SEO Rockstars

Google Takes Bribes? Say It Isn’t So

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:14:27 +0000

Daron speaks with Pierre Zarokian from Submit Express and following the interview said that he has been in Search Marketing for longer than he has known some of my children. This is the funniest story of Google and one VERY popular Spam Engineer who, as the story is told…was on the take! This story has settled for 8 years, and is now finally being told. This is for old timers and new timers alike!

Steve Ballmer SMX Keynote Breakdown

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:51:17 +0000

SEGuru breaks down the SMX West 2010 Keynote conversation featuring Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, where he spoke about issues including: Microsoft Bing is being planned to be made default engine on iPhone, the Yahoo deal, Google issues in China and more.

Also, Greg Niland of Good ROI Internet Consulting previews his new weekly WebmasterRadio.FM series Search for Solutions.

Link Building Reporting

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:57:47 +0000

Discussing Link Campaigns,Building, Profile Analysis and Reporting with David Ogletree, the Owner of SEO Fox, a small SEO firm based out of Austin, Texas. He discusses his work in building a new Link Building Report Tool.

SEO From a Boutique Agency Perspective

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:24:39 +0000

Discussing SEO from a Boutique Agency Perspective as Daron interviews Derek Chew (also known to long-time listeners as mugshot), the Director of Search Engine Optimization for Underground Elephant, a dynamic lead generation ad agency located in the heart of downtown San Diego.

We learn about his background in million-dollar PPC campaigns, developing affiliate marketing strategies, and overlooking organic search optimization and traffic acquisition for many companies.

Lifespan of Organic Search

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:14:45 +0000

Daron discusses the merits of the lifespan of Organic Search in 2010, and he welcomes CNN SEO Coordinator Topher Kohan, who makes mention that Because of personalized search and blended search add to that how important Semantic Markup / Microformats will be to SEO in the next year.

Search in 2009

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:07:47 +0000

Daron welcomes Rosetta SEO Director Chris Boggs to discuss the year in Search. They first comment on the blog post by Robert Scoble on 2010: the year SEO isn’t important anymore?

They also discuss the prodcuts of interest this year including Wolfram Alpha, cloaking and spamming, Bing, conversion, traffic, volume and more.

SEO Old Timers Roundtable

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:55 +0000

Spamming, Links, Black Hat, White Hat, and page ranking is all game in this SEO Old Timers Roundtable following the final day of sessions at SES Chicago 2009, broadcast on location from Kitty O Sheas inside the Hilton Chicago.

Daron welcomes a roundtable of Generation 1 panelists that include:
Rae Hoffman, CEO and Co-Founder of Outspoken Media; Dave Naylor, CEO of Bronco Web Design, Optimisation and PPC; Todd Friesen, VP Search for Position Technologies; Bruce Clay, Founder of Bruce Clay Incorporated; SearchReturn CEO Disa Johnson plus a cameo appearance by President and CEO of 3 Dog Media, Greg Boser

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Keynote SMX West

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:16 +0000

In a abbreviated broadcast,SEGuru reports on the announcement that Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft will deliver the keynote at SMX West 2010 in Santa Clara. He also previews Adtech New York 2009.

SEO Buyers Guide Market Trends

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:37:43 +0000

VP of eConsultancy Rebecca Lieb joins SEGuru to discuss market trends detailed in the SEO Buyers Guide that include studies on how Digital marketers harness social media to boost SEO, Focus on new platforms and tools as search behaviour changes, Improved technology and processes help understanding of ROI and more.

SEO Site Review-PartyAnimal.org

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:34:33 +0000

A listener offers up her website, thepartyanimal.org for a SEO Rockstars website review.

Site owners Nicole and Dan Bethel tell us about how their site is being indexed and the amount of traffic they have been getting from
Google comes from the images. When Google likes me I am right on top and get major traffic from them and then I just dissapeared from the search results. The site shows up on Google also through Zimbio and Digg, but that is about it with their blog. They are using Wordpress self hosted by Bluehost.

BlackHat Hacking Victim Delisted from Google

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:14:30 +0000

Jeff Elliott from another71.com tell us about his work to put his site to page 1 of Google for a competitive term relating to the accounting profession.

