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Written by Garry Conn on May 8th, 2008 | 20 Comments
Jeremy Schoemaker touched on a topic recently that kind of makes sense to me. In his post titled, SEO Has No Future, he proceeds to tell his readers that there is no future in the strategy of optimizing your blog or web site for search engines. He explains his thoughts by saying, "From my experiences I am seeing Google SERPS results strongly influenced by Google Toolbar data, Google User history, and Google Analytics data. Googles combination of SEO and social voting via toolbar/history/analytics will continue to sway more in the realm of social voting. I feel this technology will only ... Continue reading
Can Google SEO and Social Bookmarking Coexist?
Tags: Google Notebook Marketing, Google PageRank, Google Rankings, Google SEO, Google Toolbar, Google Toolbar Ranking, Google Web History Data, Jeremy Schoemaker, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Ranking, ShoeMoney.com, Social Bookmarking Marketing, Social Bookmarking Optimization, Social Network Marketing, Social Networking Optimiztion
Written by Garry Conn on April 8th, 2008 | 15 Comments
I read a blog post today where some guy was pissed off because he had a page that ranked well for a desired search term for a given period of time and then suddenly it didn't rank well anymore. This individual then publicly blamed Google for making a mistake. "My page is indexed, but does not appear in under any search term. I didn't pay for any links and I didn't do any spamming!"
Obviously this publisher feels like he has done no wrong and hasn't broken any of the rules. And that may be true. But here is the thing... ... Continue reading
Why Is It Always Google’s Fault?
Tags: Google PageRank, Google Ranking Tips, Google Search Engine Ranking, Google Webmaster Guidelines, High Quality Blogs, Search Engine Friendly, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Ranking Tips, Search Engine Ranking Tools, Search Engine Visibility
Written by Garry Conn on March 28th, 2008 | 11 Comments
So many bloggers are concerned with how well their blog and posts rank in the search engines. Time and time again, I get questions sent to me via email and instant message asking the same thing. "Garry, can you please take a look at my blog and tell me if it is search engine friendly?" or, "Garry, how come my blog doesn't rank for the keywords I want?" or, "Garry, where do I start with learning more about search engine optimization?"
With the obvious demand for a better understanding of search engines, how to rank in them and how to market ... Continue reading
A Simple Search Engine Checklist For Bloggers
Tags: Blog Ranking Tips, Blog Tips, Blogging Tips, Google Ranking Tips, Google Search Engine Ranking, Search Engine Checklist, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Ranking, Search Engine Ranking Tips, Search Engine Ranking Tools, Search Engine Traffic, Search Engine Visibility
Written by Garry Conn on March 27th, 2008 | No Comments
I am all about finding great resources and tools that help make my job of making money online easier and more effective. Reflecting on the countless number of hours I have invested over the years to achieve the level of knowledge I have today, if I had known about tools such as the ones I am about to show you here in this article, I would definitely have done things a lot differently when I first started in the business of making money online.
In this article, I want to show you a web site I discovered called SEOMOZ.org. I believe ... Continue reading
Need Some Great SEO Tools To Help You Make Money?
Tags: Google Ranking Tips, Google Ranking Tools, Google SEO, Make Money Blogging, Make Money Online, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Ranking Tips, Search Engine Ranking Tools, Search Engine Tips, Search Engine Tools, SEO Tips, SEOMOZ.org
Written by Garry Conn on March 12th, 2008 | 7 Comments
Come on people... you know me! I make changes to my site more than the weather changes. For some people, you get aggravated, for others, you get puzzled. Please keep in mind that in my business, I have to learn! I have to be top of my game in order to provide clients and customers the ultimate service for the things I do.
How do I stay on the top of my game? Easy, I use my personal blog that gets well over 5000 visits per day direct from search engines as a testing ground. Sorry... that just comes with the ... Continue reading
What The Hell Did You Do To Your Home Page Again?
Tags: Blog Branding Tips, Blog Design Tips, Blog Marketing Tips, Blog Tips, Creative Thinking, Search Engine Friendly, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Ranking, Search Engine Ranking Tips, Search Engine Traffic, Search Engine Visibility, Search Engines For Dummies
Written by Owen on February 23rd, 2008 | 8 Comments
Here is a wonderful post submitted in by a guy named Owen who runs a blog titled, The Linux Blog. Some pretty good strategy about assessing and dealing with your competition. I am sure you'll enjoy it. My family and I are going to Disney World in five days and will be gone for five days. If you'd like to see your posts go live on GCDC you can register for an account and write your post. Simply save your post and "Submit For Review". I'll then review it and schedule it for inclusion.
