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]]> By: HitTail: The Long Tail As Muse | SEO Manager’s Weekly http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1369448 HitTail: The Long Tail As Muse | SEO Manager’s Weekly Wed, 09 May 2007 01:19:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1369448 [...] HitTail: The Long Tail As MuseI currently hold #1 spot in Google for Chitika RPU - real long tail keyword (899 Google search results, 3 visitors during last week). … Date: May 8th, 2007 · Comments RSS · Tags: Keyword Research [...] [...] HitTail: The Long Tail As MuseI currently hold #1 spot in Google for Chitika RPU - real long tail keyword (899 Google search results, 3 visitors during last week). … Date: May 8th, 2007 · Comments RSS · Tags: Keyword Research [...]

]]> By: Increase Your Blog’s Search Engines Popularity, Use HitTail » SELaplana http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1305963 Increase Your Blog’s Search Engines Popularity, Use HitTail » SELaplana Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:10:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1305963 [...] For more info about HitTail, visit the demo page or the Techcrunch post. [...] [...] For more info about HitTail, visit the demo page or the Techcrunch post. [...]

]]> By: Next TechCrunch Event http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1268175 Next TechCrunch Event Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:40:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1268175 [...] HitTail is a new product that analyzes key search terms that lead visitors to your site and provides a list of future writing topics that will boost your websites’ natural search rankings. Unlike analytics programs that simply report the raw data, HitTail offers suggestions for future writing topics that will increase natural traffic. These writing suggestions can also be used as a guide for cost-effective pay-per-click campaigns. HitTail is a free service and was developed by a team at Connors Communications, a leading New York technology public relations and online marketing firm. HitTail will offer premium features and services for high volume sites after its initial beta period. See TechCrunch’s write-up on HitTail here. [...] [...] HitTail is a new product that analyzes key search terms that lead visitors to your site and provides a list of future writing topics that will boost your websites’ natural search rankings. Unlike analytics programs that simply report the raw data, HitTail offers suggestions for future writing topics that will increase natural traffic. These writing suggestions can also be used as a guide for cost-effective pay-per-click campaigns. HitTail is a free service and was developed by a team at Connors Communications, a leading New York technology public relations and online marketing firm. HitTail will offer premium features and services for high volume sites after its initial beta period. See TechCrunch’s write-up on HitTail here. [...]

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1008432 Jonathan Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:01:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-1008432 Hittail ia amazing! Great article, and very insightful comments! Thanks! Jonathan Hittail ia amazing! Great article, and very insightful comments!

Thanks!

Jonathan

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]]> By: All about seo technology » The Cobbler´s Children Have Shoes http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-674323 All about seo technology » The Cobbler´s Children Have Shoes Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:12:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-674323 [...] So, HitTail was just covered by TechCrunch. That’s pretty awesome, and is one of the big hits people go for these days in the technology influencer space. Michael Arrington was just covered by the Wall Street Journal as Silicon Valley’s newest power broker. [...] [...] So, HitTail was just covered by TechCrunch. That’s pretty awesome, and is one of the big hits people go for these days in the technology influencer space. Michael Arrington was just covered by the Wall Street Journal as Silicon Valley’s newest power broker. [...]

]]> By: All about seo technology » Alexa Rank #6,545 in 6 Months http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-659977 All about seo technology » Alexa Rank #6,545 in 6 Months Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:17:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-659977 [...] In an earlier post named The Cobbler’s Children Have Shoes, I praised Connors Communications for treating their in-house client, HitTail, with the same treatment as “real” clients. In that post, I also included 2 Alexa screenshots: one of HitTail’s diversified organic growth, and one of a startup whose only exposure was a single TechCrunch article. I did this so that after our impending TechCrunch coverage, I could compare the post-article effect. My hope was that with a product that really delivers what it promises, whether getting “crunched” could result in a new baseline traffic plateau, or whether the effect would just be squandered. [...] [...] In an earlier post named The Cobbler’s Children Have Shoes, I praised Connors Communications for treating their in-house client, HitTail, with the same treatment as “real” clients. In that post, I also included 2 Alexa screenshots: one of HitTail’s diversified organic growth, and one of a startup whose only exposure was a single TechCrunch article. I did this so that after our impending TechCrunch coverage, I could compare the post-article effect. My hope was that with a product that really delivers what it promises, whether getting “crunched” could result in a new baseline traffic plateau, or whether the effect would just be squandered. [...]

