Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Blogging
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Excerpt: So I got Dugg -- but I'm convinced this trivial WordPress Plugin is part of what helped me top the Digg charts for so long. All it does is examine every incoming HTTP_REFERER, and if a Digg URL (of a specific Digg) hits a blog post URL, it assumes that it's a Digg of that post. T ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Google
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Excerpt: This is a compilation of stuff Matt Cutts has said historically, minus some of the more recent stuff here, here, and here. I decided I'd dig backwards and document some of the older stuff. I dated it accordingly. Here it is:1. http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/dashes-vs-underscores ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Blogging
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Excerpt: This is a terribly simple but useful WordPress plugin that puts an interactive counter-style Reddit interface on your blog -- but only when someone has already bookmarked the URL. It looks rather lame when everything isn't bookmarked, but the JavaScript interface with the arrows is a defin ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Free Site Reviews
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Excerpt: Last month I reviewed a web hosting company here. This month I'll make sure to do something different. Submit your site by leaving a comment! ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in PHP, Copywriting
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Excerpt: One of the things that irks me most about programmers getting involved with marketing is that most of them just don't know grammar. SEO Black Hat mentioned "Google are," I mentioned "then vs. than," and now I'll mention one more thing -- "a vs. an." ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Email Marketing
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Excerpt: Many people hate automated emails. I especially hate emails that look like this:From: do-not-reply-or-we-will-sacrifice-your-children@somecompany.comHi,Your order (#12345) has been shipped. Thank you for your business. This is an automated email. Do not reply (because we hate ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Blogging
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Excerpt: Here are a list of my favorite WordPress plugins that are SEO-related. My install also includes quite a few hacks directly to the source, but only because I didn't do it the "right" way. These are the essentials:Chicklet Creator http://www.twistermc.com/shake/RSS- ...
Part of Jaimie Sirovich's adventure in SEO, Spam, Blogging
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Excerpt: It's now pretty clear that companies must monitor their online reputations. It's also not such a great idea to tick off bloggers in the first place. News is likely to spread, and fellow bloggers may send links freely. Reporting something stupid is great link bait! As ...
