Comments on: Search Engine Optimization Jacksonville – Hometown Scams

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:45:28 +0000

Great Post & Nice a site

By: Lenny Hursh

Lenny Hursh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:36:13 +0000

I was wondering if you allow advertising on this site – because I’d be interested in talking to you!

By: High

High — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:23:21 +0000

Cool. i like it. i really like it.

By: Communibus Locis

Communibus Locis — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:52:49 +0000

We’ll find out together…check my new post on “Sitting at the Feet of a SEO Guru”.

By: Alysson

Alysson — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:51:19 +0000

And, just for the record, I went a bit overboard with the bolding of target terms on this post because I’m trying to see if there’s a threshold can be crossed where it actually hurts rank.

I normally wouldn’t use it so excessively and concentrate it so much early on in the post. Figured I’d clarify…

By: Alysson

Alysson — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:48:38 +0000

Yeah, I found that cheat sheet months ago and loved it, too. I felt like I just kicked the crap out of a leprechaun and stole his pot o’ gold.

It has come in handy on more than one occasion since – especially when I worked for a company that liked to question everything I said…even something as simple as canonical URL issues.

And its amazing how things can change when “The Sith Lord” himself wants to do something that has been established to be “less than optimal”.

By: Communibus Locis

Communibus Locis — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:38:34 +0000

I thought so but wasn’t sure, thanks!

That Cheatsheet is GOLD! I’m so sorry that I didn’t have it before.

Most of it I know but the recommended “Title Tag Sequence” of “Keyword < Category | Website Title” is something that I’m going to review on my blog.

Oh and the 100 links on a page thing was just “reviewed” by Matt Cutts on his blog this week.

It seems as if the Sith Lord himself wanted to post more than 100 links for a post…

By: Alysson

Alysson — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:56:04 +0000

No reason to apologize, Communibus. The school of thought behind placing target terms in bold is that it calls more attention to those terms when the information is being indexed - somewhat similarly in concept to the way using headings does. I have tested the theory on posts using and not using strong or bold tags and having that emphasis does appear to have a positive impact on rank. That best practice is also included in the SEOmoz Web Developer Cheat Sheet, so it appears I'm not alone in my contention that it has a positive impact.

By: Communibus Locis

Communibus Locis — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:46:47 +0000

Ok, here is a beginner question:

I noticed that you have “search engine optimization jacksonville” in various forms in your post using the “strong” tags.

I’m assuming that you gain some sort of boost from that?

Sorry for the beginner question but I just am confirming.

Communibus

By: Alysson

Alysson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:20:04 +0000

Yeah, the more morons there are out there scamming people, the smarter we look in the long run. Too bad so many small business owners have to learn this lesson the hard way!

Some of them are even idiotic enough to have the details of the scam brought to their attention and continue working with the company anyway. Ah well…you can’t protect people from their own stupidity, right?

By: SEO Honolulu

SEO Honolulu — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:12:15 +0000

This is what happens when a web designer that did well in Alta Vista back in the 90’s refuses to step up and learn what’s new.

Now in the case of this company (I think I remember commenting on them keyword stuffing their CSS file.. same idiots?), they were betting the farm on local search alone. It would have better served them (maybe) if they were a company that couldn’t offer their services beyond a local scope, but clearly these guys missed the memo on that one

Hell, I’m surrounded by clowns like this out here in Hawaii but eventually I realized that they’re not competition.. they just make me look better LMAO!!

By: Alysson

Alysson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:31:36 +0000

You’re a funny man, John…a funny man. Based on search volume, there’s clearly a massive market for search engine optimization here in Jacksonville and I’ll be rolling in dough in no time – I certainly hope that everyone picks up on my sarcasm. I’ll let you keep “Florida Search Engine Optimization” all to yourself.

By: John Santangelo

John Santangelo — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:16:32 +0000

Hey, once you dominate Jacksonville Search Engine Optimization, don’t forget about Florida Search Engine Optimization. oops! I’ve said too much. I’ve spilled my super high-converting keywords!

By: Alysson

Alysson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:03:07 +0000

HAHA! I know, right? Stalkers is more like it. If they’d spent half as much time learning about SEO as they did stalking me online, well…maybe they’d actually know something about SEO!

We’ll have to see how long it takes for this post to outrank them, too. Between the two of us, hopefully we can prevent some small business owners from falling victim to shenanigans here in our very own home town.

You know I’ve always been a “call a horse’s ass a horse’s ass” kind of girl. That will never change. Thanks for your encouragement and support. I appreciate it!

By: Josh Garner

Josh Garner — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:50:55 +0000

Hey, tell your readers that they aren’t on top anymore, I am

And now that I am, I can attest that the term is useless. No traffic. At least not worth the effort it would take to get there. Time was better spent elsewhere.

Good post. You just keep doing what your doing. Really, people like it better when they are getting quality service than lip service.

Josh Garners last blog post..Calling SEOs, What Can You Handle? [POLL]