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Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:51:40 +0000

[...] Surprise, Surprise: SEO Works MarketingSherpa today has the results from an SEO case study—4 tactics that increased traffic 58% (free until Feb 27). [...]

By: Natasha

Natasha — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:57:01 +0000

With regards to Sams dilemma, I would employ lateral thinking in search of links for SEO. As a food orientated site I for one would be happy to host an article relating eating to dentistry – I mean after all they do go hand in hand.

By: Prosperity Writer

Prosperity Writer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:26:55 +0000

simple solutions are the best ones in most cases. but then again if it were that easy, most SEOs will be out of business.

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Increase Traffic 58% | utahseopro.com — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:29:22 +0000

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By: Utah SEO

Utah SEO — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:18:24 +0000

Multilingual content is tricky because different geographic locations respond differently. It isn’t as simple as translating your content to another language. So if done correctly, I could see a huge increase in traffic with just that alone.

By: Mobile guy

Mobile guy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:38:27 +0000

We all know that SEO works even without adding any new content.

By: Sam M

Sam M — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:41:40 +0000

SEO is not a secret – it is actually so simple that it does not justify an industry or a career! It is simply about feeding the information industry with information. If your “information” is a repeat and a re-write of someone else’s, then you need the SEO magicians to do something for you – which will be short-lived. Google’s goal seems clear: keep on improving the search algorithm to improve the quality of information – not the quantity.

By: Ryan3PRIME

Ryan3PRIME — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:50:33 +0000

@Sam, you need an SEO that can speak with you about your business and find creative methods to add new content. You might find dental content very vanilla, but if I assign a writer to your needs, they, not being dentists, can probably think of a dozen questions that you could answer, each of which is a content piece. Give us a call and I’ll show you all about it!

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:49:13 +0000

SEO is becoming one of the hottest job fields. Its only going to get bigger as the internet marketing medium grows.

By: Jayson

Jayson — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:24:54 +0000

Yep no surprises and no secrets! Google tells you exactly how to get better rankings and if you do what they say continuously, and are patient, the results will come. It won’t happen over night.

By: Mike Montague

Mike Montague — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:58:17 +0000

I love the multi-lingual idea. I’ve seen that on a couple sites lately, as was very impressed.

By: Seomotion

Seomotion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:49:51 +0000

Multilingual comtent is the really good way to increase website traffic. Last year I made one experiment: I made German, French and Chinese website versions of my website. After 2 month I increaseв website traffic 430%.

By: Mike Touch

Mike Touch — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:11:21 +0000

Seems like the formula for SEO is the same from whoever’s mouth you hear it from.

Increase on page SEO, increase quality original content and increase number of backlinks to your content.

The main ideas are pretty simple, it’s the execution which gets a lot of people!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:26:09 +0000

LOL. Just putting well known information in different terms does not make this report any more valuable.

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Why SEO is BS - Page 2 - Irish SEO, Marketing & Webmaster Discussion — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:41:03 +0000

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By: GoWFB

GoWFB — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:44:29 +0000

With all the blood sweat and tears that people put into SEO, it should work! And even if it cannot guarantee results, it is, to large extent able to be accurate.

By: Tom Beaton

Tom Beaton — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:54:07 +0000

I think in this year everything will become a lot more formalised and everyone will be more comfortable with the concept. Firms will have more referrals and testimonials. It is still a pretty new concept after all.

By: Gratefullab

Gratefullab — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:08:03 +0000

I can see your point. A lot of people are down on SEO due to a bad experience but, in the long run, most SEOs should have a history of results and show the ablity to help clients increase conversions. You cannot guarantee results, but with experience you have a pretty good idea if you stand a chance in the vertical you are attacking with your given resources.

By: Tom Beaton

Tom Beaton — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:50:26 +0000

That is not exactly what I meant. A lot of it is open and clear. The problem is that anyone can call themselves a SEO and tout for business, no matter how good they are. Firms who do not know much about SEO can find it hard to know if what is being done for them is being done properly, or whether they are being cheated. SEO cannot guarantee results.

By: Gratefullab

Gratefullab — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:37:28 +0000

Hi Tom,

SEO’s not full of secrecy. There is plenty out there that is transparent, most of the white hat techniques have been stated, reiterated and regurgitated so many times that people take for granted that the basics really do work. Now, if you get into some more complicated areas, you may not understand the terminology you see in forums or blog posts, but that doesn’t make them secretive. Keep up at it and you will get the hang of things….