Nina Hale
Consulting for Direct Marketing Online
www.ninahale.com

711 West Lake Street, Ste 301. Minneapolis, MN 55408
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Skype: nina-hale     nina@...  

Drive revenue from online channels

hi lee,

adgabber is a new one for me....will have to investigate. one thing i
like about mixx is the local angle it has. looking to build up some
friends on mixx if you are there.....






--- In mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com, Lee Odden <lee@...> wrote:
>
> Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Sphinn & sometimes AdGabber,
> Mashable and Mixx
>
> Lee Odden
> Online Marketing Blog
> http://www.toprankblog.com
>
>
>
>
> chris_dohman wrote:
> >
> > how about some social networking chatter. what social networks do you
> > guys use? right now i am exploring sphinn, twitter, facebook, stumble
> > upon, mybloglog and as of today i joined mixx <http://mixx.xom> .
this
> > new mixx thing is supposed to be the new digg. i never really
> > connected with digg but i think this mixx has a chance. it seems
> > pretty diverse which is a big plus.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Lee Odden
Online Marketing Blog
http://www.toprankblog.com

how about some social networking chatter. what social networks do you guys use? right now i am exploring sphinn, twitter, facebook, stumble upon, mybloglog and as of today i joined mixx . this new mixx thing is supposed to be the new digg. i never really connected with digg but i think this mixx has a chance. it seems pretty diverse which is a big plus.

i forgot about linkedin. i have that one too.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [SPAM] [mima-sm] howdy mima seo/sem gang
From: "chris_dohman" <chris@...>
Date: Wed, November 28, 2007 11:31 am
To: mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com

how about some social networking chatter. what social networks do you guys use? right now i am exploring sphinn, twitter, facebook, stumble upon, mybloglog and as of today i joined mixx . this new mixx thing is supposed to be the new digg. i never really connected with digg but i think this mixx has a chance. it seems pretty diverse which is a big plus.

Hello!
My notes:
Overall, loved it.

The SEO Efforts session could have been a half hour. Lance Loveday
was a good speaker, but I need my information fast and struggled
through the "what is SEO" slides. He covered tactical tips for
optimizing video, blogs, and RSS feeds which was nice. MIMA will make
all the presentations avail for download so it will be a nice
reference guide.

My personal favorite was PIMP My Reports- helpful reminder on
organizing data
My least favorite was the Internet Mtkg Toolbox.

The lunch was a major issue, I waited in line for 30 min.

I think we really need an active group specifically for search
marketing in TC. I think there is a lot of opportunity. That may be
another post...

Thanks!
Lisa

--- In mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com, "chris_dohman" <chris@...>
wrote:
>
> I was not able to make it to the MIMA Summit yesterday so I would be
> grateful to hear some feedback from you if you went.
>
> What was your favorite session?
> How was the networking?
> How was it overall, are you going again next year?
>
> Lisa Raehsler, did you go to the SEO Efforts session? If so was it
> helpful for you?
>
> Thanks much!
> Chris
>

I was not able to make it to the MIMA Summit yesterday so I would be
grateful to hear some feedback from you if you went.

What was your favorite session?
How was the networking?
How was it overall, are you going again next year?

Lisa Raehsler, did you go to the SEO Efforts session? If so was it
helpful for you?

Thanks much!
Chris

I see they have "Evolving your SEO efforts" on the schedule. I might
go to this one.

Evolving your SEO efforts
Lance Loveday
Founder and CEO Closed Loop Marketing (Roseville, CA)

www.closed-loop-marketing.com


Are your search engine optimization efforts packing a powerful punch?
Do you wish you could see more optimum results from your efforts? If
you're looking to take your SEO work to the next level, this is the
session for you. The discussion will focus on the importance of
optimizing ALL of your content to raise the collective value from
your search efforts. You'll walk away with tips to make the most of
your efforts in universal search, image SEO, blog search and SEO,
plus RSS optimization.

Feeds seem to be slow appearing in to my Google Reader. Today seems
slower than usual, 2+ hours Is this the case for anybody else?

