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post The Joys of a Two Day Server Outage :: Social Blog Network News

February 25th, 2008

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Regular readers will have noticed that my blog has been inaccessible for two whole days. This was caused by a scheduled file maintenance operation that went wrong when one of the other users on my shared host having 12 million files in his account which made the file maintenance overrun somewhat!
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post Will Search Engines Ever Regulate Your Linkbait? :: Web 2.0 News

February 25th, 2008

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Posted by Jane Copland

"Avoid tricks," Google says, "intended to improve search engine rankings." Of course, they don’t mean it, or else we’d all be out of a job. When we explain what we do to people, we tend to use words like "tactics," "methods," and "strategies." The Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo is currently taking place in London. Search Engine Tricks wouldn’t sound so legitimate, would it? In fact, it sounds kind of fun, but a trip to the SET show mightn’t go down very well with accounting departments.

There’s an element of linkbait to most of what you compose online, and all of that can be viewed as a trick to improve search engine rankings.

But what of the methods - I drank the Kool Aid - that we actively use to promote linkbait for the benefit of search rankings? The things you do to a piece of linkbait with search engine results pages in mind aren’t usually for the benefit of humans, and this goes completely against Google’s next stipulation that you should ask yourself, "Does this help my users? Would I do this if search engines didn’t exist?"

There are a number of things I’d not do if search engines didn’t exist, but I may well still create linkbait. I’d be doing it for different purposes, and I wouldn’t include legitimate features such as carefully followed and carefully nofollowed links. I’d not waste thirty-five seconds of my life writing a good meta description that no one would ever see. I’d not care where my keywords were placed and I’d probably not even notice if I didn’t include any keywords at all on various pages.

An individual piece of linkbait’s manipulative qualities can be directly related to its relevance to the site on which it is hosted. I am not including viral marketing campaigns here, but solely attempts to acquire massive numbers of links from one piece of interesting content. In the end, off-topic linkbait’s results are much the same as paid link campaigns: a commercial domain goes from zero to hero without having improved its services one bit. However, in linkbait’s case, the manipulation and trickery is even worse, because many of the people who give a domain links don’t know that they’re bolstering its strength and ultimately helping it rank for whatever wares it pushes. The only reason why Google must ignore this is because the linking takes place by choice, using the editorial discretion of the linkers. There is no coercion and no monetary exchange.

Search engines could and most likely do work out which sites have benefited from linkbait: the increase in links would look very similar to that of a badly hidden paid campaign. I realise it’s a bit odd for me, a linkbait evangelist if there ever was one, to explain how Google could rationalise punishing or at least discounting linkbait efforts. However, it seems to me that there are a number of aspects of linkbait that aren’t ethical in the imaginary world where this page reigns supreme.

It didn’t seem that Google ever had much to say about linkbait, aside from that it was an acceptable practice. Quality content was quality content. While a site wouldn’t immediately rank first for "cheap airfares" when their linkbait was about presidential candidates’ lookalikes, the PageRank a site gained from its bait was fair game. If we are to imagine that Google will crack down on the relevancy of your linkbait in allowing it to gather PageRank, how should they determine relevancy? I am not referring to which search terms your linkbait will help your site rank for, but only the basic domain strength that a large number of links can build. Should this be strictly filtered?

It is also apparently fair game to link to anything from linkbait. Internal or external, followed or otherwise, it was up to you. However, could you make the case that linking out from linkbait to external sites is a manipulation of the PageRank you acquired through a potentially manipulative practice? Isn’t PageRank meant to be an indication not only of popularity but of supposed authority? Why should linkbait - the one night stand of web content - be able to pass on authority?

In reference to widget and badge-bait, Google recently stated:

"Widgets that are distributed with a link back to the site that created the widget are fine. However, going a step further and selling links to third parties is against our quality guidelines."

The case that this mystery Googler was commenting about didn’t actually involve the "selling (of) links to third parties," which makes me fear that search engines may begin cracking down on what you’re allowed to do with your linkbait in general. The legitimacy of the widget / badge case isn’t what I want to address here, but rather, the fact that Google recognises linkbait as a highly profitable linkbuilding strategy. And we know what they like to do to our highly profitable linkbuilding strategies.

