Building world-class Search Engine Optimization expertise

I captured this Dan Hanson interview with Sage regarding ClevelandSEO, post-luncheon. Enjoy.

Video by Cheezhead.

I would like to invite you to a seminar SageRock is having this November. It is from 9-12 November 16. This is an introductory seminar on the basics of ranking better on Google (and all the algorithmic search engines, for that matter). The fee for the event is $99. But if you come through ClevelandSEO.com the seminar will only cost you $75. Just let us know that you saw this post at ClevelandSEO.com.

Go here for more information:
SageRock Google Seminar.

We just got done with a great event at the Web Association. We took a bunch of great pictures. But I thought this was a particularly good one:

Dan Hanson asked me for the introduction to the event today. Thanks for asking Dan!

Here you go:

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to “Pimp My Site With SEO.”

I’m Sage Lewis, the president of SageRock.com a Web Marketing firm located in Akron.

I’m excited about today because today is the day I have the pleasure of unveiling a brand new organization right here at the Web Association.

This organization is going to add value to the local business community and its going to shine another bright light on the Cleveland business community for all of the American business community to see.

Thanks to the Web Association I’m pleased to offer you ClevelandSEO.com

ClevelandSEO.com is developed and updated by the local search engine marketing community.

ClevelandSEO.com was created because we believe we have one of the highest saturated search engine marketing communities in the country. The Cleveland seo community has tremendous integrity and ethics. You will not find a more effective, more advanced search marketing partner anywhere else in the country. We’re very lucky to have such a high level of capability right here in Northeast Ohio.

So, if you are looking for search engine marketing news or resources or if you are looking for a new search engine marketing partner, consider starting your search at ClevelandSEO.com.

Before we introduce our esteemed panel, I want to draw your attention to the ClevelandSEO member at your table. They’re the one with the ClevelandSEO shirt. Feel free to ask them questions during and after the event. They are all highly trained and can offer a lot of great information.

These are links that were provided at the Web Association event. Thank you all for coming today!

1. http://whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=clevelandseo.com (whois)
2. http://72.14.203.104/search?q=
cache:QuPSyksAovwJ:www.clevelandseo.com/+clevelandseo.com&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1 (Google cached text)
3. http://tools.marketleap.com/publinkpop/ (Link popularity)
4. http://www.webconfs.com/search-engine-spider-simulator.php (spider simulator)
5. http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/ (page size checker)
6. http://www.webconfs.com/redirect-check.php (redirect checker)
7. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=www.clevelandseo.com (HTML validation)
8. http://www.webuildpages.com/neat-o/ (link text checker)

Yahoo Advanced Search Commands

1. “linkdomain:yoursite.com” (results will show all links to domain)
2. “linkhttp://yoursite.com.page.html” (results will show all links to that page)
3. “linkdomain:yoursite.com-site: yoursite.com” (links excluding internal links)

Google Commands

1. “site:yoursite.com (results will show pages of your site being indexed)
2. “site:yoursite.com keyword” (results show if your site is indexed and showing for a particular keyword)
3. “inurl:keyword.” (shows Web sites using keywords {or your brand} in URL

Hello!

Welcome to ClevelandSEO.com. We all hope you had a great time at the Web Association, Pimp My Site With SEO, event today.

We are all very excited about being your key to the search engine marketing universe. Cleveland has a ton of great SEO talent. We will all be providing useful news and information at this site. So be sure to keep on eye on the site as new resources become available.

The easiest way to keep up on the site is to add us to your RSS reader. If you use Bloglines, My Yahoo, or Google Personalized home page, it’s easy to add our feed to your news.

The feed can be found here: http://www.clevelandseo.com/feed

Just add that link to your RSS reader and you’ll always know when we have new content.

Thank you once again and we all look forward to see you back here often.

Who said organizations can’t move fast.

ClevelandSEO.com has been flying in the last month.

In the last thirty days we have chosen a logo. This involved delegating someone from the group to take charge of the project, create comps, send them out to the group, vote on them, narrow them down, vote on them again, then decide on one. This was all orchestrated by Jeff Rohrs from Optiem. This is a great logo that’s befitting a great organization.

And if that wasn’t enough, we decided it would be cool to have shirts designed, made and dispersed to the group before the Web Association unveiling of ClevelandSEO.com on October 24, 2006. This was all thanks to Chris Caputo from American Greetings. The shirts are even more awesome than I thought they would turn out to be.

And finally, Matt Bailey from SiteLogic has been working furiously on creating a new WordPress template for the group. It too is more amazing than I had ever anticipated. As I write this, it’s not up yet. But I’m sure it will be soon. You’ll know it when you see it.

Thank you all so much for coming together so fast as we come flying out onto the Cleveland business scene. This group is great in many, many ways.

See you all tomorrow.

ClevelandSEO.com is a new organization in the Northern Ohio area.

What are our principles?

• We treat all ClevelandSEO.com members with consideration and respect.
• People before business.
• Being a contribution to each others’ businesses.
• We offer perspective to all members in the world of seo.
• We have an opportunity to help all of our businesses grow in this time of opportunity.
• It isn’t Win/Lose… there doesn’t have to be a loser. Our principle is that everyone can Win.

What is our pledge?

• We will offer confidence that we are the best of SEO in the region and, for that matter, in the country.
• Greater Cleveland has a good number of industry experts that speak both nationally and internationally.
• Coming to ClevelandSEO.com assures you that you are being exposed to the best our industry has to offer.

Who can be a member?
If you would like to be a member of ClevelandSEO.com, these are the requirements for membership.
Company Membership:

• 1/3 of your revenue comes from Search.
• 3 optimized site examples.
• 3 example positions.
• The current group will vote on your membership.

Individual Membership:

• Show some examples of work done.
• The reason you are interested in wanting to be a member.
• Voted in by the group.