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    At Beanstalk Search Engine Optimization we know that knowledge is power. That's the reason we started this SEO blog. We know that the better informed our visitors are, the better the decisions they will make for their websites and their online businesses. We hope you enjoy your stay and find the SEO news contained within this blog useful.


    December 7, 2009

    SEO Book Rides Again

    After a lengthy hiatus – SEO Book is back. I’m happy to see Aaron back in the saddle. He’s always provided quality information and some decent training (certainly some of the best for the price).

    They also offer tons of free tools and info but their $300 membership is well worth the price.

    Nice to have you and SEO Book back Aaron. :)

    Visit the SEO Book site and become a member at http://www.seobook.com/join/.

    SEO news blog post by @ 1:17 pm

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    January 10, 2008

    Ask, Microsoft, Google, Aaron Wall & Andrew Goodman

    I realized upon setting up to write this post that I need to apologize to you, our valued blog visitor. In logging into Bl0gger I noticed that it was in fact a week ago that I wrote last. Unacceptable. To remedy these delays between posting I’m going to try to post more often AND within the next couple weeks you’ll start reading from some new voices over here at Beanstalk including those of Daryl Quenet and Ken Nichol. This will also provide some different perspectives and topic than just my one lone voice can provide. So stay tunes and don’t forget to Bookmark us (and if you use Google bookmarks or one of the other great social bookmarking sites … all the better :) .

    But now onto the real post:

    Today, being Thursday – I did my weekly show on Webmaster Radio. It was a great show with a great guest and, as always, I was joined by Jim Hedger. As we usually do, Jim and I spent the first 15 minutes discussing some of the major goings-on in the search engine world. Today this included:

    • Jim Lanzone leaving Ask – The Internet Marketing community mourns the loss of Jim Lanzone from Ask. Jim revitalized Ask.com and under his leadership turned the engine into a world leader (if not in market share then in technology). He will be missed but at the same time we’re all excited to see what his successor Jim Safka can do.
    • Microsoft To Buy Fast Search Engine – Microsoft has made an offer of $1.2 billion for the Fast search engine. This move stands to shake up Enterprise search considerably and will be a “need to watch” issue after the sale completes (likely in Q2 of this year).
    • Google hits 66% market share – Hitwise has releases their stats for December in regards to search market share. It appears Google is up yet again. The stats are:

      Google – 65.98%
      Yahoo! – 20.88%
      MSN – 7.04%
      Ask – 4.14%

    • Aaron Wall PPC v SEO Debate – Aaron Wall yesterday posted a blog on the SEO vs. PPC debate. Jim and I quickly discussed how one affects the other and how it’s difficult to track what campaign is providing what result when the combination may be increasing overall conversions. We skipped through this section and when we came back we were able to discuss it with …

    Andrew Goodman from PageZero.com. Page Zero just launched into organic SEO – a jump from pure PPC Management they have provided thus far. Jim and I pelted Andrew with questions and got some great info. I’m going to be a jerk though and make you visit the Webmaster Radio site and download the podcast or read the transcripts on the Webmaster radio site. They should be available in the next 24 hours (at least the podcast – the transcripts can take a bit longer).

    SEO news blog post by @ 2:37 pm


     

    Ask, Microsoft, Google, Aaron Wall & Andrew Goodman

    I realized upon setting up to write this post that I need to apologize to you, our valued blog visitor. In logging into Bl0gger I noticed that it was in fact a week ago that I wrote last. Unacceptable. To remedy these delays between posting I’m going to try to post more often AND within the next couple weeks you’ll start reading from some new voices over here at Beanstalk including those of Daryl Quenet and Ken Nichol. This will also provide some different perspectives and topic than just my one lone voice can provide. So stay tunes and don’t forget to Bookmark us (and if you use Google bookmarks or one of the other great social bookmarking sites … all the better :) .

