http://www.jexanalytics.com Web Analytics, Web Consulting and Search Engine Optimisation Thu, 28 May 2009 08:22:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my favourite's over at Search Engine Land is Jill Whalen, a gal who's sentiments echo my own so often that she has been known to come to my rescue in a forum or two when I haven't communicated my point properly. She's done it again, with something that hits ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/seo-success/ Jill Whalen's article titled, "85 Reasons Why Website Designers/Developers Keep SEOs in Business" actually had me laughing quite heartily, but some of my laughter was in that slightly sad way that wonders why people can't just learn some simple lessons that will ultimately improve their business. Meh, we all live and ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/actually-quite-funny/ When it comes to pursuing any sort of venture in the realm of Web Marketing, you need to start with keywords to get any sort of handle on what’s going to happen next. From simple Search Engine Optimisation to fine-tuning your sales funnel to get better conversions (and other ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/keywords-really-are-where-it%e2%80%99s-at/ Search Engine Land plopped an interesting article into my inbox this morning and as I was leaving an insanely long comment on that blog, it occurred to me to just post it here. I love the hand-flapping and red-flag waving that happens whenever the Googs seems to be messing with our lives. Sometimes I ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/oh-noes-google-results-using-ajax/ While it seems like every 3-4 months or so, the SEO blogging World is all a-twitter (see what I did there?) about some Google shake-up, if you're on-the-ball with what your web-oriented business is really doing, you don't necessarily worry about any of them. My fundamental tenet is basically "Have a ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/the-more-things-change/ In my time in this industry here in Perth, I've noticed a disturbing trend.  While I'm not naive enough to believe that it's a new one, I'm still bothered by it. I keep hearing from business owners, current and prospective clients mostly, that they are almost completely unaware of what kind ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/web/surely-i-cant-be-the-only-one/ Google’s done it, and it’s the talk of the town. While running some routine keywords through their AdWords Keyword Tool the other day, I noticed that instead of the usual ‘0.66’ and ‘0.33’ business that they had going on before had been replaced with actual numbers. I was elated. Not only does it ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/free-keyword-research/ Coule be a red herring, a ruse, a bait-and-switch, but I read an article that caught my eye for what basically amounts to the title above.  As the rest of the article seemed to be more of a pimping of the company and possibly even they're advertising scheme, I still ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/web/paying-for-visitors-instead-of-clicks/ Yep, I've entered into a contest on the Marketing Pilgrim website with an article called "How to Research Keywords". I know, I KNOW, the title is pretty vanilla.  Consider that one a lesson learned.  Especially in light of the fact that the other entries are stacked on top of mine like ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/keyword-research-marketing-pilgrims-sem-contest/ Good stuff today, with a few Press Releases that are actually PRs and not "We've found another way to promote the SEO page on our site" because really "TechName Solutions Announces Their SEO Offerings" isn't really news, goddamit.  It's NOT, it's you using a News Site to promote your site.  ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/around-the-web/search-engine-marketing-29508/