He tells us how he was informed that someone had done a direct code injection into his footer with numerous links to a site with anchor text…blackhat stuff, plus how it happened again and how Google informed him that he was being delisted.

PPC, Analytics and Marketing ToolSet

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:17:18 +0000

Barry Lloyd is CEO of MakeMeTop, providers of PPC Bid Management, Internet Marketing and Web Analytics Tools, and he gives his backstory of how he made his first million, plus he fills us in on his new toolset that Daron fully endorses.

SEO Friendly CMS Questions Answered

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:01:19 +0000

SEO Friendly CMS Questions Answered by the CEO of Pixelsilk.com Mark Knowles, plus Search Engine Marketing veteran Bruce Clay offers his expertise on the operation of a CMS like the one from Pixelsilk.

Branding versus SEO on Corporate Websites

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:39:49 +0000

Jim Hedger joins Daron to discuss Branding versus SEO on Corporate Websites, and they use Target.com as a test subject in a special SEO site clinic.

SES Jan Jose 2009 Recap

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:25:28 +0000

Daron welcomes Chris Boggs of Brulant to recap the 2009 Search Engine Strategies San Jose Conference. They recap the sessions, networking, Searchbash and the fact that SES will not bring the conference back to San Jose, opting to go to San Francisco next year.

Microsoft Bing In Depth

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:05:59 +0000

Nathan Buggia, Lead Program Manager of Bing takes us in depth in side the new Microsoft Bing Search Engine, showcases the new features and takes us through the change to Bing from Microsoft Live.

Looking Back at Affiliate Convention 2009 Denver

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:57:46 +0000

Frank Watson, co-Founder, Director of SEM for Kangamurra Media joins SEGuru to recap Affiliate Convention 2009 in Denver, and they look ahead to Search Engine Strategies San Jose 2009.

Black Hat versus White Hat SEO at Affiliate Convention

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:43:31 +0000

Black Hat versus White Hat SEO : Protecting Affiliates, discussed by Scott Polk,SEO Specialist for Bruce Clay Inc., Frank Watson, co-Founder, Director of SEM for Kangamurra Media and Daron Babin aka SEGuru of WebmasterRadio.FM.

Search Sessions at Affiliate Convention

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:28:28 +0000

Jim Hedger reports on the latest going on at SES Toronto 2009, plus Jim runs down the complete search-related sessions for Affiliate Convention with panels on white hat/ black hat SEO Landing Pages, PPC and more.

Black Hat vs White Hat SEOs Protecting Affiliates

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:13:30 +0000

Bruce Clay Inc. SEO Specialist Scott Polk previews the Black Hat versus White Hat: Protecting Affiliates panel. The panel is part of the SEO Track of the upcoming Affiliate Convention 2009 in Denver.

SEO Filters and Birthday Sites

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:38:38 +0000

Guest SEO Rockstar Chris Boggs comes on to help SEGuru review two sites as part of a SEO Site Clinic. They look at http://www.birthdaydirect.com and http://www.seofilter.com.

Search Engine Optimization for Dummies

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:39:08 +0000

Bruce Clay and Susan Esparza give us some insight into the new book “Search Engine Optimization for Dummies” and the effort to put this desk reference book together.

Hydraulics and Massage Sites

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:14:15 +0000

Hydraulics and Massage Sites are reviewed in this on-air SEO site clinic as SEGuru is joined by Marshall Simmonds of the New York Times.

PageRank and Backlink Update at Google

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:20:22 +0000

PageRank and Backlink Update at Google and what came of it and who did well as a result with guest Disa Johnson. They also discuss links and bad neighborhoods.

SES New York and a Site Clinic

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:51:11 +0000

Dave Davies calls in Live from Search Engine Strategies New York for an update on the new agenda and the attendees’ reactions. Daron also takes a dive into another site and gives a few suggestions about sitemaps and url structures.

Cold Fusion to Wordpress

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:01:49 +0000

Cold Fusion to Wordpress as New Site Platform Changes come to the WebmasterRadio.FM website, and SEGuru discusses the process with Todd Friesen and Disa Johnson.