    But now onto the real post:

    Today, being Thursday – I did my weekly show on Webmaster Radio. It was a great show with a great guest and, as always, I was joined by Jim Hedger. As we usually do, Jim and I spent the first 15 minutes discussing some of the major goings-on in the search engine world. Today this included:

    • Jim Lanzone leaving Ask – The Internet Marketing community mourns the loss of Jim Lanzone from Ask. Jim revitalized Ask.com and under his leadership turned the engine into a world leader (if not in market share then in technology). He will be missed but at the same time we’re all excited to see what his successor Jim Safka can do.
    • Microsoft To Buy Fast Search Engine – Microsoft has made an offer of $1.2 billion for the Fast search engine. This move stands to shake up Enterprise search considerably and will be a “need to watch” issue after the sale completes (likely in Q2 of this year).
    • Google hits 66% market share – Hitwise has releases their stats for December in regards to search market share. It appears Google is up yet again. The stats are:

      Google – 65.98%
      Yahoo! – 20.88%
      MSN – 7.04%
      Ask – 4.14%

    • Aaron Wall PPC v SEO Debate – Aaron Wall yesterday posted a blog on the SEO vs. PPC debate. Jim and I quickly discussed how one affects the other and how it’s difficult to track what campaign is providing what result when the combination may be increasing overall conversions. We skipped through this section and when we came back we were able to discuss it with …

    Andrew Goodman from PageZero.com. Page Zero just launched into organic SEO – a jump from pure PPC Management they have provided thus far. Jim and I pelted Andrew with questions and got some great info. I’m going to be a jerk though and make you visit the Webmaster Radio site and download the podcast or read the transcripts on the Webmaster radio site. They should be available in the next 24 hours (at least the podcast – the transcripts can take a bit longer).

    SEO news blog post by @ 2:37 pm


     

    January 3, 2008

    Google Breakup, ComScore, Traffic Power, Aaron Wall & Ninjas

    Today on Webmaster Radio Jim Hedger and I had the opportunity to discuss a number of topics. You can download the podcast of the show (recommended) in the next couple days from the Webmaster Radio site. It’s also a good idea to visit it as there are many great shows and information for all levels of listener.

    In every show Jim and I take some time to discuss the latest goings-on in the search engine world. Here’s what we had for our listeners this week:

    • ComScore metrics – ComScore released it’s totals for the holiday season of 2007 with a 19% increase in sales over 2006 reaching over $28 billion in online sales. On boxing day the total crossed $545 million doubling boxing day sales from last year.
    • Danny Sullivan Article – Jim and I discussed one of the best pieced of predictive writing I’ve ever seen. Danny Sullivan wrote a great piece as a time traveling reporter from 2010 discussing the breakup of Google. While I doubt it’ll come true it’s an awesome piece that helps give us a small glimpse and one possible future we SEO’s and search marketers have in store for us.
    • Traffic Power and Matt Marlon – Sometimes bad things happen to good people and that’s always a sad day. Sometimes bad things happen to bad people and that’s … well … karma. Matt Marlon, ex-CEO of Traffic Power an SEO firm that got all their clients banned by Google was arrested for … you’ll never guess … fraud. Just like those website owners that he helped scam and get banned with Traffic Power, Matt seems to like kicking people when their down and has taken advantage of a horrible situation and (pardon my French) screwed people out of their homes during the forclosure issues. Personally I’m happy with the outcome and this time I don’t think he can try to sue Aaron Wall for reporting on it. ;)
    • Aaron Wall’s rants – and speaking of Aaron Wall, he’s been ranting over the last few days about the state of SEO. I can’t do justice to his comments save-to-say … I agree. THe lines of Walmart coming into the arena devalues the service. Fortunately (unfortunately for clients) they’re sure to realize that this isn’t the kind of service that can be bulk packages and whipped out at discount prices and still have some reasonable amount of quality control.

    After a brief commercial break Jim and I came back with WeBuildPages’ own Jim Boykin (who I had the pleasure of meeting at SES San Jose last year. Jim has just launched InternetMarketing Ninjas.com where he provides videos from some of the SEO greats and many free tools (if you’re willing to pay the $2,995 per year for the videos). I haven’t had a chance to view the videos and, as Jim notes, the service is offered more to do-it-yourselfers than SEO’s so I likely won’t however the names and topics covered are definitely spot-on. Maybe Jim will give me a free sneak-peek (hint hint Jim ;) and I can report on it more thoroughly.

