autorave/seo

Michael writes an SEO manifesto: "For many people, a manifesto is something to think about. For some people it defines a way of life. For a very few people it may become an object to be feared, disputed, and opposed. Like art, a good manifesto evokes some sort of reaction in people. You need to shape your own manifesto if you want to know who is paying attention to you."

An good interview with Jeff Quipp from Search Engine People. :)

From the page: "There is a strange thing happening with my peers that are afflicted by the Social Media disease. I am not sure if it is delusional or merely lack of subjectivity, but they want to mix SEO and Social Media Marketing in some philosophical mish-mash that has me scratching my head vigorously lately"

From the page: "Keyword research is the backbone (or should be) for any new web project. Keyword research tells you what words people are searching for - and with the right tools - how many people are searching for them as well as how many sites are ranking for those terms."

Matt from wordpress talks about Nofollow: "I think it's important to structure documents using web standards with proper headings, markup tags, and a logical order to the content to make it accessible to plain-text user agents like screen readers and search engine crawlers.

When SEO crosses with something that you would do for a good user experience anyway, like having relevant navigation between pages, then I'm all for it. When it strays from that I tend to avoid it because I don't think it'll be effective in the long term, meaning 1-5 years from now."

Steve on truth and lies in SEM/SEO: "Realize that in many cases what you read is not the entire story; it is nothing more then a bit of information to start with. Some parts could have been left out on purpose in an effort for that person to have there 15 minutes of fame. What they left out though was probably what makes the technique effective."

Important info by Vanessa Fox on how google handles subdomains: "At Pubcon last week, Matt Cutts mentioned a change in the way Google handles subdomains. To better understand this change and what this means for search marketers, letâ€s revisit common site structure choices, how theyâ€re handled by Google, and how that impacts SEO."

Graywolf rants about Google: "You are one of the most profitable companies in the world, stop looking for free handouts from people reporting links to you or not utilizing link advertising because it messes with your business model. You don't want people tinkering with factors in your link based algo, then stop relying so heavily on it."