Comments on: Think You Have to Spam to do Well in the Search Engines? Think Again. http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/ Be a Chief Extraordinary Officer in Business & in Life Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:52:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rushabh Choksi http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-217139 Rushabh Choksi Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:11:07 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-217139 I feel that she needs to rethink her bookmarking strategy. Besides that one can also use micro blogging sites like sites like twitter and pownce. But in a neat way and not to spam. Rushabh Choksis last blog post..<a href="http://rcweblogs.blogspot.com/2008/06/tila-tequila-talks-about-her-sexual.html" rel="nofollow">Tila Tequila Talks About Her Sexual Preferences</a> I feel that she needs to rethink her bookmarking strategy. Besides that one can also use micro blogging sites like sites like twitter and pownce. But in a neat way and not to spam.

Rushabh Choksis last blog post..Tila Tequila Talks About Her Sexual Preferences

]]> By: Tom Lindstrom http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-174194 Tom Lindstrom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:01:18 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-174194 Most of my traffic comes from social sites and nowadays from Google also.I have not submitted my site to any search engine, it seems to have happened automatically by using social sites and blogging.Now I´m on the first page on Google for many top keywords in my niche.No spamming needed. <em>Tom Lindstrom's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tlmarketing/OLvJ/~3/237718169/' rel="nofollow">Earn Money Online Selling eBooks</a></em> Most of my traffic comes from social sites and nowadays from Google also.I have not submitted my site to any search engine, it seems to have happened automatically by using social sites and blogging.Now I´m on the first page on Google for many top keywords in my niche.No spamming needed.

Tom Lindstrom’s last blog post..Earn Money Online Selling eBooks

]]> By: edmur http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-173767 edmur Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:18:12 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-173767 I think the overriding theme here is that good SEO can and will result from good "natural" practices - such as not bombing sites/blogs/comment sections with links, building community outside your blog, developing natural relevant links, etc. I think the overriding theme here is that good SEO can and will result from good “natural” practices – such as not bombing sites/blogs/comment sections with links, building community outside your blog, developing natural relevant links, etc.

]]> By: David LaFerney http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-173206 David LaFerney Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:20:26 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-173206 <i>David Elefant - studying the keywords people use to find your site in the search engines and then using them in your articles, keywords, alt tags etc… is spamming</i> It Could be spamming if you just toss keywords into an unrelated article, but if you do this right you can help people find what they're looking for by writing the same words that are being searched for instead of your own specialized vocabulary. If searchers are landing on your site and saying "This is what I was looking for" you aren't spamming. <em>David LaFerney's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Metatoastcom/~3/229844492/' rel="nofollow">Triple your Potential Audience</a></em> David Elefant – studying the keywords people use to find your site in the search engines and then using them in your articles, keywords, alt tags etc… is spamming

It Could be spamming if you just toss keywords into an unrelated article, but if you do this right you can help people find what they’re looking for by writing the same words that are being searched for instead of your own specialized vocabulary. If searchers are landing on your site and saying “This is what I was looking for” you aren’t spamming.

David LaFerney’s last blog post..Triple your Potential Audience

]]> By: BrandiMagill http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-172035 BrandiMagill Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:27:01 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-172035 What a relief!!! I am new to blogging and haven't spammed yet that I am aware of anyhow. But it is so nice to have someone provide info on how to properly use SEO without having to feel guilty about spamming. Especially for the newbies such as myself! Thank you~ <em>BrandiMagill's last blog post..<a href='http://urilifethefeast.blogspot.com/2008/02/profession-that-makes-difference.html' rel="nofollow">A Profession that Makes a Difference</a></em> What a relief!!! I am new to blogging and haven’t spammed yet that I am aware of anyhow. But it is so nice to have someone provide info on how to properly use SEO without having to feel guilty about spamming. Especially for the newbies such as myself! Thank you~

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]]> By: Reeling in traffic and buying donains, for example | ChillyCool Web Digger http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-172001 Reeling in traffic and buying donains, for example | ChillyCool Web Digger Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:57:34 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-172001 [...] Some good, realistic tips on bringing traffic to your site [...] [...] Some good, realistic tips on bringing traffic to your site [...]

