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

Last weeks Social Media Club gathering focused on using SEO in your social media strategy’s.  Tony SEO Book.com SEO Toolbar SEO for Firefox Tags: Events Tony Adam, Jeffrey Henderson, Barbara Boser and Sean Percival were invited to share their tips and trade secrets. Here’s a little taste of what you missed:

I went to a meetup yesterday that was on the topic of Internet Marketing / SEO / SEM. I'm hoping to figure out a way to spark a meet-up around SEO / SEM in Santa Monica / West Los Angeles / South Ba The meeting had a decent case study and some pretty good discussion around the room of different tools that you might consider using. Then the organizer went into a 20 minute sales pitch around his new training/coaching offering.

Tony Adam , Yahoo’s SEO Manager , is responsible for helping the company optimize so it could get more search engine traffic. Wrong: Click here to listen to a related SEO interview with Wil Fernandez. Right: Listen to my related SEO interview with Wil Fernandez. As one of the biggest content creators on the net, Yahoo wants to rank high in Google and other search engines. In our interview, he gave me some basic search engine optimization tips that anyone could use, including:

MarketTech Netcast - Episode 1 - To SEO or not to SEO from Ciaran Foley on Vimeo . Tags: Marketing Social Media marketing marketsnag seo social marketin Ciaran Foley (looksee.tv) and Debbie Machen (marketsnag.com) discuss the latest in online marketing and social media for small and medium-sized business. ...Tags:

Top ten sites and tips for Do-It-Yourself SEO for small companies and entities looking to gain some online marketing traction. Tags: Marketing Tutorial Web/Tech diy guerrilla marketing marketsnag online se MarketTech NetCast - Episode 2 from Ciaran Foley on Vimeo . Show links can be found here. ...Tags:

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.

We recently attended the first Los Angeles installment of the Jane and Robot SEO meetup. Check out our interview with them and local SEO rock star Tony Adam below. Tags: Videos seo yaho Put on by Vanessa Fox and Nathan Buggia, these events focus on search engine - friendly design and optimization. Next, visit Search Engine Land for an extensive review and photos from the event over on Flickr .

Tonight at the Rubicon office in Santa Monica, SMCLA is hosting their panel “SEO in Your Social Media Strategy: Links and Other Tactics.” 8221; Watch some of LA tech’s  elite SEO experts talk about what they do best. Tony Adam - SEO Manager, Yahoo! Already versed in HTML ( how to make love )?  Then Then consider expanding your search engine optimization knowledge.

Tonight at the Rubicon office in Santa Monica, SMCLA is hosting their panel “SEO in Your Social Media Strategy: Links and Other Tactics.” 8221; Watch some of LA tech’s  elite SEO experts talk about what they do best. Tony Adam - SEO Manager, Yahoo! Already versed in HTML ( how to make love )?  Then Then consider expanding your search engine optimization knowledge.