Now I’m already an iPhone user, but I’ve heard plenty about Google’s Android. And while I’m not able to do a fair comparison, Danny Sullivan (SEO extraordinaire) is, and he did.
He does more of a businessman’s review, as to how each phone worked in an efficient manner (or not), and what his impressions were of each overall. Check it out if you’re trying to decide between the two.
SEO is dead! Come the cries from doubters, and they do vocalize it occasionally. The latest is from a man named Robert Scoble. He doesn’t exactly say SEO is dead, but he questions its validity.
Well, SEO (and internet marketing, in general) is not a static element. There are always changes that fit into it. For people who think SEO is just making some on-page tweaks, then that alone will not do a lot. And as more people and businesses get online, that limited amount of result that pure on-page/on-site adjustments will get will only go down.
SEO has been questioned on how effective it truly is for years now, and many have said it wouldn’t last. As long as 12 years ago. Well, it’s lasted, and personally I think it will last – maybe not in exactly the same fashion, but it’s not going to go away.
Danny Sullivan had a lot of interesting points to say (as well as responding directly to Robert – check his post) in Search Engine Land. Of all people, I think Danny is someone who is worth listening to when it comes to predicting the progress of SEO. Check out his full post to see more.
This is kind of older news (as in more than four days old), but you may have seen Facebook’s new privacy settings on your account. It’s caused a bit of a hubbub for some people – there’s concern about private information being available to the major search engines. Is there truth to this?
Well – yes. And the settings they asked you about were just a touch on the full privacy settings. If you care about what’s freely available to the world, you’ll want to step in to the main privacy screen. Here there are additional settings that Facebook didn’t display on that first update on the settings.
And there’s even more to it. Danny Sullivan has gone through it all in explicit detail on his blog, in this listing. I’d highly recommend going in and checking it out, to make sure you’re happy with what Facebook is showing the world.
For those of you who don’t know who Danny Sullivan is – one, if you’re an SEO, shame on you. Two, if you want to learn about SEO, learn who he is.
At any rate, Danny Sullivan is one of the most respected SEOs on the planet. He knows his stuff. He works diligently to learn about search engines (in particular, Google) and how they operate.
SEO is something that is becoming more and more well-known, as people and businesses realize this is how sites are to be found online. Because of this, there are a lot of gimmicky SEO plugs (“Pay only $200/month and 1st page listings in 90 days!” types of stuff) going around. They really annoy me.
Apparently Best Buy is getting in on this. And they’re including social media in their “be found online” mix. It’s through a company called “CloudProfile”. And it’s FREE.
The best part? They pitched to (of all people) Danny Sullivan. And he’s taking them up on their offer. See his word on it here.
So the Associated Press has stepped up and actually scanned a full book to be available for search (Sarah Palin’s book, to be specific). The funny thing about this is that they have openly protested Google doing the same thing with story headlines and summaries as going beyond fair use.
Who’s in the right? Is this something that’s going to blow up in the AP’s… face? More details from Danny Sullivan here.
