Monday, July 13, 2009

SEOExplore Search Engine Marketing Resources

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Friday, November 21, 2008

SEOBook - The Art Of The SEO Proposal

Concise article providing tips and advice on creating an SEO proposal for clients and maintaining ongoing work with the client:
The Art Of The SEO Proposal

Search Engine Journal - 4 Tools Visualizing Domain Backlinks

Nice post about graph based tools you can use to investigate competitor backlinks:
4 Tools Visualizing Domain Backlinks

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Search Engine Journal - FireFox Addons to Explore Backlinks in Google Webmaster Tools

List of good addon tools to use to explore and identify links for your link building campaign:
FireFox Addons to Explore Backlinks in Google Webmaster Tools

Search Engine Journal - Link Building Reports That Make Your Client Happy

Article listing a number of methods you can use to produce a link building report for your clients:
Link Building Reports That Make Your Client Happy

Wordtracker - Father of Link Building, Eric Ward, Reveals His Link Building Secrets

Eric Ward provides a detailed link building interview, some real gems of advice are included:
Father of Link Building, Eric Ward, Reveals His Link Building Secrets

Friday, November 7, 2008

Link Building Best Practices - An SEO is Not a Link Builder

Interesting viewpoint of the differences SEOs and link builders have in terms of personality types:
An SEO is Not a Link Builder

Search Engine Journal - Backlink Research : Essential Checklist

Another great link building article by Ann Smarty of Search Engine Journal. Gives some good guidelines and tool links for examining your competitor's external links:
Backlink Research : Essential Checklist

SEOptimise - Are Google Now Penalising “Free Gift” Blog Reviews?

Interesting take on the possibly that Google is now penalizing some sites that set up gifts for reviews with links. Since this is one of the oldest traditional marketing techniques adapted online it seems like a penalty that would be a hand edit not automated by Google. How difficult would it be to decide what is a gift review? Time will tell:
Are Google Now Penalising “Free Gift” Blog Reviews?

Friday, October 31, 2008

SEO 2.0 Blog - The 7 Simplest Ways To Lower Your Bounce Rate and Get More Conversions

List of seven ways to help your bounce rate lower and increase conversions:
The 7 Simplest Ways To Lower Your Bounce Rate and Get More Conversions

That Pam Chick Blog - Scary SEO 2008 Presentation: Dealing with Unhappy Clients

Good outline of specific steps to take when dealing with an unhappy client:
Scary SEO 2008 Presentation: Dealing with Unhappy Clients

Get Elastic The Ecommerce Blog and Adviso Blog - New Features of Google Analytics

Detailed accounts of the new Enterprise Class features offered by Google Analytics, the Get Elastic post has video instructions included:

Get Elastic The Ecommerce Blog - New Google Analytics Segmentation Feature Rocks for Ecommerce
New Google Analytics Segmentation Feature Rocks for Ecommerce

Adviso Blog - Google Analytics rolls out Enterprise Class Features
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Friday, October 17, 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008

Search Engine Guide - A Case Study of SEM Campaign Failure and Client Refunds

Interesting case study of unhappy clients in two separate PPC campaigns and how they were resolved:
A Case Study of SEM Campaign Failure and Client Refunds

SEOMozBlog - Link Forensics: Finding Shady Links Before Taking on New Clients

Good article on checking the previous SEO for prospective clients, some good advice on links checks and discovery of cloaking techniques:
Link Forensics: Finding Shady Links Before Taking on New Clients