SEO Dojo Radio Podcast 2010

Trailer parks, social signals and the Borker gets busted

Welcome to (yet another?) week on SEO Dojo Radio. This week we had so much goodiness on our list we've forgone a guest and will spend the full hour with the regulators. Yea I know, you are just THRILLED by that right? We're the reason you come here I'm sure.

Regardless, it should be an interesting session as we're getting into a ton of stuff including;

• Marissa Mayer speaks! Latest on local.
• Trailer Park SEO? Really?
• Social Signals; the engines speak...sort of.
• Is structure truly the king of SEO?
• Google News adds social box
• Bad Borker gets busted
• Groupon; an offer they COULD refuse
• The Around (operator) has always been around

And believe it or not, a few other topics on the list. How many we'll get to, is uncertain. So tune in and lets 'Get it on!'.

Show Notes;

• Angry Irishman and the Wanking Bankers
• Marissa Mayer Interview (TechCrunch)
• Trailer Park (SEO)... seriously?
• Social Signals for Search ( and poll on SNC)
• Structure Is King With SEO, Not Content
• Google News Testing More Social Features With “Most Shared” Box
• Google’s New Social Sitelinks
• Bad customer service Borker gets busted!
• Groupon Turns down Google Choosing Pursue a Social Platform and Stores of its Own!
• AROUND has always been around - (Hat tip to Barry)
• Google: Canonical Tag Slower Than 301 Redirect

Show Hosts;

• Terry Van Horne
• Steve Gerenscer
• Justin Parks
• Dave Harry

Dojo Radio on iTunes;

Welcome to this weeks edition of SEO Dojo Radio! This week should be a busy one as we've a lot of topics to cover and my good friend Brian Wallace dropping in for the second half of the show. In the first part we'll be looking at a few things including;

• Social Media metrics – are we metric mad?
• The case of the crap customer service
• SEO and social... Dead again.
• SEO claims Twitter links ranked his site
• Michael Martinez poo poo's spam reports

Getting social with Brian Wallace

In the second half of the show we've one of my good friends on (yea, it's our show, we get to do that ya know); Brian Wallace. While he started on the usual path, web dev to SEO, he's moved more into the world of social the last few years. So most of this chat will likely diverge from our search theme to social this week.

So what are you waiting for? Let's get on with the show.

Show Notes;

• Gold standard results take hit
• Self promotion endemic says expert
• How SEO Agencies Lost Their Digital Marketing Mojo to Social Marketing
• Social Media doesn't mean the end of SEO
• SEO Claims Twitter Increased Rankings From Page 4 To Number 2 On Page 1
• 8 Social media metrics you should be measuring
• The problem with influence
• What’s the point in making a Webspam report?
• Berners Lee says social is fragmenting the web

Brian's World

• On twitter
• His agency site
• His blog
• Speaking at WordCamp
  

Show Hosts;

• Terry Van Horne
• Steve Gerenscer
• Justin Parks
• Dave Harry

Dojo Radio on iTunes;

Hello and welcome to (yet another) edition of SEO Dojo Radio. You keep listening, so we keep talking. Since it's Thanksgiving down States side, a huge thanks to all for tuning in. And to those of you on iTunes, (who can't read this dummy) a big thanks as well since that just continues to grow (more than 200DLs/week now).

The entire cast of regulators are in house today, we're going to me talking smack on a variety of items including;

• The great indexation debate
• RDFa or Microformats; which is better?
• RockMelt – wat's the skinny?
• Social Signals for Search? Are the peeps onto something?
• The Jackass 200
• SEO Is Undead – Bill goes on a tear!

It should a tough one since we've a guest this week and only have a 1/2 show to get into it. Speaking of this week's guest...

Turkey Day Talk with RustyBrick!

In the second half of the show this week we're having one of the folks I most repsect in the industry on; Barry Schwartz (aka Rusty Brick). Known for his tireless reporting on Search Engine Roundtable and Land, Barry brings a wealth of knowledge from his constant reporting on the industry at large.

I will certainly be on my best behaviour for once. Likely one of the first PG rated segments we've had on here.

Let's get on with it shall we?

Show Notes;

• RDFa or Microformats; which is better?
• Social Signals for Search? Are the sheeple onto something?
• SEO Is Undead – Bill goes on a tear! Part I - Part II - Part III
• Tim Berners-Lee: Facebook could fragment web - The Guardian
• Rock Melt Review on SNC
  

Barry's World

• On twitter
• Search Engine Roundtable
• Rusty Brick (his web dev co)
• Sphinn-con Isreal
• Search Cap on SEL
  

Show Hosts;

• Terry Van Horne
• Steve Gerenscer
• Justin Parks
• Dave Harry

Dojo Radio on iTunes;

Hey there, what's shakin'? It's time again for this week's edition of SEO Dojo Radio! Yes, I know, you've been just dying for it right? This week it will just be the regulators (Terry, Steve, Justin and myself) talking smack for the next hour or so. Among the many things we're hoping to cover, we have;

• From the (Dojo) Boards; is SEO getting too hard?
• On SNC; Search user behaviour study
• Comment spam WTF?
• Shopping @ Google heats up
• Google; my signals are bigger than yours
• Business.com closes; are directories dead?
• Matt Cutts speaks

What's with the sasquatch? It's a running gag, tune in for more...Oh and thanks to the nearly 200 peeps each week DL'ing the show on iTunes, we're humbled.

We've no guest this week, so you're stuck with us. We were hoping to have Barry Schwartz on, but he's feeling under the weather, so we will have him back on next week with us. We've a LOT of goodies to yak about this week, so it won't be a problem.

On with the show;

Show Notes;

• Search User Behaviour on SNC
• Comment spam for links. REALLY? 83 tweets? REALLY?
• Raven plays with comment spammers
• Local Heatmaps = More to Think About with New Google SERPs
• Two Weeks Later: Changes in Google Local Traffic – tempest in a tea pot as usual?
• Key Takeaways From Google’s Matt Cutts Talk At PubCon
• Dear Bing, We Have 10,000 Ranking Signals To Your 1,000. Love, Google
• Business.com Closing: Directory Links A Thing Of Past?
• Google's new fashion portal – a sign of verticals to come?
• Iprovements to Google Product search

Show Hosts;

• Terry Van Horne
• Steve Gerenscer
• Justin Parks
• Dave Harry

Dojo Radio on iTunes;