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Weighting the Value of Inlinks by Your Domain’s Life

Wednesday, 30 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Does anyone know… Does Google weight the value of inlinks relative to the lifespan of a website? While debating with some friends the question of buying links, I argued that buying links has its place in that new businesses, new companies with no brand recognition, reputation, or awareness, need way to catch up to the

Published in Insights / Research, Natural Search / SEO

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See you at Web 2.0 – The New Rules for Business

Thursday, 24 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Next week is Webguild’s Second Annual Web 2.0 Conference & Expo at the Marriott in Santa Clara, CA. January 29th will bring together a thousand industry leaders, marketers, and professionals to cover popular Web 2.0 technologies and the future direction of the web. Learn from industry experts (yes, I’ll be there so you can include

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Click Here – The Importance of Anchor Text

Wednesday, 23 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

There is a fascinating SERP artifact which almost prompts me to question whether or not there is no more valuable focus in SEO than anchor text. Anchor text you ask, how can that possibly be most important?? Well in truth, I’m not supposing it is but give these searches a moment of your time. “Click

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Easily Add Video to your Site – Google Adsense Links to YouTube

Saturday, 05 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

This is old news but I’ve finally had a chance to take a look and I’m enthusiastic about the potential. Google Adsense has integrated YouTube video to bring web sites and publishers a sponsored video service which automatically features relevant videos based on the content of your site. “A new way to enrich your site

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Anyone going to CES?

Friday, 04 January 2008 by Paul O'Brien

Will be in Las Vegas at CES Tuesday – Wednesday. Would love to *ahem* “network” Let me know if you’ll be there!

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How to Explain SEO to the Illiterate – the Library Analogy

Thursday, 27 December 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Having spent the past few days with family and friends for the Holiday, I repeatedly found myself in the situation of trying to explain search engine optimization and how websites are not simply ‘found’ through Google. Peppered with questions about how SEO is Marketing or why Google doesn’t just do a better job, I can

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Merry Tossmass Video – Targeted Advertising Oversight?

Friday, 14 December 2007 by Paul O'Brien

Happy Festivus everyone! With the annual debate and debacle over the use of “Christmas” and related symbolism, this clip came across my desk as a breath of fresh air. I share it with you not to stimulate that debate of “Holiday” vs. Christmas but to pose interesting Marketing questions that come to mind. First, enjoy: