Wow, I just wanted to drop a quick thank you for all of the input you guys have given me over the past few days. I really have gained insight into something that I'm pretty blind about! Yay for productive conversations on the -biz list :)
THANKS! -- Tom On 11/22/05, trixter aka Bret McDanel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:00 -0700, kelley g wrote: > > Steve Totaro wrote: > > > > >Also, do not underestimate SEO (Search Engine Optimization) especially > > >for a niche market like you mention. Since you are focusing on radio, > > >be sure to optimize your site for keywords in the radio industry and > > >establish your knowledge of the industry in your content. > > > > > > > > search engine optimization requirements are have changed and continue > > changing quite rapidly. you may find that these old school techniques > > are inadequate. you must have fresh content and active links into and > > out of your site. keywords are not much valued anymore by the search > > engines. what you will find is that the first sentences of several > > paragraphs are used instead. > > > > I think what he meant was to be optimized for the words that people > would use to search, ie what you type into google. Those keywords, not > necissarily the meta tag keywords or similar. That is how I read it > anyway. > > > > you may initially get decent rankings using the above, but as your > > content gets stale you will drop in results listings. > > > > also, blog-type content is given different weight and, depending on the > > search engine, can really generate 'word-of-mouth' buzz. google is > > behind the curve when it comes to capturing 'viral content', try > > technorati.com to get an idea of how this works. this model is coming > > soon to the business side of things. > > > There are already professional bloggers, companies will pay in some > cases upto $80k/year for someone to just type up blog entries about > various products. Because of that its going to be a battle between > spam-blogs and the search engines that index them. Search engine > companies know that if you get results that are all spam you will go > elsewhere for your searching. So they have a vested interest in trying > to filter it. > > I think its too early to tell right now which way this will go, but > blogging in general is likely to cause small battles between the > bloggers and the search engines. > > > -- > Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel > UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 > US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 > FreeWorldDialup: 635378 > http://www.sacaug.org/ Sacramento Asterisk Users Group > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBDg1e1+1olxlzQw5cRAos3AJ90VXxI+xuk8HMkr6QR0xiRjuWheQCgkzd3 > PqFsEzHiOGks6ANN3RDGMy8= > =/ZTW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Biz mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > -- Tom _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
