Nice Article On SEO Myths at SEOmoz

[Planet Mark]

Top quality article over at SEOmoz today I thought it was worth linking to... goes into some SEO Myths, nice levels of detail on key points and many links to advanced articles along the way - oh and a flow-chart which can be used to find out more when your rankings disappear too... if only it could explain why one of my 'lill sites has the listing with sub-links underneath when you search by name, but has recently stopped ranking for anything - hmmmm, anyway.

SEOmoz | Rewriting the Beginner's Guide Part IX: Myths, Penalties and Spam

Cheers, Mark

[mickn888]

Great article, SEOmoz are the kings of SEO imo.

[Jonathan]

Very interesting, definitely learned some things. I'm still using meta-tags though, screw everyone.

[mickn888]

meta tags are still relevent for yahoo...

[Michael Martinez]

And Ask. There is some misinformation in the article. For example, the idea that one link outweighs repeating keywords in page copy is absolute nonsense.

[mickn888]

I do try to follow what SEOmoz says because they tend to focus on the longterm best practice. My worry is that focussing on stuff that works in the short term , (like keyword density and bolding), will eventually get found out by the google algo.... and what was once a cash cow, will be no longer.

[mickn888]

But then again, maybe it is best to get a bit "grey hat" and try to earn some cash in the short term?

[CK]

Another ... btw nice article Michael

SEO myths and the power of repetition | SEO Theory - SEO Theory and Analysis Blog

[Michael Martinez]

I do try to follow what SEOmoz says because they tend to focus on the longterm best practice. My worry is that focussing on stuff that works in the short term , (like keyword density and bolding), will eventually get found out by the google algo.... and what was once a cash cow, will be no longer.

There is nothing short term about the use of bold in your copy. It predates the current search engines and they are all taking it into consideration.

Keyword density hasn't been used in 10 years.

[Michael Martinez]

Another ... btw nice article Michael

Thanks. This one would also be relevant to the current discussion:
Hypertext matching is alive and well.