]]> By: Clone Golf Clubs http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-508958 Clone Golf Clubs Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:44:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-508958 Using Hittail now and besides finding what to right about in the my blog, ans also additional words that I can optimize for, I have also been using to find keywords that I can purchase on Google, MSN and Adwords for the minimum cost per click. I have no competition and getting visitors looking for my product for 5 to 10 cents per click. Using Hittail now and besides finding what to right about in the my blog, ans also additional words that I can optimize for, I have also been using to find keywords that I can purchase on Google, MSN and Adwords for the minimum cost per click. I have no competition and getting visitors looking for my product for 5 to 10 cents per click.

]]> By: Austin http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-473126 Austin Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:23:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-473126 HitTail is a such an awesome tool. I still have yet to take advantage of it's full potential. HitTail is a such an awesome tool. I still have yet to take advantage of it’s full potential.

]]> By: Mike Levin of HitTail http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-393441 Mike Levin of HitTail Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:00:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-393441 Thanks for the coverage. HitTail is a writing suggestion tool, which appears to be very different in that the above-mentioned tool, an automated press release optimization system. HitTail simply suggests new writing topics for your existing blog or website knowing it will boost your natural search performance. The whole "optimization discussion" is therefore deferred simply by choosing a blog system that uses best practices for search--for example, Blogger, TypePad or WordPress (the non-hosted version), and feeding it topics that are uniquely supercharged for your site. Thanks for the coverage. HitTail is a writing suggestion tool, which appears to be very different in that the above-mentioned tool, an automated press release optimization system. HitTail simply suggests new writing topics for your existing blog or website knowing it will boost your natural search performance. The whole “optimization discussion” is therefore deferred simply by choosing a blog system that uses best practices for search–for example, Blogger, TypePad or WordPress (the non-hosted version), and feeding it topics that are uniquely supercharged for your site.

]]> By: Brian http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-375570 Brian Sun, 12 Nov 2006 03:37:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-375570 Sounds a lot like the Newsforce Press Release Optimization service (also in beta). Except HitTail sounds like it is for blogs. http://www.newsforce.com For reference here is a review on another site: http://www.toprankblog.com/2006/08/newsforce-press-release-optimization-tools/ Sounds a lot like the Newsforce Press Release Optimization service (also in beta). Except HitTail sounds like it is for blogs.

http://www.newsforce.com

For reference here is a review on another site:

http://www.toprankblog.com/200.....ion-tools/

]]> By: » Good Reading - Blogging on Blogging http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-372281 » Good Reading - Blogging on Blogging Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:23:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-372281 [...] HitTail: The Long Tail as Muse [...] [...] HitTail: The Long Tail as Muse [...]

]]> By: Videokarma http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-368624 Videokarma Fri, 10 Nov 2006 22:31:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-368624 Jason Wow, very concise, Thanks... Yes, that does help.. I will look into all you have served up here.. I, as you, enjoy learning more on the Optimization subject.. it really speaks to a bigger story, and that is, what really makes the net "tick" and since the net is perhaps the most important development since the Industrial revolution it is worth the time investment. These are exciting times for anyone who chooses to become involved and "good" at all things "net" - you have certainly done your home work and I wish you great success. I'll aviod eating up anymore of TechCrunch's bandwith, and drop you a line at your direct email sometime.. Thanks again, Best, Mike Jason

Wow, very concise, Thanks… Yes, that does help.. I will look into all you have served up here.. I, as you, enjoy learning more on the Optimization subject.. it really speaks to a bigger story, and that is, what really makes the net “tick” and since the net is perhaps the most important development since the Industrial revolution it is worth the time investment.

These are exciting times for anyone who chooses to become involved and “good” at all things “net” - you have certainly done your home work and I wish you great success.

I’ll aviod eating up anymore of TechCrunch’s bandwith, and drop you a line at your direct email sometime.. Thanks again, Best, Mike

]]> By: A Frog in the Valley » Blog Archive » [Frog Trail 200611/08-11] http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-367398 A Frog in the Valley » Blog Archive » [Frog Trail 200611/08-11] Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:13:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-367398 [...] Techcrunch Blog Archive HitTail: The Long Tail As Muse [...] [...] Techcrunch Blog Archive HitTail: The Long Tail As Muse [...]