The things we do (or the things we’ve see done!) with linkbait begin to feel a bit shaky when you take a look at them from a search engine’s perspective. 301 redirecting mini sites to commercial domains is generally accepted as a good idea. People just don’t like linking to corporate websites, no matter how good the content. Creating the content elsewhere, letting it reach its critical mass in terms of inbound links, and throwing it over to a company site has become a relatively standard practice.

Cameron Olthuis wrote about this just yesterday at Search Engine Land. There has always been an ethical question surrounding this, but its implementation has never been penalised. Hosting this content externally could be said to "help" users in that they’ll perhaps take more notice of it and "enjoy" it more than if it were surrounded by corporate branding, or even a corporate URL. However, once you start making clever with the 301s, you can’t really show how that’s helping anything apart from your link profile. In this case, you keep the content the same. When you change the content, you’ve moved on to the bait and switch.

There’s really no excuse for this one. You amass a lot of links to a page (with some sweet anchor text, if you’re clever and lucky) and then either change the content to a something from which you’d like to pull in business, or you redirect the page to a commercial one. It’s Search Engine Temptation Island. You know you shouldn’t, but it’s hard not to, especially when no one ever gets penalised for doing so. Will search engines end up penalising sites that switch content?

Total stretch, isn’t it? I know that I’ve wandered pretty far off into the hypothetical with this one. There is no way you would ever be penalised for creating great content. The thing that amuses my imagination is the potential rules guidelines search engines could come up with regarding what you should be able to do with your newly acquired strength and visibility.

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post February ‘08 Google Sitelinks Update :: StumbleUpon Update

February 24th, 2008

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There are a bunch of reports that Google has completed a Sitelinks update. More sites that never had these links, now have them. Again, the links below a search results are called Sitelinks. Many sites have 8, but you can have less. Here is a screen shot of our Sitelinks.

Google Sitelinks Update

Now, you can also access via Google Webmaster Tools Links section. But they are not always in sync with the live Sitelinks. The last large update was around December 2007.

The first reports came via WebmasterWorld on February 16th, but more reports came rolling in at DigitalPoint Forums yesterday via Dave.

Hope you got your Sitelinks!

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post 1:1 Interview With Search Marketing Authority and Visionary Hamlet Batista :: Social Blog Network News

February 24th, 2008

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Posted by Sean Maguire

Hamlet Batista working at NEMedia Headquarters

It was a balmy 85 degrees (30 C) on this late Friday afternoon as I arrived in the Dominican Republic’s bustling capitol city of Santo Domingo to meet with and interview search marketing entrepreneur, blogger, and industry visionary, Mr. Hamlet Batista.  With almost 10 million citizens, D.R. ranks number 82 in population among the 193 nations of the world. In quick fashion, Hamlet has established himself as a search industry "A-lister," due to the technical depth and visionary insight he has offered with article contributions and challenging, thought-provoking commentary on his personal blog as well as SEOmoz and other search industry community websites. While many readers recognize Hamlet as a frequent contributor and commenter on SEOmoz, what you may not know is that Hamlet is also the President & CEO of NEMedia, the developers of recently released SEO Automation Software, RankSense.

I originally contacted Hamlet requesting an interview to discuss his views on the current state of SEO Automation as well as where he felt the industry was headed.  I ended up with more than I bargained for. Hamlet not only agreed to the interview, but also invited me to visit and tour his corporate offices in Santo Domingo and to spend the weekend as a personal guest at his sprawling, luxurious golf resort villa nestled in the tropical, Caribbean seaside resort of Casa de Campo.

The following is a partial transcript from our extensive interview; providing some brief insight into this soft spoken and humble, yet intensely focused and immensely successful businessman. 

Enjoy!

Sean MAguire and Hamlet Batista

Hamlet Batista & Sean Maguire – The Interview @ Casa de Campo


Hamlet, first let me thank you for your generous offer to visit with you this weekend to learn more about your views on the search industry and particularly where you feel SEO automation is headed.

Thank you for visiting, Sean.  I know you pushed a lot of things aside to make it happen and it’s been great to have you here.

Hamlet, it wasn’t until after we first spoke that I learned you were based in the Dominican Republic.  As anyone who follows major league baseball knows, the Dominican Republic has a rich history of producing top quality professional baseball players such as Pedro Martinez, Vladimir Guerrero, Sammy Sosa, and the legendary Juan Marichal - just to name a few.  But search industry executives?  This is quite a surprise.

