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Archive for September, 2006

All about Accessible Tables

Posted by Nadir on September 29th, 2006

WebMasterWorld member DrDoc posted an excellent thread about accessible tables (subscription required). The thread is quite long but provides everything you need to know about tables from an accessibility standpoint.

Today, I heard that the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) announced their new Certifification Program in Search Engine Marketing. Basically, people will be able to be trained by Search Engine Marketers (who all have long years of experience, according to Lee Odden) and then pass a test in order to be “certified”…

How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic: a Must Have List

Posted by Nadir on September 21st, 2006

If you haven’t bookmarked all the great articles you’ve read about link bait techniques, don’t worry. Brian Clark over at Copy Blogger came up with an excellent list of great articles about ways to drive traffic to your site.

Web 2.0 Means Free Marketing

Posted by Nadir on September 18th, 2006

For basic internet users like us, Web 2.0 means fancy AJAX applications, big fonts, flashy colors but also the ability to use and share our own data .

John Battelle launches Digg-like site for Search

Posted by Nadir on September 12th, 2006

John Battelle just announced on his blog that he has launched a new feature on his site that allows people to submit stories related to Search. The feature is called SearchMob and is basically similar to Digg but for search news only, woo hoo!

A nice Music Directory

Posted by Nadir on September 6th, 2006

If you’re looking for a music directory to submit your music blog, your band’s website, or any website related to music, I’ve just found a very neat music directory called MusicMoz.

Google Notebook Spam

Posted by Nadir on September 5th, 2006

Apparently, some spammers are trying to see if their Google Notebook public pages are helping them improve their SERPS pollution. Check out this ugly page (link condom applied)that has been named “test”…
I wonder if Google Notebook is going to be used for spam as much as BlogSpot is.

As a SEO, when I visit a site that has a link to their SEO company, I will always spend a few minutes to analyze the site architecture, their incoming links, their content and other SEO indicators.
To me, adding a link to your company’s website on your clients’ sites is stupid for many reasons: