I've been thinking a lot about Barnacle SEO recently. Some of the reason is a renewed focus on link-building, which is at the core of Barnacle SEO. In response to this post on LinkedIn, my old friend Rich Hargrave asks '… where are the"barnacles"?' In my reply, I was trying to come up with an …
I've been testing a number of link building services including some from Chris Palmer SEO. He and I were chatting by phone and he asked if I'd be willing to go live with him. Chris is a big fan of "tiered link building" and so I asked him for some ideas on strategy, pacing of …
Continue reading Live Q&A On Tiered Link Building With Chris Palmer SEO
Forever ago, I came across a blog post that used the phrase "Hard Hat SEO." I've gone looking for that piece a few times. There's an abandoned URL and LinkedIn profile, but not the post. I always love that phrase - Hard Hat SEO. The author says, "I'm not a black hat; I'm not a …
I had the good fortune to take part in Local U Advanced in Denver on September 19th. I wrote about it on the Search Influence blog. The bullet points: Sterling Sky is buying Local U We've been wrong all along about <title> tag length Google is whomping Yelp in reviews, even in Yelp's typically strong …
Continue reading Over at Search Influence: Learnings from Local U Advanced in Denver
Scam Alert! One of our clients made an update to his map marker location, shortly after which he received a phone call from someone identifying themselves as a "Google Specialist". The caller identified that there was a location update. Verify the correct address and then said “your business is listed as miscellaneous” — our customer …
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