Yes. It does raise some eyebrows when we tell people we produce something other than great ball players. Dominican businesses are just starting to branch out into e-commerce, and with SEO/SEM our company is at least several years ahead of the local market.  It is particularly funny when I have to explain our SEO software business to banks here.

But the Internet is an international market, and my entrepreneurial dream has always been about developing amazing software. I soon realized that my technical background was not enough to create a successful product.  I needed to fund the development and I needed to learn to market it.  I was fortunate enough to stumble upon affiliate marketing in my early years.  It taught me so much about online marketing, while at the same time helping me to accumulate enough funds to create my software company.  As you know, RankSense was developed during the course of more than three years.

As an affiliate, it didn’t take long to realize that search engines were the best source of traffic and conversions.  After several months doing PPC profitably, I decided to learn and experiment with organic search and SEO.  The huge difference in returns between SEO and PPC made it essential to focus more time and effort on SEO and link building.  I can say that I would not be anywhere near where I am today if I had stuck to PPC.

While doing SEO, it also became common practice for me to develop custom scripts and automate many of the repetitive tasks.  Of course, I did hire smart people, too, as there are things like effective link building that require human interaction.  I am immensely proud and very fortunate I was able to assemble the development team that works on RankSense.

So, if I understand correctly, your early successes in search were based primarily around pay per click (ppc) as an affiliate marketer.  Is that correct?

That is correct. I have to thank Ken Envoy for his affiliate master course.  I don’t agree with some of the things I read (for instance, working on second-tier or third-tier PPC engines, as my tests proved their traffic is not very useful), but generally speaking I am glad that his book set me off in the right direction. As most things in business and life, you don’t know for sure if something will work or not until you test it yourself.  PPC teaches you a great deal and I suggest that every SEO should spend some time learning it. The biggest benefit is that it teaches you to focus on making money, not just on driving traffic to a website. You learn which traffic, ad copy, and landing pages convert versus that which is just taking up bandwidth. You also learn exactly which keywords are the most important.

When I started, I went after some of the most competitive keywords.  I managed to get several of my sites ranking for Viagra, payday loans, mortgage, life insurance, and affiliate programs.  Unfortunately, while advertisers pay between $5 to 15 dollars or more for those keywords, they are only profitable for the merchant that is directly selling the service or product; not so much for the affiliate.  That is one of the reasons I expanded my business by creating my own network and recruiting affiliates.

Another thing I learned while competing for such competitive, high traffic keywords is that automation is key to scale and being successful.  While my competitors were doing everything by hand or hiring countless staff to do the work, I spent time automating and improving the processes.  This was the premise of my original goal of developing software, and it made perfect sense for me to write a more useful and easy-to-use SEO product.

After some extensive discussion on Hamlet’s experiences and successes in PPC and Affiliate marketing, our conversation focused squarely on the hot and somewhat controverisal topic of SEO Automation.

Hamlet, yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with and talk to your development team in Santo Domingo and to gain some visibility into the current release and roadmap of your RankSense SEO Automation software.  While I must admit I was impressed with what I saw, there seems to be both vocal advocates and equally vocal opponents of SEO Automation software.  Bottom line - Do you really think SEO can be automated?

I think the problem is about semantics. When people mention SEO automation, many people think about a magical tool that automatically pushes any URL to the top of the rankings.  Most people would love to see such a tool (including me), but unless you are talking about black-hat SEO tactics, that is definitely a topic for science fiction. SEO cannot be completely automated at this time.

That being said, what is wrong with trying to automate as much as possible? I am really surprised when I hear pessimists speak negatively about SEO automation. I am positive that not a single one of them can do their jobs without using at least one SEO tool.  Think about keyword research, for example.

Automation is what man has been doing for the past few centuries.  Progress has to do a lot with efficiency, and that is what SEO automation should be like, too.

RankSense Developers and NEMedia Offices

NEMedia Corporate Office & RankSense Developers


So, if I understand you correctly, what you’re saying is that SEO can never really be fully automated; however, it is critical for SEOs, in order to remain competitive and to scale, to automate as many best-in-class SEO tasks as possible.  Is that a fair statement?

