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October 19th, 2006 by john andrews

Pick your Poison: An SEO at the Pub

In suburban America in the 80’s, everyone had a home bar, and everyone wanted to know everyone else’s drink. You wanted to be able to take a guest aside to the bar and serve him what he liked…make him feel special. The town hall people, the lawyer down the street, the cardiologist that gave out free advice, and of course the ice cream company district manager living next door. I was just a teenager but sometimes running to the Local Liquor Store for somebody’s favorite Tanguerey, or Jim Beam, or Canadian Club was *the* critical task of the day.

You know who you are

Nowadays SEO people meet at bars and restaurants, but they still drink, and that aside meeting is still where the SEO action takes place at major conferences. Oh, sure the sales action and intros largely take place on the conference floor and exhibit hall, but the SEO action is at the bar.

In this case the lawyer has been swapped out for a domain guru or semantics expert, the town hall guy has been replaced by the link meisters and directory kings, and the ice cream salesman? Well, let’s just say that these days he’s selling luncheon meat.

The question remains: What do you drink?

If you go to seo pubcons and the like, name your drink. I’ll start:

A black & tan, or a 2x Jameson straight up with an ale on the side.

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July 19th, 2006 by john andrews

POST  S E O   S E C R E T   No. 7

Shoemoney, Paris Hilton, and the little man with the red cape in SEO Secret No. 7

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July 18th, 2006 by john andrews

POST  S E O   S E C R E T   No. 6

SEO Secret is like Post Secret, but for online marketers. You know who you are. Number 6 i sposted… my how we distort reality with our online personalities….SEO SECRET

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July 17th, 2006 by john andrews

POST  S E O   SECRET No. 5

SEO swag, and how having a passion for what you promote is for sissies. See SEO Secret No 5.

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July 14th, 2006 by john andrews

SEO SECRET update

I enjoyed creating the first 4 SEO SECRETs so much I moved them to their own page here: SEO SECRET Be sure to click around for the hidden gems.

I have more to post already, and some fresh secrets from you all out there..

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CLICK HERE FOR SEO SECRET (new window)

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July 10th, 2006 by john andrews

POST  S E O   S E C R E T   #4

seo secret

Adapted from “Lonely” sketch by Amir Khella

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July 10th, 2006 by john andrews

POST  S E O   S E C R E T   #3

matt cutts seo secrets

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July 10th, 2006 by john andrews

POST  S E O   S E C R E T   #2

SEO Secret #2

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July 10th, 2006 by john andrews

POST S E O  S E C R E T  #1

turtle-seo

SEO Secret. Like PostSecret.com, only better. You know you want to confess.

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