I am sure I will talk about this issue a lot. So this is just number one. I didn't get to attend SES San Jose, and I still regret it. But one of the things brought up there was the paid link debate. Since then a number of SEMs have gotten in on the debate, and the consensus from what I've seen is that seasoned SEMs don't care for Google's stance. Matt Cutts has said that Google will not count link love from a paid source. You won't be banned, ...

I need to rant about the features of Yahoo versus Google. Who has what and what they need to share. First off, I am setting up Yahoo with all of my company's accounts. We spend lots with Google every month and are wanting to do the same (maybe not AS much) with Yahoo. So I start with my first question, how do I get all of these keywords and data from Google to Yahoo? When I first started in search marketing, it was all by hand. And if you were a ...

From SES San Jose via SEORoundTable:The question he's been getting a lot: Is Facebook the next Google? I think they are two different things. Can Facebook get the same kind of hype? Yes, that's the "likeness" it has to GOogle.Facebook has experienced 2 tipping points according to the statistics - corporate network and opening access to anyone with an email address. There's definitely a market share increase of pages: the site broke into the top ...

I got an invite to go to this show from Matt Cutts personally (it was his doing that made me go to SMX Advanced). And I can't go. There are just so many trips I can take each year when I don't work for an SEO firm. I am going to be watching the blogs closely. So please everyone keep me updated. And have a drink for me at one of the many after parties I am not sure I would have ever found. But can wish I was at. And Matt, I still want to see ...

They offer tools to webmasters like SEOmoz's Backlink Anchor Text Analysis tool. Am I a premium member? No. Do I so need to be? Yep. Rand and Co. offer so many tools like this to make your analysis life easier. Google does the same with the webmaster console. Want to know what Google sees when they visit your site/sites? Look there. It's amazing what you can find and fix to make Googlebot love you more. Use tools. Read what people say. I can ...

My accounts just got access to a new Google beta. Permissions. At my company we have account managers, but they are more business dev than online. So we had pulled their access to AdWords. Only downfall is, they have to get reports and info from me and my team. Well I asked Google for something via email, and like a Godsend, my account rep came back with the answer. A beta test of permission levels. I can add people to the account, but restrict ...

So there is all sorts of buzz going on about the new Google AdWords Algo change. The two I read are from SearchEngineLand and BruceClay. You read these two and you can hear the Google Press Release. Leave it to Lisa to comment the truth. This seems to be Google trying to make money. I made a comment on the Bruce Clay blog: As a long time AdWords user, circa the days of Overture and being able to see the top 5 bids, I am NOT a fan of this. I ...

I started this post a while ago, but have only gotten to it now. Okay, first off let me disclose, I am a Google fanatic. Not really, for the longest time I questioned everyone's reliance on it in such a short time span. But I still have not found another engine that is as easy to use and returns the results I want to see. With that said, this whole PI mess and them calling Google the worst company in relation to privacy. I beg to differ just ...

I am going to get to my blogs from yesterday later today. Blogging while learning is rough though, especially without a place to plug in the laptop. That is going to be one of my "next show we need ..." comments. The real news though comes from the Google Dance NW last night. It was a great party put on by Google, with glow in the dark cups, Google SMX shirts, and glowy necklaces. But again, not the real news. I ran into a nice gentlemen while ...

It was called a You&A - a wonderful sit down with Matt and Danny Sullivan to start the morning. It all started with Danny stripping down to his ... casual outfit. He took off his coat, then his tie ... then his shirt ... talk about love of SEO Men. But alas, there was a Disneyland T-shirt underneath. Then the pants went -- to reveal shorts underneath. Nice socks Danny!HighlightsThe QA started with supplemental versus main index results. The ...