SEO In 2006 & 2007

Well here we are at the end of a great year for SEO’s, Internet Marketers and of course, Beanstalk. It’s been a true pleasure to attend my first Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose and I look forward already to speaking at the New York conference in April. It was also a pleasure to […]

Jill Whalen On Links

I just received Jill Whalen’s newsletter (which I HIGHLY recommend subscribing to) and in it she replies to one of her subscribers on how someone with less links is outranking them. This is a point I’ve discussed MANY times on the phone and in emails but I thought it worth posting her comments here as […]

First Contact

Well today was the first day I had the opportunity to speak on Webmaster Radio. The topics we covered today included the importance of the alternative engines (to watch upcoming technologies and for traffic), the YouTube/Google deal, and Yahoo! announcing they’re now respecting the noodp meta tag. You can listen to the piece by clicking […]

How To Win Links And Influence Engines

The title of this article is designed to prove (in an SEO kind of way) the very point that Dale Carnegie was making when he wrote one of the most influential business books of all times, “How To Win Friends And Influence People” (arguably one of the best business books ever written as well). In […]

Whistler, Wild Kids & WiFi

Well, it’s been a little over a week since my last post. I would apologize however the delay is due to a week long hiatus in beautiful Whistler, BC in no small part due to my friend Bryan who manages some property there (www.whistlerretreats.com)and was kind enough to let us stay in one of his […]

Tales From SES San Jose

While I unfortunately had to fly back from San Jose a day earlier than the conference ended it was a truly enjoyable and enriching experience. Having the opportunity to speak at the conference was a pleasure and I would like to extend special thanks to Danny for the opportunity. Of course there were many sessions […]

Google, Orion, SEO & You

Every now and then an event occurs that changes how the SEO community views the way websites are optimized and structures promotions. The purchase of the rights to the Orion Algorithm by Google and equally important, the interest that both Yahoo! and MSN took in the algorithm as they vied for ownership themselves, marks just […]