What SEO Web Sites do I read?
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While most web designers are busy pushing pixels around a screen, I’m busy fixing my clients websites and making them more search engine friendly, I don’t really like the term SEO (search engine optimization) because what I do is try to make websites more friendly for organic marketing while also increasing their appeal to search engines. My theory is simply, search engines are only one source of traffic so building websites should be about optimizing organic marketing, not trying to trick search engines.
So what websites have I been reading lately to help me increase my clients chances of succeeding on the web? It might surprise you. There’s a great article over at Darren Jamieson’s blog called SEO benefits of the ‘follow up post’ and another fantastic post called Webmaster Utilities We Dig (which would have been a lot funnier if they’d called it Webmaster Utilities We Digg). Both articles are informative and amusing, well worth the read.
There’s a great video of Joost de Valk talking about SEO that I watched last night while drinking a glass of wine from Castello Romitorio, I’m not sure which I enjoyed more but we’ll talk about that another time. I generally try to read David Naylor’s blog at least once a month. He’s an SEO chap from Exeter which is near a little town called Crediton which happens to have a lovely pub and some amazing cider just outside the town which as you can imagine is more than enough reason to read his blog.
You’ll notice that all these blogs have a few things in common, they’re not hard core marketing websites and they’re not complex sales sites. Each provides great information, informative content and makes a personal connection with the reader. The other thing that you’ll notice? They all have great PageRanks … which proves that even if they’re not making a lot of money at blogging they really know what they’re doing.
[...] Original post: What SEO Web Sites do I read? :: Christopher Ross [...]
You are one of the “SEO Web Sites” I’m following these days Christopher. Keep up the good work [now on to check out the links you posted].
Joe @ Kennewick Real Estate’s last blog post..Are You Validated?
Check out Blue Hat SEO as well, excellent and honest information.
JR @ Internet Marketing’s last blog post..Title Tags vs. Anchor Text РLink Attributes
Thanks @JR! Blue Hat SEO has some excellent articles, I will look more closely at their archives today.
You are welcome Chris, yes read the archives, there are some great posts, he does not update too often but he really writes some valuable posts.
JR @ Internet Marketing’s last blog post..Title Tags vs. Anchor Text РLink Attributes
I find blogging one of the good ways of internet marketing. I have received a small number of visitors on my site especially from the sites where I commented their blogs.
Frankly, I have spent hours reading about SEO that it really became so daunting task but I really do love when a person analysises the complicated subject with ease. I will sure check out the website and dig into their content to gain more insight. Once again Chris, you are just too much.
I find internet marketing the same as marketing a product in the real world. In real marketing one really has to go through different means to promote a brand and product. Same tasks are applied in internet marketing but this can also be done at the comfort of one’s bedroom.