What are the advantages and disadvantages of a White hat and Black hat SEO?
Black hat SEO almost always advertises "top page rank", and usually turns it into a get rich quick scheme. Black hats always try to advise anyone who will listen that you can cheat the robots that go out to crawl your website and artificially inflate your website page rank. The white hat guys know better.
How can I make money using Search Engine Marketing?
I heard that 16-year-old boy wonder Harrison Gervitz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhqmBpKNtU) (he has a AMEX blackcard) Made money using search engine marketing. How can you make money using SEM? (I’m not intrested in promoting my own website). Do you promote things for people or something?
SEM is a long process. People will catch you on how interesting your write ups as well as how often you are updated.
Video Optimization Strategies for SEO and SEM.
Tips on building an on-line audience through marketing and video optimization. For additional detailed info on uploading videos for YouTube you can download an eDoc here: http://www.videomaker.com/store/product.php?productid=627&cat=31&page=1
Duration : 9 min 14 sec
Are Google SERPs moving to Ajax?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.
Owen from London asked:
Can you confirm if the Google SERPs are moving to AJAX, http://tinyurl.com/be5shp, if so how do think it will affect analytics which rely on the keyword information being in the URL.
Duration : 0:1:45
Search Engine Optimization Strategies (SEO) Part 1 – Incoming Links
http://www.makecashnow.biz Article review of Search Engine Optimization Strategies (SEO) Part 1 – Incoming Links. Create incoming links to your website by Buying Links, Directories, Press Releases, Forums, Writing Articles, and Creating a Blog. Covered tips include: marketing, search engine optimization strategies, SEO, SEO Tips and Strategies, SEO Tips, SEO Strategies, Search Engine Optimization, website optimization, optimization, SEO Optimization, Page Rank, Google Toolbar, and backlinks.
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How can a person become a Search Engine Optimization/ Marketing consultant? What course or books are required?
I’d like to know what sort of training and materials are required to become a search Engine Optimization/ Marketing consultant.
SEO Books will be outdated very quickly. Your best source is to first have an excellent understanding of web development, html, asp, design concepts and design standards.
You need to take online courses. These can be expensive from the top online schools but worth it in the end. You need to sign up fro the best feeds, ezines, forums that are online.
You need to be familiar with Google webmaster guidelines, ppc, link building, sem and social networking.
You have to know how to market yourself as a professional. You best bet is after training find a mentor who can guide you and teach you the ropes.
Learn how to search for what you are looking for as well. If you want to do SEO and SEM, then know how to find best information online. There are many and what I feel is best you may not based on your time, budgets and so on. So do some heavy research and reading as that will help you grow as well.