How To Build Your Own “Google Reader”- With the impending “death” of RSS (thanks Google), people are clamoring for alternatives. Personally, I like Feedly but SEO Joe Hall has another option- Creating one your own damn self. Why I left News- Print is dead. But it isn’t for the reasons [...] Read more »
TWL #31- re: Lifestylin’, Content Makin’, and the Artist as a Genius Myth
Every Week (or so) I make a list of articles, videos, slide shows and other forms of media, that I either enjoyed or that made me think beyond the random “hmm…that’s nice”. Here are this week’s links…. What John Lennon can teach you about a lifestyle business- I love this [...] Read more »
TWL #30 re: 20 truths, burning man and learning the boring.
20 truths about life that nobody wants to believe - How many of truths do you believe? Now, how many do you ignore, hoping they aren’t so true? The Shooter- If you want to know what it’s like to go on a mission with SEAL Team 6, most specifically the one [...] Read more »
TWL #29- Designing for SEO, the Buddy System, and What it Means to be Wealthy
Find Your Site’s Biggest Technical Flaws in 60 Minutes- Brilliant post by David Sottimano. If you want to see a huge gain in SEO and you haven’t paid attention to the basics, then this article is the perfect place to start. David keeps it stupid simple with canonicalization, redirects, and [...] Read more »
TWL #28 re: Facebook Disconnect, a Paper Menagerie, and Quitting Blogging
Do the Work or Quit Blogging- “A person should not blog or publish on the Internet (not all publishers are bloggers) if they are blogging to fulfill a perceived “need”. If they are doing it for reputation, links, or anything else, blogging is a wasted effort. Blogging or publishing works [...] Read more »
TWL #27 Web Design Edition
Since I happen to be a marketer who does website design (these days, the 2 go hand in hand), I figured that it would be perfect to give someone who is interested in designing (whether it is for your own personal use or to build a site for someone else) [...] Read more »
TWL #26 Evil Ways to Build Links, The “Drink Ninja, and Overshooting Value
What’s wrong with Online Reading?- This slide show highlights something that most of us who are online are afraid to admit – Our abilities to read and absorb a longish article has disappeared. Advertisers Must Look Beyond Social Media- “while recent attempts to leverage social media data have succeeded in [...] Read more »
TWL #25 re: Language Modeling, Decision Fatigue and Why There Must be a Pay-Off…
A couple things before I get into this week’s links. (1) If you like mildly cynical yet funny articles lambasting on the days and lives of SEO’s and inbound marketers, you are going to love the Saloon of Literature. It’s run by pen-monkey (and SEO) Anthony Pensabene, Patrick Hathaway and [...] Read more »
TWL #24 Readability, Menu Mind Games, and the Talk About Pickles
It’s been a few weeks since I posted my this week’s links Friday column, partially due to time constraints. But this week, I am going to cover the best links I happened to unearth that you may or may not be aware of. The Illusion of Personality Branding and the Danger of [...] Read more »
TWL #23 Improving Your Blog, the Hero’s Journey and Eric Ward Talks Links
Interview with Link Building Expert Eric Ward- Nick Stamoulis sits with White Hat Link Building Expert, Eric Ward. For those who don’t know who he is, he started specializing in link building before SEO was tied to link building. By the way, Eric also does a premium monthly newsletter that is very [...] Read more »