June 2007 Archives : Bruce Clay Blog
June 29, 2007Friday Recap – Batman Edition
Hey. It’s Friday. It’s also SEO Newsletter day. Yesterday was my birthday. Okay, let’s move on. First off, I’d like you to meet my new friend. Her name is Katia and she has two feets. She likes to hold them when she sleeps. Er, this wasn’t supposed to be a poem. Anyway, check out her [...]
June 28, 2007
Negative Optimization, Ask.com & Some Fun Finds
Negative Search Engine Optimization? Get a life. Phil Lenssen pointed to an interesting article from Forbes that talks about "negative SEO" and how optimization can be used to harm the rankings of your competition. The article is "interesting" not because it is informative but rather because makes you question the intelligence of mankind. It all [...]
June 27, 2007
Introducing Mr. & Mrs. Robert Esparza
We have pictures! [My apologies for the post that went out earlier this morning. I hit the wrong button. I know, I'm adorable.] After threatening Susan multiple times on multiple days, she has finally provided me with pictures from her big brother Robert Esparza’s weekend wedding. Way to make us all wait, Susan. But enough [...]
June 26, 2007
Threadwatch, SEO Angels & The Day The Music Died
Threadwatch To Close Friday Aaron Wall announced that Threadwatch will be closing down as of Friday, citing a number of different reasons for his decision. My favorite is when he blames it on the girlfriend he "got". Got. Like a dog. Or some kind of flesh eating disease. Though I’ve always been slightly fearful of [...]
More Signs Google Hearts Image Optimization
Today’s fun search story is that Google has added an Ajax-flavored image version of Google News that gives users a visual interpretation of the day’s biggest stories. Fun, right? Yes! And even better, it’s pretty. If you head over to the new Google News Image Version you’ll see images of the day’s top news stories [...]
Search Engine Optimization Is Not Google Optimization
LED Digest Moderator John Audette asks: Has Internet marketing been reduced to optimizing for Google searches? Has it? Yes. Should it? The total and complete opposite of yes. Props to John for highlighting two of the major problems in search engine optimization with one succinct little question. The problems? Site owners are focusing their optimization [...]
June 22, 2007
Usability is about Connection
I think it’s time for us to share a moment. Let’s talk, shall we? Ahmed Bilal asks over at Performancing Is Your Blogging Stressing You Out? My answer is an overwhelming, "oh God, yes!" Some of my stress is simply a result of being relatively high strung. I’m what you would call Seriously Jumpy. If [...]
Friday Recap: Are You Human Edition
Hi. You might want to back away. Susan and I have lost our minds. Not only are we both on sugar highs from Friday Doughnut Day, but we fell in love with a puppy named Bugenhagen, it’s all-day New Kids On The Block in the office, and I’m pretty sure Susan is wearing a dress. [...]
June 21, 2007
Mahalo, Annoying Internet Words, & Conference City Locations
Another Reason Search Engine Optimization is Important Even if you’re not going to go out and start optimizing a bunch of Web sites, it’s still important to at least understand the principles behind search engine optimization and how the engines work. Why? Because then Michael Gray can’t out you for being clueless and linking to [...]
Ask.com Thinks You’re An Idiot
Why does Ask.com think I’m a vapid idiot? If the battle of the search engines was a football game, Jennifer Laycock and I would be sitting in the front row of the bleachers clutching hands, decked out in our favorite Ask.com gear and jumping up and down rooting for our boys. And we’d look adorable [...]
