Archive for the 'General SEO Discussion' Category

SEO and the IFRAME

The other day, I ran into a law firm with a website coded using the IFRAME element. While there is nothing programmatically wrong with IFRAMEs, they present some significant challenges for search engine optimization.
Here is a definition for “IFRAME” from Wikipedia:

“IFRAME (from inline frame) is an HTML element which makes it possible to [...]

What is Social Bookmarking and Why Should I Do It?

You may have heard the buzzword “Web 2.0”. You may also be familiar with “bookmarks” in your Internet browser and even “viral” web marketing. I want to focus on one particular element of Web 2.0 that lawyers can use to promote their websites: social bookmarking.
First of all, what’s “Web 2.0”? Simply put, web [...]

Google’s Bad Idea - How to Report Paid Links

A quick heads up: over the weekend, Matt Cutts posted an article to his blog that outlines how people can report websites that they suspect of having purchased text links. Google doesn’t like companies that buy and sell links because it is “gaming” their PageRank “authority” structure. In the rash of responses Cutts received, the [...]

Parasite Hosting, GoogleWhacking for the Innocent

I’ve read a few passing references to parasite webhosting as exploitation of .org, .edu or even .gov sites as a bed of redirect and/or linkbuilding farms. Those redirects and link farms take advantage of those “authority” domains by linking to a site which, in turn, has authority imparted upon it. As we all [...]

Google Mobile Search Now Openly Available

I was reading the Official Google Blog today and noticed a new article about Google Mobile Search that states,
Starting today, we’re making our new mobile search openly available, so everyone can take it for a spin. The next time you visit Google.com on your phone, you’ll see a link that will take you to [...]

LawRex.com - Lawyer to Lawyer Referrals

Just wanted to say hello to LawRex.com - nice looking site! I’m looking forward to seeing how the attorney directory works out. The Internet Marketing section already has some interesting articles as well.
LawRex.com - Lawyer to Lawyer Referrals