Hey people,

If you are interested in the MIMA Summit this year, the
early bird registration ends this Friday the 14th which means:

Thru September 14
Members $145
Non-members $295
Students $50

After September 14
Members $195
Non-members $395
Students $65

Yes, I have a corporate table. Does that mean I have to stay for happy hour? I'm
tired already just thinking about that.

-----Original Message-----
From: "chris_dohman" <chris@...>
To: mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 9/7/2007 10:23 PM
Subject: [mima-sm] MIMA Summit 2007

MIMA recently announced the  session details
<http://summit.mima.org/07/schedule/index.htm>   for the 2007 MIMA
Summit <http://summit.mima.org/07/>  .  The Summit is Wednesday, October
3rd at The Depot in Minneapolis from 7:45 am to 7:30 pm. Times for the
individual sessions are not released yet but the Breakout session
speakers,  titles and descriptions are available.

I don't see much focused specifically on seo/sem but Google's Jim
Lecinski is speaking on Ten Trends Shaping the Digital World. My guess
is he will hit the topics of universal search and all the mediums being
integrated into the SERPs along with the other advertising ops they have
now. Maybe he will give some info on YouTube advertising????

Even though there is not a lot on search engines I see a few other
sessions that can be useful. One is Lets Talk Legal: Legal Issues
Impacting Interactive Marketers by James P Quinn of  Larkin Hoffman
Attorneys will cover the top 5 issues facing the online community.

For the rest of the sessions take a gander at the MIMA Summit site via
the links above and see what intrigues you.

Are you going to attend?
What sessions are you interested in?

I plan to be there but my schedule is not quite set yet.

Luckily it's not for me or my sites.

Our advertising client was looking at this because lifetips cold
called them. I was trying to figure out a good way to tell them its
not the best approach. Their whole pitch underwhelmed me.

Thanks for the info!
Lisa

--- In mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Hudson" <jeff@...> wrote:
>
> Lisa,
>
>
>
> If they can send you $5000 worth of sales, then you'd break even. If
you're
> buying that package for `link juice' alone, you could probably find that
> kind of value for $100. It doesn't matter if they gave you 5000
articles all
> across their site with custom anchor text. It's still from 1 domain. A
> mediocre one at that. Near worthless.
>
>
>
> I would take that $5000 and spread it across an intelligent link
building
> campaign encompassing themed sites that are relevant to your niche.
>
>
>
> Jeff Hudson
>
>
>
> Theppcbook.com

hi lisa,

i have not used or heard of lifetips.com. if they have enough traffic
maybe they can send a little traffic your way via the links. but
concerning the links and whether they will help your rankings all
depends on how good google is at identifying paid links.  if google
identifies your links as paid they won't pass any juice. when looking at
the lifetips.com site its out in the open that they are selling link
packages. if  they haven't already i think google will identify by
algorithm or snitch style that these links are paid.

chris dohman










Lisa wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Has anyone heard of or worked with a site called lifetips.com? They
> post content on their site that links back to their clients. It's a
> sponsored link program but links are only from their own "tips" site.
>
> They said they can increase search ranking with all these links on
> their site, but I have never heard of them. Have any of you?
>
> Thanks!
> Lisa
>
>

Yes, they charge $5,000 a year for the "tips" content and links from
their site. They show the clients reports detailing how they increased
ranking in the SERPs because lifetips is a trusted site.

So, yes it's basically paid links with content around it. Which is
cool, but I think people (clients)don't understand that it's not full
service SEO.

Lisa

Hello,
Has anyone heard of or worked with a site called lifetips.com? They
post content on their site that links back to their clients. It's a
sponsored link program but links are only from their own "tips" site.

They said they can increase search ranking with all these links on
their site, but I have never heard of them. Have any of you?

Thanks!
Lisa

Hi Kathy,

I talked to Adam Lasnik from Google here at SES about this specific
question today. I asked if the kind of section targeting and exclusion
possible with AdSense would be possible with Googlebot. His reply was that
this is a consideration, but unlikely to be implemented. The onus is on
the publisher to limit Googlebot from finding content you don't want
crawled.