]]> By: Jason Dolman http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-367031 Jason Dolman Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:30:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-367031 Mike, No problem buddy. I'll use an example because that should help to best explain what LSI is and how it works. In human language, we use lots of synonyms to explain something, but in the end they all mean the same thing. For example, I could call a dog the following and you'd still know what I was talking about: canine puppy man's best friend doggie Those keywords above are semantically relevant to the first keyword (dog). So, when it comes to SEO, you should focus on using relevant and semantic keywords to fill out your articles and blog posts instead of keyword stuffing or trying to hit some magically keyword density. Doing this will make your site bullet proof when is comes to algorithm changes because you won't be relying on a formula that could be obsolete in a few months. Obviously, I could go on and on about this topic because it's just so vast but that should provide a basic understanding. I'm an Internet marketer and I'm in the process of putting the final touches on an ebook that covers the subject of LSI, long tail keywords, and the generation of back links by leveraging web 2.0 and social media. Since it's not completed yet, I won't leave you hanging. If you want to get more information about these topics, I'd suggest the following: The Master Plan by Charles Heflin http://www.seo2020.com/tmp-launch.html * Covers LSI and how to use it to create theme silos for maximum SEO ThemeZoom by Russell Wright http://www.themezoom.com * Subscription keyword research service that assists in the creation of LSI and long tail keyword lists VEO Report by Colin McDougall http://www.veoreport.com * Provides an outline of how to create websites with the visitor in mind that Google will love (taken from talks with Google SEO Guy Matt Cutts) I haven't used ThemeZoom yet, but the others are very solid and should help you greatly. As far as Web 2.0 goes, I agree with you expect I look at the links as one-way links. When a Web 2.0 or social media-based site does it's job correctly and provides an engaging experience that allows people to participate in the conversation and interact with each other, it'll get lots of quality, one-way inbound links from other sites talking about it. It's not the classic game of exchanging links, but instead focusing on being something that people want to talk about much in the same way that HitTail motivated Marshall to talk about it and provide a one-way link. I hope that helps clear things up a little. If you have any other questions or would like to talk to me on a one-on-one basis, feel free to send an email to jason [at] longtailtrafficsecrets.com Jason Dolman Mike,

No problem buddy.

I’ll use an example because that should help to best explain what LSI is and how it works.

In human language, we use lots of synonyms to explain something, but in the end they all mean the same thing.

For example, I could call a dog the following and you’d still know what I was talking about:

canine
puppy
man’s best friend
doggie

Those keywords above are semantically relevant to the first keyword (dog).

So, when it comes to SEO, you should focus on using relevant and semantic keywords to fill out your articles and blog posts instead of keyword stuffing or trying to hit some magically keyword density.

Doing this will make your site bullet proof when is comes to algorithm changes because you won’t be relying on a formula that could be obsolete in a few months.

Obviously, I could go on and on about this topic because it’s just so vast but that should provide a basic understanding.

I’m an Internet marketer and I’m in the process of putting the final touches on an ebook that covers the subject of LSI, long tail keywords, and the generation of back links by leveraging web 2.0 and social media.

Since it’s not completed yet, I won’t leave you hanging.

If you want to get more information about these topics, I’d suggest the following:

The Master Plan by Charles Heflin
http://www.seo2020.com/tmp-launch.html

* Covers LSI and how to use it to create theme silos for maximum SEO

ThemeZoom by Russell Wright
http://www.themezoom.com

* Subscription keyword research service that assists in the creation of LSI and long tail keyword lists

VEO Report by Colin McDougall
http://www.veoreport.com

* Provides an outline of how to create websites with the visitor in mind that Google will love (taken from talks with Google SEO Guy Matt Cutts)

I haven’t used ThemeZoom yet, but the others are very solid and should help you greatly.

As far as Web 2.0 goes, I agree with you expect I look at the links as one-way links.

When a Web 2.0 or social media-based site does it’s job correctly and provides an engaging experience that allows people to participate in the conversation and interact with each other, it’ll get lots of quality, one-way inbound links from other sites talking about it.

It’s not the classic game of exchanging links, but instead focusing on being something that people want to talk about much in the same way that HitTail motivated Marshall to talk about it and provide a one-way link.

I hope that helps clear things up a little.

If you have any other questions or would like to talk to me on a one-on-one basis, feel free to send an email to jason [at] longtailtrafficsecrets.com

Jason Dolman

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-363414 David Mackey Fri, 10 Nov 2006 02:05:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-363414 Sounds like a pretty sweet tool, though I don't think I really have the time to check it regularly. So little time already. It would have to integrate with my blogging software, so it was just a tab away. Right now I use Community Server from Telligent. Sounds like a pretty sweet tool, though I don’t think I really have the time to check it regularly. So little time already. It would have to integrate with my blogging software, so it was just a tab away. Right now I use Community Server from Telligent.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » HitTail、ロングテールを詩神として http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362937 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » HitTail、ロングテールを詩神として Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:51:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362937 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: VideoKarma http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362923 VideoKarma Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:48:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362923 Jason I did a check of Wikipedia onLSI, and perhaps you can explain as I have some idea what they are saying. Are you saying that keywords do have more importance than recently thought? I still believe that the key to the Web 2.0 world is (1) Quality content (2) Quality Inbound Links, and (3) effective social networkig function. Any clarity you can offer would be appreciated. Cheers, Mike Jason

