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SEO 101 | The Beginning SEO Podcast

Jun 07

Podcast will post tonight

Announcements

I didn’t get the podcast for today edited in time, so I’ll finish it tonight and get it posted as soon as I can. I apologize, but I think it’ll be worth the wait.

[/Brian]

[David]

Hey I thought I’d add this to the post really quick! Very cool list from Lee Odden!



Look under ‘B’ we’re listed woooohoooo!

[/David]

Jun 06

Organic links via content writing

Content, Linking

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Ever wanted to know how to get links without trying so hard? I know I have. Links take a long time to attain, unless you take shortcuts or follow the advice given out today by Robert Mineo. Writing content can be an excellent strategy for obtaining quality links, and we’ve got several good tips in this one.

Jun 05

Monetizing a website with AdSense

Monetization

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I’ve known many people that have made plenty of money from AdSense. Today we’re joined by Andy Sain, and he’s one of those people. He’ll share a bit about his experience with monetizing websites with our listeners.

If you would like to monetize your site we suggest that you try AdSense.

We’d also like to add a link to Auction Ads (which is Shoemoney’s latest endeavor)

Jun 04

Changing the podcast schedule

Announcements

If you were coming here today looking for a podcast, I’ve got good and bad news.

Bad news is there’s no podcast today.

Good news is that we’re just revising the schedule.

Based upon traffic patterns and my schedule, I’m updating the schedule. Podcasts will now be published Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Thanks for your continued support and for checking in, and we’ll see you back here tomorrow.

Jun 01

What are some fun things to do with social media?

Social Media

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Barry talks a little about Technorati, but then we move on to the recent ask.com wedding and all the twitter coverage live during the event. Fun with social!

May 31

How do you get started monetizing a blog?

Monetization

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Barry Schwartz joins us and discusses blog monetization. We’ll have more on this topic soon, but here’s a good foundation we can build on later.

May 30

Building a successful site from the ground up.

Site Architecture

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Why do some companies only do SEO with a fresh site? Rustybrick.com only works with brand new sites, opting out of SEO for pre-existing ones. What are the reasons, and what lessons can you learn from that as we continue with Barry Schwartz today.

May 29

What blogs and forums are good resources?

Resources

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This week, we’ve got 4 podcasts scheduled with Barry Schwartz from RustyBrick.com and SERoundtable.com

In this one, we ask Barry “There are a lot of blogs and forums about SEO, so how do you pick some sources?”

May 25

What did we mean by adding dynamic content to your site to attract bots?

Listener Questions

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We mentioned adding dynamic content to your website a while back. What did we mean? Listen and find out.

Download the zip file here RSS-HTML. Once you’ve done that… Extract the files, read the Read Me file, and watch the RSS to HTML video… I’m also including a link to download SmartFTP (which was used in the video) If your unsure which version to get - grab the 32-bit version.

Now that you have all of the info you need to create dynamic content from RSS feeds to .html pages give it a try! If you use this tutorial and put it into action… Please leave a comment on this post and include a link to the page you’ve made it work. Also if you have any questions / problems with the tutorial please post it as a comment on this blog! We will answer as many as we can! Thanks for checking it out!

David Brown A.K.A. NeO

May 24

Vote for your favorite podcasts

Announcements

Lee Odden is running an “Unofficial” most popular search podcast poll on his site. Vote for your favorite podcast, ours or another, on his site at TopRankBlog’s Reader Poll on Podcasts, and thanks for participating.

May 23

Around the forums - I’m moving a page, how do make sure the new ones are found?

Redirects

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Once a page is indexed in a search engine, you might decide to move it or rename it. How do you go about making sure that the search engines find the new page instead of the old page? The answer is redirection, but make sure you select the proper type.

Example post: How can I make sure the engines get the fresh page instead of an old page?

May 21

Around the forums - Do I need to delimit my keywords?

Meta Tags, Title Tags

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When writing title tags or meta tags, is it necessary to delineate where one phrase ends and the next one begins? We’ve got your answer.

Example post: Can we use keywords without separating them?

May 18

Around the forums - Is the age of a site or the age of links a ranking factor?

Domain Names

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One of the more recent additions to the ranking algorithm is aging. We’ll tell you why / what is included in the decision process and how to get a jump start on a brand new site.

Example post:  Does the age of a website help the ranking?

May 16

Around the forums - I can rank for specific phrases but not general ones. What do I need to do differently?

Content

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Many sites can rank for very specific phrases but not for the more general phrases. What does a site need to to do rank for the more general phrases? We’ll tell you.

Related post: Less popular to top 10, more popular nowhere.

May 14

Around the forums - My site only shows a few links, how can it have PageRank?

Google PageRank

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One of the questions asked from time to time is how a site can already have PageRank when Google only shows a few links pointing to it. The answer is quite simple.

Related post: My site has a few links, how can it have a PR4?

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