SEO Effect Blog posts http://www.seoeffect.com Thu, 17 May 2012 19:18:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Spring-update-part1-improved-keyword-research/ The spring update of SEO Effect is live, and it is a big one that &ndash; by popular demand &ndash; includes: <br/><br/> <b>faster </b>keyword research; <b>labels </b>and <b>favourites </b>for keywords.<br/> introduction of a more accurate <b>&lsquo;12 month average traffic share&rsquo;</b> KPI.<br/> monitoring of your<b> link profile</b> based on 2 linkdatabases<br/> <b>link prospect</b> research <b>enriched </b>with more link data and contact data<br/><br/><p><br/>In a series of four posts, we&rsquo;ll give you a mo [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Mon, 14 May 2012 17:20:39 +0100 http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Update-contact-data-extractor/ The first update of our new link build tool has seen the light of day. <br/>For those of you that missed our December news: we launched our link <br/>build tool just before the holidays. It helps you find the type of links<br/>prospects that fits your campaign and link bait. Give it a try!<br/><p><br/>The improvements in our recent update are: <br /><br/><br /><br/></p><br/>Improved link prospect contact data <br/><p><br/><br /><br/><img src="http://mail.seoeffect.com/admin/temp/newsletters/36/contact-details-marketer.jpg" styl [...] gerard@gerardklein.nl Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Happy-holidays-try-brand-new-SEO-Effect-link-build-tool/ We wish you happy holidays and a wonderful new year!<br /><br/> <br /><br/> We just released the first version of the link build tool of SEO Effect. Releasing it in 2011 was last years new-years-resolution. So in the last couple of weeks we worked really hard to prevent ourselves from having to repeat it!<br/>A brand new link building tool<img src="http://www.seoeffect.com/images/screendumps/2011/thumbnails/thumb_seoeffect-linkbuilding-tool-link-prospect-list.gif" alt="SEO Effect link building tool - lin [...] gerard@gerardklein.nl Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0100 SEO tools SEO Effect seo research linkbuilding linkbait http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Effects-of-the-Google-%2B1-button-researched-download-the-whitepaper/ {glossarbot=disable} <br/><p><br/><img src="http://www.seoeffect.com/images/google-plus-one-button.jpg" alt="google plus one button" style="float: left; border: 1px solid #c1c1c1; margin: 5px" title="google plus one button" height="104" width="150" />A couple of weeks ago we organized a Google +1 experiment to learn more about the ins and outs of the new Google +1 button. We had over 70 readers of SEO effect voting &lsquo;plusone&rsquo; for three pages in the Google search results with the experim [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:00:00 +0100 traffic share serps seo search engine ranking positions research Google ctr +1 button http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/SEO-Effect-release-2.1-is-live-support-for-multiple-Analytics-accounts/ <p><br/>A long standing wish of professional users has made it to the SEO Effect application. <br/></p><br/><p><br/>We now support<b>:</b><br/></p><br/><br/> <b>multiple Google Analytics accounts</b> <br/> and ditto for <b>Google Webmaster Tools</b>.<br/> <br/><br/><p><br/>&nbsp;<br/></p><br/><p><br/>This means that you can now have one SEO Effect account with access to Analytics / WMT profiles from different Google accounts (still with me :-). This is particularly helpful for SEO specialists who access GA data via more than one Google [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:00:00 +0100 status SEO Effect features http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Participate-in-the-SEO-Effect-Google-plus1-button-experiment-/ <p><br/> {glossarbot=disable} <br/></p><br/> <br/><p><br/> Please participate in our experiment about Google's new '+1' button. As SEO enthusiasts we want to find out more on how the +1 button influences Google search results. So we devised a little experiment and <b>we need your help</b> to make it work. Follow these four steps to participate. <br/></p><br/><p><br/> <br /><br/> As a thank you, you'll get the white-paper with all the results and also 1 free SEO Effect credit (worth $9,-). <br/></p><br/> <br/>About the Goog [...] gerard@gerardklein.nl Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:00:00 +0100 traffic share serps search engine ranking positions research Google ctr +1 button http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/SEO-page-scan-more-details/ <p>We have been quite busy and we are proud to present&nbsp;the SEO page scan.&nbsp;As&nbsp;promised&nbsp;in former post&nbsp;SEO Effect 2.0: Site optimization tool releas...&nbsp;here&nbsp;are some more details.