Google’s Matt Cutts explains on the latest Webmaster Help Video that Yahoo, Best of the Web, other Web directories with an editorial process are not considered paid links. This is because they have guidelines that need to be met and will reject low quality submissions if they don’t meet the right criteria. This is very […]
Matt Cutts on Why BOTW and Yahoo Directory aren’t Paid Links Read More »
I haven’t been a big sports fan for some years now, but when I heard about Gary Papa’s passing today, I got quite choked up. Growing up in the Philly area and later becoming a journalist myself, I always looked up to the local newsmen as role models. Gary was one of them. His demeanor
Gary Papa of 6 ABC Fame dead at 54 today from Prostate Cancer – RIP Gary! We’ll Miss You Read More »
At Google’s I/O conference Matt Cutts and the search quality team answered questions and shared insight on Google search, how Googlebot sees sites, and how sites should and shouldn’t be structured. It’s a long video but worth a watch. Post your comments below. See more videos from the Google Developers I/O conference.
Google’s Matt Cutts gives some insight into Websites and Searchability – Pros and Cons Read More »
With the recent turmoil in Iran over the election results, there is much talk and communication on the Interwebs about what’s going on over there. It is important that the truth gets out. Please if you’re going to Tweet or participate in ANY WAY, please follow these basic guidelines: The purpose of this guide is
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Google’s Matt Cutts on the Google Webmaster Tools Help YouTube channel says that regardless of how you construct your site, either in a CSS-based layout or a Table-based layout, Google will be able to find and index your content. Please keep this in mind that Cutts says in the video that regardless of which way
Twitter, Facebook, Social Media, these are all great tools for communicating. It’s natural to want to sell and make money of these platforms, but there is a way to do it and outwardly trying to sell and over-sell is not the way to do it.
Twitter and Social Media is about Relationships and Networking not Sell Sell Sell Read More »
Thanks to @waltpsu for sending me this link. Veronica Belmont does a daily tip segment for the ever popular Tekzilla show on Revision3. This tip was on itpints.com a new type of real-time search engine. When she demonstrates it my tweet shows up along with others! Wow too cool. The clip is below:
My Tweet on an Episode of Tekzilla Daily Read More »
This morning at 12:01am all hell broke loose over the social web. Over Twitter the discussion of user names on Facebook was the hot topic. People came in from the bars early (according to their posts) to get their user names. From my point of view everything went well. I ended up getting https://www.facebook.com/sethmgoldstein ,
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On their WebmasterHelp Channel, Google’s Matt Cutts explained a way to get links back to your site (linkbait) without nefarious, devious actions on your part. He gives an example of a site that combines Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and Twitter. It’s an interesting example of how one can linkbait without going to the darkside. Watch the
Whitehat Linkbaiting from Google Read More »
Most of us know how hard it is to participate in a large lecture class when there is a discussion. Often times students are timid and don’t want to talk in front of 90+ students to voice their opinions. Enter Twitter… the 140-character microblogging service allows one History class at the University of Texas in
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