 | February 7, 2013In an effort to help job seekers better understand what the skills and duties of an SEO Consultant are, Jill Whalen was "JobShadowed" about her career. Read More >> |
 | February 6, 2013High Rankings founder and SEO consultant Jill Whalen was asked by CIO Magazine to recommend some tools that she uses in her every day SEO work. Read the article here. Read More >> |
 | February 1, 2013eBizMBA created a list of the 15 most popular SEO websites using data derived from their eBizMBA Rank which is a constantly updated average of each website's Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast. Read More >> |
 | January 23, 2013From the interview: "Real estate agents should be writing for the searcher at the other end of Google. That person who has a problem or a question or some sort of need that brought them to the search engine in the first place. The idea isn't to try to please the search engine with your content but to provide the searcher with the information that they seek." Read More >>
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 | November 9, 2012The Content Equals Money blog interviewed High Rankings SEO Consultant, Jill Whalen about the relationship between content and search marketing. Read More >> |
 | August 10, 2012The Small Business Influencer Awards honor those who are influential to small businesses in North America, through the products, services, knowledge, information or support they provide to the small business market. Read More >> |
 | April 17, 2012In this SuccessWorks interview Jill shares information about her path to becoming a leader in SEO and answers questions about Google's latest updates. She discusses her perception of the SEO industry as a whole, including why truly good SEO copywriters are a rare breed, indeed. Read More >> |
 | February 17, 2012
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 | January 23, 2012Jill Whalen was extensively interviewed for this CIO Magazine interview about what to look for in an SEO expert. Read More >> |
 | September 2, 2011Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings, was extensively interviewed by Adam T. Sutton from MarketingSherpa for this article on how to protect your search rankings and traffic during a website redesign. SEO Redesign Consulting is a specialty of High Rankings, having helped a number of companies successfully transform their websites without taking any unnecessary hits from Google. Read More >> |
 | September 1, 2011Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings, was featured on this special 2 hour roundtable discussion on where content and search results are going in 2012 via mobile, local, segmented results and more. Listen to part one here and part two here. Read More >> |
 | August 12, 2011Jill Whalen was interviewed by Dianna Huff for her B2B Marketing E-Newsletter, "The MarCom Strategist" on how site architecture is a key component to all SEO website campaigns. (Scroll down after you click, in order to see the interview.) Read More >> |
 | July 17, 2011Nick LeRoy asked Jill Whalen a number of great questions about SEO and Social Media in this blog interview. Read the entire interview here. Read More >> |
 | May 4, 2011Marketing Pilgrim put together their top choices of online marketers to follow on Twitter with High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, making the grade. Read More >> |
 | May 2, 2011CEO of High Rankings, Jill Whalen, was interviewed on the inaugural SEO Radio Show starring Brandon Na.
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 | April 6, 2011SEO Consultant and High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was interviewed for an article on the Meta Description tag featured on the American Express OPEN Forum website. Read More >> |
 | January 30, 2011January 30, 2011 - A front page Business section story from the Sunday Washington Post newspaper regarding the possibility that Google is losing their battle with web spam, quoted Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings, who has been recently critical of the spammy results that often dominate Google's search results. The story referred to her " Open Letter to Google" which expressed her dismay that making the best website for people, no longer ensures a best position in Google. Read More >> |
 | September 12, 2010Jill Whalen and a distinguished panel of search marketing experts from around the world discussed what Google's new "Instant Search" might mean for SEO consultants and their clients in this Biz Growth News Webinar. Read More >> |
 | July 1, 2010Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings, was interviewed for an Inc. Magazine article How to Optimize Your Site for Search. Read More >> |
 | June 21, 2010Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings, did a two-part radio interview with Jim Blasingame from the Small Business Advocate for Forbes Small Business. Listen to the interviews here. Read More >> |
 | December 8, 2009High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was featured in an Entrepreneur.com article entitled, 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Site's Search Engine Ranking. Jill talked about the importance of installing web analytics such as Google Analytics on your website, as well as what one can learn from the data. She also discussed how to choose specific keyword phrases for each page of a website when setting out to optimize it for search engines and users.
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 | December 4, 2009
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 | November 12, 2009
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 | July 29, 2009High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, is chosen as one of 25 Very Smart Business Women to Follow on Twitter in Dianna Huff's B2B MarCom Writer Blog. Read More >> |
 | July 23, 2009
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 | May 28, 2009Jill Whalen was quoted along with 7 other internet marketing experts in Dan Greenfield's Bernaise Source Media blog in a post regarding how PR companies should be embracing SEO more readily. She was also quoted in Part 2 of the series on PR and Search Insights.
