How many linkbaiters does it take to change a light bulb? 2, one to climb the step ladder to put the bulb in, the other to kick the ladder away, take a photograph and submit to digg reddit and stumbleupon. … [Read more...] about Link Building Humour
Short is not simple, it's essential
Should we twitter like we blog and blog like we twitter? Is brevity needed to cut through the information haze? If my twitter stream becomes a stream of consciousness, my blog can be more like my twitter stream used to be. I'm shortening my blog posts Reducing the amount of links in my twitter stream Twittering what I think I want to hear Increasing more links in my … [Read more...] about Short is not simple, it's essential
Link Building Brain Cells, Blown at SMX London
I will be speaking at the Search Marketing Expo, in London, May 19th, 2009. The panel is , "Blow Your Mind Link Building Techniques" and I will be sharing it with Patrick Altoft, Rand Fishkin and Pete Wailes. Most of the presentation is ready to go, but I am going to be using my Twitter account to do a little tinkering, throwing out some ideas and generally using it as a … [Read more...] about Link Building Brain Cells, Blown at SMX London
How PR Should Not Build Relationships With Bloggers
McGrath worked at a PR agency and sent out the usual PR request to bloggers to generate a bit of buzz. One blogger, Borsch, got pissed and sent a not too happy email back. McGrath acted like a decent human being and apologised and asked how he should go about it. Apparently this is against the PR professionals code. Mashable writes After McGrath?s email exchange with … [Read more...] about How PR Should Not Build Relationships With Bloggers
Feed your Friends, Starve your Enemies
It's an ancient tactic and one which works online as much as anywhere else, even more so. When someone links to this blog with content above a certain quality threshold I will Stumble, Sphinn, Delicious that content. I may even Twitter if the content is appropriate. The reason being is to boost the power and authority of that page and the link. Also, some traffic will … [Read more...] about Feed your Friends, Starve your Enemies
Analysis of an SEO story going Viral on Twitter
I tweeted, The Future of seo. From one of the UK's top seo companies, Freshegg.com The following retweeted the story. Catnboots lloydcooke webaddict mimojito tyno BWelford Bukowsky notifyneal casspa The total number of followers these account represents around 21,000 people. Is there going to overlap, as in the same person following twice? Probably. Are everyone of those … [Read more...] about Analysis of an SEO story going Viral on Twitter