Perception is reality, why Google Page Rank matters
When it comes to Google’s Page Rank, a typical blogger goes through the following progression of thought.
What’s Page Rank?
How do I improve my Page Rank?
Page Rank is irrelevant.
I think step three is too clever by half. Sure, from a purely Googlerific point of view, the Live Page Rank indicator available for Firefox or included in [...]
The social value of blog comments.
Wade published a great post on the SEO value of commenting on other blogs. His advice is spot on if your primary goal is improving your relevance in Google. I offer “Do Follow” links on my blogs for the express purpose of encouraging people like Wade to contribute to the conversation.
I’m a prolific commenter myself. [...]
Fake Greg’s swan song - Google PR4 in under a month.
This is not advice. I’d like to take credit for this, but I don’t really know what happened here. The Secret Diary of Greg Swann is less than one month old, and has attained a Google Page Rank of 4. I don’t know if it will last, so I took a screen-shot of it. I [...]
linkation, location, libation
Is it possible to agree with Dustin Luther, while taking Greg Swann’s advice? Would it be less two faced to dispute Mary McKnight’s theory on blog roles, and then decide to follow her advice? You could say I’m on every side of the blog roll debate, I’ll even argue that I helped establish the RE.net [...]
What if Google craps out on Active Rain?
Active Rain is a top notch social networking platform. But as an SEO engine, I think it’s a bit of a gamble.
There’s no shortage of bloggers who have commented on how Active Rain has helped them rank better. For those who consider this icing on the cake, I agree. But for those on AR who [...]