If you were able to redirect requests to that content into a directory and
the use Robots.txt to exclude Googlebot from the directory, that might be
a consideration. (if that hasn't already been mentioned)

FYI, check out http://www.toprankblog.com for daily SES San Jose coverage.

Lee Odden


Kathy Litt wrote:
>
> Thank you for the feedback. However, frames will cause more SEO probs
and the tech team can not restructure the site at this point. thanks
anyhow!

I personally haven't seen a method to block out a section of a page
via the robots.txt file.

I do have a possible solution... although it requires a change to
the way the page is structured (code wise). An HTML frameset or an
iframe would do the trick (okay non-frame fans, please don't shoot).

This would allow you to place the page containing the left column in
a different directory and then block that directory via the
robots.txt file.

--- In mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Litt <kjl@...> wrote:
>
> Question -
> Is there a way to add something to the Robots.txt file that will
tell the crawlers to not follow a piece of a page?
> I am working with a pretty significant piece - a booking engine,
like an Orbitz/airline booking engine. It resides on the left hand
side of the home page, sucks in crawlers, and that's all she wrote!
They crawl the 200+ vacation destinations and Yikes! I would like
them to find the rest of the page, links, keywords and website.
>
> Can I add something to the Robots.txt file that will tell the
crawlers "no follow booking engine on left hand side of home page" ?
>
> Thanks all
> Kathy
>

I personally haven't seen a method to block out a section of a page
via the robots.txt file.

I do have a possible solution... although it requires a change to
the way the page is structured (code wise). An HTML frameset or an
iframe would do the trick (okay non-frame fans, please don't shoot).

This would allow you to place the page containing the left column in
a different directory and then block that directory via the
robots.txt file.

--- In mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Litt <kjl@...> wrote:
>
> Question -
> Is there a way to add something to the Robots.txt file that will
tell the crawlers to not follow a piece of a page?
> I am working with a pretty significant piece - a booking engine,
like an Orbitz/airline booking engine. It resides on the left hand
side of the home page, sucks in crawlers, and that's all she wrote!
They crawl the 200+ vacation destinations and Yikes! I would like
them to find the rest of the page, links, keywords and website.
>
> Can I add something to the Robots.txt file that will tell the
crawlers "no follow booking engine on left hand side of home page" ?
>
> Thanks all
> Kathy
>

I personally haven't seen a method to block out a section of a page
via the robots.txt file.

I do have a possible solution... although it requires a change to
the way the page is structured (code wise). An HTML frameset or an
iframe would do the trick (okay non-frame fans, please don't shoot).

This would allow you to place the page containing the left column in
a different directory and then block that directory via the
robots.txt file.

--- In mimaseosemgeeks@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Litt <kjl@...> wrote:
>
> Question -
>   Is there a way to add something to the Robots.txt file that will
tell the crawlers to not follow a piece of a page?
>   I am working with a pretty significant piece - a booking engine,
like an Orbitz/airline booking engine. It resides on the left hand
side of the home page, sucks in crawlers, and that's all she wrote!
They crawl the 200+ vacation destinations and Yikes! I would like
them to find the rest of the page, links, keywords and website.
>
>   Can I add something to the Robots.txt file that will tell the
crawlers "no follow booking engine on left hand side of home page" ?
>
>   Thanks all
>   Kathy
>

To fellow MN based search marketers:

Are you going to SES San Jose?   If so, then feel free to share your
preference for a MN SEM meetup at the following locations near the
convention center:

__ Sunday night at the Marriott lounge
__ Lunch Tuesday at Il Fornaio - Sainte Claire
__ Thursday late afternoon at the Gordon Biersch pub.

I'd suggest the Google Dance, but the music is so loud no one would
hear each other speak. :)

I've already talked to a few people and there will be a meet-up, it's
just a matter of where.

Please let me know your interest in a reply or direct email to lee at
marketingblog dot com.

Thanks!
Lee