Patrick Coombe

Grow your SEO agency: do stuff no one else wants to

Have you ever heard yourself saying the following: "It's just not worth it for me" "I charge $150 an hour, there is no way I'm doing that" "I don't work for free." Well stop it, just stop it right now! Chances are you are reading this because you are trying to grow your consultancy or agency, much like I've [...]

By |2015-04-16T15:10:37+00:00April 16, 2015|Blog, Consulting, SEO|Comments Off on Grow your SEO agency: do stuff no one else wants to

How I signed my first SEO client ever

The year was 2008. I was in late 20's, had a bronze Florida tan, and tons of entrepreneurial energy. At this point I made somewhat of a living making websites and doing network admin stuff. One weekend I spent inside a drop ceiling of a boiler room running cat 6 cable for a VOIP system and made $2k. I [...]

By |2015-03-19T14:48:07+00:00March 19, 2015|Blog, Consulting, SEO|Comments Off on How I signed my first SEO client ever

Google considers these 10 SEO articles “in-depth,” do you?

Twas' browsing the SERPs recently and reflecting upon a post I ran back when in-depth articles first came out. It's been about a year and a half since then, and I wanted to do a brief check in on one SERP in particular I've been following. Doing a quick query for "SEO" will return a number of results, and [...]

By |2015-02-13T01:01:48+00:00February 13, 2015|Blog, SEO|Comments Off on Google considers these 10 SEO articles “in-depth,” do you?

Scrapebox Version 2: A look at what’s to come

Black, white, or grey - if you are an SEO you probably use Scrapebox as a tool for one purpose or another. It is at the top of every "SEO tools" list in the industry and is still talked about on every IM forum on the web. The original version of Scrapebox was released in 2009 and has ran [...]

By |2015-02-06T00:13:10+00:00February 6, 2015|Blog, Reviews, SEO|Comments Off on Scrapebox Version 2: A look at what’s to come

SEO life: I work with my wife everyday, here’s how

I'd like to start by saying I love my wife, and we are best friends and partners, truly. She is also one of the most talented and ambitious people I know. We truly enjoy, appreciate and compliment one another. We are also very realistic and know that everything in life takes work. We both live by a simple relationship [...]

By |2015-01-30T15:37:22+00:00January 30, 2015|Blog, Personal, SEO|Comments Off on SEO life: I work with my wife everyday, here’s how

Fake SEO Terminology #humor

Neutral / Whitehat Exponential Keyword Discovery Regulated Content Intervals Algorithmic Discovery Approach Indirect Variable Pageview Inverse Keyword Extraction Symmetric Slawski Search System On-page Action Analytics Knowledge Graph Indexing Backlink Interval Timing Link inequality Functional Search Query Horizontal Keyword Shifting The Quadratic Visitor System Proportional Domain Offsetting Consistent Content Shrinkage Greatest Common Keyword Fundamental Browser Evaluation External Optimization Framework Factoring [...]

By |2014-12-30T03:10:51+00:00December 30, 2014|Blog, SEO|Comments Off on Fake SEO Terminology #humor

Rant: Google Algorithm Update Annoucement Channels

If it is one thing I get, it is a lack of transparency. I get that Google keeps a tight lid on trade secrets, algorithm updates, and everything in between. I also get that for whatever reason Google does not feel the need to announce updates for algorithm updates anymore through public channels the way they used to. Penguin [...]

By |2014-12-03T02:14:33+00:00December 3, 2014|Blog, Rants, SEO|Comments Off on Rant: Google Algorithm Update Annoucement Channels

Should I accept a backlink from my crazy neighbor who sells movie posters online?

I was talking with my crazy neighbor blogger, who would like to remain anonymous. He wears sweatpants about 350 days out of the year, smokes Marlboro Lights, and has a network of websites that sells movie posters (which I beleive to be bootleg). Somehow he makes a living off of it. He constantly trolls me about blackhat SEO. He's [...]

By |2014-11-12T02:16:51+00:00November 12, 2014|Blog, SEO|Comments Off on Should I accept a backlink from my crazy neighbor who sells movie posters online?

A tale of a backlink that never mattered

Just wanted to preface this post by saying that this is basically me "thinking out loud" and should definitely not be taken as SEO advice or anything close to factual information. I  don't have droves of data to back up what I am saying (I do have some), but I do have a recent experience to share and I've [...]

By |2014-10-02T15:56:06+00:00October 2, 2014|Blog, SEO|Comments Off on A tale of a backlink that never mattered
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