Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
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Daily Search Forum Recap: March 22, 2010
Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 10:00pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Search Forum Recap
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Some SEOs Use Search Operators For Link Building & Some Don't
Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 2:35pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Link Building
A few weeks ago we ran a poll asking SEOs if you use search operators to find link opportunities? Well, the results are in, and with a bit over 80 responses (not that many, which is out of the norm) we have the results. Honestly, the results are all over the place.
Here they are:
As you can see, 61% said they use it 50% of the time or more. 39% said they use it rarely or never. 22% said they use it all the time and 16% said they never use it.
This is a very interesting break down showing really that link builders are very diverse on how they handle discovering and acquiring links.
Forum discussion continued at WebmasterWorld.
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A Publisher Testing YouTube Rentals
Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 2:17pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: Other Google Topics
For an SEO blogger, I am a pretty heavy publisher of YouTube videos. 99% of my weekly recaps contain a video that is 10 minutes or longer of me talking. If you have not subscribed specifically to the video, you can do so over here. You can listen to it on iTunes as a podcast or just watch the video on YouTube or on the web site - totally up to you.
So when YouTube comes out with new ways to monetize the videos, I listen up. The enable revenue sharing feature that places AdSense video ads in your videos and pays you out via AdSense has been nice. But now I spotted a new button in my videos list, "Enable Rental." Here is how that works.
The second check box let's you select rental as a earnings option, the first one relates to normal ads in your videos. Here is a screen shot:
As you can see, you can then select the amount and duration of the rental. Here are screen captures:
Pricing Options for YouTube Rentals:
Duration Options for YouTube Rentals:
When I submitted my junky test video, it then labelled the video as "Video submitted for rental consideration." So it is currently free, but I do wonder how it will work if, that is a big if, they accept this video into their rental program.
Here is the video:
100% worth the $2.99. :) If not, then don't worry, it is my birthday - so I appreciate the $3. :)
Forum discussion at YouTube Help.
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Will My SEO Company End Up Competing With Me?
Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 2:02pm CET by rustybrick
Tags: SEM SEO Companies
A WebmasterWorld thread has an individual that almost hired an SEO company asking himself if it is asking for trouble when hiring such an SEO company. This person's understanding or thought process is that if he hires an SEO company that sees the success his site is achieving in the search results, that ultimately, that SEO company might decide to get into the business themselves.
It is an interesting question and I have had clients and prospects ask me this exact question on the web development front. For me, the answer is, we hope that your success would lead to more work for us and we would both be successful for a profitable web venture. SEO companies, web development companies and so on - they like to specialize in what they do best - make better web sites. They don't always deal best with specific niches and dealing with customers and customer service, but they do a great job at helping those who do a great job at that build a web site that can handle it.
This member posted at WebmasterWorld saying:
I've reached a point where I am wondering if the hiring of an SEO company could easily wind up being a competitor in disguise. It took a while before the SEO company was ultimately determined to be in direct competition.
Some clients make contractors sign non-compete agreements - that is always a solution. But ultimately you need to be comfortable sharing your business's most intimate details with your contractors and if you cannot do that, then it might be hard to ask for outside help.
Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.