I did a check of Wikipedia onLSI, and perhaps you can explain as I have some idea what they are saying. Are you saying that keywords do have more importance than recently thought? I still believe that the key to the Web 2.0 world is (1) Quality content (2) Quality Inbound Links, and (3) effective social networkig function. Any clarity you can offer would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Mike

]]> By: alan patrick http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362841 alan patrick Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:23:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362841 well, I'll give it a go and report back................. well, I’ll give it a go and report back……………..

]]> By: Writing What Readers Want http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362802 Writing What Readers Want Thu, 09 Nov 2006 23:14:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362802 [...] I just saw something on TechCrunch about HitTail. a deceptively simple tool that makes suggestions for words to use in blog post titles or topics to write about based on the search terms that are already bringing people to your site. The idea there is that writing what people come to your site looking for will increase your readership. A skeptic could say it is meant to drive more search traffic to your site, but the end result is the same. One of the ideas behind statzen's content metrics philosophy is that be looking at the attention given to specific pieces of content bloggers would be better able to know what their readers want. Of course I am biased, but here is why I like statzen's approach to this problem better. Since statzen not only knows which content is being viewed (regardless of the channel), it also knows a fair amount about the meta information associated with that content. That allows for look at things like 'which tags produce the most content views'. Here are the top 25 tags for jaxn.org based on content views: asides, general, technology, uncategorized, business, ruby, blogging, nashville, design, statzen, myspace, politics, rails, useless information, code, operating systems, MacOX, hardware, marketing, family, development, Web2.0, php, tekzen, philos Of course, that is skewed by the number of posts that are tagged with those tags, so I would want to normalize it to look at which tags average the most views by dividing the number of views by the number of posts containing that tag. Here are te top 25 tags for jaxn.org based on the average views per post per tag: framework, zend, stock, voip, vonage, ipo, myspace, entrepreneur, idea, php, cron, howto, hardware, programming, syncml, bluetooth, isync, productplacement, payperpost, barketing, annotations, tapestry, css, unit testing, excel However, when looking at the numbers associated with those tags (which I am not going to share here), it was easy for me to see that those tags are skewed by a few popular posts with rare tags. So I decided to look for the highest average number of views for tags that have been used more than 5 times: rails, technology, design, business, MacOS, ruby, cellular, development, community, operating systems, marketing, nashville, Web2.0, blogging, wordpress, java, tekzen, philos, statzen, rss, bush, feed, vacation, statistics, asides Since the data set is only going back about 8 months, I feel pretty confident that final list is very representative of the topics that get the most attention at jaxn.org. If I really wanted to grow my readership I could focus on those topics and I am confident the majority of the people who read jaxn.org (on the web or in a feed) would be getting the kind of posts they want. Don't you wish you had the tools to do that kind of analysis on your blog? ;) Note: after tagging this post appropriately I see that 3 out of 4 of the tags on this post are in the top 25. If you found this post interesting then I think that further validates the analytics. [...] [...] I just saw something on TechCrunch about HitTail. a deceptively simple tool that makes suggestions for words to use in blog post titles or topics to write about based on the search terms that are already bringing people to your site. The idea there is that writing what people come to your site looking for will increase your readership. A skeptic could say it is meant to drive more search traffic to your site, but the end result is the same. One of the ideas behind statzen’s content metrics philosophy is that be looking at the attention given to specific pieces of content bloggers would be better able to know what their readers want. Of course I am biased, but here is why I like statzen’s approach to this problem better. Since statzen not only knows which content is being viewed (regardless of the channel), it also knows a fair amount about the meta information associated with that content. That allows for look at things like ‘which tags produce the most content views’. Here are the top 25 tags for jaxn.org based on content views: asides, general, technology, uncategorized, business, ruby, blogging, nashville, design, statzen, myspace, politics, rails, useless information, code, operating systems, MacOX, hardware, marketing, family, development, Web2.0, php, tekzen, philos Of course, that is skewed by the number of posts that are tagged with those tags, so I would want to normalize it to look at which tags average the most views by dividing the number of views by the number of posts containing that tag. Here are te top 25 tags for jaxn.org based on the average views per post per tag: framework, zend, stock, voip, vonage, ipo, myspace, entrepreneur, idea, php, cron, howto, hardware, programming, syncml, bluetooth, isync, productplacement, payperpost, barketing, annotations, tapestry, css, unit testing, excel However, when looking at the numbers associated with those tags (which I am not going to share here), it was easy for me to see that those tags are skewed by a few popular posts with rare tags. So I decided to look for the highest average number of views for tags that have been used more than 5 times: rails, technology, design, business, MacOS, ruby, cellular, development, community, operating systems, marketing, nashville, Web2.0, blogging, wordpress, java, tekzen, philos, statzen, rss, bush, feed, vacation, statistics, asides Since the data set is only going back about 8 months, I feel pretty confident that final list is very representative of the topics that get the most attention at jaxn.org. If I really wanted to grow my readership I could focus on those topics and I am confident the majority of the people who read jaxn.org (on the web or in a feed) would be getting the kind of posts they want. Don’t you wish you had the tools to do that kind of analysis on your blog? ;) Note: after tagging this post appropriately I see that 3 out of 4 of the tags on this post are in the top 25. If you found this post interesting then I think that further validates the analytics. [...]

