http://www.pingpongpie.com The Art of SEO & Social Media Marketing Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:37:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey everyone! Sorry it's been ages since my last post, it's just that I've been incredibly busy with work (you know how it is, right?) and stuff. I've not forgotten about this blog, so you don't have to worry about that and I promise that I'll post something great sometime ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/12/its-been-a-while/ If you're new to linkbaiting and you don't know how many links or traffic to expect, I've created a little list so you can compare my results with your own. I consider myself and my team as one of the best in terms of results. Once you master the "technique", link ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/08/linkbaiting-what-does-it-deliver/ Aaron Wall is a well known SEO personality, while he is still "relatively" new compared to the likes of DaveN or Greg Boser, he has made a huge impression in the SEO and Internet Marketing world. His skills can only be described as outstanding. He's one of the kindest people ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/08/interview-with-aaron-wall-from-seobookcom-seo-legend/ I always wanted to find out who the best SEO's thought the Best SEO's were, I've asked around and made a list of the top ten. If you don't agree with any of the list, please contact the people on it directly: 10. Seth Godin - He may not call himself ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/07/the-top-10-seos-in-the-world/ I've written this post as many people don't really understand in great detail as to how each social network works. This post should hopefully give you some insight into how many votes you need to make the "popular" page of a network, how much traffic to expect, and what the ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/07/understanding-the-main-social-networks/ If you consider yourself an SEO, then you must know that links = ranking on the search engines. When I first started out, virtually any old crappy link would do. Even FFA links worked okay and got your website ranking well. However, times have changed, and since 2003 and it has ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/07/99-of-links-dont-work-on-google/ Digg is seen as the "Grand Daddy" or the "Big Kahuna" of Social Media Networks. It has the ability to send an enormous amount of traffic in a given direction. However, since the major algorithmic update in January, it's been much harder to get your Digg submissions to the front page. ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/07/need-social-media-success-dont-start-with-digg/ I've noticed recently that Google's rankings are particularly unstable. This has happened before. Previously the rankings went through a period of changing up to twenty times in a single day. Alas, this volatile period seems to have returned with even more fury. We're seeing some of our sites on the first page and ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/07/google-rankings-highly-unstable/ Want success on the social networks? Everyone tells you to write compelling, quality pieces that will appear to like-minded social users. "Digg Bait" is writing so that it appeals exactly to the "Digg mind" and by doing that you will have massive success on the social networks, including Digg. This ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/07/quality-content-is-not-enough/ I've always tried to keep my hosting costs low as possible as it's a bit of a necessary evil. Hosting costs vary wildly, from $1 a month to several hundred for a small blog like this. Obviously, huge sites can spend millions. I've been through my fair share of hosts and ... http://www.pingpongpie.com/2008/07/wp-super-cache-an-essential-plugin-for-your-blog/