[Asterisk-biz] Good Salespeople

[Tom Hayden]

Wow, I just wanted to drop a quick thank you for all of the input you
guys have given me over the past few days.  I really have gained
insight into something that I'm pretty blind about! Yay for productive
conversations on the -biz list :)

THANKS!

--
Tom

On 11/22/05, trixter aka Bret McDanel <trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 09:00 -0700, kelley g wrote:
> > Steve Totaro wrote:
> >
> > >Also, do not underestimate SEO (Search Engine Optimization) especially
> > >for a niche market like you mention.  Since you are focusing on radio,
> > >be sure to optimize your site for keywords in the radio industry and
> > >establish your knowledge of the industry in your content.
> > >
> > >
> > search engine optimization requirements are have changed and continue
> > changing quite rapidly. you may find that these old school techniques
> > are inadequate. you must have fresh content and active links into and
> > out of your site. keywords are not much valued anymore by the search
> > engines. what you will find is that the first sentences of several
> > paragraphs are used instead.
> >
>
> I think what he meant was to be optimized for the words that people
> would use to search, ie what you type into google.  Those keywords, not
> necissarily the meta tag keywords or similar.  That is how I read it
> anyway.
>
>
> > you may initially get decent rankings using the above, but as your
> > content gets stale you will drop in results listings.
> >
> > also, blog-type content is given different weight and, depending on the
> > search engine,  can really generate  'word-of-mouth'  buzz.  google is
> > behind the curve when it comes to capturing 'viral content',  try
> > technorati.com to get an idea of how this works. this model is coming
> > soon to the business side of things.
> >
> There are already professional bloggers, companies will pay in some
> cases upto $80k/year for someone to just type up blog entries about
> various products.  Because of that its going to be a battle between
> spam-blogs and the search engines that index them.  Search engine
> companies know that if you get results that are all spam you will go
> elsewhere for your searching.  So they have a vested interest in trying
> to filter it.
>
> I think its too early to tell right now which way this will go, but
> blogging in general is likely to cause small battles between the
> bloggers and the search engines.
>
>
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Tom