    Good luck to Jim and the ninjas !!!

    And in other news:

    The latest article by Beanstalk is out. I wrote and article that changed considerable from idea to finished product (meaning there’s another coming out soon). The article is on finding a good SEO-friendly web designer and can be found on the Beanstalk site here.

    SEO news blog post by @ 3:00 pm


     

    Google Breakup, ComScore, Traffic Power, Aaron Wall & Ninjas

    Today on Webmaster Radio Jim Hedger and I had the opportunity to discuss a number of topics. You can download the podcast of the show (recommended) in the next couple days from the Webmaster Radio site. It’s also a good idea to visit it as there are many great shows and information for all levels of listener.

    In every show Jim and I take some time to discuss the latest goings-on in the search engine world. Here’s what we had for our listeners this week:

    • ComScore metrics – ComScore released it’s totals for the holiday season of 2007 with a 19% increase in sales over 2006 reaching over $28 billion in online sales. On boxing day the total crossed $545 million doubling boxing day sales from last year.
    • Danny Sullivan Article – Jim and I discussed one of the best pieced of predictive writing I’ve ever seen. Danny Sullivan wrote a great piece as a time traveling reporter from 2010 discussing the breakup of Google. While I doubt it’ll come true it’s an awesome piece that helps give us a small glimpse and one possible future we SEO’s and search marketers have in store for us.
    • Traffic Power and Matt Marlon – Sometimes bad things happen to good people and that’s always a sad day. Sometimes bad things happen to bad people and that’s … well … karma. Matt Marlon, ex-CEO of Traffic Power an SEO firm that got all their clients banned by Google was arrested for … you’ll never guess … fraud. Just like those website owners that he helped scam and get banned with Traffic Power, Matt seems to like kicking people when their down and has taken advantage of a horrible situation and (pardon my French) screwed people out of their homes during the forclosure issues. Personally I’m happy with the outcome and this time I don’t think he can try to sue Aaron Wall for reporting on it. ;)
    • Aaron Wall’s rants – and speaking of Aaron Wall, he’s been ranting over the last few days about the state of SEO. I can’t do justice to his comments save-to-say … I agree. THe lines of Walmart coming into the arena devalues the service. Fortunately (unfortunately for clients) they’re sure to realize that this isn’t the kind of service that can be bulk packages and whipped out at discount prices and still have some reasonable amount of quality control.

    After a brief commercial break Jim and I came back with WeBuildPages’ own Jim Boykin (who I had the pleasure of meeting at SES San Jose last year. Jim has just launched InternetMarketing Ninjas.com where he provides videos from some of the SEO greats and many free tools (if you’re willing to pay the $2,995 per year for the videos). I haven’t had a chance to view the videos and, as Jim notes, the service is offered more to do-it-yourselfers than SEO’s so I likely won’t however the names and topics covered are definitely spot-on. Maybe Jim will give me a free sneak-peek (hint hint Jim ;) and I can report on it more thoroughly.

    Good luck to Jim and the ninjas !!!

    And in other news:

    The latest article by Beanstalk is out. I wrote and article that changed considerable from idea to finished product (meaning there’s another coming out soon). The article is on finding a good SEO-friendly web designer and can be found on the Beanstalk site here.

    SEO news blog post by @ 3:00 pm


     

    May 2, 2007

    A Great Show Coming Up

    Tomorrow on Webmaster Radio Jim Hedger and I will be speaking to a couple of great guests. Dan Thies will be joining us to discuss a new project that will include a free offering for you (and me :) . I won’t get into more details but the free offering is worth the listen.

    Also on the show tomorrow is Aaron Wall. We’ll discuss paid links, the trends in SEO and probably a bunch of other topics I can’t even predict (the great interviews always end up WAY off topic).

    Be sure to join us at 5PM EST at WebmasterRadio.fm. You won’t be disappointed.

    SEO news blog post by @ 6:29 pm


     

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