Stephan Spencer's Scatterings

The Scattered Wisdom of a scientist turned web marketing virtuoso

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Web 2.0 Isn't Friendly to the Search Engines

Two of the most popular Web 2.0 interactive elements, Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and Flash, might be great for customers and a fresh experience on many sites, but they are inherently unfriendly to the major search engine spiders. In my articl… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 11/20/2007 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Usability, Web Design ajax, flash, web 2.0, web development            

Two words: "mobile" and "local"

Yesterday's keynote at Web 2.0 Expo featured an interview of Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc. by John Battelle. John asks such great questions. I really enjoyed the session, but I kept finding myself distracted by Eric's horrific outfit; it was reminisce… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/18/2007 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines google, local search, mobile search, web 2.0, web 2.0 expo, web2expo            

Badges, gadgets and widgets = Link bait!

I'm here at the Web 2.0 Expo. Sat in on the session today "An Overview of Badges and Widgets: The Fast Rise of Viral Web Parts". Before I get into the content of the session, I have just a couple of remarks. These come from me and not from the sessio… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/17/2007 | Permalink

Comments (1)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines google gadgets, link bait, link building, linkbait, web 2.0, web 2.0 expo, web badges, web2expo, widgets            

Black Hat SEO meets Web 2.0

I'm here at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Today (actually yesterday now that it's after midnight) I sat in on the SEO Workshop being presented by Todd Friesen ("The Oilman") and Greg Boser ("WebGuerrilla"). This session turned out to be a lot of… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/16/2007 | Permalink

Comments (4)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines black hat seo, google, seo, seo tools, web 2.0, web 2.0 expo, web2expo, yahoo, yahoo search submit pro            

Our Web 2.0 corporate website

It is amazing what you can achieve in regards to SEO just by reaching into your Web 2.0 toolkit. A corporate brochure is about as Web 1.0 as you can get, yet even brochureware can be transformed in ways you may never have thought possible and boosting se… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 08/30/2006 | Permalink

Comments (20)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines, Blogging blog optimization, seo, web 2.0, wordpress