I recently had a conversation with an pre-launch startup where they discussed how SEO was going to be really important for them. And to me, there seems to be a lot of confusion by founders of startups around search engine optimization (SEO) and how it works for a startup. I won't say that I'm truly an expert on SEO. Still having worked with a lot of different startups and especially a lot on SEO and especially long tail seo , I'm going They went on to describe a fairly common type of site that has some original content, but not much. They are in a space

recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog .  Since Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there.  I Should you blog? I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice . I

Likewise, you can spend engineering resources to make sure you rank well in search engines with SEO, or you can create value for your users/customers by allowing them to poll you presence with a social media strategy like blogging, Twitter, curated bookmarks, teaching them like Brian Clark at Copyblogger , or helping them kick ass like Kathy Sierra , until they are compelled to become a paying customer. The odd thing is that SEOs see SMO as an SEO strategy, and SMOs see SEO as a dying strategy. You can spend engineering resources on fighting spam like Matt Cutts and team, or you could spend talent resources on writing and curtaining content like Jason Calacanis , Jimmy Wales , and passionate bloggers.

Monday, February 23, 2009 -- SEO and Social Marketing. We're pleased to have Dustin Luther from 4Realz Consulting, one of the founding fathers of blogging in real estate. Dustin started Rain City Guide, now one of the most respected real estate blogs in the country. MOTM. How does Social Media optimize Search Engine Results?

Helpful Resources about Search Engine Traffic : 68 Helpful SEO Tools “ The type of sites that might link into you are blogs, traditional press online, forums or bulleting boards, or content rich sites that are focused on a similar topic. Create a target list of blogs that could cover your product or content. “If You Build It…They Will Come” may work for historical baseball ghosts, but it’s not a strategy you can rely on when starting an internet company. Driving traffic to your website is a formula that can be reverse engineered.

Let’s face it: social media strategy is going to cannibalize black hat and some current white hat SEO strategy. Social media strategy is the new way to do SEO (figure out how to give value to your client’s web strategy). Right now, there are a bunch of SEOs listening to what Danny Sullivan has to say about social media strategy because they trust him. ( Sphinn this ) Search Search engines react to behavior of its users and site owners.

Let’s face it: social media strategy is going to canalize black hat and some current white hat SEO strategy. Social media strategy is the new way to do SEO (figure out how to give value to your client’s web strategy). Right now, there are a bunch of SEOs listening to what Danny Sullivan has to say about social media strategy because they trust him. ( Sphinn this ) Search Search engines react to behavior of its users and site owners.

Marketing Trend #4: Increased use of blogs, social networking, and other social media to create dialog and relationships with prospects and customers. free) search engine optimization (SEO) content targeting. While the economy in 2009 looks challenging for most companies, the outlook of marketing executives is rather bright and upbeat. Deborah Kania and her team at Brightworks Interactive have just released results of their survey of marketing executives' plans for 2009.

But as we continue to grow, there are fewer people coming after us in white suits. I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com . I'm impressed that you got a journal created at the law school. Holocognics would break it down even further and discuss why, for instance, SEO works in one industry and not another – both in the sense of why a certain business has a higher chance of succeeding in showing up higher in a search, but also why SEO in a certain business has a higher “acquisition” rate (to use the Startup Metrics

Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media” is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. I love to sell the knowledge to my clients but ranting in blogs is somehow