I know we have all taken pot shots at the domain owners that spell things other than what they intended, but what is happening more and more are logos giving … well, a less than suitable impression. Here is an example: Attention Owners of MegaFlicks: Use a different font! There’s really not much more I […]
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Jerry West Resigns from StomperNet Faculty
[flv]http://www.seorevolution.com/event/focusing/focusing.mp4[/flv] On Sunday night after StomperNet Live8, I resigned from my faculty position. I want to publicly state before any rumors get started that this has nothing to do with my relationship with Brad Fallon or the direction StomperNet is going. This has to do with focusing on my core business and getting back to […]
Google Penalty?
During the “SEO Triple Threat” with Dan Thies and Leslie Rohde yesterday, I started going over the allinanchor check in Google … and “glazed” looks started coming from the audience, so I promised I’d do a video to show how to use “allinanchor” to see if you really have a penalty in Google or not. […]
Closed Door Event Recap
The night before StomperNetLive 8, I held a private event for guests and StomperNet members to give them three actionable items to improve their business. Here is a 15-minute segment of the one-hour presentation. [flv]http://www.seorevolution.com/event/event/event.mp4[/flv] There are no secrets to effective internet marketing, it is all based on taking action on simple “Marketing 101” principles. […]
Google “Slap” of Affiliate Review Sites
A few years ago Google first “slapped” thin affiliate sites with low quality scores, and now, webmasters are complaining again because their “high quality” review sites just got “slapped”. What do I mean by “slapped”? A Quality Score of 10 being reduced to 1. That’s a slap right in the wallet, because what use to […]
“The Best Of” Series
This morning I’m going to run through the most popular blog posts I have done over the last six months or so. Maybe you’ve seen these posts before, maybe you haven’t. At any rate, review them again as you should find at least one thing which will greatly help your businesss. Effective Outsourcing Tips – […]
Amazon Affiliate Tax Solution
[swfobj src=”https://seorevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/afflban.swf”] The following details the current “Amazon Affiliate Tax Issue” and what you can do as an affiliate to keep your business in business despite attempts from lawmakers to shut you down “inadvertently”. Note: It is HIGHLY recommended that you get an attorney to set this up for you. While this set-up worked for […]
Affiliate Marketing: Why State Lawmakers Are Idiots
If this comes off as a complete rant, so be it. I’m upset. I’m angry. Mostly, just when you thought elected public officials couldn’t get any worse, they do this. And I bet you if you look at their resumes, they were responsible for the construction of this child playground slide. What am I upset […]
Domain Name … Ten Things You Must Know
Scott Hendison, whom I have known and respected for years, wrote a post regarding Ten Things You Must Know About Your Domain Name. The main issue that most people have is that they have a lot of domains and they expire and get picked up by one of these “domain acquisition” companies who try and […]
eCommere, Shopping Cart, AutoResponder Recommendation
I recommend very few products, as I never recommend something unless I have severely tested it and I actually use it to make revenue in my business. One product that was an absolute “game changer” for me was 1AutomationWiz. I have been using the system since 2005 and saw a huge rise in my revenues […]
SEO Rainmaker Event Begins
Today starts my third SEO Rainmaker event with David Bullock. This time we are holding it in Nashville, Tennessee and we’re expecting a group of 38 business owners. Should be a great two days as always. Thanks to Don Schnure of 1AutomationWiz for his sponsorship of the event.
Link Counts Reduce in Google Webmaster Tools But Ranking / Traffic Uneffected
[swfobj src=”https://seorevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/seo-ban.swf” alt=”SEO Revolution Membership Reopened” width=”468″ height=”60″] This month has seen the number of incoming links displayed in Google Webmaster Tools greatly reduce, which has led to a lot of speculation and overall panic by many webmasters. After looking at dozens and dozens of my own domains and reading the public statements from Google […]
PageRank Sculpting – The Truth
Are you sick of all the endless rants on blogs, forums and articles on the latest “spin” on what Matt Cutts said or didn’t say at SMX last week? Me too. I purposely waited a week to comment to let the “idiotness” die down somewhat and also get Dan Thies‘ take on the whole situation. […]
Trouble Coming Up with a Killer Slogan? Review These Winners …
Coming up with your own killer slogan often is tough. I have found that when you review successful examples, your creative side starts to work in overdrive and writing your own slogan becomes much easier. I have compiled some of the best used slogans over the years from some of the biggest companies in the […]
Always Be Testing – Great Resource
My colleague on the StomperNet faculty, Andy Edmonds, has a solid blog regarding testing methodologies called Always Be Testing. If you happen to be advanced with a technical background, you will literally eat up Andy’s stuff. It is that good. For example, he has recently covered the Google Analytics API, SEO Position Plus, and his […]
FTC Change in Endorsements and Testimonials Policy
Last November, the FTC stated they were concerned over the sheer number of complaints due to false endorsements and testimonials on blogs, forums posts, and other web media. They proposed to change their policy and require major changes in the industry. They took comments from the public through March. Here is a brief summary of […]
Why Doesn’t Google Index the “@” Symbol?
With the rise of Twitter, and the heavy use of the “@” sign in Tweets, why doesn’t Google index this symbol to make it easier to find all references? For example a search for “mattcutts” and @mattcutts” delivers the same results. According to Matt Cutts, Spam Czar @ Google, the reason was intentional. Email addresses. […]
Google Penalty? Make Sure Your Site is “Clean”
All too often I get an SOS message with “My site has been penalized, what do I do?” First things first, check to see if your site is clean. How? Google has provided an easy way to do it. http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=webmarketingnow.com To check your site, just sub your domain for mine and if there are any […]
Google Penalty “Check List”
Barry Schwartz over at SERoundTable put together a solid Google Penalty “Check List” which I have added to: – Fix trailing slash duplicate content issue through a 301 (this is due to a Google indexing bug) – Fix ‘index.php’ duplicate content issue through a 301 (redirect this to the trailing slash: domain.com/index.php to domain.com/) – […]
“The Marketing Ambush”
[swfobj src=”https://seorevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/ban-rainmaker3.swf”] When you hear the word “ambush” what comes to mind? Warfare? Exactly. You don’t think of business but that is exactly what can happen to you if you are lazy and you become predictable in the market. Want Proof? This is a picture of a billboard in Southern California. You can tell it […]