Mad SEO Scientists
In a recent post I talked about some dumb job posting terminology found on job sites. It occurred to me that SEO specialists aren't "rock stars" or "gurus" at all. The more accurate descriptor of an...
View ArticleFort Worth Web Developers, Where Are You?
Ask any search engine for "Fort Worth web developers" and you'll find some interesting results in the organic listings. These findings might make you think twice about contacting any of these companies...
View ArticleRobert Scoble is a Big Baby
Last week Internet industry pundit Robert Scoble started (yet another) firestorm with his blog post about how SEO won't matter any more in 2010. Naturally, the very headline caused a knee-jerk reaction...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why 2010 Will Not Suck
Last week's post discussed five reasons why 2009 sucked for entrepreneurs. Now that 2010 is here, let's look at some reasons why we can feel more optimistic about the coming year.
View ArticleSEO On-Page Review
This past Tuesday evening I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion on search engine optimization at the Dallas SEO Meetup group. Sure, the drive to and from the Dallas Infomart was...
View ArticleWonder Woman and the SEO Killer
Last week a remarkable thing happened... Rhea Drysdale (aka Wonder Woman), a twenty-something entrepreneur, managed to hold off an attempt to secure the trademark for the term 'SEO' by one Jason...
View ArticleSix Reasons To Trust Your Website To Wordpress
I've been reading some real touchy-feely articles lately about why business owners should use Wordpress for their websites. I like Wordpress (we use it here) but touchy feely doesn't help anybody. Here...
View ArticleSeven Links Challenge
Darren at Problogger issued a 7 link challenge last week, asking bloggers to post links in his seven categories. It looked like it would be fun, so for the benefit of new Smartacus blog readers I'm...
View ArticleGoogle Instant: Is SEO dead, again?
I have to say I was surprised to read Steve Rubel declare that Google Instant meant the death of SEO. I don't know Steve, and have never read his work before, and I'm sure he's a smart guy. However, I...
View ArticleI Wanna Link Your Brains Out!
For web folks, our drive to get links is no less primal than the human urge to... um, procreate. Unfortunately, many of us go about link building like awkward teenagers. Which of these profiles fit...
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