When do SEOs Tweet? 13 Aug 2012 | 09:08 am

Protect your content from scrapers, aggregators, and other scary creatures 6 Aug 2012 | 10:31 pm

Creating great content is hard work. It requires hours of researching, rewriting, and editing. And if you’re like me, you spend just as much time agonizing over the perfect picture [...]

Best WordPress Themes for Business Sites 1 Aug 2012 | 09:28 pm

Best WordPress Themes for Business Sites If you have a business, you know how important it is to have a professional image online. The good news is that you don’t [...]

Your masked affiliate links aren’t fooling Google 31 Jul 2012 | 01:15 am

One common piece of advice that SEOs give to affiliate marketers (see here and here) is to mask their affiliate links by following these steps: Setup a 301 redirect (ie: [...]

How to disable the RSS feed on a WordPress site 24 Jul 2012 | 04:59 am

WordPress was originally built to be a blogging platform, but in recent years, it has evolved far beyond that.  Today, WordPress is used for all sorts of websites, from traditional blogs, to enterpris...

The search results page of the future? 8 Jun 2012 | 10:20 pm

At the beginning of my work day, I normally do some random searching to get my brain moving while I drink my coffee. Today, I came across something pretty interesting. In cases where Google feels ext...

Dear Google: It’s not all about you 31 May 2012 | 11:39 pm

Dear Google, Something has happened to you. Since you released Panda into the wild, you have become a clingy high school girlfriend. You know, the one whose world view has yet to develop to the poin...

Your high bounce rate is killing your analytics 17 May 2012 | 01:31 am

This site has a very high bounce rate (90%+). And when visits come from search, the bounce rate is even higher. For a site like mine, a high bounce rate from search isn’t necessarily a bad thing. My ...

How soft 404s can signify a hacked website 3 May 2012 | 12:07 am

Note: This post is a case study. I haven’t posted a case study on the site before, so let me know if you feel it’s valuable. If you do, I will try to post this sort of content regularly. A few weeks ...

How my music addiction led to a career in affiliate marketing 14 Mar 2012 | 07:50 am

The first time I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit, it was like a freight train sucker punched me in the chest.  I was a teenager at the time and I’d listened to a lot of music before, but I’d never felt ...