SEO Site Review

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:20:20 +0000

SEO Site Review of Christmas and Pets Sites including ChristmaPlace.com, Petco.com and HeartlandSteaks.com. SEO Site Review of Christmas focus on building more effort on SEO as well as LPO and anaylitics, plus Daron and Jim go over some pet themed sites

Key Performance Indicators Discussion

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:19:03 +0000

Stephanie Cota and Andreas Ramos are back to continue their discussion on key performance indicators plus discuss their recent trip to China for an internet marketing conference.

Cloaking is Spamming, Doug Heil

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:17:27 +0000

Doug Heil of ihelp you gives his take on how Cloaking is Spamming, plus black hat SEO, his changed tradeshow experience, and he takes us back to his early days in search including how one of his early sites was banned by AltaVista.

Yahoo Sponsored Search and Content Match Program Changes

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:16:13 +0000

Yahoo Sponsored Search and Content Match Program changes and PPC Rockstars Host clarifies it for us, plus SEGuru comments on the latest Google Toolbar PageRank update that occurred on New Years Eve

Key Performance Indicators and Researching Vendors

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:03:35 +0000

Search Engine Marketing Book authors Stephanie Cota and Andreas Ramos, who are also co founders of Creative Consultants Group, discuss some topics in the book including key performance indicators, researching vendors, Google Analytics and mulitchannel offline tracking.

Black Hat White Hat SEO Roundtable

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:06:27 +0000

Prior to the Black Hat, White Hat & the Best Kept Secrets to Search session at SES Chicago, SEGuru discusses with some of the panelists who disclose some of their favorite search engine optimization and marketing tips, tricks, and secrets.

Article Distribution and Link Building Strategy

admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:09:14 +0000

SEGuru discusses Article Distribution as a Link Building Strategy, as he weighs article distribution options including ArticleSender.com, which features a new and improved interface, plus he discusses a special offer for new and existing article submitters.

Jerry Yang Resignation Commentary

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:56:55 +0000

Search Engine Land Editor in Chief Danny Sullivan offers commentary on the resgination of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang preceding a roundtable discussion on how the takeover bid from Microsoft only to later ask that merger talks resume played a part in the decision.

Understanding Link Neighborhoods

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:02:59 +0000

Understanding Link Neighborhoods with Touchgraph CEO Alex Shapiro as he tells us about his companys software, which allows for the creation and navigation of interactive graphs. Ideal for organizing links, or mind mapping.

What’s a Linkworth?

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:47:30 +0000

Linkworth CEO Ron Wicker helps us answer questions on the worth of links, including how his company connects buyers and sellers and how their system determines and regulates the worth of links, plus their line of services like link ads, link posts, link in text, link art and more.

Are Directory Submissions Worthwhile

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:48:40 +0000

Are Directory Submissions Worthwhile is the topic and Lee Odden of Top Rank Online Marketing brings up the question, plus he gives us a report on his visit to the Direct Marketing Association and its growth of internet maketing content

Dynamic URLs vs Static URLs Roundtable

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:49:38 +0000

Roundtable discussion on Dynamic URLs vs. Static URLs Greg Boser aka Webguerilla and Dave Naylor as they discuss they recent the latest post on the Google WEbmaster Central Blog, plus Kevin Ryan speaks to SEGuru about the management team changes at SES.

Search Engine Marketing to the Chinese Market

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:50:57 +0000

Tyloon CEO Grace Su tells us ways to help companies looking to expand their search engine marketing into the Chinese market and the state of search marketing in China, plus learn about the back office of Tyloon and their software as services platform

SES San Jose 2008 Recap

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:51:55 +0000

Kevin Ryan recaps the 2008 Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose and responds to questions about the speakers, agenda, topics discussed, plus we learn about his workload and what it takes to put together the SES Event Series and maintain its global branding

SEGuru on SES San Jose 2008

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:52:53 +0000

SEGuru gives us a short recap on his feelings about Search Engine Strategies San Jose, and more notably Searchbash and all of the work that led up to the event, plus he previews a scheduled interview with the Vice President and Global Content Director of SES and Search Engine Watch, Kevin Ryan.

Senate Judiciary Q & A with Google & Yahoo

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:53:53 +0000

A Heated Question and Answer session as The Senate Judiciary Committee Hears From Legal Counsels of Google Microsoft & Yahoo , plus hear what some of the vocal senators had to say as we hear opening statements from the July 15th, 2008 hearing held

Senate Judiciary Hears From Google & Yahoo

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:54:51 +0000

The Senate Judiciary Committee Hears From Legal Counsels of Google Microsoft & Yahoo, plus hear what some of the vocal senators had to say as we hear opening statements from the July 15th, 2008 hearing held in Washington.