In business knowing your competition is vital ... Continue reading
Scoping Out The Competition
Tags: Blog Marketing Tips, Blog Tips, Blog Traffic Tips, Business Blog Marketing, Google Ranking Tips, Increasing Blog Traffic, Increasing Web Site Traffic, Increasing Website Traffic, Make Money Blogging, Search Engine Friendly, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Ranking, Search Engine Ranking Tips
Written by Garry Conn on February 21st, 2008 | 17 Comments
People spend too much damn time trying to tweak, manipulate and trick search engine systems when it is clearly not needed. These same people also spend too much time spreading their propaganda throughout the Internet, which then leads other bloggers into doing the same stupid and shady things on their blog.
There are many times when I read posts from other blogs that cause me to bite my tongue. Most SEO, "Know It All", idiot box bloggers are pretty ignorant, stubborn, set in their ways and really don't know a damn thing about search engine optimization, nor are they effective with ... Continue reading
The Ultimate SEO Trick Is Simple… Don’t Trick Search Engines
Tags: A-List Bloggers, Blog Tips, Blogging Tips, Google Image Search, Google PageRank, Google Webmaster Guidelines, Leadership Blogging, Niche Marketing Strategies, Search Engine Friendly, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine News, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Ranking Tips, Search Engine Visibility, Search Engines For Dummies, Selling Text Link Ads, SEO Tips
Written by Garry Conn on February 14th, 2008 | 8 Comments
I had a really good talk today with my good friend David Cooley. We have both been pretty busy, so understandably it has been awhile since we have touched base and had a good discussion. David and I share a lot of common interests as well as personal life situations. Both and I have a lot in common and achieve the same goals but in many cases go about it differently. (ie. 2+8 = 10 and 4+6= 10)
Anyway we had a great talk and discussed quite a few things, one of which being the update on GCDC and how I ... Continue reading
How Hard Do You Work To Make Your Blog Perfect?
Tags: Blog Site Design, Reader Base, Search Engine Friendly, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines For Dummies, Time Management, Valid HTML Code
Written by Garry Conn on February 13th, 2008 | 8 Comments
I have entirely way too many domain names! I have to get rid of some. My loss is your gain. Up for sale is a domain name that comes loaded with a custom WordPress theme and one full year of web hosting. You'll get everything you need to get on your feet and have a place you can call home!
The domain name for sale is Search Engine Bob! Who is Search Engine Bob? Well, that could be you! If you love blogging about search engine optimization tips, search engine marketing tips and want to be the hero and save the ... Continue reading
Killer Search Engine Optimization Domain For Sale
Tags: Cheap Domain Names For Sale, Cheaps Domains, Domain Names For Sale, Domain Names For WordPress, Free WordPress Hosting, Free WordPress Theme, Search Engine Optimization
Written by Garry Conn on February 11th, 2008 | 6 Comments
Have you often wondered why your blog doesn't get the visibility in the search engines that other blogs might get? Perhaps maybe the opposite is wondered too? Maybe your blog does get tons of traffic from search engines and you're skeptical to make changes in fear that you'll lose this wonderful gift. No matter which situation you're in, 9 out 10 times, you don't know why your blog DOES or DOES NOT rank well in the search engines. Most people either feel lucky or they don't.
I was in the same boat too... many sites were hit or miss and still ... Continue reading
Does your blog have great search engine visibility?
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Visibility, Shari Thurow
Written by Garry Conn on January 29th, 2008 | 8 Comments
If you think about the theory of electricity and consider how electricity will take the path of least resistance, you can use that as a visual example of how Googlebot as well as most web crawlers will crawl your pages, especially your home page.
The above are screen shots of three random blogs of mine that I pulled from thought. The Airplane Blog, How Do I Make Money Online and Best Deals Online. [click the images to view sites]
These three blogs are total examples of how I have placed huge design efforts towards building a really quick path to GROUND ZERO ... Continue reading
The Googlebot Will Take The Path of Least Resistance
Tags: Google Ranking Tips, Search Engine Optimization
