ProBlogger Gets Hitched To Google ~ A Golden Marriage

Posted by Alex | April 1, 2010 .

A short break from the series to talk about some news that I personally think has greater implications than the FaceBook taking the number one spot news a couple weeks back.
Google acquired the Internet's number one Blog Tips blog, ProBlogger, from Darren Rowse. The acquisition was announced today as a move on Google's part [...]

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Can You Make Money Blogging On WordPress (Intro)

Posted by Alex | March 25, 2010 .

I had a visitor that disembarked from the Google bus because they spent "can you make money blogging on wordpress" as a fare token. First, I want to thank my favorite search engine for sending the rider to this destination. I just wish more would arrive on about six fewer words.
Second, I want to answer [...]

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Links Are Links. Well, Not Really.

Posted by Alex | March 19, 2010 .

Probably the only Internet game hotter than Farmville, is In Search of the Holy Link. A challenging game played by webmasters of all skill levels. The number of strategies employed to win this game would boggle even Carl Sagan's mind of billions and billions of stars.
Why do we see where the big dogs are linking [...]

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Content Is Important As Part Of The SEO Strategy

Posted by Alex | February 11, 2010 .

Keyword optimization is obviously an important element of sound Search Engine Optimization (SEO), but it is not the only component of any SEO campaign that is important. In fact, keyword strategies only open the door to your content.
Content is king for a reason. That reason is that content is what speaks confidence and authority about [...]

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Learning SEO Along The Way. The Dinosaur Bones.

Posted by Alex | February 6, 2010 .

I was asked not that long ago if what I know about blogging and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) comes from some software program or a guru's coaching session. My answer was no.
It's not that I didn't buy books, because I did, or didn't get some form of coaching, because I did (indirectly).
What I did learn [...]

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The Link Wheels On The Bus Go ‘Round And ‘Round

Posted by Alex | January 23, 2010 .

What would a Link Wheel be without the links? Not even a wheel. Just a bunch of unconnected content floating around in ether space with not much to do. Related, but not connected.
Linking is what makes the wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round. Not just any kind of linking either, there is a [...]

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Google Doesn’t Use Meta Keywords, Why Should You Quit?

Posted by Alex | December 18, 2009 .

I'm sure it is no real news that Google doesn't use the meta keywords of web content to determine rankings in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs), per their announcement on September 21, 2009. In fact, most search engines are beginning to drop keywords as a direct component in their ranking matrices.
It was discovered early [...]

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Google Kicks FeedBurner In Gear With Twitter Integration

Posted by Alex | December 16, 2009 .

Just yesterday, December 15, 2009, Google announced it has started its own URL shortening service, called goo.gl. Because of all the other URL shrinking services out there this news would not be such a big deal, but Google hadn't applied the new service to their recent acquisition of FeedBurner.
Now we have something to talk about.
If [...]

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