Lead Generation and AdWordsGeneration

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:55:51 +0000

The owners of a lead generation site come to SEGuru for help where the site thanks to Adwords got an inflated amount of lead volume and then days later came to a halt, which leads to if verticals, or competitors played a role in the lead volume.

Future of Internet Advertising

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:56:46 +0000

Daron highlights the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on The Google Yahoo Agreement & the Future of Internet Advertising, and he comments on statements made by Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Google Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond

Link Inheritance Attributes

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:57:53 +0000

Discussing Link Inheritance Attributes, such as inheriting link penalties, and they discuss how to clear up those outstanding issues ,plus SEGuru and SEO consultant Jim Hedger offer a site review suggesting improvements to links and drop down menus on www.quotewright.com.

First Generation SEOs (SEGuru’s Debut Episode)

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:59:06 +0000

SEGuru is announced as the new host of the SEO Rockstars and is introduced by long time host Todd Friesen aka Oilman, and in his first episode he speaks to First Generation SEOs, including Search Engine Land Editor In Chief, Danny Sullivan, The Search King Bob Massa Keith Peterson of Search Marketing Tools and John Heard of IP-Delivery.com

These founding fathers in organic search reflect on their starts in SEO from the times where how black was black and when it became sheik to black hat.

SEO Rockstars Preview Premiere Episode

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:00:01 +0000

The host of the SEO Rockstars Previews the Premiere Episode which broadcasts live on July 1st at 4pm Eastern 1pm Pacific and scheduled to appear on the one hour episode are the original SEO Rockstars Todd Friesen aka Oilman, Greg Boser aka Webguerilla, Bob Massa, Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land, Bob Massa Formerly of SearchKing, Keith Peterson of Search Marketing Tools and John Heard of IP-Delivery.com

SEO Rockstars Returns

admin — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:01:11 +0000

SEO Rockstars is returning with new hosts that will bring you exclusive in depth interviews with SEO professionals, Weekly Site Clinics, contests and more, as well as submit your own site for review. Stay tuned to the SEO Rockstars podcast for more details on the return of SEO Rockstars.

Twitter and it’s Marketing Potential

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:02:20 +0000

The Rockstars give us a recap of PubCon; they also talk about the viral and marketing potential of Twitter and a great Twitter joke that went bad, kinda.

Mac versus Windows

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:03:16 +0000

A debate between Mac versus Windows as guest co-host Vanessa Fox is compelled to buy an Apple Mac laptop although she is a self-proclaimed Apple hater, plus more discussion on Google Page Rank, and also who’s going to Pubcon or Search Engine Strategies Chicago

Google Webmaster Central

admin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:04:05 +0000

Google Webmaster Central gives webmasters a way to tell search engines the country that should be associated with their sites., plus an online shoe store owner is threatening to sue a blogger Dean Hunt unless the blogger lowers his Google ranking for a keyword phrase that the store owner feels he deserves.

YouTube Canada Sucks

admin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:05:04 +0000

Todd welcomes back Greg as the comeback continues. The guys discuss YouTube Canada and why Canadians hate Canadian YouTube. Greg and Todd also talk about the recent Google Page Rank debate and why it really didn’t do much after all. Greg also touches on Reputation Management issues and an interesting incedent with a real estate forum battle. The duo also discuss the “Men are better than Women” craze.

Review of Windows Live Search

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:05:57 +0000

MSN Windows Live Search is finally public as the SEO Rockstars continue their review of the new changes to MSN including commentary on their videos and how well will they help to direct traffic. They also discuss the upcoming SMX Social Media show.

Testing Microsoft Live Search

admin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:06:54 +0000

The SEO Rockstars return from a long hiatus and discuss their trip to the Microsoft Searchification event to test out Live Search and Greg talks about his SEO Vanity contest posted on his blog

Cutts on Google

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:07:56 +0000

Greg Boser and Todd Friesen debate Matt Cutt’s recent blog post stating where Google is headed after search.

Whats Cloaking

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:39:38 +0000

Today’s topics include knees, cloaking, Rand Fishkin, Matt Cutts, & Webmaster World.

