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? ;)