Frank Schilling’s blog is a great read. Published by Aaron WallContinue reading: Frank Schilling’s Seven Mile: My Favorite Domainer Blog

Post offering tips on how to gain the traffic and links associated with controversy while minimizing the potential associated damage. Published by Aaron WallContinue reading: Writing for Multiple Audiences

Free tips on how to cheaply extend the reach of a site selling premium brand ads in a high profit sector. Published by Aaron WallContinue reading: Extending the Reach / Circulation of a Web Based Content Site & Ad Network

A friend of mine found out about a product that was first seen by them from a spam comment someone left on my site. The product helped automate content generation and syndication, aiming to help new webmasters distribute slightly unique spam across the web. My friend gave that person his email address and they email […]

So, apparently Digg unbanned certain domains from having stories submitted but feedback I’ve been getting and direct observations show that any stories submitted from these allegedly non-banned sites are quickly “buried”. Connected Internet shows how the “Digg mafia” buried a story within minutes from their site. Pronet Advertising found evidence of a Digg “bury brigade”. […]

Today I noticed on a trackback link from Pronet Advertising that Digg has decided to un-ban a number of domain names. Neil Patel’s name is listed as the author of the blog post and he lists Online Marketing Blog at the top. I appreciate the heads up. I suspect there are people wondering what the […]

Singing the “SEO is dead” song is nothing new for Dave Pasternack, despite all the recent rounds of impotent cliches. I came across the article linked above over at SEO Today from Oct 11, 2005 where he talks about Yahoo Search Subscriptions and proclaims the following pearls: “Yahoo!’s new Search Subscriptions, now in beta, means two […]

Larry Chase has published Web Digest for Marketers for a very, very long time. What amazes me is that he still finds great online marketing resources to share. His latest newsletter shares 12 Insider SEO Tools & Tactics. HitTail - This tool reveals in real time the most promising yet least utilized keywords that drive […]

Extra, Extra, Read All About It! High Rankings Search Engine Marketing seminar is coming to Minneapolis March 15 & 16. More info here Jill Whalen is a pioneer in the SEO world and I am very honored that she has asked me to join her and the excellent group of SEO and PPC experts she’s gathered […]

It has been an interesting Monday to say the least. Our main company blog, toprankblog.com has been hit with a Denial of Service attack or something similar. I guess we found out how good or not so good the tech support was at our host. I should say our “old” host. After 5 hours offline and […]

Here is a list of the week’s blog posts over at Online Marketing Blog focusing on SEO, blogging and business of search marketing. SEMPO Board of Directors Nominees - Lee Search Marketing Blogs Update 012607 - Friday Search News 012507 - Content vs Links - The Lowdown on Web Designers and SEO - Recommendations for Collaboration Software Blogging in Different Languages Yahoo Adds Published […]

Here is a question about changing URLs that I recently received that I thought would be of use to others considering a similar situation: “We are considering changing our policy regarding URLs for sites. Right now each one has its own URL, i.e., domainname.com. We are considering changing them to: www.ourbrandname.com/olddomainname/. […]

A public relations associate recently shared the persistent question of a client that I thought I would provide an answer to here. Q: XYZ person and ABC company keeps talking about Page Rank. I have told him that we do not look at Page Rank in that way. Do you have a good […]

KBCafe is running their annual blog awards with quite a few categories to choose from ranging from best Web 2.0 blog to best basketball blog. Category #11 is for SEO Blog and Online Marketing Blog has been included in the running. I hope you like the work we do and vote for us! Published by TopRankContinue […]

This week’s roundup of blog posts over at Online Marketing Blog starts a whole new year for search marketing. 2007 Happy New Year! Video Interview on Transparency and Social Media Favorite SEO Blogs Will Blogsmith be the next big blogging platform? Must Read Search Marketing Blogs Reader Poll: Top Reasons to Let a Client Go Elements of Successful Client Relationships Search Marketing Published by […]

Search Engine Journal has announced the winner of the 2006 Best SEO Blog voting and the winner is SEOmoz. I would have to agree. I have mentioned over at Online Marketing Blog that I think SEOmoz is the best SEO blog on the planet. Apparently, quite a few people agree. Congratulations Rand!!! Tags: seo blogs, seomoz Published […]

