Rocky Mountain Search Engine Academy https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/ Mon, 21 May 2018 03:02:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-rmsea-favicon-32x32.png Rocky Mountain Search Engine Academy https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/ 32 32 The Mysterious Greenish Speckled Monkey Cobra https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2018/04/05/mysterious-greenish-speckled-monkey-cobra/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2018/04/05/mysterious-greenish-speckled-monkey-cobra/#respond Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:12:31 +0000 https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=3095 What is the The Mysterious Greenish Speckled Monkey Cobra anyway? Well, it’s simple. It’s a mythical beast that has been created for the sole purpose of demonstrating the ease with which you can rank your page for commercially worthless keyword targets. Gosh I hope I can make number one for Greenish Speckled Monkey Cobra! telacologicalness  

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2018/04/05/mysterious-greenish-speckled-monkey-cobra/feed/ 0 I Wish I Had Made this Infographic https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/12/05/wish-made-infographic/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/12/05/wish-made-infographic/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2014 18:13:33 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2854 by bobbybernethy.

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/12/05/wish-made-infographic/feed/ 0 Is There a Perfect Blog Post? https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/05/13/perfect-blog-post/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/05/13/perfect-blog-post/#respond Tue, 13 May 2014 12:02:18 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2729 Recently Blogpros.com put up an interesting infographic with the title “What Makes a Perfect Blog Post?” (see below). Now, I have no illusions that James Parsons, the creator of the blog post and a savvy blogger in his own right, really believes that there is an entirely “perfect” blog post, but the statistics in the […]

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/05/13/perfect-blog-post/feed/ 0 Hey Google, What’s Wrong with Artificial? https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/04/28/hey-google-whats-wrong-artificial/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/04/28/hey-google-whats-wrong-artificial/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:05:04 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2674 And Do You Really Want a Truly Natural Search World?  Really? Before I begin ranting (I really don’t see how I can avoid at least a bit of ranting), let’s start with a fun exercise with search syntax. Ready?  Here we go…. Paste the following snippet into your Google Search bar: intext:”matt cutts” intext:artificial|unnatural -intelligence […]

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/04/28/hey-google-whats-wrong-artificial/feed/ 2 Rocky Mountain Search Academy Introduces its First Online Course https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/01/23/rocky-mountain-search-academy-introduces-first-online-course/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/01/23/rocky-mountain-search-academy-introduces-first-online-course/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:28:17 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2638 Real World SEO Essentials We maintain that for some folks the ultimate educational experience is one-on-one, which is why we’ve always had an emphasis on workshop-based SEO instruction.  In a workshop setting students are immersed in the material and can interact with the instructor, something that online instruction has yet to entirely replicate. At the […]

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2014/01/23/rocky-mountain-search-academy-introduces-first-online-course/feed/ 2 Google’s Turnabout on Fighting Child Pornography https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/11/18/googles-turnabout-fighting-child-pornography/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/11/18/googles-turnabout-fighting-child-pornography/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:18:21 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2558 In case you weren’t aware, Google (Bing also) has not been exactly cooperative in the fight against child pornographers. Their do-no-evil policy apparently doesn’t apply to facilitating the development of perverts. Finally they’ve announced that they will start blocking searches and images that they can identify as falling into the child pornography category. http://bit.ly/HVgsww I’ve […]

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/11/18/googles-turnabout-fighting-child-pornography/feed/ 0 Google’s Angry Apostates and the Expensive New World of Internet Marketing https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/11/08/googles-angry-apostates-expensive-new-world-internet-marketing/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/11/08/googles-angry-apostates-expensive-new-world-internet-marketing/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:28:45 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2536 The World of SEO is angry. The URL says it all: http://www.sitepronews.com/2013/10/28/google-death-evil/ A lot of people have shared the above link to a post by New Zealand SEO veteran Ben Kemp, who openly contemplates a “forced” retirement. Along with the post it’s fascinating, and a bit overwhelming to read all of the comments attached to it, […]

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/11/08/googles-angry-apostates-expensive-new-world-internet-marketing/feed/ 2 SEO Guarantees – If Someone Offers You One for Rankings, Be Very Skeptical https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/09/29/seo-guarantees-for-rankings/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/09/29/seo-guarantees-for-rankings/#respond Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:02:20 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2521 Is Google Anyone’s Trained Monkey? This is something of a companion post to the article I just published on the Horizon Web Marketing blog. The subject of that post was whether or not any SEO professional could legitimately offer a guarantee of a number 1 listing. I made the case that they could.  Provided of […]

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]]> https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/08/23/google-keyword-tool-confusion/feed/ 1 The Good, the Bad, and the SEO Ugly https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/05/05/the-good-the-bad-and-the-seo-ugly/ https://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/2013/05/05/the-good-the-bad-and-the-seo-ugly/#respond Sun, 05 May 2013 18:55:54 +0000 http://www.rockymountainsearchacademy.com/?p=2207 Our marketing director Matt Rutherford recently started a discussion on LinkedIn titled Have you been scammed by an SEO Firm or Company? (click here to link through to the discussion on Linkedin) A lot of good comments were posted, and the whole discussion reminded me of an email that one of my clients actually received some […]

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