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SEO Wordsmith

A blog devoted to search engine optimization, search engine marketing, and web traffic, as written by an experienced web marketer and copywriter.

The Page Rank of edu and gov Links

Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 15:56 in google, link building, page rank, backlinks, blog commenting, site indexing

SEO is rife with a lot of myths, and one of the king of these is that edu and gov links send better link juice than .coms and everything else. Perhaps “myth” is taking it to far because no one is really sure how exactly Google measures page rank...
Follow Comments with Backtype

Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 19:14 in social networking, blog commenting

I spend a lot of time (obsessively) checking this URL’s status in Google. Recently, I saw a listing for Seo Wordsmith in Backtype.com, something I hadn’t yet heard of, but I think will be one of the major marketing tools in 2009. What’s Bac...
The Page Rank of Social Network and Forum Profiles

Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 20:20 in social networking, forums, link building, page rank, backlinks, dofollow, blog commenting

Question: Is it useful to set up a thousand different social networking profiles that you never touch, just because each allows you to make a profile page that creates a backlink to your site? Answer: There are many answers to this question. The sh...