Tag Archives: Michael Stelzner

18 Must-Know Inbound Marketing Experts

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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Colleague Dave Morse of Delta Faucet passed on a congratulations to me today for making a list of 18 Must-Know Inbound Marketing Experts in Marketo’s Whitepaper: Amplify Your Impact: How to Multiply the Effects of Your Inbound Marketing Program. Wow – that’s quite an honor… especially having my name alongside this list of amazingly talented marketers: Michael Brito – Follow @Britopian Paul Gillin – Follow @pgillin Adam Metz – Follow @theMetz Ann Handley – Follow @MarketingProfs C.C. Chapman – Follow @cc_chapman Chris Brogan – Follow @ChrisBrogan Cindy King – Follow … Continue reading →

Learn to Play Nice

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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If you look back at the history of this blog, you’ll find that we get excited about finding new technologies and educating our readers on them. Unless a company is doing something immoral or just plain stupid, we’re typically positive in our approach. I don’t want this blog to get so big that we can bury some companies while promoting others… and it honestly disappoints me when some of my other more popular colleagues take those shots publicly. As recent as yesterday, I’ve received complaints from trolls. What’s a troll? … Continue reading →

Disqus: Reigning Champion of Commenting Systems

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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I’m not sure what ever happened to IntenseDebate… seems to have been swallowed by Automattic with nothing exciting new in quite a while. I left Disqus to test the paid system, Echo, and wasn’t impressed at all. The feature may or may not have been around for a while, but Disqus is now cleanly integrated with Twitter and Facebook to promote blog posts socially. Today, I noticed that when I clicked “Like” on a post, it provided me with the option of sending that message to both Twitter or Facebook. … Continue reading →

How Comments Impact Search Engine Rank

Posted on by Jeremy Dearringer
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Does commenting on other blogs help my search engine ranking? Google’s ranking algorithm weighs heavily on relevant links back to your site. Since links back to your site help, wouldn’t it make sense that commenting and leaving your links everywhere would benefit your site? Not exactly. In this recent video, Matt Cutts (Search Quality for Google) discusses the potential risks of allowing users to post comments with link spam on your blog. You have control over the content on your website, and if Google catches you linking to spammy websites, … Continue reading →

Sorry Disqus, I’m a Fan Now!

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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About a year ago, quite a few commenting systems popped up – including SezWho, IntenseDebate and Disqus. I was vehemently against all but SezWho since the others loaded comments via JavaScript and did not save comments locally. The problem with JavaScript is that it’s loaded at the browser, not at the server… so when a search engine crawled the page, it would appear unchanged even though it had comments. A year later and the landscape has changed quite a bit… SezWho is out of business, IntenseDebate was purchased by Automattic, … Continue reading →

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Do Comments equal Conversions?

Posted on by Douglas Karr
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I did some analysis of my blog this weekend to look for a correlation between my search engine results, my most popular blog posts, the posts with the most comments, and the posts that actually resulted in revenue due to consulting or speaking engagements. There was no correlation. Reviewing my most popular posts, you’ll find WordPress Contact Form, Huntington Bank Sucks, I left Basecamp, and the length of an Email Address carry the most traffic. Those posts lead the way for Search Engine Results. Those posts also carry the most … Continue reading →