Well it's been a while since we've posted a client testimonial! That's partly because we have consistent and longterm clients, and because some other clients rather remain anonymous (that's OK too.) Here is are the thoughts from Jason, owner of Premierglow.com, another client that saw a huge difference to their bottom line after our contributions to their web marketing initiatives.

1. How did you find Distinct SEO?

I found Barry from seochat.com. Barry was an active participant in on going discussions concerning seo. He also came highly recommended by other users.

2. Describe your experience with the Distinct SEO team.

I dealt exclusively with Barry who was very informative and polite concerning our goals. He made sure we understood results don’t happen overnight, and is an ongoing process. In addition Barry always made sure to share results and ask our opinion concerning changes.

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I'm always shocked to note how large web sites don't invest in basic SEO. Seriously, there's a massive market to be had if a slick and slimy SEO and convince big web sites they can capitalise on some very basic SEO tactics. Case in point? Canadian sports network Sportsnet. I was checking out the latest trade rumors (NHL trading deadline today) and typed in the web site 'http://sportsnet.ca'. Well would you know, error page. What? Sites down?! Too many trades going on. So I put the addy in Google and what do I get? The www version of Sportsnet.

Let me get this straight, Sportsnet, massive network, is so shortsided they can't implement a 301 redirect for their non-www version to the www? It won't even load folks! Errors galore! I also noticed they use IIS, big mistake there Imagine how much extra traffic they'd garner employing some simple SEO techniques--they'd trump TSN!

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I don't really know what to call them but the whois data reads, "MetaPredict" as the registrant. But first, some context. I've been developing, or rather, coding a new design for a web site I own as a hobby. Basically I'm using an old domain as my test server. Easy enough yea? Well I also had some broken links in my design on my server (with an unused and unindexed as far as I knew domain.) Basically I misspelled the domain name of the real web site in some outgoing nav links. In fact, I can tell you exactly how I spelled the 'mistake'....

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So why aren't we posting regular updates on the blog? Quite simply time. Of course we're still around and in fact, we are actively working with a handful of clients right now as well that keeps us busy. But as it stands, we aren't expanding operations and our entire team are currently 'going back to school'. Either in graduate or undergraduate degree programs, the employees at Distinct SEO are expanding their knowledge to better serve you our clients. So bear with us, if you're on board with us then you are aware of our great service. If you're trying to get on board please be patient, we'll get to you or recommend some competent colleagues in the industry to get your SEO ventures on the go!

"Twelve Paid Directories"
"Eleven Bloggers Bloggin'"
"Ten Lord's a Link-Baiting"
"Nine Laides SEOing"
"Eight Web Stats You're Milking"
"Seven Steps to Great SEO"
"Six Blog Promotion Tactics"
"Five Golden Steps to Marketing Planning"
"Four Calling With Phones to Complement SEO"
"Three Search Engines"
"Two Something Somethings"

Today: And a number one Google placement!

Oh wow we wish it were true. To wake Christmas morn and realise Father Christmas, Baby Jesus, whoever, have finally pulled a string in your favor. Maybe, just maybe, Google wised up to your great web site and started ranking you. Albeit, number one rankings never happen overnight, when they do happen, it's a mini-miracle.

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Have you heard this spiel? "There are only two ways to get quality web traffic to your web site. They involve tactics and strategies to improve organic traffic, and paid traffic." If so, whomever spouted it off is a doofus of google proportions. Albeit, there are two major methods of getting web traffic, there are a few more to consider when trying to reach your marketing goals. Here is a list of some:

• Viral marketing
• word of mouth
• press release
• article directories
• social bookmarking (digg, reddit, delicious)
• pay per click
• banner advertising
• organic results (obviously)
• links
• forum links
• etc.

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"Twelve Paid Directories"
"Eleven Bloggers Bloggin'"
"Ten Lord's a Link-Baiting"
"Nine Laides SEOing"
"Eight Web Stats You're Milking"
"Seven Steps to Great SEO"
"Six Blog Promotion Tactics"
"Five Golden Steps to Marketing Planning"
"Four Calling With Phones to Complement SEO"

Today: Three Non-French Search Engines

I have no idea what the French have to do with SEO (I'm joking, I do,) but there was nothing appropriate for the song. Of course, finding a suitable analogy for the number three wasn't hard at all. Three is the number of major search engines you have to compete for.

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"Twelve Paid Directories"
"Eleven Bloggers Bloggin'"
"Ten Lord's a Link-Baiting"
"Nine Laides SEOing"
"Eight Web Stats You're Milking"
"Seven Steps to Great SEO"
"Six Blog Promotion Tactics"
"Five Golden Steps to Marketing Planning"

Today: Four Calling With Phones to Complement SEO

What on earth do I mean? Well do you have a phone? Gosh, if you don't like long distance do you have SKYPE? No excuses here, the telephone is a crucial part of SEO. Let me outline four reasons why.

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