Link Moses

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:40:50 +0000

Today’s topics include Eric Ward, Link Moses, link strategies, content driven sites, & links.

Missed you in London

admin — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:41:54 +0000

Today’s topics include SES, London, Search Engine Strategies, PPC ads, & Google.

SES London Preview

admin — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:42:58 +0000

Todd Friesen and Greg Boser go over the agenda for the Search Engine Strategies show in London.

MyBlogLog

admin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:43:59 +0000

A MyBlogLog conversation kicks off the show and develops into an all out debate. Is it spamming and jamming? It is a social media phenomenon? How are SEOs using it to their advantage?

Circle of Trust

admin — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:44:55 +0000

Oilman and WebGuerrilla in another live Rockstars! They talk about global warming, wikipedia, and the Circle of Trust!

Wordpress Recap

admin — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:45:53 +0000

Shoemoney joins the Rockstars after his interview with the creator of Wordpress.

Oilman & Webguerrilla review Search Engine Strategies Chicago and Searchbash

admin — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:18:54 +0000

Greg Boser and Todd Friesen talk about the Searchbash party in Chicago for the Search Engine Strategies show.

Greg and Todd sit down and recap 2006 and look ahead to 2007.

admin — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:51:52 +0000

SEO Rockstars recap the year in search for 2006 with thier opinion on what’s in store for 07.

WebGuerilla, Greg Boser, invades the Rockstar’s lair

admin — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:20:16 +0000

Todd welcomes special guest host Greg Boser. The duo talk about Greg’s new blog, Todd’s latest project, an update on the “Pimp my site” contest, and the upcoming SES Chicago Conference.

Stories from Pubcon and Webmaster World in Las Vegas

admin — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:53:22 +0000

Today's topics include Pubcon, Webmaster World, Las Vegas, Matt Cutts, Baked Jake, & site reviews

Oilman welcomes Usability Expert grnidone from the WMR chatroom

admin — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:21:37 +0000

Todd welcomes WMR chatroom regular and self-proclaimed Usability expert “grnidone” as they rate and help improve listener’s submitted pages.

John Heard of PoopEGifts join the SEO Rockstars

admin — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:54:42 +0000

John Heard. Lord of the Cloaking, joins Todd Friesen and Greg Boser.

Online Gaming Crackdown

admin — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:55:40 +0000

Today’s topics include online gaming, online casinos, Shoemoney, & ringtones.

API and Squidoo

admin — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:01:24 +0000

Todd and Greg come in blindly and pull off, what they call, one of their best shows ever. They talk about APIs and take a look at Squidoo and the names they wish they could have. Pull up a chair and learn from the best!

Pubcon Preview with the Rockstars with guest host, Shoemoney

admin — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:03:06 +0000

Shoemoney joins Todd Friesen as the discuss the upcoming Pubcon in Las Vegas and the MySpace social network.

The Rockstars speak with Michael Gray on Foo Camp and MySpace spamming

admin — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:04:30 +0000

Today’s guest is Michael Gray, aka Graywolf, with topics including Foo Camp, & MySpace spamming.

Todd Malicoat with SEO Tips

admin — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:10:14 +0000

Two Todds and a Greg. Join the Rockstars as they welcome Todd Malicoat, aka stuntdbl. The trio chat about what Todd is up to, his DJ’ing skills, and general SEO Rockstars topics.

Greg embraces the monkey in him

admin — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:11:31 +0000

The boys are back in town and they fully recap the happenings at all the Search Engine Strategies parties last week. Greg has also tweaked his logo, which now includes an angry Gorilla. Has monkeyboy embraced his monkey nickname?

Live SEO Rockstars from Search Engine Strategies San Jose

admin — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:12:36 +0000

Todd walks in a bit late, but eventually gets on the same page, as him and Greg Boser return with a Live SEO Rockstars from the show floor of Search Engine Strategies in San Jose, California.

Site Ratings from the Rockstars

admin — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:13:50 +0000

Todd Friesen and Greg Boser rate sites from the listeners and take calls from the public.

