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Link Building Tips – Google Alerts

Link building is one of the most important and most difficult tasks in SEO. The most difficult thing to do is to get others to talk about your site and publish a link to your site, hopefully with anchor text, or alt element for image links, that contains a keyword that is important to your [...]

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Link Building Tips – Google Alerts

The Pitfalls of SEO – Keywords

Keywords – Tools to Online Success Many of us in the online marketing community look at keywords as a synonym of a real key that “unlocks” traffic, however, I rather like to look at keywords as actual tools that gives your website the ability to open more than just doorways to additional traffic. Let me explain: Keywords, [...]

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The Pitfalls of SEO – Keywords

Happy Halloween 2009

Happy Halloween from Steve (scarecrow), Kris (cow), Sophia (piglet) and Sweetpea (chicken)! Copyright © 2009, by Stephen Pitts aka SEOpittfall.com, All Rights Reserved. Contact pittfall@seopittfall.comHappy Halloween 2009

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Happy Halloween 2009

Reflections on Five Years as an SEO Blogger

What a strange trip it’s been! Just a few days after Google’s purchase of Blogger in 2003, I began down this trek into blogging to see the difference between a blog and other web publishing tools (such as GeoCities, now closing), specifically for their influence and impact on SERPs for my company’s websites. Not that there [...]

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Reflections on Five Years as an SEO Blogger

The Pitfalls of SEO – Analytics

Not knowing what to expect, in some cases can be really exciting, like river rafting or hiking or exploring a reef while snorkeling, however, when it comes to your website it can be more important to have a better perspective on what to look forward to and what to look out for especially when your [...]

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The Pitfalls of SEO – Analytics

Link Building 2.0 – Link Development in Web 2.0

Link building has changed, specifically around the concept of Web 2.0. Here is the definition from SEW: Web 2.0: A term that refers to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services. These usually include tools that let people collaborate and share information online, such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies. Web 2.0 has had a profound [...]

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Link Building 2.0 – Link Development in Web 2.0

Lest We Forget

No matter your race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age or disability, all were affected in some way to the tragedy that unfolded just 8 years ago. I applaud those who have continued to carry this torch for this long and implore everyone to consider others as they did following this tragic and [...]

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Lest We Forget

Baiting the Waters for Link Success

Linkbaiting, like many forms of link development and viral marketing, is a double edged sword. It can dramatically influence you inbound link profile (IBLP) for the benefit or detriment of your organic search performance. Being too effective in non-influential spaces can clutter your link profile and not reach your ultimate goal of conversions. Linkbaiting, like [...]

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Baiting the Waters for Link Success

Where is pittfall?

Thanks for all of your support through the last five weeks. I must apologize for not providing more SEO information about changes that have happened recently, including Google Caffeine, Yahoo and Microsoft’s search deal, SES San Jose and others. Along with an increase in work at Rosetta, my family has been blessed to [...]

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How to Win Links and Influence Webmasters

Direct requests for inbound links are a valuable way to build quality links to your website, however, the effectiveness of requesting links is directly linked (no pun intended) to the delivery of the request. For those who are looking for an automated means or a template that works can stop reading, because to put it [...]

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How to Win Links and Influence Webmasters

Further Study on the Value of Image Optimization

Yes, yet another test, and I will return to the rest of the link development series soon, but I have been sitting on this test for some time and I thought you deserve to see the results. The last test on the value of image optimization was limited to Google and Yahoo only and utilized the [...]

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Further Study on the Value of Image Optimization

Memorial Day 2009

HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD I would like to honor all of those who served and sacrificed for our nation in the quest to provide security to it’s people, ideals and principles in times of war and times of peace. Thank you for putting others before yourself, there is no higher honor. Thank You! Dear [...]

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Memorial Day 2009

Link Building Via Content Development

Maybe you have heard some of the cliches about content: If you build it they will come! Content is King! Really? Yes, it is true. However, what most of the people that use these and other cliches about content development and link acquisition fail to share the details about what content development can directly impact link building. Great content [...]