Certainly. In order to remain competitive and service the increasing demand for SEO services you need to automate repetitive tasks.  It also lowers the learning curve so that you can get new employees up to speed fast.

RankSense SmartView Screen Capture

RankSense "SmartView"


That’s a great point about the learning curve, especially when it comes to an SEO scaling their business.  What are those trends that you feel will drive a broad based adoption of SEO Automation software?

I think the first one is the pressure to compete. If your competitor is doing it and you aren’t, you are going to be at a disadvantage.  Another is the need to do more with less time and resources.  SEO software like RankSense can be used as a training tool so that you learn while doing it, but experts can also use it in order to accomplish more in less time.  It is a product that serves a broad range of needs.

Is RankSense a product for SEOs, Bloggers, Small or Large businesses?  What segment/s does RankSense primarily target?

At this stage, we are primarily targeting small business owners, but the software is designed with integrated support for copywriters and most blogging platforms too.  We also think it is very useful for SEM agencies and SEOs because they can do so much with it.  We started working on an enterprise edition of the software with a client-server approach, multi-user support, and more powerful reporting. That edition will be targeted primarily at ad agencies and larger accounts.

Without discussing specific companies, it seems that some SEO software companies have achieved some limited success.  Where do you think they are falling short?

We’ve looked at the SEMPO reports, and it is very interesting that SEO/SEM software companies command such a small piece of the pie. My bet is that they are not bringing enough value to the table or are too complex to use. Simply put, if the results are there, people will buy it.  On the other hand, if people have to spend two weeks in training to use a piece of software, the adoption rate decreases significantly.  Everybody wants a tool that they can use instantly and that delivers results.  We always kept those two things in mind while developing RankSense.

RankSense Various Screen Shots

RankSense - Various Screen Shots


As we both know, there are dozens of "SEO tools" on the market, whether they are web based or stand alone products.  What makes RankSense unique?  Does RankSense have any patented technology?

The biggest difference with RankSense is that it is more about making you a productive SEO than performing a specific SEO task.  We focus on results, not only the process.  I like to think about it like any productivity software—MS Office, Adobe’s Creative Suite, etc.  These products give writers and artists the tools they need to create impressive things.  RankSense does exactly that for SEO.  It is not so much a single tool as it is a productivity platform to research, play with ideas, and implement SEO on your site.  The results can be truly impressive.

On the usability end, RankSense has several innovations and patent pending processes that reduce or eliminate many of the technical aspects of SEO and, at the same time, offer a lot of convenience and simplicity as the software can make most decisions for you.  It treats SEO as a single process from start to finish where all the tools cooperate and work together to help you optimize your pages. So RankSense will be particularly attractive to non-technical people that want to learn or perform SEO on their sites.

Of course, for experts it can behave like a more traditional toolbox with all the SEO-related tools at your fingertips. Maybe I designed that part a little for myself. ;-)  I would say this is a higher level integrated SEO suite as opposed to the task specific tools on the market at the moment.

When did the RankSense product officially launch?

RankSense is already available for trial and purchase, but we have not officially launched the product yet. The plan is to do that at SMX West at the end of this month. We will have a booth (224) and we also plan to do a theater presentation on “The Future of SEO Automation.”

I understand RankSense has been more than three years in the making.  Clearly, you have a significant investment in the software.  As you introduce RankSense to the market, do you intend to continue funding the growth of the company internally?

Well, that was my original goal.  However, development took far more time and money than I was expecting.  I have made a lot of personal sacrifices to make this happen; my wife thinks I am crazy, of course! :- ) Moving forward, I will likely start looking for serious investors once the product has proven itself in the market and we have more realistic projections.”

Final question. Is there a way for SEOmoz readers and others in the SEO community test RankSense and see the product in action?

Sure.  We are currently developing a new site and new video for the launch, but they can go to www.ranksense.com right now and download a full featured free trial.  We also have an affiliate and partner program running for those that might be interested in earning commissions on sales of the RankSense software.

I’m sure many of the Mozzers will be interested in giving it a try and providing some feedback on their experience.  Hamlet, once again I want to thank you and wish you continued success with RankSense!

It’s been my pleasure.  Many thanks to you, Sean.

 

Sean Maguire is Managing Partner & Principal Consultant of 360SELL, Inc., a sales and marketing consulting firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. Full disclosure – 360Sell has provided consulting services to NEMedia.

