Author Archives: Francis

Search Matters Weekly Search Declaration

We skipped the links last week because we were all celebrating the Fourth of July in a 100% real American hero, patriotic way. Even the two dudes on the organic team from Canada. We take that very seriously here. Like SEO. Nothing says red blooded American Apple pie like some good ole patriotic SEO. So […]

Search Matters Weekly Search = $array[]

Dust off the O’Reilly PHP manual and get ready for a linkdump(). Just add your own while{} to this, loop, output, rinse and repeat.

[0] => Blogs are the new Rolodex, baby. Boost your career with your blog network you tech savvy internet writer, you. (Boston.com)
[1] => Ripped from the headlines: How Law & Order, […]

Search Matters Weekly Search Nougat

Just like the nutty sweet paste in the middle of your afternoon candy bar, this week’s search links will pack a powerful burst of sugary energy to get you through the rest of the day. Unless you’re allergic to nuts; in which case, that tingling you may be feeling is probably anaphalixis. Two words. […]

Search Matters Weekly Search Panoply

Break out your Mortimer Ichabod Marker you wordsmiths, you. It’s time for another edition of weekly search links. I’ve been getting some resistance from the upper echelons on the quality and tone of these weekly posts, that perhaps they are not moving in the direction originally intended. But I think we’re on to something here. […]

The New Ask.com: Part 1

Behold the new and, in our opinion, improved Ask.com. Now more Web 2.0-er! With all the talk about GUS and it’s impact on search, this quiet little launch might have gone unnoticed, except for that fact that SEO’s notice everything. We’re methodical like that. We took a look at the new interface and the results […]

Search Matters Weekly Search Crunk

Time to get it crunk up on it and throw down the gangsta SEO links for this week. You can tell I’m 100% street because I said gangsta and crunk. I’m practically a legend in my cubicle. My t-shirt that says THUGLIFE has a rip in it. That’s all I’m saying.

Get your jazz hands ready […]

SEO Charity Link Meme

Besides the fact that I love to say the word meme over and over ( Meme. See?), I love it when I get a chance to pass on something that actually helps people. You know, knock a couple of the dents out of my halo. Enter the SEO Charity link meme. Here’s some background.
The national […]

Search Matters Weekly Search Mélange

So last week, I started the weekly search marketing links naming convention. Just to recap, we’re trying to decide on what we’re calling the weekly links (e.g. Mélange…last week is was search hotness). So why Mélange? Well, mélange means a mixture or hodgepodge. So I thought it was appropriate for the weekly smörgåsbord of farm […]

Will Google’s Universal Search Kill the SEM campaign?

I know it’s a stretch but I can’t get that Buggles song out of my head. So what does that have to do with Google and Universal Search? Well, everything.

As you can see above, a search for “Video Killed The Radio Star” (and it did BTW), not only has the the old Google navigation changed […]

Search Matters Weekly Search Hotness

Normally I just post search links here with the exaggeratedly plain title “Search Matters Weekly Search links”. Well, you know what? We need to add a pinch of SEO spice to this weekly mélange of tasty Search goodness, so I’m going to try out some cinnamony sweet new titles and, in the spirit of […]