SEO Secrets: DIGG vs Reddit and nofollow hell that kills your backlinks

Have you ever wondered why your blog, ecommerce website, or web app doesn’t show up in Google for anything remotely searchable? Basically, there are only two factors that count in getting you to page one of a Google search. 1. Number of links 2. Words used in those links. So you think, “well, if I [...]

How Google Determines and Ranks Your Relevancy

Personally, I think this graph, as reassuring and emboldening as it is, is totally bunk, (couple more commas, thrown in, for good measure). Image via two sites I highly recommend following religiously if you are even remotely involved in web business or like cilantro: http://www.copyblogger.com/seo-copywriting-matter/ and http://www.seomoz.org/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-optimization Here’s why: 1. The wedges, “Anchor text” and [...]

How to Get to Page One of Google (Roadmap Architecture)

If you thought that all you have to do is set up some meta tags and hide some keywords in background colors that match the text colors of said keywords, you would have had a chance of getting to page one of Excite or Infoseek. BUT only in the early days when there were only [...]

How to Get Big-Shots to Follow You On Twitter

So why would you want a big-shot to follow you on Twitter? Simple. I choose to follow people not based on their bio or their profile background picture or even their neat-o twitter name. People tend to follow everybody that the bigshot follows. This is how you get them to follow you: http://twitter.com/journik/statuses/6510984765 Then to [...]

How to Create a High Google Page Rank Site

Most of you won’t know about Google Page Rank. It’s not what you think it is. Google has a 0-10 rating scale that basically assigns your site a “credibility value.” Get used to seeing this by downloading the Google ToolBar. In order for your outbound links to be worth anything, you’ve got to have a [...]