Here is a roundup of posts from Online Marketing Blog this week: Blogs Rock for SEO, SMO and PR Lowdown on Spamming Social Media Will Google Squash Digg? Happy Birthday Online Marketing Blog! Dan Thies Calls it Quits ReviewMe Owner Sells Performancing Assets to PayPerPost Top TopRank Blog Posts for 2006 SEO Strategy: Zone or Man to Man? Playstation 3 Baby! Next week starts a […]

Search Engine Journal is running the 2006 version of their search blog awards with numerous categories and a super list of blogs. Everything from SEO, to SEM and affiliate marketing is represented. There’s even a write in for favorite search marketing podcast. TopRank has a spot in the Social Media Optimization category, so please round up […]

Over at Online Marketing Blog we’ve posted two new “Spotlight on Search” interviews. The first is with John Slade, Senior Director of Yahoo Global Product Management at Yahoo!. John answers questions focused on the new Yahoo Search Advertising platform also known as “Panama”. The second interview is with SEO and Online Reputation Management expert, Andy Beal of […]

Check out this Neil Patel photo from SES Chicago. Looks like a bit of role playing fun was being had - or more likely just a link bait contest. Published by TopRankContinue reading: Neil Patel

At Search Engine Strategies in Chicago I was able to do several video interviews with some of the top people in the industry for search engine research, SEO, blog marketing, social medial optimization and paid search marketing. Joshua Stylman and Peter Hershberg - Reprise Media Gord Hotchkiss - Enquiro Stephan Spencer - Netconcepts Neil Patel and Cameron Olthius - […]

Google has issued the latest Google Friends newsletter including: Google Maps click to call, Google checkout, mobile Gmail, Orkut and an updated Google Page Creator. Here’s the full text of the email: Click-to-call on Google Maps Google Maps isn’t just for searching local businesses anymore; now you can “click to call” the business listings […]

Much like jux2, URL.com aggregates rankings from Google, Yahoo and MSN. However, with URL.com, it shows you where each page ranks in each search engine. So if you want to see how ‘package testing’ is ranking for a clint, one search on URL.com will show you the positions in Google, Yahoo and MSN. […]

I thought the rest of this year was going to be smooth sailing as far as public speaking. Boy was I wrong! Last week I did two presentation for the VISI Data Center 2.0 event in St. Paul. The topic was, “The Truth About Search Engine Optimization” and it went VERY well. Sans the technical glitch […]

Search this, search that. All you hear about is search engines in the web marketing publications, forums and events. New owners of web sites are often told, “You’re going to have to wait a year before you can rank in Google. There’s a sandbox you know. You’re stuck using pay per click until […]

Gary Price has shared some interesting image type queries for Ask.com: watercolors of flowers Minnesota Twins logos Diagram of car You’ll see images first, then some ads and then regular search results below that. To the right are “Narrow Your Search” options, which look like clusters. So what’s the big deal? Ask.com discerns from your query that you are […]

I’ve seen others’ predictions that with the direction search engines are taking, search engine optimzation is going to become obsolete in 5 or more years. That’s not too risky of a prediction, since 5 years is literally the half-life of the entire search engine optimization industry. Five years is a lifetime in internet time. Do I think […]

There was lots of great coverage of the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose this week. Here are some sites to check out: Search Engine Roundtable Online Marketing Blog WebProNews Search Engine Journal Matt Cutts Search Engine Watch Blog The next SES conference in the U.S. is in Chicago this December. Published by TopRankContinue reading: Search Engine Strategies San Jose

Our search marketing agency has been making some adjustments to link building services and while auditing current tactics, came across a good resource listing some of the best directories for link building and SEO over on the Search Engine Watch forums. Directory listings rarely send unique visitors, but they are dectected by most search engine spiders. […]

Larry Chase has published Web Digest for Marketers for a very, very long time. What amazes me is that he still finds great online marketing resources to share. His latest newsletter shares 12 Insider SEO Tools & Tactics. HitTail - This tool reveals in real time the most promising yet least utilized keywords that drive […]