To get yourself up to speed, I would recommend reading part uno of this two part series - Domain Change and Duplicate Content. But first, allow me to bask in my own glory as I provide an update on my current search engine rankings for this blog. seo chris yee - #2 on Google; #1 on Bing/Yahoo seo christopher yee - #2 on Google; #1 on Bing/Yahoo christopher yee- #38 on Google; >100 on Bing/Yahoo ...
It has been three weeks since the advent of Google Instant and there’s already 85 million search results for it - WOW! That is very impressive….but then again, that’s the world wide web for yah. In any case, I’d like to contribute to the search community regarding the aftermath of Google Instant’s impact on search behavior. This article is based on blog posts from Conductor, SEOmoz and Distilled. Unless I am mistaken, a thing to keep in mind is not everyone has Google Instant yet so the numbers will eventually change. Also, I would like to thank Seer Interactive for their free downloadable spreadsheet - it has worked wonders! ...
Tomorrow marks my one month anniversary as an SEO Analyst Intern with CafePress! Although it has only been a month, I have learned more in 30 days about search engine optimization than reading 5 books cover to cover relating to the search industry. Why? Because of practical hands on experience. I can not stress this enough and believe this is _the_best way to go for search industry newcomers. By no means am I claiming the books weren’t helpful at all and that hands on experience trumps everything else. Instead, I think of the books as a wire frame that prepared my mind to think like an SEO professional and the actual SEO work as the stuffing that goes into it. What you have in the end is a master piece! ...
A few days ago, Google introduced Google Instant to the search world. In essence, Google Instant’s purpose is to decrease search time for searchers, make accurate predictions and and procure results instantly. For example, when I type the letter “T” in my search bar, search results show up instantly for “Target.” When I add the letter “I” to the “T,” results come up for “Time.” Google Instant is also localized - meaning if you hit “W,” the SERP would have weather reports for your city. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me. ...
Before I begin my post I would like to say - I FINALLY RANKED #1 (2, 3 and 4) ON GOOGLE FOR “SEO CHRISTOPHER YEE” !!!!!!!!! Although #1 goes to my LinkedIn profile, it doesn’t bother me at all because I know that it’s ME and not some other dude. This is one small step for Chris and one giant leap for Christopher Yee! SEO Christopher Yee With that out of the way I can now focus on the blog post. ...
Today marks the completion of my second week on the job! And by job I mean as an SEO Analyst Intern at CafePress. My previous post, Job Obtained: Link Builder Intern, stated that I’m a Link Builder. However, that’s incorrect because link building is actually INCLUDED in my duties as an SEO Analyst. But to tell you the truth, I do WAYYY more than that (I’m not complainin’ of course!) and you’ll find a short list below. ...
For the past couple of weeks I completed a whole slew of phone and on-site interviews with potential employers who wanted to hire me as an entry-level SEO/SEM Analyst. A recurring question amongst my interviewers was, “what do you think are the most important factors to look at for search engine optimization?” With that in mind, you will find below what I consider to be the Top 5 Important SEO Fixes that anyone with a website can work on immediately. ...
I appear to have stumbled across a search engine algorithm mystery when it comes to getting my pages ranked. In a matter of three days I was whomped (is that a word?) off the charts by Google for lord knows what factor. In spite of this, I gained rank elsewhere on their SERPs. Every search engine has their own unique crawl rate and algorithm but I didn’t realize there was such a BIG difference between the three major search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Bing) until I discovered the following: ...