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Finding an SEO Consultant Tip# 329

Getting A PR0 is Not Only Not Fun, It's Bad Business

Getting a PR0 is Not Fun and It's Bad Business











Website Owners:
If the SEO company you are considering has for a line item:

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Be suspicious. Be very suspicious. Particularly if it comes with no caveats and is marketed to the general population.

SEO Companies:
Techniques that can negatively affect your client if not done properly should never be on your rate card.

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Does W3C Validation Help With SEO?

Validating Your Site for w3c compliance

httpwebwitch (Ian Ring) on Validating Your Site for w3c Compliance

No.

Next question?

Webmaster World post thanks to Ian Ring aka httpwebwitch

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Coupon Code for PubCon Las Vegas 2008

PubCon Search Marketing Conference

PubCon Search Marketing Conference

If you can go to just one conference this year, this is the one.

You can get a discount of 20% by using the following code: co-94120

I get a kickback for this, but that’s not my reason for posting. All proceeds will go towards a round on me.

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Are You Paying Your Web Designer Twice?

Web Designers

Web Designers

If you allow your web design company to put a link back to their website on the bottom of yours, you are paying them TWICE.   Even worse, it’s recurring billing.

Because Google’s pagerank algorithm uses incoming links to a website to determine it’s importance, there is an entire industry that has developed around buying and selling links.  Links can help a design firm rank for search terms that then bring them more business or revenue.  When you let your web designer put a link at the bottom of the website YOU paid for, you are paying them in link equity.   The value of this link on the open market can vary from a couple hundred to a couple thousand dollars a month!

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