&nbsp;Scan your pages in three easy steps&nbsp;and discover what you can do to improve your chances to be found in Google, Yahoo, Bing and... via Facebook!&nbsp;</p><p>Although&nbsp;this&nbsp;doubles&nbsp;the functionality of SEO Effect, this update will not affect prices. They will rema [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:00:00 +0100 site optimization seo scan SEO Effect features beta http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/SEO-Effect-2.0-Site-optimization-tool-released/ <p> Yes! Another milestone passed: we just released version 2.0 of SEO Effect. Now you can assign keywords to pages in your site, then scan those pages and learn how to optimize the on-page SEO factors for those keywords. </p> <p> We&#39;ll put up a more lengthy post about the ins and outs of this new tool. And of course we&#39;ll keep at it ironing out the beta &quot;features&quot;. But for now: dive-in and tell us what you think! </p> gerard@gerardklein.nl Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:00:00 +0100 status SEO Effect features http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Nice-new-SEO-Effect-features-for-under-the-Christmas-tree/ <p><br/>Just before Christmas, we are proud to present an SEO Effect update.<br/></p><br/><br/> Better ease of use in keyword research <br/> Export functions available <br/> More useful keyword info in trends <br/> Improved design <br/> More than 100 other improvements and bug fixes <br/><br/>Ease of Use keyword research <br/><img src="http://mail.seoeffect.com/admin/temp/newsletters/15/seoeffect-screendump-campaign-keyword-list.jpg" alt="seoeffect screendump campaign keyword list" title="seoeffect screendump campaign keyword l [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:00:00 +0100 traffic share status SEO tools SEO Effect seo keyword research export design bug fixes http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Promotion-from-Keesjans-totaly-revised-SEO-book-4th-edition-/ <p><br/>The fourth printing of the (dutch) book &quot;Handboek zoekmachine marketing&quot; is accompanied by a gift coupon for SEO Effect. Almost every book owner can use SEO Effect at a 50% discount (worth up to $100,- or &euro; 75,-). <br/></p><br/><p><br/>For example: use a medium account for 8 months and pay only for 4.<br/></p><br/>How does it work?<br/><p><br/>For starters: please note that redeeming coupons will be available from <b>saturday november 27, 2010</b>. <br/></p><br/><br/> If you don't already have it,<img [...] gerard@gerardklein.nl Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:00:00 +0100 SEO Effect promotion gift code book http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/SEO-Effect-review-by-State-of-Search/ <p>And there we have it: the first&nbsp;review of SEO Effect. Though still in beta, State of Search&#39;s&nbsp;Barry Adams&nbsp;unleashed the keyword research and trend monitoring on two of his sites. He concludes:</p><i>It&rsquo;s hard to judge a suite of tools based on only two of its five modules, but I have to say I&rsquo;m fairly impressed. If the three remaining modules under development will adhere to the standards of quality and robustness as set by the keyword research and trend monitor [...] gerard@gerardklein.nl Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:00:00 +0100 State of Search SEO Effect Review http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/SEO-Effect-is-live-/ <p><br/>Yes! A big milestone. The&nbsp;public beta&nbsp;has started. Our SEO Effect on-line SEO tools are live.&nbsp;<br/></p><br/>Free Trial <br/><p><br/>You can create your account and start a free trail using the Keyword Research tools in the&nbsp;SEO Effect memberzone.<br/></p><br/><p><br/>And yes, mom and dad are proud of their newborn!&nbsp;<br/></p><br/> gerard@gerardklein.nl Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:00:00 +0100 status SEO tools SEO Effect http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Seoeffect-Update-see-our-prices/ <p>We are very pleased to announce you that the long awaited public beta of SEO Effect is almost, almost here. The last changes are made. Bugs are resolved. It was a head cruncher to make the price plans, free trials, fair use and more. The result is our price plan page . See it for yourself. We hope you like it! </p>Credit price model <p>We decided to work with a credit price model . You buy credits that you can use to activate campaigns. We have three campaign levels which can accommodate [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:00:00 +0100 status SEO Effect beta http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Status-update/ <p>Status update.</p><p>We are getting really close to the launch. The results form the private beta tests are encouraging, interesting and give us good hints on what to improve. </p><p>The mainstay of the feedback is about helping the users and not so much about the results. So before the launch we have two things to focus on: help functionality (tool tips, infographics, video&#39;s etc.) and user management and pay-pall integration.