If you're thinking that implementing the Rel-Author tag on your content isn't worth the trouble, Jill Whalen provides 5 reasons why it's super important. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Does link popularity take into account blog postings with your link and product information? What kind of weight does that hold? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Should Blog Reviews Use NoFollow Links? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

How has SEO changed for you over the years? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

What's the first thing you think of when writing with keywords? Probably one of the first is that keywords and phrases are descriptive of the products and/or services you're writing about. But what happens in those circumstances where you can't (or don't really want to) use your chosen keyphrases descriptively? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Blogger/Blogspot vs. Own Domain Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Adding value to your website through free articles, blog posts, videos, and any other type of content that may be helpful to those at the not-ready-to-buy-yet stage, is a great way to gain extra traffic. The problem (if you want to call it that) with all this "value-added" content is that it brings those very people who will rarely convert into a lead or a sale. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Today's feature article is a guest post from my friend and B2B marketing consultant Dianna Huff. If you're a B2B company in need of online content writing and marketing, you'll be in good hands with Dianna! In addition, she’s also hosting local, low cost, lunch time web marketing seminars in the MA-NH Merrimack Valley area. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

What's your best use of blog categories and tags? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

One of our connections came across a horrible website that copied our homepage and used it for their "About Us" page. What can we do about it? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

10 Ways I've Used Twitter This Month Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Do Search Engines Consider a Blog in a SubDirectory as Part of the Main Site? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Hi, my name is Jill, and I’m a %#@$ stirrer! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Last week I was speaking with a potential client in need of SEO consulting who told me that they had been working on their product part e-commerce website over the past few months by adding "SEO articles" to it on a regular basis. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

What's the most creative content you've added to a website that enhanced its value? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

If I add to a page of my website a widget that enables my blog to show on that page, do search engines recognize the blog content delivered via this widget? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Looking at the latest search marketing conference agendas, articles, and online news in the SEM space, it certainly appears that social media marketing and networking are the wave of the future. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Do you use "article marketing" as a form of SEO? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

If websites have links pointing externally, is there a difference when pointing to high- or low-authority sites? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

This week, I asked my Twitter followers:

How often should one blog? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Do you have any info on the issue of spamdexing – specifically the practice of adding keywords into text unnaturally and then emphasizing just the keywords (for example, boldfacing and/or italicizing them)? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Is it OK to have the same articles on your site as you do on your blog? And, if not, is it better to have a blog with a link back to your site, or to put the article directly on your site? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Read the responses to the Twitter Question of the week. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Have you heard about Google's new project called "SideWiki" yet? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Do you research keywords before writing a blog post or article? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Recently, an individual asked us to solve a problem for him. A member of his family had dealt with a certain company and, he said, was harmed as a result. This individual wanted to know how he could get high rankings for his blog when someone typed in the company's brand name. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Are the Title, Description and Keywords (the metadata) always the same for each blog post? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

My question is: How does Google know that the blog is part of my website if the address isn't under my website address or hosted by my server? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Today's guest article comes to us from Dianna Huff, Principal of DH Communications, Inc. Dianna specializes in B2B marketing communications consulting and copywriting, and is an all-around nice person. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Today I'll show you how to create your own social media monitoring and marketing strategy that complements your SEO campaign. While I'm going to talk mostly about Twitter, you can apply much of this info to other social media as well. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I'll admit it. I used to be scared of social media. I didn't know what it was, nor did I want to. I'm rarely an early adopter of anything; in fact, some might call me a Luddite. (Yeah, I still use my 1994 HTML editor!) Let's just say that I resist change with every fiber of my being. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I'm wondering if there is more link value provided by a new blog if it is hosted on an IP with a different C block than the IP address of the web site itself. The owner of the business would be writing the blog and sharing business expertise with the idea of building the brand of the business.

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Today's guest article comes to us from my friend and long-time HRA subscriber Jim Spencer, founder of JBS Partners  – a website design and marketing firm in Winchester, MA, that serves small business and solo entrepreneurs. I met Jim in person at a SEMNE (Search Engine Marketing New England) event.   Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I recently signed up as an advertiser with [a blog review website] so I could purchase blog review postings for one of my clients. After enrolling, I purchased a PR5 blog review posting at the standard PR5 price of $40. Eventually my offer was picked up by a blogger, but the review posting only stayed on their PR5 home page for one day as the next day it was shifted from the front page of the blog to an archived page that had a PR0. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

While this question may not be directly SEO-related, I'm wondering if there might be any negative SEO implications to including a social bookmarking and sharing button to the more popular pages on our website to leverage some of the popularity of social networking? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

To go along with our blogging theme today, I wanted to point out something that my sister Beth, CEO of Nobscot Corporation, is doing that I think is pretty cool. On her blog, she has told the world that she is on a mission to convince Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay, to mentor her! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Breaking an SEO news story certainly creates a stir in the blogosphere. But are all blog mentions good ones? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "siringo" says:

 

"I'm thinking of starting a blog hosting business. Not web site hosting, blog hosting. People will come to the site, select a blog template they like, I set it up and away they go."

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Pauline caught up with Jennifer Laycock, editor-in-chief of Search Engine Guide, in order to find out her thoughts on viral marketing and social media. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Our site has a blog which is www.blog.domain.com — should it really be www.domain.com/blog ? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

That's all for today's mini-newsletter! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Last night’s informal SEMNE meeting at John Harvard’s in Framingham, MA was a lot of fun! Lots of fresh-brewed beer and good company. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

"Ryan2" is also looking to build links and was wondering if it's okay to pay bloggers to link to your site. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>