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Re: An Epic Year for SEO

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:30:05 -0000

Alan, what can I say, whenever I start to read your stuff I'm hooked to the end! I totally agree with you and Dana that engagement is the way forward. I look forward to learning and exploring new forms of engagement with you guys in 2011.

Re: Iâ€™m Not Really Here

Patricia Skinner — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:15:16 -0000

I totally agree Chris. I've also read about a couple of events lately where people are tweeting news instead of responding when someone needs help: disgusting. they're placing themselves in the Matrix quite voluntarily.

Re: Jeff Walker: Disingenuous Damage Control

Patricia Skinner — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:02:02 -0000

Ryan: very refreshing to see that I'm not the only one who is sick of simplistic, manipulative content that I can't identify with at all. There are some really good people doing business on the Internet though, and my policy is, if I don't like what I read that person gets jettisoned from my circle. Unfortunately it's just as you say. Some of those marketers are spammy and push their point of view aggressively. Good to see you sticking to your guns. Power to you.

Re: Online Marketers FAQs Available for Download

Patricia Skinner — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:59:51 -0000

Hi Travis,

When I found myself signing up for your MarketingProfessor reports I was asking myself 'are you crazy? How many of these stupid reports that never teach you anything are you going to read?'

But honestly, I was surprised. These reports are well-written and packed with useful information. I did actually learn a few things.

More than that though, your writing made me realize how very close I am to success--you motivated me.

Thanks.

Re: Industry Insiders – Interview with Michelle Robbins

Patricia Skinner — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:56:58 -0000

I agree that if it all hinges on a page 1 Google listing then there's something wrong somewhere.

Re: What NOT to Do When You’re Hired…

Patricia Skinner — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:25:41 -0000

Thanks all. seoshankar if you look at my last column you'll maybe find what you're looking for: Advice for the Newbie In-House SEO

Re: DryIcons.com | Free Icons | Colorful Stickers Icon Set

Patricia Skinner — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:36:03 -0000

Generally you can find high quality icons for download these days. But these truly are in a class of their own.

Re: 2 FireFox Addons to Schedule Your Browsing

Patricia Skinner — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:56:41 -0000

Take that Chrome! Robotic or not, I love it. I can think of loads of uses for these lovely little darlings: I am going to use them to help me keep up with my scheduled posts. Call me a robot--it's absolutely fantastic!

Re: Google Now Corrupting Lingual Identity

Patricia Skinner — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:23:56 -0000

While I agree with you Alan, (I am a Brit after all), I can't help but observe that it's not just Google who has this obsession with the Americanized version of our common language. I long ago learned to 'favor' the US spelling rather than my home-grown one because it made my writing more popular. Just sayin'.

Re: Case Study – 5 Ways to Sell Your Passion

Patricia Skinner — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:09:52 -0000

Plenty to think about here. I'm particularly interested in the Bottom Line Book Club--off to have a look.

Re: How to Get the Most out of Facebook’s Insights

Patricia Skinner — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:53:03 -0000

Facebook is increasingly important to social media marketing, but so difficult to make the most of. Thanks for bringing us a step closer Taylor.

Re: 101 Linkbait Resource: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Building Links

Patricia Skinner — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:04:14 -0000

Alan, good content is good content. For sure this is one constant that has been with us from the very beginning of the Internet and it will continue. :)

Re: Will Your CMS Cause Paid Search Problems?

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:08:45 -0000

Hi Glenn: I have seen some pretty major blogs falling foul of duplicate content because of CMS systems: most people never even consider it might be an issue. In fact I think it's a major problem with CMS and always configure accordingly, even at the cost of usability (as in displaying only an excerpt of a post on the main page, for example) and convenience.

This would be a great niche for an SEO I should think, optimizing CMS for paid search. Sadly, most Web owners will need a lot of convincing.

Re: Cleaning up the SEO Cesspool

Patricia Skinner — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:16:24 -0000

I believe so strongly in everything you've said here Alan, that a while back I started the Self Regulation Community. I can't say it's been the huge success that I'd hoped, although I'm partly to blame for that: Not enough hours in the day. If anyone would like to join me and help me come up with ideas, I'd be thrilled. At the same time if someone suggested a plausible strategy, I'd get behind that and encourage my members to do the same. Thanks for bringing this subject up Alan.

Re: Advice for the Newbie In-House SEO

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:55:13 -0000

Thank you Dana: training give me an idea for a future post though....

Re: Advice for the Newbie In-House SEO

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:08:18 -0000

Wow, thanks guys. I'm really honored. Glad you found it useful: hopefully you'll find coming articles on in-house SEO just as useful. I look forward to writing them now. :)

Re: The Inexperienced Guide to an Optimized Blog in 30 Min

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:03:25 -0000

Hi Jesse, I love this article: I'm a firm WordPress advocate so I agree with all this. All that functionality, a website up-and-running in 30 minutes or less, and Google loves it. What more can you want for free?

Welcome to the clan. :)

Re: You Can’t Optimize Cardboard

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:18:34 -0000

Nice article Rachel. Indeed, we all have to work to build trust in 2010.

Re: Advice for the Newbie In-House SEO

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:04:06 -0000

Wish you all the best Kevin: it's sad, but building bridges and proving ourselves are more important than just about anything else we do. The good news is that once you've proved what you can do you'll be treated with awe. :)

Re: Advice for the Newbie In-House SEO

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:01:44 -0000

Thank you Alan: I think that having to prove yourself will be part of the SEO deal for a little while to come. Sigh. What amazes me is that so many companies throw millions at traditional ways of strengthening their brand (such as TV ads) without so much as measuring their results. Sigh.

Re: Social Media Marketing Snake Oil

Patricia Skinner — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:41:35 -0000

Jordan: thanks for an outstanding article! I love this sentence:

"The conversation will happen whether you are there or not to try to control it."

This concept alone is priceless, if only businesses recognized that fact.

Re: What Users Like/Dislike About Google Wave [DATA]

Patricia Skinner — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:35:53 -0000

I'm having the same problem Matt. What say we hook up on Wave? :)

Re: 4 Tools to Tweet to Multiple Twitter Accounts

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:43:00 -0000

Interesting list Ann. I have just signed up for a Hootsuite account. Too early to say what I think of it yet: sort of stuck on my Twhirl app for Twitter, but being able to coordinate with other social media sites is a definite plus.

Re: The Perfect SEO Pitch

Patricia Skinner — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:10:21 -0000

Hi Chelsea, good points!

Jay, I would like to add that if you go into too much detail about SEO, people are likely to run with it, using your pitch as a roadmap, and taking on someone who will work for a song to implement it. The sad facts of life. It's better to take your SEO-specific information as vague as possible, and concentrate on the results that can be expected.

Re: Rupert Murdoch Plans To Hide His Sites From Google, The World Yawns

Patricia Skinner — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:46:11 -0000

I thought he was dead already, which kind of says it all about how important print news is nowadays. Who cares what murdoch thinks about how the Net works? He'll find out, for sure.