Today marks another milestone of Distinct SEO's growth in the web marketing industry. Distinct SEO.com was officially launched late-Summer 2006. Just under three years later we have incorporate and have changed our name slightly to Distinct SEO Inc.
This should make things a bit more clear when it comes to referencing our name. You can go ahead and drop the Inc. and just use Distinct SEO to refer to our new official title. Read the rest of this entry »
It's been a while that we've been able to post a public testimonial with a client we've worked with for over six months. Alas, we bring you My Nursing Uniforms, a nursing uniform web site that sells, well you guessed it, nursing uniforms! They are among the largest online retailers of nursing scrubs, we've had the pleasure of working with them since January and continue to do so.
I had a chance to ask Alan Weissman a few questions about our work with him and he was happy to provide his answers, thanks Alan!
How did you find Distinct SEO?
Through SEOChat.com, a website dedicated to SEO. (ADD: you can check out my contributions here.) Read the rest of this entry »
EDIT June 16th, 2009.
Originally posted in 2007, and updated a year later, this post on nofollow quells some questions and rumors on how Google handles the nofollow tag. Although nofollow has been actively used by Google for a couple of years now, there still wasn't widespread clarity on how to use the tag despite Google being quite clear on its application.
All three major search engines said they'd start obeying rel="nofollow" tags inserted into links. This was supposed to be a major method of combating spam. Essentially nofollow means the webmaster does not 'vouch' for the link and as such no 'PR juice' is sent via the link.
Google at one time even said you could use nofollow internally to control Page Rank flow. Turns out none of this is true anymore after Google did an about-face and changed their mind (they actually changed their mind a while ago but only told people now.)
Coming up this month:
more exciting news.... Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter has exploded in the US, and like most innovative things, Canadians are slow to the punch. The networking tool that permits no more than 160 characters per update has only ONE thing going for it--mobile.
Twitter can be updated, and updates may be sent, by your mobile device. That means your cell phone is the cornerstone of Twitter, not the web. In fact, Twitter is pretty lame when it's just the web leveraging its reach.
Sure, I am aware that you have a different 'relationship' with Twitter followers than Facebook ones (people tend to accept broad 'followers' but only permit 'friends' into their Facebook profile.) However, if you have to log online all the time to update and view updates, then what's the point? Stick with Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
There is a type of prospective clients that always ask two questions right off the bat:
"what can you do for my web site"
and
"how much will it be?"
Both of these questions assume that we have a certain 'level' or 'flat rate' that we apply for different sized budgets.
Well, the answer is frankly, "I don't know", but I'm willing to find out.
You see, the web marketing firms who offer flat rate packages are doing more harm than good, and in fact do NOT comprehend basic business mechanics. Stay away from these so called firms because they're just going to take your money and under perform.
**Updated April 14th, 2009**
flamesforum.com and stampedersforum.com have two things in common. Both are professional sports teams in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and both are owned by Distinct SEO. Since late 2006 Distinct SEO have been working with both, in particular FlamesForum.com.
"Being from Calgary we wanted to pick up some local sports web sites and do make a statement in the local market. We love our hometown teams and wanted to start new communities in a market that had room for new entrants," remarked Barry Nagassar, Owner of Distinct SEO.com. Read the rest of this entry »
Seth Godin, marketer extraordinaire, recently blogged about SEO. You might remember him from the review we did on his book Tribes. Seth comments that the key to ranking in all the mess that's out there is to find something your good at and give it a unique name.
We'd agree, but we'd also like to point out that, given his example of plumber, going local is equally important. Read the rest of this entry »
