Links: A Commodity to be Bought, Sold, Traded, Bartered and Penalized for…

April 18th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

Never before have we been in an era where links have become a commodity. You can sell them, buy them, trade them, barter for them even try to fish for them as link bait with crazy ideas and good information.
But what is the real value of a link? Should we be buying links, should paid [...]

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SEO Image Interviewed by Mr. SEO - PodCast

April 16th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

Mr. SEO, a New York SEO Consultant and SEO Company, has a very interesting podcast, and in my opinion, is one of the leaders and early adapters on the SEO PodCast front. Joe asked me to do a podcast which was very similar to one of the many several hour conversations that we have every [...]

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Erratic Rankings for Blogs and SEO Factors

April 5th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

I notice that many powerful blogs when they post will gain rankings for as long as the specific post remains on the home page. Constantly changing content will lead to constantly changing rankings. While blogs do archive content, by nature, they devalue content with age as the more powerful PageRank and backlinks are generally coming [...]

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The Google Sandbox Effect Theory

March 29th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

The infamous and theoretical Google Sandbox Effect, where new domains are reported to take 9 months or longer to rank. Notice something interesting about the 9 Months? 9 Months is a life cycle of humans. We are in the womb for 9 months before we are born. Google uses this time line in its sandbox [...]

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The Top 4 Age Factors for Search Engine Ranking

March 28th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

Age is a very important factor in Search Engine Optimization. There are several different types of age that can play roles in how Search Engines rank websites. Knowing these factors can be helpful in determining how long it will take for a website to rank well. Keep in mind age is only part of the [...]

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Quantity vs Quality and Blog Spam or Linkbaiting for Fame

March 26th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

One obvious route to fame and blog celebrity status is somewhat related to two factors, the quality of posts and the quantity of postings. One tends to feed more on the fact that people are always looking to aggregate news or re-syndicate content for ad purposes. The other is geared for serious readership.
Looking at the [...]

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Industry Popularity Factors in Search Engine Ranking

March 13th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

In a recent post, I discussed the topic of “Industry Popularity” as a ranking factor. In this post I will elaborate on it and how it crosses into Search Engine Optimization. Industry popularity is simply what it says, the popularity of a site in relationship to its specific industry as a whole. Part of the [...]

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Google February and March Updates Show “Dancing” Results

March 5th, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

February and March were busy months for activity on the Google Datacenters. With thousands of sites in a constant flux, many marketers have been theorizing the end of static rankings as Google seems to be turning itself into a constantly changing algorithm similar to how MSN was a few months ago.

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Top 4 Popularitiy Types for Search Engine Rankings

February 22nd, 2007 by Alan Rabinowitz

There are many factors that effect Search Engine Rankings. If we take away the websites content, what things would make a site show up on the Search Engines? We have defined 3 factors of major importance for today’s Search Engines.
Link Popularity, Social Popularity, Industry Popularity and Click Popularity, these are all current factors in ranking [...]

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2006 Wrap-up 2007 Startegies - Year End

December 31st, 2006 by Alan Rabinowitz

SEO Image has ended 2006 with a 300% increase in Gross Revenue as compared to 2005. We have doubled our clientele since 2005, and have seen some dramatic rankings for some clients. We opened a second office at 1375 Broadway, and are growing our staff (currently seeking resumes). We were ranked #1 by both Promotion [...]

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