Posts tagged search engine optimization
Using Slideshare For Keyword Rankings
Apr 16th
I just had an interesting experience. I was Googling myself (dirty) and found that my Slideshare profile had shot up to the top of the rankings. It overtook all of my various profiles, websites, blogs, etc. Basically, Slideshare just one-up’d Squidoo, EzineArticles, Myspace, Twitter, Wordpress.com, and others.
Here’s the kicker – I set up my Slideshare.net account one week ago. It has one presentation uploaded (which was done for a graduate class). And I haven’t friended, commented, or taken part in any of the community behaviors they allow on their site. So I did a little investigation to see if others were experiencing the same thing.
I found this interesting article about Slideshare and SEO: http://www.socialseo.com/leveraging-slideshare-to-gain-rank-in-the-search-engines.html More >
Same Day Google Page Ranking From Wordpress Site
Jan 16th
Check out this picture – these are search terms that drove a little traffic to one of my sites. The amazing thing is that these posts were published and received 1st/2nd page rankings on Google the same day. Yeah, that rules. How did I do it? Hell, I wish I knew. All I can say is that using Wordpress, and SEO plugin, and good tags on my posts have made all the difference. More >
Keyword Rich Domain Names – Does It Matter?
Jan 9th
Marc D. Ensign wrote an article for an SEO newsletter I receive (don’t ask, I don’t even remember how I got signed up for it). Anyway, the article was supposed to “debunk” several SEO myths – but I had a bone to pick with one in particular. Here’s the quote: More >
