You may have heard stories about how Digg can help you move up the search engine rankings and double or triple your SEO conversions. But is that really true? The simple answer is yes and no. Digg, Wikipedia, and all other Web 2.0 social networks have pretty much implemented the no-follow tag on their links. So you get a link but it is pretty much ignored by search engines. Does that mean that you should not go after these links? That’s not true at all. Unlike some SEOs claim, no-follow links are actually very valuable, if they are obtained from the... 

Any organization that you go to, you’ll find about 99% of its employees don’t know anything about SEO. I have talked to marketing managers, directors, and senior vice presidents who have no clue about how search engine optimization is done. But the funny thing that I have notices is that after 10 minutes of discussion about on-page SEO tactics that they could use to improve their sites, I almost always get this brilliant feedback. “I have a great idea! Why don’t we just change the color of the text that you are suggesting to white.... 

Who are the real heroes in our hyper competitive industry? Are they those who you see at Search Engine Strategies giving lectures about the latest development in our industry? There are a lot of these people who I have the most respect for. Most of these lecturers have paid their dues and have been good at one time. But today, most of these guys barely do any SEO work. Their focus is more on “big picture” ideas. The dirty work is done by SEO professionals who have been in the industry for 2-5 years. I don’t have any problem with people getting... 

I am sure you have already heard of the idea of searching socially. In essence, companies such as Scour allow you to search for what you are looking for, but on the SERPs you get a chance to vote for the results. It’s a very good idea on the surface. In essence, by being part of the community and voting on the provided results, you can help others find what they are looking for faster. But here are the major issues that I see with the current platform: Gaming Web 2.0 service is a serious business: Believe it or not people make a living out of gaming... 

That’s the million dollar question. What happens if you Digg your own article? According to Digg, you are free to submit your own articles. But in general, it’s a good idea to your readers submit your articles to Digg. Now I did submit my article to Digg a couple of months ago and in 3 days my site was completely dropped from Google. I am by no means suggesting that had anything to do with my ranking drop, but it’s interesting that it has happened to a bunch of other people as well. What’s your experience with Digg? Have you experienced...