SEO copywriting: Searchwritten

It’s probably a strange professional habit, but I look at SERPs the way Cypher looks at the Matrix: ‘All I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead…’ So every time I see something that is.. well, kinda strange, I take screenshots. I found a nice one just now. (more…)

Wow! This is my first personal post on searchwritten :) Just a short note to let you guys know that as of january 1, 2009, I’ll be working at Ilse media as inhouse SEO specialist. So yes, I’m leaving the fabulous crew of Onetomarket, where I’ve learned a LOT. But it was time for something new and different for me… (more…)

Last week I was pinged by Peter van der Graaf [blog] about a funny video he made together with Mathieu Burgerhout [blog]. What they basically did was alter the discohit ‘D.I.S.C.O.’ (I have no idea who made it originally, but I know the tune). (more…)

So you’ve advised your client to implement user generated content into their website, because it helps increasing their rankings, and sales. Good

You also told them that it is a good idea to do so, because:

• it generates a lot of relevant content;
• people use the same words to describe something as they would when they search for it;
• these people are looking closely at your products and site, and talk about it … publicly. If they like it, you have fans. Everybody knows how important fans are;
• and a couple of reasons more I forgot to mention.

Your client is excited: ‘yes, I want user generated content for my site. Gimme gimme gimme!’ Now it’s up to YOU to actually make it work… What can you tell them?
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Bloggers dislike removing spam, but they also want to give commenters linklove as a thankyou for their efforts.

Both considerations are valid! But they seem to oppose each other. I still see many discussions about using Nofolows or not. But they all revolve about this basic dilemma: spamfighting versus user friendliness / linklove. So it seems that both sides are in a stalemate.

Why?

Because they can’t compromise. (more…)

Want to learn how to write?

Watch how the pros do it. All of us get examples of it every single day. No, I’m not talking about Adsense adverts (though they are good too!), but spam. They’re sitting right there in your spambox… We know this already. But where do THEY get their inspiration? (more…)