Image above added 2016, the rest written 9 years ago. SEO is persuasion. We live in a world of persuasion. Our attention is constantly being sought after. I see SEO as a tactical way to persuade someone to pay attention to a piece of information. Once I have their attention I want the person to perform an action, click an advert, add to rss feed, leave an email or … [Read more...] about The Talent of Persuading Social Tribes is more effective than pure SEO
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Popping the Digg Cherry
So we had our first Digg over at Web Design Book. Although I cannot claim to have wrote it, it followed a brainstorming session Rich and I had about social media optimisation and the best way to approach it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. … [Read more...] about Popping the Digg Cherry
The single most important factor in getting to rank
Tropical SEO "Getting high quality editorial links is currently the single most important factor in getting a site to rank." I would have to agree with Andy Hagens. Getting links from authoratative websites and blogs within your industry is the best way to climb those search engine ranking pages. Yeah sure, getting the right keyword in your domain and url is important. … [Read more...] about The single most important factor in getting to rank
62 posts on how to squeeze the juice from digg
2006 was the year of the digg. Virtually every website I read had a story, tips or a "how to game digg" story. Here are a bunch of my favourite blog posts regarding digg Stundubl Digg the new Google? Social Media Optimisation notes from Pubcon The Search marketers guide to Digg Etiquette for submitting stories to Digg SEO Moz Digg Predictions Linkbait Success Rates & … [Read more...] about 62 posts on how to squeeze the juice from digg