Posts Tagged: SEO Notes

SEO / San Diego — 5 Comments
20
Oct 09

SEO by the Hour? I Don’t Get It

I noticed quite a bit lately that some people don’t understand the concept of SEO services by the Hour. It’s actually a really popular question potential clients ask me. So, I figure let me take a stab at answering the question here in a blog post.

First, let me add, that I hate my domain SEObytheHour.com. I feel it limits what people think I can offer them. Plus it’s rare you can really charge SEO by the Hour. I just bought the domain some years back (because it sounded cool), built some links to it, played around with it and viola, it’s getting action.

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SMO — 18 Comments
19
Aug 09

15 Video Bookmarking/Networking Sites Worth An SEO’s Time

Here is a list of all the video networks worth an SEO’s time. Not only because some may offer followed links, but because of their popularity, ability to be viral and their chances on the search engines. The followed backlinks are just bonuses from some of the networks.

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Link Building — 53 Comments
5
May 09

Link Building Expert Tips – Backlink Reporting

Before starting a link building campaign, record how many links you have according to Google, Yahoo! and any other backlink checker you can count on. Record how many links are pointing to your competitors as well. There are several reasons why you want to do this…

  • Sets a benchmark; either to have more links than you had before by a certain time or to see if you can get more links than your competitors.
  • You can gauge yourself compared to your competition. You can get an idea on how many links you really need to compete for various terms.
  • If incorporating title tags (given by Yahoo! to export), you can see just how relevant the linking sites must be compared to your competition
  • If incorporating other metrics like anchor text, you can see just how many links saying your targeted keyword, you’re going to need.
  • If presenting to someone, you can show proof that link weight is what they need to even have a chance in the search engine popularity contest.
  • If reporting to a client your link building service progression, you can show how many links (recognized) you’ve acquired over any given time.
  • Main Reason – To see why you’re not #1

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SEO — 12 Comments
5
May 09

Slightly Hidden Content – SEO [IM Chat #1]

I know many of you SEO’s feel the same or experience the same thing…

You know more about SEO and computers than everyone around you, so you’re “Mr. SEO know it All” that has to answer every computer related question for friends, family, and co-workers, even if it has nothing to do with SEO. But every once in a while a buddy of mine will ask me a SEO question on IM and I take on the role of Mr. Know It All James-SEO.

[11:15] seobuddy: hey james…do you have a minute to look at a site for me?
[11:16] James-SEO: sure
[11:17] seobuddy: Here’s the site

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SEO — 10 Comments
4
May 09

SEO Rambling #6: Content Writing – Grammar

Anyone that has been writing papers in Word doc over the years may have noticed some changes in Microsoft Word since Windows and Office 95/98. Actually, Word has upgraded tremendously since. 1 upgrade I want to talk about today is the grammar check. You can tell that Windows is more sophisticated in recognizing errors (spelling and grammar) now.

word msn seo

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SEO / San Diego — 9 Comments
4
May 09

Been Busy with SEO, But I’m Back (Selling Out)

Since it has come to my attention that some of my followers still think I work at MEA Digital, I decided to post an update. I’m no longer an Online Media Specialist at MEA Digital. I quit back in December 2008. Since then I’ve been working as a link building specialist ;) at SEO by the Hour in San Diego, CA. I’ve been keeping busy with affiliate marketing and other website duties since the turn of the year.

Because I haven’t cared enough about this blog to make it a money maker, I’ve been neglecting it…

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Local Marketing — 10 Comments
25
Aug 08

Local SEO Tips Pt. 1 of 3 – Creating a Profile

I have helped a number of websites get on top of Google’s local business results (just above the organic listings) by doing pretty much the same optimization strategies to all of them as I would to a regular web site. This blog post will show you how to create a SEO’d profile that has the best chance possible to rank on Google’s local business.

Local SEO - Business Results

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Pay Per Click / SEO — No Comments
1
Aug 08

Back to Taking SEO and PPC Notes

I haven’t written a post in a long time. Recently I have been investing my time into other tasks that add money to my pockets. I can either spend a hour writing a post that may contribute to making the SEO & PPC industry more competitive or work on a client or affiliate that has been faithfully paying me a check every month, what would you choose?

However, my name is all over this blog so I feel I have no choice but to maintain this blog and at the same time, maintain my name’s reputation. Originally, this blog was created to rank #1 for ‘james harrison‘, serve as a place to post my SEO & internet marketing notes, and possibly learn from contributors visiting the site. I believe that the SEO world is ever-changing and expanding therefore there is something to learn everyday and if I want to be successful I must continue to learn. I may not be making money from this site in the short term however I believe the knowledge I acquire from teaching and sharing information will give me a competitive edge in the future.

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