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post Google Will Soon Be Storing Patients’ Health Records :: SEO Times

February 23rd, 2008

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Yahoo News reports that Google will be storing patients’ medical records while testing a health service. Health profiles will include prescriptions, allergies, and medical histories, and will be password-protected just as your Google Account is.

Naturally, this is having a backlash since it’s Google, after all, and it’s privacy. But some forum members suggest that the reaction would have been different if the company storing your medical history was not Google. Others feel that this is a bad idea overall and even if it wasn’t Google, they’d disapprove.

But some point out that this is an opt-in only program, so your health records won’t be available unless you want them to be.

For those who have opted in, however, there is raising concern that this is tied to your Google password, and Google doesn’t encourage separate passwords for any of their accounts.

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post The Thoughtful SEO’s Manifesto :: Google PageRank Update

February 23rd, 2008

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For many people, a manifesto is something to think about. For some people it defines a way of life. For a very few people it may become an object to be feared, disputed, and opposed. Like art, a good manifesto evokes some sort of reaction in people.

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post 50 Networking Thoughts Everyone Should Read :: Web 2.0 News

February 19th, 2008

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The Federal Bureau of Labor published a study a few years back that showed 70% of all new business comes from some form of networking. What other motivation do you need to start? Below are fifty thoughts to help you on your way. Before you read on,

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post Why The Vast Majority of SEOs No Longer Target Individual Search Engines :: Google PageRank Update

February 19th, 2008

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Rand Fishkin writes, "A long time ago (at least, in web years), search engine optimization required specific targeting practices for each of the engines.

Nowadays, most SEO is done with the same set of search-friendliness and search targeting sta

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post How To: SEO Web Design :: Search Engine Optimization Weekly Report

February 18th, 2008

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We take on a lot of SEO design projects where we help clients design sites from the ground up in a way that will be conducive to search engine spidering and eventually competitive rankings. You’ll often hear how search engine optimization shouldn’t

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post 5 Types Of Linkbaits That Actually Work :: Web 2.0 News

February 18th, 2008

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I’ve been looking closely at the trends on social media sites to see what kinds of topics are often voted up and appear again and again on the popular lists. And there are some topics that are clearly more popular from the rest among general geeks.

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post Google Analytics Tips - 5 Features You May Not Know About :: Digg News Central

February 17th, 2008

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Google Analytics is a great program that can do a lot more than most people realize. Here are a few features that you may not know about

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post Andy Beard Blocks Google with Robots.txt :: Social Blog Network News

February 17th, 2008

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In response to his growing concern over Google’s treatment of his site with regards to the paid links issue, "I have spent a long time deciding on a course of action, and have decided that blocking my content using Robots.txt is ultimately better fo

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post Google Begins Testing Video Ads in Search Results :: StumbleUpon Update

February 16th, 2008

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The blogs and news sites are buzzing about a NY Times blog post that has official word that Google started “testing video ads on some pages of search results,” yesterday. I have not seen any examples of this test in any of the forums I track, so this must be an extremely limited test.

We knew that Google would be trying these ads out for a while now. It will be interesting to see the implementation. Remember the when we discovered that Google Places Image Ad in Search Results! Maybe it will be like that? Here is a picture:

Google.com by rustybrick, on Flickr”>Image ad on <a href=Google.com“>

Or maybe they will be along the right hand side? I doubt we will see adds between the organic listings.

Danny Sullivan has word on the pricing model, explaining advertisers pay on a CPC model. We do have some older data on Google video metrics within the AdSense network. Plus Danny has some more examples of what these ads may look like, but who really knows? As soon as I see any, I will post them here.

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post SEO’s Unite! Our future depends on it! :: MSN/Live Search News

February 16th, 2008

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SEO’s need to unite before the wanton greed of big business takes the control from out of our hands.

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post Viral Marketing Idea Friday - Financial Planning Company :: MSN/Live Search News

February 13th, 2008

Filed under: phoenix search engine marketing greensboro — admin @ 8:03 pm

Thanks to Paul for submitting this last Friday in the form of a comment. This one I have so many ways to run with, that I actually had a hard time narrowing it down. I think I will give more examples of what a Financial Planning Company/Industry can do with viral marketing in […]
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