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Written on December 10th, 2008 at 01:12 pm by Darren Rowse

What I Learned at Search Engine Bootcamp

Miscellaneous Blog Tips, Search Engine Optimization 33 comments

Last week I was fortunate enough to be given a pass to attend the Search Engine Bootcamp here in Melbourne. I tweeted throughout the day quite a bit – but thought I’d write up some of the tidbits that I took away from some of the sessions over the day.
There was a lot covered so [...]

Written on November 20th, 2008 at 11:11 am by Darren Rowse

InLinks – TextLinkAds 2.0

Advertising, Search Engine Optimization 61 comments

In the last 24 hours MediaWhiz (disclosure – they are sponsors of this site) have released a new advertising product for those interested in selling text links on their blogs) called InLinks.
InLinks is an ad network that allows advertisers to buy text links within the content of your posts. The links pass on Google Juice [...]

Written on November 18th, 2008 at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse

Search, Social and Direct Traffic – [TRAFFIC ANALYSIS]

Blog Promotion, Case Studies, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media 71 comments

This morning I spent a little time doing some analysis (using Google Analytics) of the traffic coming into my main blog – Digital Photography School.
My analysis was stimulated by a question from a reader who in response to last week’s two posts examining the place of Digg and Social Bookmarkingin a bloggers priorities asked me:
What [...]

Written on November 6th, 2008 at 05:11 am by Darren Rowse

Search Engine Optimization Training [VIDEO]

Search Engine Optimization 40 comments

If you’re looking for some SEO teaching and have a spare 30 minutes you might find this video presentation by Stephan Spencer at a recent WordPress event.
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Written on October 30th, 2008 at 04:10 am by Darren Rowse

The Importance of Pillar Articles and why Obama and McCain are Idiots

Blog Promotion, Search Engine Optimization, Writing Content 64 comments

In this post – relatively new blogger CJ from Wise Money Matters shares what they’ve learned about using Pillar Articles (sometimes called evergreen content) to Grow Traffic to Your Blog.
I started blogging only 4 months ago. In the grand scheme of things, this is a very short time and my blog, wisemoneymatters.com, has a long [...]

Written on October 14th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse

How to Get Search Engine Traffic to Your Blog

Featured Posts, Search Engine Optimization 118 comments

“What is the best way to get Search Engine Traffic to Your Blog?”
Last week I spoke at a Search Engine Marketing conference in Sydney about my experience of blogging. As part of the presentation I was asked to talk about my tips on getting traffic from search engines. I thought I’d share a few of [...]

Written on August 28th, 2008 at 06:08 am by Darren Rowse

A Downside of Getting to the Front Page of Digg

Search Engine Optimization, Social Media 54 comments

The Holy Grail of incoming links for many bloggers is an appearance on the front page of Digg. It has the potential to send tens of thousands of visitors and bring about a lot of secondary links from other sites who see it.
However the downside of a site the power of Digg linking to one [...]

Written on August 21st, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

AdWords Keyword Tool How to Use it to Hone Post Titles and Choose Blog Topics

Blogging Tools and Services, Search Engine Optimization 42 comments

Today I want to point out a useful tool for bloggers wanting to do a little research into topics to blog about (or even what topic to choose for your next overall new blog). The tool is a free one from Google – their AdWords Keyword Tool.
This tool is one that Google offer their advertisers [...]

Written on July 28th, 2008 at 03:07 pm by Darren Rowse

Surprise Surprise – Google Knol Ranks Well in Google!

Search Engine Optimization 43 comments

Last week Google announced their ‘Knol’ service and I (among others) questioned whether it would have a significant impact upon smaller publishers ability to rank well in Google’s search results.
Initial results show that Knol articles are already ranking very well (here and here for example) – and with as little as a link or two [...]

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