Shoemoney joins WebGuerilla to discuss quality versus quantity over backlinks, and creating content for new websites

admin — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:15:01 +0000

Shoemoney fills in for Todd Friesen and joins host Greg Boser for this episode of SEO Rockstars. The guys talk about Shoemoneys new show on WMR, discuss quality versus quantity over backlinks, and how does Shoemoney find the time to create Content for new websites.

Subdomain Spam

admin — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:16:16 +0000

Subdomain Spam, Google news and a review of the inaugural episode of Net Income.

Greg and Todd discuss Parties and Yahoo Handjobs

admin — Tue, 23 May 2006 15:59:07 +0000

Todd Friesen and Greg Boser discuss the Yahoo Handjobs and MSN Parties.

SEO Rockstars with a Special Edition of Daily Searchcast from the Googleplex

admin — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:00:16 +0000

Todd and Greg kick it off to Danny Sullivan for a LIVE edition of The Daily Searchcast from inside the Googleplex. Danny is joined by Matt Cutts for an inside look at what is really going on at Google. Join us for this one of a kind event!

Getting paid for SEO Work

admin — Tue, 02 May 2006 16:00:42 +0000

Ever want to get in on the discussion regarding SEO for hire? Then this weeks edition of RainMaker is for you. Greg Boser and Todd Friesen discuss not getting paid for some SEO work they’ve done.

Todd Friesen and Greg Boser discuss performance based deals.

admin — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:03:03 +0000

Todd Friesen and Greg Boser discuss performance based deals and Greg makes comments regarding his blog post on the idea of Google favoring advertisers while he was concerned with duplicate content.

More Matt Cutts news and trouble at the airport with some stalkers

admin — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:05:04 +0000

Todd Friesen and Greg Boser get stalked at the airport.

Shoemoney on Rockstars

admin — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:06:20 +0000

Special guest Shoemoney joins the SEO Rockstars goes through his background and discusses the success of scraper sites and Google Adsense

Linking with a touch of evil

admin — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:07:30 +0000

Greg Boser and Todd Friesen discuss doing damage control for SEO in order to salvage companies clients and create awareness to companies to protect their brands

St Patricks Day with the Rockstars

admin — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:08:44 +0000

Greg gives a few insights to the world of DaveN and some St Patrick’s Day stories.

SEO Rockstars recap Search Engine Strategies New York 06

admin — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:09:51 +0000

SEO Rockstars recap Search Engine Strategies New York and their give their post show analysis

BMW and anchor texts

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:11:35 +0000

The SEO Rockstars are live yet again with news on anchor text and BMW’s trouble.

Matt Cutts on his opinion on Link Condoms

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:12:45 +0000

The SEO Rockstars talk with guest Matt Cutts about his opinion on Link Condoms

Oilman’s gone until he makes it to the show late to talk about Danny Sullivan on Nightline

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:14:00 +0000

Greg Boser and a late Todd Friesen chat about Danny Sullivan on Nightline and some Porn.

From Danny to Adult

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:15:21 +0000

Todd and Greg talk about Danny Sullivan’s appearance on the Nightline tv show, about Google’s refusal to hand over search data to the government.

Greg Boser is official

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:16:31 +0000

Todd Friesen welcomes Greg Boser as his new co-host on the SEO Rockstars and they discuss the Google SEO Contest.

Monkey Pics Promos, WebGuerrilla & MSN adCenter on the Rockstar show

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:17:43 +0000

Greg Boser listens to his new Monkey Pics promo and isn’t pleased with the results.

Oilman and Jenstar discuss the art of blogging and review listener’s sites

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:22:48 +0000

Oilman brings on special guest host Jenstar (Jennifer Slegg from JenSense)to discuss the art of blogging, Oilman’s $3.00 payday and review listener’s sites.

Todd Friesen and Daron Babin discuss Google SEO and Search

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:23:58 +0000

Daron Babin joins Todd Friesen to talk about the recent changes of Google’s landscape.

Oilman and the Gang talk about a variety of subjects

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:25:27 +0000

Oilman and guest host SEGuru talk about a variety of random topics this week including MSN’s release of 2 new advanced search operators, Opera browser offering a free download, Yahoo audio search, Googling SEO Rockstars… and a special guest appearance by Jenstar!

Oilman with special guest host Jennifer Slegg

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:26:37 +0000

Oilman rocks on with Jenstar (Jennifer Slegg from JenSense) filling in for the perpetually high (flight school) BakedJake! Cool site reviews and this week Jen reviews ad placement on selected web sites!!

