Smart Ways to Influence Social Media Traffic

Smart Ways to Influence Social Media Traffic

With the meteoric rise of social media like Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest the rules for spreading your message online have changed. It’s no longer about simply optimizing content and building links for Google. Popular social media posts get substantial traffic…

SEO 2.0 Definitions: It’s about People, Self-Spreading and Being Reputable

SEO 2.0 Definitions: It’s about People, Self-Spreading and Being Reputable

SEO 2.0 doesn’t exist and I’m glad it doesn’t! OK, SEO 2.0 doesn’t exist according to Wikipedia. It existed – someone wrote an excellent article about it – but the Wikipedia censors deleted it. I’m glad. I prefer to spread…

How to Engage on X-Twitter for Marketing Credibly

How to Engage on X-Twitter for Marketing Credibly

When I wrote about X/Twitter marketing for the first time it was a huge success! It became the most read by subscribers post on SEO 2 ever. More than 1k regular SEO 2 readers have read it within a week….

How to Find True Social Media Experts?

How to Find True Social Media Experts?

* How to find true social media experts? It may be harder than you think. Just because some people have millions of followers does not mean they are experts. There are many automated services where you can buy followers for…

10 Reasons to Follow Tad of SEO 2 on X-Twitter

10 Reasons to Follow Tad of SEO 2 on X-Twitter

ArchDaily is one of my all-time favorite architecture blogs. They once published a post called “5 reason to follow ArchDaily on Twitter“. Wow. Why didn’t I think myself of it? Yet the post itself seemed clumsy and the reasons were…

The Best SEO Strategy: Don’t Do SEO!

The Best SEO Strategy: Don’t Do SEO!

Unless you’re here for the first time you know that I’ve often written about SEO without SEO. What I meant was a new approach to search which basically goes beyond it or rather is organic. You simply build the best…

Stupid X-Twitter Misteaks [sic!]: It’s NOT a Link List

Stupid X-Twitter Misteaks [sic!]: It’s NOT a Link List

It’s 2023 and business people still make common social media management mistakes! They often use X-Twitter the wrong way! Ouch! That really hurts! Why? I’ve seen these stupid misteaks [sic!] ever since I started using the service back in 2008….

5 Keys to X-Twitter Headlines

5 Keys to X-Twitter Headlines

X-Twitter headlines are about short striking descriptive tidbits. Why? So that they can spread virally quickly and frequently. First we had social media now we have X-Twitter. No joke. You don’t do social media optimization anymore. As a marketer you…

Top 10 Most Insane Reasons Why Blogging for Social Media Sucks

Top 10 Most Insane Reasons Why Blogging for Social Media Sucks

* OK, I admit it! I’m part of the problem here. It all started with link baiting a few years ago. Then blogging for a social media audience has become common place. Sometimes it seems there is not a single…

Social Media Trends You Must Be Aware of

Social Media Trends You Must Be Aware of

Social media is evolving, revolving and sometimes struggling. It seems there are trends which are there for a while now. Some sites reflecting overall trends lose steam and die while others are born and/or accelerate. Here is a number of…

Who to Follow on Twitter?

Who to Follow on Twitter?

* Twitter is very beneficial for your social SEO! In fact Twitter is more about modern SEO than other social media I hailed during my early years. Yeah, Twitter has surpassed my wildest expectations. Why is Twitter so valuable for…

SEO 2.0 Reality Check: What Works?

SEO 2.0 Reality Check: What Works?

* I’ve been writing for this blog and popularizing SEO 2.0 for 15 years! Yes. It’s time to review some of my theories and predictions. I have promised you a new era. Did it really arrive? Did SEO 2.0 turn…

The Best Short Link Tools for Business Statistics

The Best Short Link Tools for Business Statistics

As of 2023 I’ve spent lots of time using X and Twitter for business and writing about it. While at it I tested numerous short link tools over the years. By now there are really good URL shortening services as…

The Best Image Bookmarking Sites for Daily Inspiration

The Best Image Bookmarking Sites for Daily Inspiration

What is image bookmarking and how can it improve your overall creativity? It’s simple. You view amazing images by others and get inspired! Indeed you can use image bookmarking sites like Pinterest for daily inspiration. There is a steady stream…

10 Christmas No-Nos for SEO Specialists to Avoid at all Costs

10 Christmas No-Nos for SEO Specialists to Avoid at all Costs

It’s this risky season again and many of us who optimize websites for search will have to endure humiliations we have to face each year. To lessen the impact of the Christmas SEO woes I compiled a list of 10…

7 Rules of Ethical SEO to Respect

7 Rules of Ethical SEO to Respect

* Do you practice SEO? You probably do! Maybe without knowing. Every time you publish something on social media or your website you do SEO! You probably consider headlines and keywords and want to get noticed or found. This is…

Social Search: Power to the People! Great News for SEO 2.0

Social Search: Power to the People! Great News for SEO 2.0

[Update: Google’ SearchWiki has been discontinued. Some features have been later adopted for new services like Google+] Above you see the Google results for SEO I wanted to see when Google introduced social search features called SearchWiki, but Google didn’t…

Web Success Without SEO Works: How I Entered the Top 10 for SEO Blog

Web Success Without SEO Works: How I Entered the Top 10 for SEO Blog

When I started this blog – SEO 2.0 – I proclaimed that SEO is dead and that you don’t need it anymore to succeed on the Web. Moreover I proclaimed a new kind of SEO, SEO 2.0 which works almost…

Quick Guide to Social Media and WordPress Categories vs Tags

Quick Guide to Social Media and WordPress Categories vs Tags

* One of the most annoying issues on social media, both from a user and a webmaster perspective is the often faulty categorization by users. Many people mix topics and categories in a way nobody really can appreciate. Why does…

7 SEO 2 Techniques Obama Used to Score on the Web

7 SEO 2 Techniques Obama Used to Score on the Web

What is SEO 2? It’s not just about getting found via search engines! It is a term that encompasses modern techniques of making a message heard online. It’s also using any feasible way of reaching an audience by use of…