Comments on: SEO Resources for Dummies (i.e., me)

By: curtm95

curtm95 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:43:07 +0000

No problem, Arnie, those SEO videos really helped me out. I definitely learned some things that were not in the book I have.

By: curtm95

curtm95 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:37:43 +0000

Yea, I figured I would give IntenseDebate a shot and so far I really like it. I'm still unsure about analyzing and choosing keywords to target. That seems to be the most time consuming part of SEO…

By: Arnie

Arnie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:55:00 +0000

Curtis, thanks for the link . If you look at the search results for "click here" it sort of tells the whole story about links. Adobe ranks #1 for the worst optimized page. But because everyone links to that page saying something like "For the Adobe Acrobat Reader Click Here", it is ranked #1 in Google.

By: Ralph Miller

Ralph Miller — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:39:10 +0000

Curtis, you were already ranking well for some pretty rich keywords, which means that your content is strong enough that search engines didn't really need SEO best practices to tell what your website was about. My hope is that by using some strong onsite SEO practices, you'll rank even higher for those keywords you want. In this case, your SEO is focusing and harnessing the power of your intention.

Nice to see you're using intense debate, btw. I like the reply option.

By: curtm95

curtm95 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:11:12 +0000

That sounds really cool, Jim. I think you may have told me about that book a while ago, but I haven't checked it out yet. Place it on the queue…

By: Curtis Miller

Curtis Miller — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:09:34 +0000

Thanks Tyson, glad you found it enjoyable. I'll put the book in my bag cause I'm sure I'll see you around Phoenix soon!

By: Jim Jeffers

Jim Jeffers — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:12:12 +0000

I recommend Gerry McGovern's awesome book: Killer Web Content as he advises on how to do effective and natural web marketing through proper copy. I bought this book after I saw Gerry give an awesome talk on using Google Trends to adjust your web copy based on the natural language of society back in 2007. He calls them "care words" in other words discovering the terminology that people care about and adopting it properly in your content. Excellent stuff.

By: Tyson Crosbie

Tyson Crosbie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:05:08 +0000

I might like to borrow the book…

Then again it is a dangerously time consuming habit. Maybe I’ll just stick to my lazy, intuitional SEO.

Nice post.