History repeats itself, especially when people do not learn from history and make the same mistakes. 2011 has been a big year for the Internet and SEO (maybe one of the most memorable of recent years) and the playing field has changed dramatically.

Obviously one of the biggest game changers was Panda. So let’s talk a little bit about that first.

Panda did what every single offline business owner, that puts up a website so that they can have an online presence, hoped it would. It gave them a chance. It killed content farms that left the writers of comapnies baffled on what they should do.

Side Note: One of my favorite articles on the subject, can be found here, as it clearly states what happened during Panda, and how to survive it. Very Interesting Stuff

Did Panda Kill Content Farms?

You know the saying “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?” The same may hold true with content farms. They seem to be here to say, because believe it or not, they are still cost effective. They will have to adjust of course, but if a farming website can outlast a Panda update, and make the changes necessary to make it to the top of the SERPs once again, then it will just make them that much harder to knock down again in the future.

It is much like Evolution. If nature keeps throwing things at an organism that makes them fizzle out, but the strong one continue to make it, then as a species they just get stronger and stronger. The only way to truly get rid of them is to totally eliminate them – in the case of sites like Google that means outlawing them from their search engines. Newer search engines like Blekko.com have already done this and have completely banned content farms from their website – even eHow!

One route that could perhaps help minimize the effects of content mills and how they are saturating the SERPs (or were) is Google Plus. Google Plus is another event that took place this last half year of 2011 and even set some records in terms of growth for a social media website.

The website was named “the Facebook killer” by a lot of people, however this is not even close to being true. The site generated a lot of buzz, but really, do you even use it? We have a humungous Facebook addiction as a whole and it might take a little bit more innovation besides circles to get us going about Google Plus.

What they are trying to do with it however is start trying to do sort of what Bing and Facebook are trying to do with  Bing’s search engine, which is create a “decision engine.” They want to turn people into their algorithms, and that will give their algorithms a little bit of artificial intelligence. This will be much harder to manipulate in the future – and may even make so that many SEO’s are out of a job!

A lot has taken place in the last year in terms of Google Updates and new products. It will give rise to new innovations for the future and the ever changing world of the Internet.

This article was written by Philip P Russell who has been working in the Internet marketing industy for the last 3 years. Philip helps to run and maintain www.CreditDonkey.com by day, where you can find credit card applications at any time.

Looking Back At Some Hot Google Topics of Early and Mid 2011 is a post from: Page One Business

Today I offer you an excellent guest post by  Sarah Harris, Marketing Manager at Adiamor Diamond Engagement Rings. I hope you are inspired.  Blogging is important for SEO, if you have a business online you need to be blogging. Your blog will personalize your business and help you get more targeted visitors. If you feel blocked writing, this should help:

The writer’s nemesis –writer’s block – applies to bloggers too!  The nature of blogging is to write frequently.  That many small posts and the well runs dry eventually.  How do you come out of it to the other side, and start blogging again?  Here are some tips.

•    Try Prompts – There are many prompting websites out there.  While the topics might not be what you would normally think to write about, that’s the point.  It gets you around what you’re blocking, and writing something else.  It gets the creative juices flowing again.  Take a look at the categorized prompt generators here, or check out Plinky to get started.

•    Self Inventory – If you’re suffering from ongoing block, take a self assessment.  Are you getting enough sleep?  Are you eating healthy?  Any nagging health concerns you need to see a doctor about?  Believe it or not, that can definitely slow down your ability to write on an ongoing basis.

•    Inspiration Inventory – What inspires you?  Is it great music?  Is it your surroundings?  Great artwork?  Make a concerted effort to make that creative space.  Bring the elements in to your workspace and make them a daily part of your life.  Artwork can be hung, flowers bought, music listened to.  Just the process of putting that environment together may actually get you over your block.

•    Schedule… Or Not – If you’re a person who writes on a tight preconceived schedule, don’t.  Stop.  Write when the spirit moves you to write.  If you’re someone who already takes that approach, switch it up and schedule your blogging.  Define set times, and block them out in your calendar.  That’s when you’re going to write your blog.

•    Jots – As you’re going through your day, jot down your thoughts.  Those random, fleeting things that pop in and out of your head – those are potential blog posts.  Keep a notebook at hand at all times.  Stop what you’re doing and write it down, because you simply won’t remember when you get home.  You’ve just created your own prompt book.

•    Blog Jump – Take a look around other blogs, all kinds of blogs, not just those in your own genre.  What are they writing about?  Can you hear their individual voice?  Connect with those bloggers.  It’s one way to make your enthusiasm for blogging get pumped up again.

Blogger’s block is going to happen sooner or later.  Take steps when it happens, and you’ll be back to blogging in no time.

Beating Blogging Block is a post from: Page One Business