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Wonderful interview

fragrantfuture — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:50:45 -0600

As a woman whos day job is in the tech field myself and someone who is very interested in SEO, website creation internet applications, this interview was a great and enjoyable read. It was really encouraging to hear from a pioneer in the industry. It was also great to hear how involved she still is with her company, as some CEOs can loose touch as their business becomes successful.

Thank you for taking the time to do and transcribe this interview!

Wishing you a Wonderful Day,
Corinne Brueckner
corinne@fragrantfuture.com
Gourmet Candle Store : www.corinnescandles.com

A Real Treat

JudyPete — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:34:25 -0600

Thanks. it's a treat to read an interview with a pioneer like Jill Whalen.

Judy Peterson, ABR, GRI, SRES

Prudential Fox and Roach Realtors

Devon, Pa 19333

610-889-5509

http://www.MainLinePaToday.com

Thanks

Virginia DeBolt — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:29:00 -0600

She's been my guide for years, too. I was really glad she agreed to be interviewed.

Virginia DeBolt
BlogHer Technology Contributing Editor
Web Teacher
First 50 Words

Hi Virginia great to see

veronicay — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:58:00 -0600

Hi Virginia

great to see Jill interviewed -- I've watched her expertise and business grow since first meeting her on the late lamented LED Digest list in 1997, and she has always been my reference for SEO.

She always talks good sense -- I am 100% with her on her last comment!

Veronica
http://www.larecettedujour.org/

Wow - that should keep me busy

BookLady Alison — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:22:27 -0600

Thanks for all the information. I will be kept busy exploring all the links. SEO, something we all care about if we are not out to remain invisible!

BookLady Alison

wow!!!

laylakelsey — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:44:40 -0500

thank you. my two friends-- two amazing young women-- just launched their new company called www.cheekychicago.com its an incredible site and i know this will help them.

they are working so hard and i am going to pass this post on to them. thank you!!

layla...

A couple of comments

Skye — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:27:05 -0500

Melanie, thanks so much for sharing this!

A couple of clarifying comments:

1) I am not aware of any screen reader software for people with disabilities that needs both alt and title attributes, and most won't even notice the title attribute. The alt is the standard for providing alternative information for a graphic, the title attribute should be used to provide additional information if you so desire. The alt should be short and to the point, the title can be a good place to add some extra SEO juice.

2) I am not aware of any blogging software except LiveJournal that doesn't use some level of heading tags for post titles in its default templates. If you have a designer that has written your templates from scratch and decided not to use them, you might be in trouble, but otherwise your blog likely already uses heading tags.

Skye Kilaen
All Access Blogging: tips for making your blog more accessible to people with disabilities

Informative

stellarlady — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:26:03 -0500

Great Post! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Hope to read more here :)

The Recession Proof Industry

Alt & Title Tags

Melanie Nelson — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:07:17 -0500

I've written about what these tags are and why you should use them in the article What are the “alt” and “title” tags in the img src tag? Do I need to use them?

I hope that helps!

Melanie
Blogging Basics 101
Bloggy Giveaways
Don't Try This at Home

Great post

Kathy333 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:00:59 -0500

Great tips! Thanks for sharing, looking forward to reading more!

Kathy

Allbusiness:Working Mothers

Mama Marathoner

&nb

Practical and useful

Therextras — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:27:05 -0500

Thanks, Melanie. This post offers really useful suggestions. I will be returning to make sure I garner every bit of info I can use. One tip I do not understand, if you could explain...."Use the "alt" and "title" attributes in your image and link tags."

Barbara H. Boucher, PT, PhD, OT TherExtras

Gracias

Candelaria Silva — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:27:26 -0500

I am going to try your suggestions!

blog.candelariasilva.com

Good and plenty!

Thanks for the info on bounce backs

redheadshesaid — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:51:34 -0600

I had never heard of bounce backs but frankly it makes sense. Everything else is tallied and counted why not how many times you hit "back"? I use the back button all the time, now I'll think twice it.

redheadshesaid
http://redheadranting.blogspot.com/

Important takeaway with bounce rates

Elise Bauer — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:53:27 -0600

Hi Roxanne,

Google Analytics tracks actual bounce rates, but that isn't going to help you much because I suspect that it is the relative bounce rate for the search term that affects placement. The important takeaway with bounce rates is that the SEs are rewarding quality, appropriateness, and ease of use. Here's an example. Bloggers are more and more frequently posting huge image files and super long entries, without regard for the time it takes to load that page and the fact that many people have monitors with pretty small resolution. So If someone with not the best connection, either dial up or crappy DSL, and not the state-of-the-art monitor clicks on a a link to a site with huge images, they are going to quickly lose patience and click the back button. Or if the site is hard to read, too busy with flashing ads and bright colors, that will get people to click the back button. Site design and navigation becomes more important when bounce rates are taken into consideration.

Elise Bauer
Simply Recipes
Learning Movable Type

very helpful

Amy Gates — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:39:09 -0600

I never thought about using "click here" instead of making the terms specific to what I was linking too. Thanks so much for bringing that to my attention. I'll never do another "click here" again! :)

Amy
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com