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Link Building Via Content Development

Directory Submissions for Success

Welcome to the third post in my latest series, Holistic Link Building 101. When it comes to building a website for SEO success, link development is an extremely important part of an effective online marketing strategy. Two important questions about link development regarding directory submissions: 1. Are directory submissions still a relevant tactic and worth [...]

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Directory Submissions for Success

Holistic Link Building Defined

In my last post, Holistic Link Building 101, the beginning of a series of post was embarked upon and the topic is very subjective. When it comes to building a website for SEO success, however, link building or development is an extremely important part of an effective online marketing strategy. Like other SEO tactics, holistic [...]

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Holistic Link Building Defined

Holistic Link Building 101

Link building is one of the most challenging aspects of SEO and it doesn’t appear that some people really get it, but that is no different than most SEO concepts. A lot of people find a nugget of SEO wisdom, apply thought, reason and ride it like a horse until it can easily become apparent [...]

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Holistic Link Building 101

Rosetta #1 Independent Digital Agency 2008

It is official… Rosetta is the Top Independent Digital Agency in the US for 2008 according to Advertising Age. This last year has been quite an adjustment for me, my family and my career. It has been quite the challenge of moving from in-house to agency, moving to Cleveland plus adjusting to Brulant and Rosetta Marketing [...]

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Rosetta #1 Independent Digital Agency 2008

Behold the Power of Social Media

Facebook, a social networking platform that I am sure you are aware of has been attracting the attention of quite a number of users for quite some time. As seen in the Google Trends chart here, you can see the impact as compared to others like MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn. They don’t appear to be [...]

Server Responses – The What and Why for SEO

Sometimes not understanding why a website isn’t performing well can be a difficult thing to figure out. However, many times it is important to take a step back and look at what signals can be seen. When looking for technical concerns can appear to be a daunting task, however, we are going to review server [...]

The Trouble with Twitter

One of the best videos I have seen in some time (thanks Garrett Pierson): As a Twitter user, I know that it isn’t just about letting everyone know what you are doing, it can be so much more. But, that doesn’t make this any less funny and unfortunately true for some. Enjoy! Copyright © 2009, by Stephen Pitts [...]

Long Live No Follow

In a recent post at SEOmoz, by Will Critchlow of Distilled, entitled Nofollow is Dying: The Impact of Micro-Blogging and Nofollow on SEO, is a review the overuse of the nofollow link attribute in online publishing by webmasters and 3rd party sites like WordPress.com, Blogger.com and Twitter and it’s impact on SEO for everyone. Before [...]

Die Duplicate Content Die!

What does canonical mean? According to a biology glossary from the University of Arizona it is “repetitive; repeating in different forms“. So, what does it mean to online publishers? Simply, duplicate content. How does duplicate content exist, what is it’s impact on search engines and, more importantly, how does it affect online publishers in search engine results? I know that [...]

Measuring the Value of ALT and Title Elements of Image Tags

Not a great title, I know, but accurate. Recently, I began a test of the ALT and Title elements in the img html tag. Here is the breakdown of the testing: Conducting the research by creating a page on the topic of “dogs” that has the same image of a Dalmatian that link to four separate pages. [...]

Keywords – What’s Brand Got To Do With It?

Researching and targeting keywords is the second step in building an effective SEO campaign after developing an online strategy, so what is the value of brand messaging within targeted keywords? azure, beryl, cerulean, cobalt, indigo, navy, royal, sapphire, teal, turquoise, ultramarine All of these words are synonyms for “blue” blue bag web search – 289,000 results image search – 26,900 [...]

SEO for Local Results

Very interesting… recently I posted about the need for Google to focus on relevancy in search results to maintain their market share that led me to look at tying a geographic location to improve relevancy and my belief that it will be the next step to reinforce universal search results. As a professional SEO consultant, [...]