http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com Reviews of SEO Products and Services Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:20:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you boil it down, there’s no real reason for me to have started my blog, SEO Wordsmith. There is a bevy of information related to SEO online. But I’ve been doing SEO for years – writing content, promoting sites – so it’s something I know well and ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/22/seomoz-review-best-seo-site-online/ SEO Wordsmith now offers a manual directory submission service. Click the link for complete details, but some of the features of this service include: 50 titles and 50 descriptions to limit duplicate content and improve anchor text linking. A majority of sites with a PR 2 or better. Many sites ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/20/manual-directory-site-submission-service/ When there are so many free Wordpress themes available, does it make sense at all to purchase a premium theme?  Many people would say no, and designers themselves are seeing the end of the premium Wordpress theme.  I’m not so sure.  Recently I updated my theme from a fairly generic ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/19/is-it-worth-it-to-buy-premium-wordpress-themes/ No, I’m not talking about the SEO Book, though that certainly qualifies as a top quality SEO tome (I’ll review that ebook in the future). I’m talking about SEO books printed on actual paper. It may seem strange to read a book about online marketing in a bound ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/16/the-best-seo-and-marketing-books-available/ Many who are new to blogging may be impressed by the blogs they see that have advertisements.  For new bloggers there can be the misconception that blogs with advertisements must get a lot of traffic because companies bothered to advertise on the blog space.  The fact that “real” and affiliate ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/15/best-affiliate-programs-for-new-bloggers/ There are more ways to help brand a business than ever before. If you’re an entrepreneur and not taking advantage of these offers then you’re seriously missing out. There are tools available that would have been unheard of only a short time ago. The best company I’ve ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/10/get-free-business-cards-and-other-office-products-at-vistaprint/ I recently switched over my site, SEO Wordsmith, from Wordpress.com to BlueHost.  At Wordpress.org, BlueHost is listed front and center as Wordpress’s premier selection for transferring a Wordpress account. I wasn’t entirely lazy: I did some research, looked into other web hosts, like ThinkHost and Host Monster.  Every web host ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/08/blue-host-for-wordpress-review/ Here, I'm going to write about good deals on products and services I've found online - product reviews, ebook reviews, service reviews, and other topics that aren't directly related to SEO on SEO Wordsmith.  It will also be a place where affiliate marketers can find good affiliate deals that are ... http://marketplace.seowordsmith.com/2008/12/06/about-the-marketplace/