Eli wrote about desert scraping, which is the practice of digging around expired sites on archive.org, grabbing their content and reposting it on your own sites. Cloning expired sites is a similar idea that (more…)
I ran a poll on Facebook targeting Facebook users 18-24 to find out whether they were aware of the existence of the Facebook Blog. 83% of them were not. This was following up on what Jane wrote at SEOmoz, regarding how she would make the Facebook blog more visible and certain other changes she’d make. After the jump, the precise details of the poll data. (more…)
I recently had a major problem with various viruses, trojans and other malware and garbage infecting my laptop. I looked up Montreal computer security on Google, and found this computer security and support company. It’s run by the very helpful and kind Adam Blechman, and he and OnSiteASAP cleaned out the filthy garbage off of my laptop in no time at all! Read on for why this matters in the world of SEO, reputation management and for the takeaway lessons. (more…)
Just as Google loves data, so should SEOs. I love country code domain names and domaining (NamePros is a great community to learn, if you’re interested). As I was conducting some keyword research to buy new .ca domains, it occurred to me that I could use Google Trends (notice the nofollow on that link 
) data to help me with my selection. There are also other uses for Trends data in SEO that are equally interesting. (more…)
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Why am I posting this? Because it’s brilliant linkbait and, per Matt, is part of a strategy that’s brought in about 250 K links for the dating site he works with. Speaking of which, Matt also informs me that oatmeal is made up of ground-up pigeons. So perhaps he’s not that reliable. He’s a premium linkbaiter, in any case. Now excuse me, I think I feel some five year old children’s teeth gnawing at my ankle.
Rich Schefren, of Attention Age, has turned loose a bunch of kool-aid drinkers on Sphinn. (more…)
I’d like to share some quick news on the SEO ROI blog, its commenters and other stuff. (Update: If you saw this post already and are returning here for my latest posts, you can click here to skip to them.) (more…)