]]> By: Jason Dolman http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362659 Jason Dolman Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:43:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362659 HitTail is an awesome tool. Yes, it can be improved upon, but so can a lot of things. DailyBlogTips, Your assumption is correct. In most cases, the long tail keywords are very easy to dominate because they aren't searched for very much or don't show up at all in normal keyword research. Therefore, most other websites choose not to focus on them at all. Using basic SEO tactics and a few anhor text backlinks are mostly all you'll need to dominate those keywords. VideoKarma, I suggest you look into LSI - latent semantic indexing. Google basically purchased Applied Semantics for its work and research into LSI and its becoming a bigger and bigger part of their algorithm. Web 2.0 success is more about optimizing the user experience. Google's goal is to provide their users with the information they're looking for and they'll be glad to put your site at the top of the search engines if you do the same. Jason Dolman HitTail is an awesome tool.

Yes, it can be improved upon, but so can a lot of things.

DailyBlogTips,

Your assumption is correct.

In most cases, the long tail keywords are very easy to
dominate because they aren’t searched for very much
or don’t show up at all in normal keyword research.

Therefore, most other websites choose not to focus on
them at all.

Using basic SEO tactics and a few anhor text backlinks
are mostly all you’ll need to dominate those keywords.

VideoKarma,

I suggest you look into LSI - latent semantic indexing.

Google basically purchased Applied Semantics for its
work and research into LSI and its becoming a bigger
and bigger part of their algorithm.

Web 2.0 success is more about optimizing the user
experience.

Google’s goal is to provide their users with the
information they’re looking for and they’ll be glad
to put your site at the top of the search engines
if you do the same.

Jason Dolman

]]> By: HitTail: The Long Tail Keywords » Dee’s-Planet! Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362569 HitTail: The Long Tail Keywords » Dee’s-Planet! Blog Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:22:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362569 [...] Techcrunch [...] [...] Techcrunch [...]

]]> By: VideoKarma http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362461 VideoKarma Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:55:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362461 I suppose it is a sort of catch 22, in that the "words" are by definition not SEO "words".. Make sense? they are the long tail.... But as the words gain more popularity through, let's say HitTail, then they by virtue become SEO popular words.. Wew.. confusing? But really SEO today is all about the "Links" as we all know, Meta Key words and really keywords in general do not promise high ranking anymore.. It is ALL about the number of "quality" inbound links.. So says Google. Oh and sensible content. So Content + Quality inbound links equals Web 2.0 success. I suppose it is a sort of catch 22, in that the “words” are by definition not SEO “words”.. Make sense? they are the long tail…. But as the words gain more popularity through, let’s say HitTail, then they by virtue become SEO popular words.. Wew.. confusing? But really SEO today is all about the “Links” as we all know, Meta Key words and really keywords in general do not promise high ranking anymore.. It is ALL about the number of “quality” inbound links.. So says Google.

Oh and sensible content. So Content + Quality inbound links equals Web 2.0 success.

]]> By: Daily Blog Tips http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362072 Daily Blog Tips Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:36:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/09/hittail-the-long-tail-as-muse/#comment-362072 I wonder if it will produce any results related to search engine optimization. For instance, could one assume that the long tail words are not optimzed as well as the mainstream ones? I wonder if it will produce any results related to search engine optimization. For instance, could one assume that the long tail words are not optimzed as well as the mainstream ones?

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