]]> By: Mary http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171808 Mary Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:20:36 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171808 Another excellent post Wendy. Keyword research is paramount to success as it is so important to know what people are looking for. Creating natural links with quality sites can help increase quality traffic. Often people get carried away with generating links, linking to all sorts of sites, that fail to add any real value overall and in some cases have no relevance.I'm a strong advocate of conversing on forums, communities, blogs, etc., only when value can be added. I've used quite a few keyword tools but not the one you mention in your post so I will take a look at it. Thanks again for the great info. Another excellent post Wendy. Keyword research is paramount to success as it is so important to know what people are looking for. Creating natural links with quality sites can help increase quality traffic. Often people get carried away with generating links, linking to all sorts of sites, that fail to add any real value overall and in some cases have no relevance.I’m a strong advocate of conversing on forums, communities, blogs, etc., only when value can be added. I’ve used quite a few keyword tools but not the one you mention in your post so I will take a look at it. Thanks again for the great info.

]]> By: Cookiemouse http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171601 Cookiemouse Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:14:37 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171601 Keywords are very important in the beginning to increase the number of search hits a blog gets. Is it spamming? Fine point. I think that as long as the keywords are an honest part of the content then it's OK. In an ideal world perhaps we would have a human referral search engine. At the moment we have Google so we need keywords. <em>Cookiemouse's last blog post..<a href='http://leightoncookie.blogspot.com/2008/02/hipo-hyfryda-vegan-welsh-valentine.html' rel="nofollow">Hipo Hyfryd...a vegan Welsh Valentine</a></em> Keywords are very important in the beginning to increase the number of search hits a blog gets. Is it spamming? Fine point. I think that as long as the keywords are an honest part of the content then it’s OK. In an ideal world perhaps we would have a human referral search engine. At the moment we have Google so we need keywords.

Cookiemouse’s last blog post..Hipo Hyfryd…a vegan Welsh Valentine

]]> By: Patricia J http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171495 Patricia J Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:18:13 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171495 Great tips, Wendy. I know you focus on seasonal tips for kids. I would like some tips for occupying kids during those long weekend car rides? Kango has a few suggestions on a post we created months ago, but I bet Shannon could offer some creative ideas and tips. <em>Patricia J's last blog post..<a href='http://blog.kango.com/romantic/valentines_day_roundup_173.html' rel="nofollow">Valentine's Day Roundup</a></em> Great tips, Wendy. I know you focus on seasonal tips for kids. I would like some tips for occupying kids during those long weekend car rides? Kango has a few suggestions on a post we created months ago, but I bet Shannon could offer some creative ideas and tips.

Patricia J’s last blog post..Valentine’s Day Roundup

]]> By: Laura http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171473 Laura Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:29:55 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171473 Great post Wendy! I think site owners can get so caught up in the allure of SEO and key word writing that they forget something that is just good common sense: write well and they will read it. <em>Laura's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorkFromHomeMomma/~3/235619257/do_you_need_a_college_degree_t.html' rel="nofollow">Do You Need A College Degree to Work At Home?</a></em> Great post Wendy! I think site owners can get so caught up in the allure of SEO and key word writing that they forget something that is just good common sense: write well and they will read it.

Laura’s last blog post..Do You Need A College Degree to Work At Home?

]]> By: Melissa Ingold http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171442 Melissa Ingold Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:54:42 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171442 You have done it again. You have given us some really great content to really read and think about. Thanks. <em>Melissa Ingold's last blog post..<a href='http://businesswritingnetwork.com/blog/?p=89' rel="nofollow">How to Write Other Web Pages – Web 2.0 Style</a></em> You have done it again. You have given us some really great content to really read and think about. Thanks.

