Comments on: About dot com — not a bad idea http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:26:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: johnon.com - John Andrews - » ReviewMe gets a little Shmarter: Better than A Press Release http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-6965 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:46:04 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-6965 [...] So good luck to those of you who utilize ReviewMe to get popular Internet marketing blogs to highlight your offerings and activities, and who then reference those in your About blogs and the free press release services. Let me know how much you get for your $250. I’d love to hear the success stories. [...] […] So good luck to those of you who utilize ReviewMe to get popular Internet marketing blogs to highlight your offerings and activities, and who then reference those in your About blogs and the free press release services. Let me know how much you get for your $250. I’d love to hear the success stories. […]

]]> by: johnon.com » Blog Archive » Thanks for the Game: It’s Been Fun Beating You http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-295 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:31:51 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-295 [...] Often the methods are good ones, and they work for a day or two before the competing page disappears. I saw an image last week sliced into 40 pieces, each with prime alt and title attributes. Shot right to #1. For a day. I see plenty of pictures of pretty women on industrial products pages, just like those calendars Dad brought home from the construction sites back in the seventies. I see my own images hotlinked, which of course I play with to further the entertainment. At one point it got so funny I created an “about dot com” page to talk about it, and took the second spot away with that. It has to hurt, no? [...] […] Often the methods are good ones, and they work for a day or two before the competing page disappears. I saw an image last week sliced into 40 pieces, each with prime alt and title attributes. Shot right to #1. For a day. I see plenty of pictures of pretty women on industrial products pages, just like those calendars Dad brought home from the construction sites back in the seventies. I see my own images hotlinked, which of course I play with to further the entertainment. At one point it got so funny I created an “about dot com” page to talk about it, and took the second spot away with that. It has to hurt, no? […]

]]> by: aaron wall http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-205 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:53:22 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-205 I like the idea. But I do not track conversions as well as some may because I feel that would lead me to writing specifically for conversion above all other purposes. I also feel sorta weird about citing many of my citations because it starts to get a little surreal...like eating my own dog food. But I definently think it is a great idea to have an about site like that. Maybe I could do it with updates and whatnot...it would obviously increase conversions and add value to the sales offer to have a log of some of the types of updates that were done as I revised my ebook. I like the idea. But I do not track conversions as well as some may because I feel that would lead me to writing specifically for conversion above all other purposes. I also feel sorta weird about citing many of my citations because it starts to get a little surreal…like eating my own dog food. But I definently think it is a great idea to have an about site like that. Maybe I could do it with updates and whatnot…it would obviously increase conversions and add value to the sales offer to have a log of some of the types of updates that were done as I revised my ebook.

]]> by: john andrews http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-203 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:52:00 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-203 Yes that search seems to be all I can do, too, although I added -site:about.com to it and saw about 225k results. Nothing special among the ones I looked at. The search <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=about%20bloomberg&btnG=Search">about Bloomberg</a> hits their about.bloomberg.com page, but <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=stuff%20about%20bloomberg&btnG=Search">stuff about Bloomberg</a> gets the typical Google mangled results set (the authority for Bloomberg first, followed by keyword phrase match pages as if a non-competitive search). Too bad. That could have been more fun. I don't think the two word query is natural for users, and it ranks due to it's use in the mainsite navigation for the AboutUs page, including the menu image filename, on a site with otherwise poorly crafted URLs. Anyway the point wasn't about the literal "about" subdomain beyond how beautiful that word actually is outside of Google land, and how good the About.com URL can be. Content has to be in place. Yes that search seems to be all I can do, too, although I added -site:about.com to it and saw about 225k results. Nothing special among the ones I looked at.

The search about Bloomberg hits their about.bloomberg.com page, but stuff about Bloomberg gets the typical Google mangled results set (the authority for Bloomberg first, followed by keyword phrase match pages as if a non-competitive search). Too bad. That could have been more fun. I don’t think the two word query is natural for users, and it ranks due to it’s use in the mainsite navigation for the AboutUs page, including the menu image filename, on a site with otherwise poorly crafted URLs.

Anyway the point wasn’t about the literal “about” subdomain beyond how beautiful that word actually is outside of Google land, and how good the About.com URL can be. Content has to be in place.

]]> by: John Andrews http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-202 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:18:17 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/124/aboutcom.html#comment-202 Not sure I'm advocating either, mosquito. A subdomain has it's benefits for the primary domain www site, and works today as a separate site. A separate domain can be unaffiliated. Both have pros and cons that come into play with your standard SEO considerations. Not sure I’m advocating either, mosquito. A subdomain has it’s benefits for the primary domain www site, and works today as a separate site. A separate domain can be unaffiliated. Both have pros and cons that come into play with your standard SEO considerations.

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