Myspace –> Facebook –> ??? - Three sure-fire features your social site needs to be next in line

I noticed a store in Sphinn about how Facebook might be losing some if its initial appeal. Looking at the “history” of social sites, there have been two extremely popular “Web 2.0″ ones: first it was Myspace, then it was Facebook. What’s next in line? And what will make it stand out […]

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My Xbox 360 had a Red Ring of Death (RROD) - what does this have to do with search marketing (specifically Online Reputation Management)?

So tonight I had some friends over and we busted out the ole’ wireless guitar for some Guitar Hero 3 action.  After the game loaded up, we heard an extremely funky noise come from the DVD drive.  It sounded, literally, like something just scratched the bottom of the game disc violently.  After this sudden audio […]

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Having dates in your urls is just about as cool as wearing Reebok Pumps when playing basketball… in the 21st century

Read this article by Aaron Wall over at Search Engine Land about reasons why not to use dates in URLs.  Unluckily for me (or, I guess you might say it’s good because I don’t have to write it all up!), I was going to write a post pretty much like his.  His four reasons as […]

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I’m going to attend SMX West in February - Hell Yeah!

Turns out I’m going to be attending SMX West in Santa Clara, California in February.  Gotta say, I’m pretty excited.  I’ve been to a couple of conferences (SearchFest and a couple of local Innotech conferences) but never one this big before.
I have yet to map out my plan of “session” attack… but I will post […]

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Wildly good rankings for wildly bad web pages - part 1

Often while I’m surfing the interwebs, I find that some web pages just don’t belong on the first page of search results on a given search term.  In this continuing series of epic proportions (of which I have no idea just how many parts I’m going to do… but with the number of pages out […]

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Steve Novick’s TV spot & differentiation of an overall message

I’m not one to be really caught up in anything concerning politics; it’s just something I’ve never truly been interested in.  But I have to say, local candidate Steve Novick has a TV spot that I find fairly effective.  You can see the embedded Youtube video on his ‘Novick for Senate’ site.
I think the commercial […]

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Who knew Twitter could be so useful?

Maki over at Dosh Dosh has written a post about 17 ways to use Twitter. SEVENTEEN ways. I currently use Twitter one way - to let those following me know what I’m up to. Aaaand that’s about it… (btw twitter-stalk me, even though I don’t use it nearly enough - Twitter: ChristianBk)

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Top 4 indications that your site needs some SEO help

I’m a big fan of lists. Though, not just a regular “top 5″ or “top 10″ - how about a list of the top 4 indications that your site needs some SEO help? Here we go:

Your home page’s title tag is “Home.” Well, that’s great and all… at least when I’m on […]

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My ugly logo / banner / big red thingy

There.  A big red, ugly logo has been created for SEO Hell Yeah!  I’ll admit - I’m a marketer, a writer, a creative thinker… but when it comes to designing?  I know how to make layers in Photoshop!  :)  Anyway, this will have to suffice until I can get one of my creative design friends […]

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SEO plugins ahoy!

Seeing as how SEO Hell Yeah! is brand spanking new, I’ve been able to download and install plugins that I’ve tested and used before for other Wordpress installs I’ve made.  A couple that are my two go-to SEO plugins - Ultimate Tag Warrior and SEO Title Tag - either are obsolete (in UTW’s case, Wordpress […]

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