The Greatest Turkey Story Ever Told
Very off-topic for this blog, very on topic for this holiday. This Tale of Poultry Peril is by Walter McInnis, excerpted from Thong-baked Cookies, all… Read More »The Greatest Turkey Story Ever Told
Big Cajun Man
Who is this elusive Big Cajun Man? What does he actually do? These an otehr questions, not answered.
Think about Titles
What are the importance of Titles in articles? Plenty if you don’t have a snappy title, no one will read your stuff.
Does Controversy Really Sell?
Can you build a brandname simply by controversy? It works for Presidents, but will it build your brand?
The Power of Long Tail
THE Canadian Personal Finance Blog once discussed scapegoating, specifically parents blaming referees in sports, in a post titled “I Blame the Refs.” Despite the initial lack of engagement, a controversial NFL game led to a surge in readership for this post, an 800% increase, due to a spike in related Bing searches. The author attributes this to “Long Tail” keyword search benefits, similarly experienced with a 4th of July post, highlighting the unpredictability and luck involved in search engine traffic.
#LongTail
Back to Page Rank 4 (Nearly Complete)
Back in the days when Page Rank was published by Google, we all fought hard to keep a good ranking. Today it is all hidden, and you really can’t tell what Google thinks about your site. #PageRank was important and still is.
Don’t Follow or You Will Be in Trouble
Making links on your site No Follow can actually help your page ranking. Identifying links as being paid for also helps out as well. Only Follow on links for sites you want to link to.
#Follow