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Who’s the best SEO expert alive today? That is a tough question to answer. There are so many variables and the criteria for measuring this is broad.

The author of this post, an 11-year veteran of SEO marketing, would like to suggest that the top SEO’s are not necessarily measured by their income, but rather by how much they have been able to help increase the income of their clients. Some of the top SEO minds have retired and now just write and educate others about SEO marketing. So I ask, who in this world really understands how to drive massive organic traffic to a Website through optimization and white hat search engine promotion methods? Who can optimize content in their sleep, and it works? Who can quickly troubleshoot any domain and prescribe a solution the same day, a solution that works? Which SEO’s understand the importance of social media marketing to the SEO industry and how to leverage them together? Which SEO guru’s have paid their dues in the industry and have kept their swords edge as sharp as can be? Which Search Engine Optimizers can sit down at their desk and git er dun!

If you answer these questions, you will find an SEO genius that you should do whatever it takes to get them on board with you. After all, we all want to be successful right, and to expedite our successes? Ok, so we are on the same page so far.

Written by SEO Expert Robert Wright with help from Steve Wiideman, this list is derived from a mix of industry reputation, years of metric-centered writing, and a bit of pure bias.

Not necessarily in order, they’ve just simply made the list for 2009: Read the rest of this entry »

WMW and PubCon in November of 2009 where two of the best Brett Tabke events I’ve been to in Six years going to Vegas. The conference was well organized, the topics were good and timely and someone certainly seemed impressed with Twitter as there were several interesting sessions just focused on tweeting for business. I picked up a couple gems which is all I really ask for when I go to a conference. I’d recommend going again next year if anything like this year. Even the funky Convention Center food tasted better this year!

The networking at PubCon 2009 was awesome and it is great to get to see so many industry associates at the same place and time. Now there are some of my friends that I only see once a year in Vegas. Great job this year Brett, keep up the excellence.

A dear friend and colleague has passed away and journeyed to the next realm. Martin Preece was certainly a true blue, whitehat SEO, Webmaster for the World Resource Center online, talented percussionist and guitarist, and proprietor of www.webseodesign.com. It was certainly a pleasure knowing Martin and he surely has a place in my heart. His work ethic was unsurpassed and his honesty, integrity and professionalism were unquestionable. If you knew Martin and would like to leave some parting words you can visit this page:

http://www.vickfuneralhome.com/index.cfm Read the rest of this entry »

Hard to say in a nut shell but I want to share some thoughts about the question, What is SEO?

What is “Search Engine Optimization?”

Robert Wright 10-09-2009

Often I am asked the question, “ What exactly is Search Engine Optimization?” I’ll usually answer, “It is the practice of refining and focusing your Web site for the purpose of improved search engine performance.” Or, I’ve also answered, “SEO is the optimization of a Website for better search findability.”

It is a proven and established fact that good SEO will help a Web site perform better in major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. All fortune 500 companies are now using SEO practices. Search engine optimization addresses visibility, brand and Read the rest of this entry »

It was great. Even brilliant. I hope I get an invite next year also. Meeting people like Shoemoney, Dennis Yu, Neal Patel, Brent Csutoras, Andy Liu, Chris Winfield, Dan Martell and many other bright stars and just hanging with them in the spirit of sharing and comparing (and surfing) was excellent. A real breather from the conferences Read the rest of this entry »

Last winter I heard about DK’s ThinkTank event in Del Mar (San Diego) from a freind. He said it was unique and worth going back to. So recently when DK sent me an invite to this invite only event I was certainly interested.

DK is the chiropractor who got his Web marketing efforts adjusted by Matt Cutts at a search marketing conference Read the rest of this entry »

As of June 1, 2009, via brainstorms with associates and testing on my own, I believe that these are currently the top 10 reasons why a Website ranks well at Google:

1. In-bound Links from Diverse Topically Related Domains

2. Keyword Usage with Prominence in Page Title Read the rest of this entry »

Hot diggity! I now have the ability to match a phrase to a URL, run analytics based upon principles of “LSI” (Latent Semantic Indexing) as it relates to the bigger picture, NLP (Natural Language Processing) and provide a prioritized list of immediately usable “theme words” from pure Google data. Document theming with LSI type data is totally White Hat SEO and does not violate the letter nor the spirit of the webmaster and SEO guidelines of Google. In fact correct theming improves content relevancy and even AdWords quality scores! This new SEO strategy is based upon forensic study of white papers which have been incorporated into her algorithm  and Googles patents. Coupled with an uncanny level of insight into algorithmic operations and the spirit of White Hat marketing. Your competitors do not have this ability at this time which means that there is a HUGE opportunity for those who get started with true latent semantic theming. Read the rest of this entry »

I’d like to share some of my ideas regarding finding a real SEO expert to work with.

Some questions you might ask are:

1. Can I talk with the person who will be doing my optimization and marketing work? (you don’t really want to talk to a sales rep or even the manager as much as seeing if you can communicate well with the person executing your work and do they themselves have a deep understanding of SEO or are they just an employee who has their fingers crossed on the other side of the phone. Don’t be sold by a hotshot and then delivered to some newbie account manager. You don’t want to be part of a learning curve) Read the rest of this entry »

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. I do enjoy getting back for visits! This is my fifth year going home for the purpose of attending the Webmaster World event. The last four years, I went to the Conference and they have always been good but what I brought home last year was a little shy of what I needed to justify the investment. I’ve been practicing SEO for 9 years now and I find that what is being taught as “advanced” at Webmaster World, Search Engine Strategies (SES) and at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX), is things that I’ve been doing for 5+ years already. Don’t get me wrong, all three are excellent conferences, top-notch and world class, in fact, but more for the marketers who are newer at SEO and SEM. Read the rest of this entry »