</p><p>But all in all we hope that in a couple of weeks you ca [...] gerard@gerardklein.nl Sat, 15 May 2010 02:00:00 +0100 status SEO tools SEO Effect http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Google-leaves-70-of-search-in-the-dark-/ Or how Google unmasks assists to converting keywords for Adwords<br /> <p>Google launches AdWords search funnel reports last week. From their blog: </p> <p>&quot;Currently, conversions in AdWords are attributed to the last ad someone clicks before making a conversion, masking the fact that many customers perform multiple searches before finally converting. AdWords Search Funnels help you see the full picture by giving you insight into the ads your customers interact with during their shopping [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +0100 web analytics seo search funnel sea Google conversion attribution http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/SEO-Effect-Webwinkel-Vakdagen-2010/ <p><br/>SEO Effect was present at the dutch Ecommerce fair &quot;Webwinkel Vakdagen 2010&quot;, the primary fair for web shops in the Netherlands. <br/></p><br/><p><br/>We were there in two identities: as Screenborn (with our partner Crimsonwing) and as SEO Effect. As the latter, we simulated &quot;the smallest booth on the fair&quot; and that attracted many visitors, even queuing up to see what all the hubbub was about! <br/></p><br/><p><br/>It was a great fair with loads of people showing a genuine interests in wh [...] gerard@gerardklein.nl Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:00:00 +0100 Webwinkel Vakdagen 2010 SEO Effect Fair http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Two-New-Features-of-the-SEO-Effect-Keyword-Tool-SEO-KPIsBlog-title/ <p><br/>As promised in our last post, &quot;The Rebirth of the Search Engine Optimization Platform, SEO Effect&quot;,&nbsp; this post discusses two new and exciting features of the new SEO Effect keyword tool.&nbsp; <br/></p><br/><p><br/>These two new SEO Key Performance Indicators are: <br/></p><br/><br/> Keyword traffic share<br/> Weight average traffic share<br/><br/>SEO KPI 1: Keyword Traffic Share. <br/><p><br/>We zeroed in on developing a higher level SEO Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to give you an overview of your SEO [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:00:00 +0100 Weighted Average Traffic Share traffic share serps SERP SEO Effect seo search engine ranking positions ranking personal search Google http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/The-Rebirth-of-the-Search-Engine-Optimization-Platform-SEO-Effect/ Lots of reasons compelled us to rebuild SEO Effect. User demand is high. We received loads of feedback from readers of my book asking for a tool set that could deal with today's SEO challenges. We were also inspired by new opportunities we saw in the new APIs from Google. And last, we wanted to capitalize on the lessons learned form the previous version of SEO Effect that now seems so &quot;old school&quot;. <br/><p><br/>However, I was still reluctant to begin. Rebuilding an application from scratch [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0100 testing SEO Effect seo linkbuilding linkbait features beta http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/SEO-Effect-is-Now-Open-to-Email-Subscribers/ <p>SEO Effect has a complete new design anticipating the birth of our brand new application. We are open for subscriptions to our mailing list. Since we launched last month, more than 2000 people have joined. </p> Wanted: Beta Testers <p>As part of your email subscription, we invite you to &nbsp;apply for a beta tester account. </p> <p>Participants in the private beta test will receive a free, full-year subscription to the new SEO Effect. </p> &quot;Already subscribed.&quot; and also wan [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0100 testing SEO Effect beta http://www.seoeffect.com/blog/Google-keywords-meta-tag-not-for-ranking-what-about-description-tag/ <p>Its official now. What most SEO professionals did know for yours is now officially stated on there Webmasterscentral Blog: &quot;Google does not use keywords meta tag for ranking &quot;. And what about description tags?</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&quot;Q: Does Google ever use the keywords meta tag in its web search ranking?A: In a word, no. Google does sell a Google Search Appliance, and that product has the ability to match meta tags, which could include the keywords meta tag. But that&#39;s an enterpr [...] keesjan@interneteffect.com Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0100 ranking meta tags keywords meta tag Google description meta tag