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 | March 31, 2009
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 | March 20, 2009The Profitable Consultant's Dianna Huff interviewed Jill Whalen via a podcast on a number of business topics.  Jill Whalen Interview Read More >> |
 | March 20, 2009High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was quoted in an article on TechRadar entitled, 10 essential free SEO tools to boost your traffic. In the article, she gave information on how to best use Google's free keyword research tool to describe your products and services on your website. Read More >> |
 | February 21, 2009Google Engineer, Matt Cutts, quoted High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, in his video explaining Google's new Canonical Link Element. Read More >> |
 | January 30, 2009High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was interviewed by Search Engine People. The conversation covered SEO Myths, unique selling propositions (USP), social medias effect on SEO and how one can make money with a website. Read the interview with Jill Whalen.
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 | January 19, 2009
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 | January 15, 2009High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was a featured guest on the inaugural episode of Vanessa Fox's "Office Hours" radio show on WebmasterRadio.fm. Jill discussed some of the easy things site owners can do for SEO which they often neglect, as well as numerous other SEO tidbits.
Listen to a recording of the show now!
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 | January 5, 2009Our article entitled " Scared of Social Media? You May Already Be a Pro!" was chosen as a best internet marketing post of 2008 by Techipedia. Read More >> |
 | December 31, 2008High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was quoted in the new " Understanding Digital Marketing" book written by Damian Ryan & Calvin Jones. In addition, Jill's article, "SEO Myth Busting" was also included in the book. Read More >> |
 | December 19, 2008High Rankings CEO was quoted in WebProNews article on Reputation Management. Read More >> |
 | November 24, 2008Jill Whalen was interviewed by Virginia DeBolt for BlogHer's Women in Tech Series. Learn about her background, her interest in SEO and how she manages to do consulting, website audits, teach classes, publish a newsletter and respond to questions in the forums on a daily basis! Women in Tech: Jill Whalen
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 | October 21, 2008From "The Jon Rognerud Elite SEO Interview Series": Jill Whalen. In this interview with High Rankings CEO, you'll learn more about SEO as compared with "common" knowledge. Read the Jill Whalen interview now.
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 | September 2, 2008Christopher Butler, a VP at Newfangled Web Factory, interviewed High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen regarding all things Web and SEO. Check out the interview here. Read More >> |
 | August 5, 2008Jill Whalen chats with Nick Wilsdon about a number of online marketing topics.
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 | August 5, 2008High Rankings CEO was quoted by Jeff Molander at ThoughtShape, regarding her thoughts on social media. Read More >> |
 | July 28, 2008Mike Dammann from Search Feature asked Jill a number of interesting questions about the SEO industry, as well as how to succeed in tomorrow's search marketing world.
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 | July 17, 2008Jill was interviewed at the Search Engine Strategies Conference on SEO Copywriting and Search Friendly Design. Read More >> |
 | June 25, 2008High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was interviewed for an article on PC World called " Get More Clicks in the New World of Universal Search." Read More >> |
 | June 20, 2008
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 | May 28, 2008Manoj Jasra interviewed High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, regarding her upcoming presentation at Search Engine Strategies in Toronto on SEO Don'ts, Myths and Scams. Read Jill's interview here. Read More >> |
 | May 19, 2008High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was quoted in 3 different sections of the 2nd edition of the Search Engine Optimization an Hour a Day book, written by Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin. Read More >> |
 | May 10, 2008High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was quoted in an Inc. Technology article on optimizing blogs. Read More >> |
 | April 22, 2008PC World columnist, Richard Morochove, mentioned the High Rankings SEO Forum in his article entitled, " Driving Site Traffic With Search Engine Optimization and Paid Advertising," as a great place to learn SEO tips and discuss search engine optimization techniques. Read More >> |
 | March 18, 2008
In this video interview, Jill talked with Mike McDonald from WebProNews about organic SEO and other things. Read More >> |
 | March 13, 2008Search Engine Watch's Ron Jones, spotlights a number of in-person search marketing training options, with the High Rankings SEO Class among them. Read More >> |
 | March 11, 2008High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was quoted in a .net Magazine article entitled, " The Hottest SEO Trends." The article revealed the latest tools and techniques in the world of SEO and provided valuable insights from Jill and other major players in the SEO industry such as Danny Sullivan and Matt Cutts of Google. Read More >> |
 | January 29, 2008Dr. Ralph Wilson and Jill Whalen discuss Google's new policy to reduce PageRank when they detect a website trying to manipulate rankings using paid links. Jill suggests showing care, using rel='nofollow' tags when appropriate, and making sure any paid links are in context. Watch the video now. Read More >> |
 | January 28, 2008Jill's article, The Art of SEO was voted one of the best articles of 2007 by Tom Pick of WebMarketCentral. Read More >> |
 | January 14, 2008In this audio radio program, Jill identifies the top five things you can do to improve your search engine optimization with her 5 tactics for on-page SEO success. Read More >> |
 | January 4, 2008In this episode Jill talks with Cindy Turrieta from eMarketing Talkshow about her new SEO training program at High Rankings. Jill shares some of the information she covers in her training with Cindy and the listeners including info on learning about how to diagnose website problems, keyword research and measuring success. Read More >> |
 | January 3, 2008Jill was interviewed by Michael Miller for his Online Marketing Heroes Book published by Wiley. This book focuses on today's most successful online marketers, with
up-to-date information and advice on current online marketing trends.