Oilman with special guest host Detlev Johnson

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:27:41 +0000

Oilman hosts with special guest host Detlev Johnson, filling in for the airborne Baked “I’m earning my wings” Jake! Topics include SES, acquisition of Search Engine Watch, Yahoo Publisher and site reviews of cbswords.com and more!

Oilman & Guru Rocking out about SES, Site Maps and more!

admin — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:28:39 +0000

Daron Babin talks with Todd Friesen about Sitemaps and the upcoming Search Engine Strategies show.

Baked Jake with a confrontation with Red Zone Global Keith Peterson at Pubcon

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:29:53 +0000

Baked Jake is back from flying and in the saddle with Todd Friesen for a new episode of SEO Rockstars.

Hurdles of Optimizing for Dynamic Websites

admin — Tue, 10 May 2005 16:31:04 +0000

The SEO Rockstars cover an array of dynamic website indexing issues. Amongst those covered were JavaScript Navagation Structure, Mod-Rewrite, Advanced Content Management Systems and .jsp indexing problems.

The growth of Local Search Tradeshows and MSN SearchChamps

admin — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:32:04 +0000

The SEO Rockstars return from a sabbatical. The guys update folks on the various shows (Kelsey Show, MSN SearchChamps) going on they have attended and wrap up this episode with some great Q & A from the chat room.

BlackHat Questions and questions on Cloaking and Scraping

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 16:33:10 +0000

Oilman & Webguerrilla field questions, some too hot for Greg to even want to touch! Cloaking, Scraping, and more in this edition of The SEO Rockstars.

Good Rules of the Road Q & A

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:34:27 +0000

Questions abound in this episode and the guys chat about duplicate content, dupe filters, penalties, ad types to use on forums, the Google Cache and a ton more.

Search Engine Strategies Wrap-Up

admin — Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:35:36 +0000

Jake & Todd talk SES. The guys are fresh back from the show and talk about the hottest booths, booth babes, VC action, and even the vibe of the show. Check out the scoop from 2 of this tradeshows top speakers…BakedJake & Oilman.

About.com purchased for $410MM, plus Google Adsense & Toolbar talk

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:36:33 +0000

Call this a State of the Union if you will, as the Rockstars update their listeners on the current events in the world of SEO. This includes, but is not limited to, the About.com acquisition for $410MM, more Google Adsense & Toolbar talk, and of course a little Truelocal.com chat and a ton more.

The Dissection of a Google Update & Google sandbox

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:37:24 +0000

Ever been up close and personal to observe…hands-on even…the Dissection of a Google Update? Jake & Todd discuss the “Allegra” Google Update, Sandbox problems, etc. Not an episode to miss if you enjoy The SEO Rockstars.

The debate on Adsense vs Affiliate and other SEO info

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:38:22 +0000

The boys do a great Site Clinic in this episode. Lots of great SEO info coverage. Note the review of good writing techniques for titles and descriptions. Also, they debate the 2 different prevailing mentalities of late: ADSENSE VS AFFILIATE.

The pros of ClickFraud and talk about ppc campaigns, & competitor fraud.

admin — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:46:35 +0000

Oilman & BakedJake discuss the varieties of Click Fraud facing webmasters these days, fraud levels in ppc campaigns…competitor fraud and more.

Server Issues & A Little Google Affiliate Discussion

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:47:30 +0000

Today’s topics include SEO campaigns, 301 redirects, .htaccess, robots.txt, cloaking, & Google.

The First Rockstars of 2005

admin — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:48:48 +0000

The Christmas season is over and the Rockstars recap their holidays. Today’s topics include Christmas, links, & property of links.

FTP Uploads to Google, Web Alerts and linking strategies

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:49:51 +0000

Todd (Oilman) & BakedJake discuss Google Web Alerts and field some questions on linking strategies for Google. They touch on redirects and get this…FTP uploads to Google? The finish off with some discussion about affiliate SEO tactics.

The Yahoo Extravaganza Part 2 & SEO Myths & Rumors

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:50:53 +0000

Jake & Todd finish discussing myths and rumors in the SEO Community today and cover the big drop of sites in Yahoo.