Pest Blogging vs Guest Blogging: A Word of Warning
Posted: September 22, 2012 Filed under: Blogging, Content | Tags: blogging, Google, Google Penguin, guest blogging, myblogguest, outsourcing, penguin, SEO, spam 3 Comments »
Beware of who you email when it comes to guest blogging
For sometime now I have been trying to guest blog as a means of not only gaining links but increasing brand awareness with relevant audiences. However, I have recently been a victim of bad practices at the hands of a “summer intern” and been faced with the very same types of links that I have been in the process of removing for clients that have suffered from the Google Penguin update.
Although the problem has now been resolved (I have managed to get all of the links removed) I have learnt a valuable lesson about guest blogging. See below for my thoughts:
36 Content Strategies: Cool Content Curated
Posted: July 3, 2012 Filed under: Blogging, Content, SEO Reading List | Tags: business2community.com, content articles, content creation, content strategies, curated content, dynamic content, searchenginejournal.com, searchenginewatch.com, SEO, seomoz.org, useful articles Leave a comment »I’ve been thinking about content lately, I’ve been writing some guest posts and wrote a few pieces in order to attract readers/followers on Twitter for some clients.
And I’m starting to see how valuable, content can be and that when done right it can attract a lot of readers and can even gain natural rankings within Google. It is also good for attracting “trackback links”, which might not necessarily be the best type of links in the world (and are reciprocal) but nevertheless are extremely relevant.
Something I have realised is that great content takes more than 90 minutes to write, so put your stop watches away. If you want to write an amazing blog then you have to dedicate as much times as is needed in order to get it right. I recently spent about 3 hours writing just one blog post (for IT Rentals) and I think this post took just as much time.
So with content in mind here are some of the articles that have recently caught my eye.
What Is SEO Content? A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Content for SEO
10 Types of Helpful SEO Content - Search Engine Watch (SEW)
SEO Infographics: A Week In Pictures #9
Posted: June 17, 2012 Filed under: SEO, SEO Infographics, Social Media | Tags: branding, facebook, Google, Google ranking factors, Online marketing, SEO experts, social media gurus, social sharing Leave a comment »
Unhappy Feet: 79 Top Penguin Tweets, Blogs and Articles
Posted: June 10, 2012 Filed under: Content, SEO, SEO Lists, SEO Reading List, Social Media | Tags: Algorithm Update, curated content, Google, Google Penguin Update, Google Update, penguin articles, penguin blogs, penguin posts, penguin tweets, SEO 3 Comments »
With so much talk and buzz around the Google Penguin update, it is fairly easy for an important article to pass you by.
So I have compiled a list of the top 80 penguin SEO tweets and articles. These are some of the best resources out there and really should read if you are trying to recover from Penguin and want to know the best way to proceed.
4 Ways to Protect Your Website from Future Penguin Updates | Search Engine People | Toronto
4 Ways to Protect Your Website from Future Penguin Updates http://t.co/Vg2srkYJ #penguin #SEO via @senginepeople by @NickStamoulis
From: @cpvr Carlos Andrade Jr
What The Penguin? – State of Search
Ranking in Google after Penguin. « Jonathan Leger – SEO And Internet Marketing Blog
Terrible Tourism: Pitfalls of the travel and tourism industry
Posted: June 5, 2012 Filed under: SEO | Tags: holiday, holiday resorts, tourism, tourists, travel agent, vacation Leave a comment »
If you have ever been on holiday then you will have some experience of travel agents. On the whole they can be quite helpful and have even done some travelling themselves so they will know where best to visit.
But then there are also bad agents out there and if you have been unlucky enough to have spoken to one of these then your holiday may very have been ruined and you could have spent a lot of money on a holiday that wasn’t right for you. So, let’s assess some of the terrible issues within the tourist industry that you should be aware of:
Microblog – Guest Blogging
Posted: June 3, 2012 Filed under: Blogging, Content, Microblogs 1 Comment »I’ve been working on some guest blogging opportunities this weekend, so that’s why I haven’t written a blog. But I may put up my SEO Infographics post for the week, as I know it’s been a few weeks since I’ve done one.
Next week, business as usual and I’ll be back on the blog and on Twitter.
List of Lists – 80+ SEO Lists
Posted: May 25, 2012 Filed under: Content, SEO, SEO Lists, SEO Reading List, Social Media, Social Sharing | Tags: Blogging Lists, curated content, Facebook lists, Link Building Lists, Linkedin Lists, List of SEO Tools, List of Tools, seo lists, SEO twitter lists, SMO Lists, Social Media Lists, Twitter Lists, Twitter users 1 Comment »
Online Marketing New 
Share Building to become the new Link Building
Posted: May 20, 2012 | Author: Tudor Davies | Filed under: SEO, Social Media, Social Sharing | Tags: +1 and SEO, blog comments, Facebook Likes, link building, Link Techniques, Share Building, Site Links, Social Shares, tweets, Tweets and Rankings | 2 Comments »2012: Judgement Day for Link Builders
In the early days of the internet, when almost everyone had their own personal blog, linking was perfectly natural. If you saw some great content and wanted to share it then you would link to it from your blog and then all of your readers would follow the link.
Even blog comments were a natural way of connecting with like minded people and discussing a topic you’re interested in. You could even add a link to your comment and no one was cynical about your motives.
However, in 2012 things are a little different. Links are no longer given so easily on blogs and established websites; just because it is no longer necessary. The same is true of blog comments and blog comment links, it is out dated to discuss an article on site via comments and they are even seen with a certain amount of disdain.
So what has changed in the last 20 years? How have links become obsolete? And why may Google one day turn off their link algorithm? The simple answer is social media.
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