffic and 50% more sales.
  • Cabela’s brand is well positioned in over 200,000 long-tail search markets, with over 40,000 pages driving traffic.
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Case Study: HSN.com

June 25th, 2007

HSN.com logo

  • 1200% increase in Google indexation
  • Over 25% of unique pages yielding site traffic
  • Non-branded search sales increase of 150% over Q4
  • Over 20% of all unique pages yielding unbranded natural search traffic
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Organic Search Is All About the Links

AMA Hot Topic: Search Engine Marketing — Chicago, IL

June 22nd, 2007

Seminar by Stephan Spencer

Links are the currency of search engines. Without good inbound links to your web site, your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts will be in vain. Link building is arguably the most difficult, most misunderstood, and most poorly executed aspect to SEO. Join SEO and link-building expert Stephan Spencer as he guides us through the quagmire showing us the way to great search engine rankings.

You will learn:

  • Google’s PageRank scores: red herring or useful metric?
  • What makes a link valuable or not
  • Creative strategies for building link-worthy content
  • What works when approaching webmasters with link requests
  • Pitfalls to avoid if buying or bartering links

Speakers:
Stephan Spencer, Founder and President, Netconcepts

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