Hostingcon Vegas 2006 and San Jose SES
Last week I spoke at Hostingcon in Vegas on "What it takes to rank high in Google". I was pretty happy that I had a 45 minute slot to speak….at most conferences you get between 9 and 12 minutes to give your chat, which isn’t much time to get past your topic overview and 101 […]
- 07-27-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Google Adwords Unconditional Money-back Guarantees!
OK – let me clarify my post title. Google doesn’t really offer an Adwords Unconditional Money-Back Guarantee…..but they should since they say that SEO’s should do this….practice what you preach….or change what you preach Google. The page that ranks #4 in Google for "SEO" is the old "Google Information for Webmasters" – since renamed "What’s an […]
- 07-24-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Away at Hostingcon 2006 Las Vegas this week.
I’m leaving tomorrow to head to hostingcon 2006 in Las Vegas. On Wed I’m speaking on "What it takes to Rank High in Google". I’ve got my powerpoint all set…but I thought I could at least share my "HTML Notes" with everyone here if you want to see some of what I’ll be discussing…though realize […]
- 07-17-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Propeller Heads, Ponytails, Rainmakers, & Suits oh My!
I was just reading another great article by Michael Martinez on seomoz.org’s blog called "SEO Strategies: Organizing Your Project Team" which of course perked my interest. That set me to thinking on "Ponytails", "propeller-heads", and "rain makers" …I used to have an old bookmark that explained these more in detail, but looks like that domain […]
- 07-14-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
How 46% of SEO’s get away with not buying text links.
I’ve been amazed at my recent poll that shows that 46% of my readers that voted said that they never buy text links. Now keep in mind, my blog is about 80% dedicated to "link building" topics….and yea, I do buy some under the radar quality links…so it really suprised me that almost half of […]
- 07-14-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Abhilash on the Future of Text Link Building.
Many of you might not know Abhilash, but he’s a great SEO and also happens to be a Link Ninja. Abhilash just wrote a great post on "Predictions on the Future of Text Link Building" that’s definitely worth the entire read. Abhilash says: Link building has changed dramatically over the past couple of years, and […]
- 07-13-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Linking out – The overlooked link neighborhood.
Through search engine watch I found a thread on highrankings forum where wowdezign starts by asking: I always here people say, “don’t link to bad neighborhoods”. I agree with that thinking. Is the reverse true? If I link to several authoritative sites, and/or sites that naturally relate to my topic, can that add to my credibilty […]
- 07-07-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Searchbash.com – SEO Jamaica Gathering Sept 15-18 2006.
I’ve been hearing rumors about a webmasterradio.fm SEO Gathering in Jamaica. Today I got a great newsletter from Webmasterradio.fm and tucked in there was the info on the Search Bash in September 15-18 in sunny Jamaica. As Darrin says: "WebmasterRadio.FM is in the business of communicating…and SearchBash is about doing that in a relaxed, fun environment […]
- 07-07-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Changes – Going from SEO Chess to CEO Chess.
From SEO to CEO. I didn’t ask to be a CEO, it was thrust upon me almost 4 years ago….and for years, I considered myself a SEO first, and a CEO second. That’s what got me to where I am today….but lately I’ve reversed that line of thinking. I’m an CEO with people and plans first, […]
- 07-05-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
Dave Child’s Conversion Tips & William Slawski Content Planning.
Dave Child just wrote a nice article called "Ten Ways To Improve Your Website Conversion Rate" My favorite is #8….just today I was looking at one of my clients "suprise redesigns" where they actually thought it was a good idea to make someone get an account in order to view the store….doah!!! 8. Don’t Waste […]
- 06-28-2006
- Jim Boykin's Blog
