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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Shop.org Annual Summit 2007 — Las Vegas, NV
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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MarketingProfs Virtual Seminars — online
Got a large, complex, database-driven website? Then you’re in luck, because such a site represents the best opportunity for capturing visitors from search engines such as Google. That’s because a large site has so much of what the engines love - content!
In this MarketingProfs seminar, you will gain best practices, invaluable tactics (such as “thin slicing”) and quick-hit tips and tricks. And you’ll discover what to avoid. All with real-world examples from major websites - both commercial and non-commercial.
- How to expand into countless keyword markets
- How to get many more pages indexed
- How to optimize your HTML templates and CSS to make those pages “sing” to the search engines
- How to pass your PageRank much more effectively through your site
- How to build deep links to internal pages, not just to your home page
- How to measure success using new (and little-known!) metrics and KPIs
Speakers:
Stephan Spencer, Founder and President, Netconcepts
Chris Smith, Lead Search Strategist, Netconcepts
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The first video seen below is the original 90-minute webinar featuring Stephan Spencer and Chris Smith. (The Quicktime file is 112 MB)
The second video is the Q&A section of the webinar, which was so long we did it as a separate recording, lasting 105 minutes. (The Quicktime file is 205 MB)

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Newspaper Association of America Webinar — online
Do you know how to include keywords in headlines and articles to ensure your Web page receives high rankings in search engines? Do you understand how accurately tagging content translates into greater Web exposure and more readers?
Concepts shared in this one-hour training format will benefit executives from small to large-sized newspapers seeking to learn more about search engine optimization.
Learn guided instructions on how to incorporate the concepts of SEO to make the most of your Web site.
Speakers:
Stephan Spencer, Netconcepts
Steven Evatt, The Houston Chronicle’s Chron.com
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AMA Hot Topic: Search Engine Marketing — Chicago, IL
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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Search Engine Bootcamp — Auckland, New Zealand
Link building is fast becoming one of the best ways to promote your site, find out how to master the basics & get you linking strategy up & running, great overview here.
Speaker:
Jacqui Jones, Natural Search Marketing Consultant, Netconcepts
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AMA Search Engine Marketing — New York, NY
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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Link bait, simply put, is content that is so funny, so interesting, so useful, or otherwise remarkable that it becomes irresistible to bloggers and website owners, who set up links from their pages to the original material. I’ve seen link bait take the form of Top 10 lists, humorous videos uploaded to YouTube, checklists, cartoons, tools, widgets and blog plugins — to name just a few.
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