Melissa Ingold’s last blog post..How to Write Other Web Pages – Web 2.0 Style

]]> By: Make Money Online | David Elefant http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171386 Make Money Online | David Elefant Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:49:26 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171386 I don't agree when you say these tatics are not spamming the search engines. Carefully studying the keywords people use to find your site in the search engines and then using them in your articles, keywords, alt tags etc... is spamming as it is done with the idea getting as many pages indexed as possible. It does work, if you carefully chose your title place a few phrase between h2 tags not only I have received high rankings for those keywords but I have even some double listings. The keywords I targeted bring me between 10 and 20 visitors a day. If content is king people would refer a site and there would be no need of search engines. Popularity counts. People who lost PR but had traffic did not lose income. Traffic is king no matter where it comes from. <em>Make Money Online | David Elefant's last blog post..<a href='http://www.myzury.com/sitemaps-why-you-need-two/' rel="nofollow">Sitemaps Why You Need Two</a></em> I don’t agree when you say these tatics are not spamming the search engines. Carefully studying the keywords people use to find your site in the search engines and then using them in your articles, keywords, alt tags etc… is spamming as it is done with the idea getting as many pages indexed as possible. It does work, if you carefully chose your title place a few phrase between h2 tags not only I have received high rankings for those keywords but I have even some double listings. The keywords I targeted bring me between 10 and 20 visitors a day.

If content is king people would refer a site and there would be no need of search engines. Popularity counts. People who lost PR but had traffic did not lose income.

Traffic is king no matter where it comes from.

Make Money Online | David Elefant’s last blog post..Sitemaps Why You Need Two

]]> By: Wendy Piersall http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171003 Wendy Piersall Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:07:01 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171003 I agree that it's ok to submit your own stuff if it is rarely. I used to do it a lot more in the past myself. But I have always submitted other people's things more than my own, which makes a difference, I believe. :) But at this point, a lot of the articles on the site get stumbled on their own anyway. So we don't really have to decide whether to submit our own stuff anymore or not. Makes me happy to know that all of the authors here are continually writing great stuff. :) I agree that it’s ok to submit your own stuff if it is rarely. I used to do it a lot more in the past myself. But I have always submitted other people’s things more than my own, which makes a difference, I believe. :)

But at this point, a lot of the articles on the site get stumbled on their own anyway. So we don’t really have to decide whether to submit our own stuff anymore or not. Makes me happy to know that all of the authors here are continually writing great stuff. :)

]]> By: Lis Garrett http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-171001 Lis Garrett Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:03:35 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-171001 I get the majority of my traffic from Google, so OF COURSE I wrote a post about an easy idea for homemade valentines. I did the same at Christmas and took advantage of what I knew people would be searching for. On the one hand, I'm bummed that I have only a handful of regular readers and commenters (about 30). However, I know I must be doing something right - my stats keep climbing even though my core readership stays about the same. (I'm averaging about 200 now). I just wish those people who find me through Google would stick around. I am guilting of Sk*rting my own article about Bloggers for Locks of Love (my first time EVER), only because I think it's an important topic. I have never used Digg or StumbleUpon before. I don't see the harm, as long as you don't make it a habit. <em>Lis Garrett's last blog post..<a href='http://melissagarrett.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/bloggers-for-locks-of-love/' rel="nofollow">Bloggers for Locks of Love</a></em> I get the majority of my traffic from Google, so OF COURSE I wrote a post about an easy idea for homemade valentines. I did the same at Christmas and took advantage of what I knew people would be searching for. On the one hand, I’m bummed that I have only a handful of regular readers and commenters (about 30). However, I know I must be doing something right – my stats keep climbing even though my core readership stays about the same. (I’m averaging about 200 now). I just wish those people who find me through Google would stick around.

I am guilting of Sk*rting my own article about Bloggers for Locks of Love (my first time EVER), only because I think it’s an important topic. I have never used Digg or StumbleUpon before. I don’t see the harm, as long as you don’t make it a habit.

Lis Garrett’s last blog post..Bloggers for Locks of Love

]]> By: Ames Bros http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-170973 Ames Bros Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:22:14 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/02/14/think-you-have-to-spam-to-do-well-in-the-search-engines-think-again/#comment-170973 Thanks for that post, Wendy. I use that SEO Book tool that you linked too and I love it! It provides a lot of information at the stroke of a key. Keep the tips coming. Thanks for that post, Wendy. I use that SEO Book tool that you linked too and I love it! It provides a lot of information at the stroke of a key. Keep the tips coming.

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