International Social News Communities

I don’t use English social news sites like Reddit for a plethora of reasons. It’s not that I dislike the democratic model of voting content up. It’s just that Reddit and its audience is quite often obnoxious. The world is…

The Real Rules of Social Media Marketing Unmasked!

The Real Rules of Social Media Marketing Unmasked!

A blogger once wrote down some very well known or should I even say “Captain Obvious” rules of social media marketing. This is good for sure! As I do not abide by any rules beside my own I remixed them…

For Design, Usability and SEO Simplicity Is Key

Simplicity is key for design, usability or SEO. Their focus differs substantially yet they have one thing in common. Simplicity and simplifying the user interface aka website improves the overall performance. In SEO 2.0 we do not focus solely on search…

Mob vs Smart Mob: Why Social Media Traffic Is Valuable

Mob vs Smart Mob: Why Social Media Traffic Is Valuable

Over the years many people in marketing or business in general have questioned the value of social media traffic. Are they right? No! I have been among the critics even though I hailed it as the best traffic source in…

The Secret of John Chow’s Success Revealed!

The Secret of John Chow’s Success Revealed!

Have you ever wondered how well known “make money online” blogger John Chow managed to gain as much popularity on the Web in the early blogging era? What’s the secret of his success? The Name Wins the Game Well, one…

SEO Bullshit

SEO Bullshit

Wow! More good ranking news: I ranked #4 for SEO bullshit on Google.com for a while! My main competition was Jason Calacanis who had been cited everywhere for saying “SEO is bullshit”. Well, in times of SEO 2.0 you can…

The 7 SEO Blogs with the Funniest Names

One day I noticed on my referrers that I entered the Google.com top 100 for “seo blog”. It was a surprise! Why? It’s kind of interesting as I did not optimize for that and barely used the word “blog” on…

Dirty Blogging Tricks

Dirty Blogging Tricks

Even when you just start a blog you can use this or that dirty trick that will allow you to get rich quick make your blog more successful. I compiled a clean list of dirty tricks that may propel your…

How Blogging Made Me Famous in Weeks

How Blogging Made Me Famous in Weeks

The SEO 2.0 blog has made me famous after less than 3 weeks! It is of course somewhat a proof of concept. I want to practice what I preach and know myself if it and how it works. Thus I…

Some of the Best SEO Company Website Designs

As I mentioned earlier, great website design is one of the main pillars of new school search engine optimization. Many agency sites still look ugly though or have a mediocre user experience. What sense does it make to be #1…

Be the New York Times Of Blogging

Do you read tabloids? What kind of newspapers do you read offline? Are you rather the New York Times or the New York Post type? To make the comparison more obvious: Are you rather a The Independent or The Sun…

SEO Life Guards: They Sent Beautiful Pilgrims After Me!

SEO Life Guards: They Sent Beautiful Pilgrims After Me!

This is a really tough moment for me: I just can’t disagree with beautiful women. The case is even worse as it is not only a beautiful woman I have to disagree with now – she’s also a pilgrim! You…

11 Examples of SEO 2

11 Examples of SEO 2

* Why explain what something is when you can give examples of it? Here is a list of SEO 2 examples in no particular order. Just follow the links to read about the actual examples of SEO 2! * (CC…

How to Automate SEO Using WordPress

How to Automate SEO Using WordPress

Before WordPress most people had to perform basic SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tasks. They needed so-called: “onpage optimization”. “search engine submission” “manual link building” Now you automate SEO using WordPress. Hallelujah! Want more details? See below! WordPress Let’s You Focus…

Link Bait Sucks – People Are Not Fish

Link Bait Sucks – People Are Not Fish

* Are you trying to hook people to make them link to your site? You suck! OK, link bait sucks predominantly as a term but not completely as a tactic. There are certain aspects of link bait that really make…

The Only 5 SEO 2.0 Blogs You Need

The Only 5 SEO 2.0 Blogs You Need

* There are numerous of SEO blogs out there. Most of them stick in the past though and focus predominately on technology and meeting Google’s demands. With SEO 2.0 the world of search engine optimization has substantially changed. Only a…

DoFollow: Spread Link Love

DoFollow: Spread Link Love

* SEO 2 is about link love. Or should I say Love of Links (LOL!)? Anyway, when I started out on this blog I installed a fabulous “dofollow” plugin for WordPress. It deleted the so called “nofollow” attribute WordPress added…

The Best SEO 2.0 Definitions

While the term SEO 2.0 has been used before I started this blog, those who already used it define it in various differing ways. There is no real consensus on the meaning. Instead of just adding my own definition of…

SEO Is Dead! Long Live SEO 2.0!

SEO Is Dead! Long Live SEO 2.0!

* SEO is dead! Long live SEO 2.0! I’m sick and tired of Search Engine Optimization. Well, many people are, you might argue. But with me, it’s different. I am a search engine optimizer myself and I won’t quit but…