It includes 25 interviews with today's top Internet marketers -- email
marketers, web marketers, advertising executives, and the like.
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 | January 1, 2008High Rankings CEO, Jill Whalen, was interviewed for the book, Best Website: Simple Steps to Successful Websites authored by Nelson Bates. Read More >> |
 | December 6, 2007WebProNews sat down with CEO of HighRankings, Jill Whalen at PubCon 2007 in Las Vegas. Whalen gave some tips on how to approach copy writing for search engines.
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 | September 22, 2007Jill Whalen
was profiled in the Boston Globe's business section in an article
entitled "Finding the Keys to the Web." Jill discussed how she got her
start in SEO as well as the growth in High Rankings as a company. Read More >>
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 | May 7, 2007Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings, was interviewed by MarketingSherpa
about user-generated-content (UGC). Jill shared her 5-point model for
the success of her High Rankings Advisor Newsletter Q&A section. Read More >> |
 | May 6, 2007Jill Whalen was interviewed by Pandia Search's Per Koch at the NYC Search Engine Strategies conference. Jill talked about SEMNE, the search marketing networking organization for New England, as well as the High Rankings Search Marketing Seminars, and of course about SEO in general! Read More >> |
 | April 18, 2007At the SES conference in New York, Webpronews caught up with Jill Whalen, the CEO and founder of High Rankings, and talked with her about a few of these issues. Read More >> |
 | April 11, 2007 Jill Whalen answered a quick question in person on video with Webpronews at the Search Engine Strategies conference in NYC about changing domain names. Read More >> |
 | February 20, 2007Jill Whalen discussed search marketing for small businesses with John Jantsch from Duct Tape Marketing. ( Download the MP3 directly.) Read More >>
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 | February 5, 2007Jill Whalen was interviewed by Online Marketing Blog's, Lee Odden, regarding her upcoming High Rankings Search Marketing Seminar. Read More >>
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 | December 27, 2006From the Women of Internet Marketing interview: "Jill's probably one of the most well known faces in the Search Marketing Industry, and has always been one of the most approachable. I know from first hand experience, Jill a wonderful person and very patient with "newbees" to search, as demonstrated in her High Rankings Forum." Read More >> |
 | April 10, 2006Jill Whalen
discussed the ten tips to getting on the top of the search engines on
this 1-hour live Internet broadcast from Entrepreneur Magazine's E-Biz
Radio Show. ( Available by streaming audio in the archives.) Read More >>
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 | March 9, 2006Jill Whalen
was interviewed by Lee Odden for his Online Marketing Blog. The
discussion included whether ranking highly for the phrase search engine
optimization provided her with much business, SEO forums, SEO
fundamentals and much more. Read More >>
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 | October 16, 2005 Jill Whalen was quoted in the US News & World Report, in a short Small Business Watch article entitled "Searching for the Perfect Word Can Pay" Read More >> |
 | October 3, 2005Jill Whalen discussed site architecture as it relates to SEO on the 1-hour live Internet broadcast from World Talk Radio's eMarketing Talk Show. (No longer available by in the archives.) Read More >> |
 | October 1, 2005Jill Whalen
was interviewed by About.com's Wendy Boswell. Highlights include Jill's
SEO philosophy and definition of SEO, as well as what a typical day is
like for her. Read More >>
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 | June 1, 2005Jill Whalen
appeared on Search Engine Radio with Brad Fallon and discussed her 10
years in the SEO biz, as well as her thoughts on search engine
optimization in general. ( Available by streaming audio in the archives.) Read More >>
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 | May 1, 2005Jill Whalen and Karon Thackston discussed copywriting for your website on the 1-hour live Internet broadcast from World Talk Radio's eMarketing Talk Show. (No longer available in the archives.) Read More >> |
 | August 1, 2004Jill Whalen was quoted in the Ask Inc. section of the magazine. Read More >>
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 | May 3, 2004Jill did an audio interview with Bob Sommers from The Recognized Expert Marketing Show. The interview centered on how to optimize your web site for the search engines. It includes Jill's top 5 things you can do to gain how rankings right now! Read More >> |
 | April 14, 2004Jill was quoted in a an article in The Wall Street Journal entitled, "Some Web Sites Question Yahoo's 'Paid Inclusion' Plan" Read More >> |
 | December 1, 2003High Rankings was mentioned in the "Resources" section of the December 2003 issue of Entrepeneur Magazine.
