Dan Thies

Hello, I'm Dan Thies. I've been writing about, teaching, and practicing search engine optimization for over 10 years now.

In spite of what you may have heard, SEO is very simple. If you don't believe that, then you really need to read my book! It's only 100 pages long, and it's free.

Yes, the best SEO book is free... and so is the support that I offer on this site. If it all sounds too good to be true, well... spend a little time here, get to know me and the members of this community, and I have no doubt that you'll believe every word.

Blog

June 2, 2008

  • SEOFS Live Agenda Posted - Now $297/seat

    SEO Fast Start Live – Maximizing Search ROI
    June 25 & 26, 2008 – Crowne Plaza Galleria – Addison, TX
    Day 1 – Wednesday, June 25, 2008 – Strategies for Maximizing ROI

    9-10am: Introduction & The “Fast Start” Planning Process

    Presenting a simple process for planning, measuring, & improving your ROI from search. (…)

May 27, 2008

  • Dayparting Ain't So Tough - How To Start Simple

    First, a definition, in the context of pay-per-click advertising: Dayparting is the practice of limiting or shutting down ad campaigns at certain times of the day, and/or increasing activity at other times, in an attempt to maximize the profitability of the campaign. (…)

May 22, 2008

May 21, 2008

  • Help - Google Slapped Me With A -12 Penalty!!

    As you can clearly see by searching Google for [seo book], my site is nowhere to be found on the first page…
    In fact, there's some guy named Aaron (probably not even his real name) ranked #1, 2, 3 and 4… obviously he has some kind of "in" with Google. (…)

May 16, 2008

  • Dan Thies Releases 2008 Edition of SEO Fast Start

    Only 12 hours late - not bad for something I had a whole year to work on…
    If you haven't read the 2007 edition, because you've been waiting for this, now is the time, and yes it's still free. (…)

May 15, 2008

May 6, 2008

May 5, 2008

  • Dan's Picks for 05-04-2008

     It's been a while… here's what I've been reading:
    Best of the week: The SEO Guide to Information Architecture, by Adam Audette
    Goes a little farther than I would into the whole theme concept, which is a fine way to look at site structure but pretty meaningless for SEO. (…)

April 14, 2008

April 9, 2008

  • Required Reading on Conversion: Seven Testing Pitfalls

    Stompernet faculty member & "Chief Scientest" (sic) Andy Edmonds pointed out a very useful resource the other day:
    Seven Pitfalls to Avoid when Running Controlled Experiments on the Web is a great white paper by Thomas Crook, Brian Frasca, Ronny Kohavi, Roger Longbotham from Microsoft. (…)

  • Die, Call Center, Die! (Why Your Call Center Sucks)

    Sorry folks, this one has nothing to do with search marketing… unless, like EVERY business, you use the telephone to interact with customers. Oh right, that's almost all of us.
    Why? Why? (…)

April 2, 2008

March 26, 2008

  • What "Internet Marketers" Can Teach Search Marketers

    Don't you just hate "that kind of marketing?"
    Most of my readers, and in fact most search marketers, have at best an uneasy arms-length relationship with "internet marketing."
    You know, the kind of marketing that uses long sales letters with with big red headlines, bold claims, and gushing testimonials. (…)

March 13, 2008

February 22, 2008

  • Adwords' New "Automatic Matching" - Don't Fall For This!

    A friend just tipped me off to this offer they received from Google Adwords:
    I'm excited to tell you that you have been selected to participate in a beta for our new Automatic Matching feature which will be starting on February 28th. (…)

February 18, 2008

February 2, 2008

January 16, 2008

  • Up For A SEMMY or Five - Guess I Should Write More…

    Ed McMahon didn't show up at my door or anything, actually I found out via a trackback from some splog that copied their site, but apparently five of my blog posts from 2007 are candidates for a "SEMMY" award. (…)

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