Category Archives: SEO

SEO is Still a Fool’s Game

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Howard

I was asked to do a presentation for the North Texas PC Users Group, which I did yesterday (Saturday October 22nd, 2016). I had spoken there about SEO a couple of years ago, and there was a recent major course … Continue reading →

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To Backlink or Not to Backlink, That is the Question…

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Howard

There is some controversy about backlinking for SEO purposes. Google doesn’t like “artificial” (read: paid) backlinks, and will even penalize a site for having lots of backlinks from “bad neighborhoods” or from other sites that you control. OTOH, if you … Continue reading →

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The Big Bing Theory

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Howard

On Monday (December 1st, 2014), the Mozilla folks released a new version of FireFox. Yeah, big whoop-de-do. But wait…there’s more! This particular release replaced Google with Yahoo! as the default search engine. Yahoo! announced recently that they have given up … Continue reading →

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Don’t Pay for SEO!

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Howard

I’ve already published a couple of articles on SEO, and why it is basically a fool’s game. I wasn’t really going to write another, since I felt that I pretty much felt I had said my piece. However, I was … Continue reading →

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Inside Adsense

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Howard

For many years, the concept behind Adsense has fascinated thousands upon thousands of marketers because it seems relatively easy to profit from. And Google makes a fortune perpetuating that illusion. Once upon a time, it really was easy to slap … Continue reading →

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To Backlink, or Not to Backlink

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Howard

I think it’s still worthwhile to get a few backlinks to jumpstart your traffic, as long as you don’t consider that to be your major traffic strategy. I have used the service of SocialAdr to good effect for the last several years, and if you don’t overuse their service, it can give a significant boost to your initial traffic efforts. Continue reading →

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Where to get Traffic — The YouTube HiJack

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Howard

If you have been following this blog, you already know my opinion on “free” (SEO) traffic, especially from Google. In a nutshell, SEO traffic can be the most expensive and least effective traffic available. In addition to being incredibly fickle, … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With SEO, Revisited

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Howard

I wasn’t planning to write a followup to What’s Wrong With SEO? but I saw an excellent article on the subject over on a blog with the brilliant name ViperChill, and I wanted to comment on it. (Warning: The link … Continue reading →

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New Spam Scam — “Morsch Money Secret” or “Google Sniper”

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Howard

I’m guessing that you found this site while “researching” a spam on a YouTube video. And you probably didn’t find this page using a Google search unless you entered the exact phrase, “morsch money scam spam.” The reason this particular … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Howard

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a set of techniques for improving SERP (Search Engine Result Placement, or Search Engine Result Page). The terms SEO and SERP are almost always used in reference to Google, the dominant search engine. The goal … Continue reading →

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