http://www.sweetrockmedia.com SEO & Internet Marketing News - Sweet Rock Media Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:41:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve been neglecting the commitment I made to myself in November when I decided to create Sweet Rock Media. I have been reading the latest internet marketing news and happenings in the industry, but I haven’t been reporting on any of them. For me the past three to ... http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/when-life-happens-my-blogging-suffers/ As an SEO consultant my clients don't pay me to give them recommendations on the look of their sites, they pay me to make them rank in major search engines for selected search terms. When really hideous sites come along and fortunately become clients sometimes I have a hard ... http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/cyber_smog/ One of the most interesting projects I’ve worked on as a SEO was actually searching for blatantly obvious unethical search engine optimization techniques and SPAM on sites. I worked on this particular project while working at Fathom SEO; the examples were going into a power point presentation to show ... http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/internet_slums/ Share This http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/dont-talk-back-to-darth-vader-hell-get-cha/ Quality and ethical link building strategies should be a part of every search engine optimization campaign, especially for new websites.  Being active in blogs and forums definably helps to obtain backlinks quickly, but it should be done in a natural fashion in a way that contributes to the community.  If ... http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/link_building_strategies/ Today I had somebody who knows very little about SEO and link building techniques forwarded me an email with a link to a SEO training video which is just one in a series. This particular video was a link building video from Michelle MacPhearson of 30minutebacklinks.com. I ... http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/building-quality-links-shouldnt-include-spamming-the-blogosphere/ FYI: The Gorilla is Fake... Or is he???Share This http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/gorillas-love-phil-collins/ Where do you go for the latest health news? How about a Digg like social media site for health and fitness news? Today FatManUnleashed.com announced HealthRanker.com, a social media outlet specifically for health and fitness news. The website works very similarly to Digg and other social media websites where users cast votes for ... http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/health_ranker/ This dude has the biggest mouth!Share This http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/big_mouth/ In November 2007 when I decided to launch Sweet Rock Media and this website I thought long and hard about how much time I would have to put into maintaining and updating the content of the website.  Of course I though I would have time to post the latest search ... http://www.sweetrockmedia.com/freelance-seo-needs-your-help/