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 | October 1, 2003Jill Whalen
was quoted as saying that companies should be spending as much money to
attract "free" searchers as they spend on paid search, in an article in
INC. Magazine entitled " Finding the Right Keyword" by Ellen Neuborne. Read More >>
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 | July 15, 2003 Jill Whalen was quoted in an article in CIO magazine entitled " Search engines -- The Art of Being Found." Read More >>
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 | June 30, 2003
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 | June 16, 2003Jill had numerous quotes in a 2-page article in The Wall Street Journal entitled, "Playing the Search-Engine Game." Jill talked about choosing reputable SEM companies. Read More >> |
 | June 4, 2003Jill Whalen was quoted in an article in the CMS Focus publication for the content management professional, entitled "Warning! Your CMS could damage your content’s health.quot; Jill discussed the importance of keyword research to all search engine optimization campaigns. Read More >> |
 | April 9, 2003Jill Whalen's " Nitty-gritty of Writing for the Search Engines" special report was a front page feature of the prestigious Internet Marketing Report print publication. The Internet Marketing Report is a " fast-read
source of ideas to help marketers differentiate their products and
services -- and achieve profitable growth for their companies." Read More >> |
| March 3, 2003Jill Whalen
gets grilled by Mike Grehan for his e-marketing-news newsletter at the
Boston Search Engine Strategies conference. As always, Mike G. is in
top hilarious form! Read More >>
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 | February 1, 2003HighRankings.com was the site of the month for February at up-and-coming directory, GoGuides. See the write up in the GoGuides Newlsetter. Read More >> |
 | February 1, 2003Along with the GoGuides site of the month, HighRankings.com was also the site of the month at another up-and-coming directory, JoeAnt. Read More >> |
 | January 21, 2003 Jill Whalen
was interviewed by Karon Thackston for her "Case In Point: Developing
An Ezine Built To Last" article in the January edition of her Business Essentials newsletter. Read More >>
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 | December 19, 2002Jill Whalen was quoted in an article in the Washington Post -- "Marketing Via the Search Engines." Read More >> |
 | December 13, 2002Jill Whalen was quoted in an article entitled "Google dominates searches - Google's gain is Yahoo's loss," in the Silicon Valley Biz Ink. Biz Ink is considered "The voice of the valley economy," rooted in the nation's most affluent and influential locale, serving Silicon Valley. Read More >> |
| November 22, 2002Jill Whalen begins a weekly series of "Sound Advice Audio Tips" on search engine optimization for What's Working in Biz. Each week, Jill will present a minute or two audio segment giving tips on how to optimize your site for high search engine rankings. (The first one is entitled, "Search Engine Optimization Myths.") Read More >> |
 | November 21, 2002 Jill Whalen
was interviewed by " Search Engine Blog" where she discussed her SEO
approach, her previous newsletter (RankWrite), and revealed her most
memorable conference experience. Read More >>
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 | November 3, 2002Jill was interviewed about search engine optimization on "The Computer Report" with Bill and Dave on WOTW Radio, in Nashua, New Hampshire. Read More >> |
 | October 14, 2002Jill was interviewed on "Geek Speek with Mark and Neil" on KDNK Radio, in the Roaring Fork Valley in Carbondale, CO. Read More >> |
| October 6, 2002Jill Whalen was interviewed by "Jason Anderson's Achieve Net Profits" ezine where she discussed the SEO process, SEO's bad rep, automated software and free- vs. paid-inclusion. Read More >> |
 | July 1, 2002Jill Whalen was quoted in an article by David Gallagher entitled, "Top of the Heap". The article chronicals David's quest to become the #1 David Gallagher in Google! Read More >> |
