The Iron Marketer

Following up my last post about the “Smartest Guy On The Web” experiment, some people have emailed me and asked what exactly is SEO or search engine optimization – in simple terms.

In a nutshell, it’s basically the process of selecting the most appropriate targeted keyword(s) and keyword phrases related to your product, service, article, promotional offer, etc etc and ensuring that this particular phrase is going to actually appear in the search results when someone searches for your stuff. There’s absolutely no point in having the prettiest/coolest/most colorful/(insert appropriate adjective here) website in the world if nobody is ever going to find you.

**SEO News Flash !**

Looks like Phil Henderson has pretty much revealed EVERYTHING I’ve talked about in their Stupidly Simple SEO search engine optimization guide.

Check it out here: Stupidly Simple SEO

I’m sure there are a lot of people who would strongly disagree that I could be in the running for the title of “Smartest Guy on the Web“, however the mere fact that I appear in the top results of Google for that particular term must mean something (?)… or should it?

First and foremost, ranking on the search engines – using VERY SMART algorithms I might add – is not exactly rocket science.  It really comes down to understanding that Google and most reputable search engines simply want relevant content that relates precisely to the search term that someone is looking for.  Remember how frustrating it was as recent as 3 or 4 years ago when you would type in a search term and the first 3 or… Read more of Is Tavis The Smartest Guy On The Web... | 1 Comment

Who is  Tavis Yeung and could he be the Internet’s Smartest Dude?  Probably not, but you found this page right?

The fact that you googled “The Smartest Guy On The Internet” and landed on this site probably indicates that Tavis knows what the heck he is doing when it comes to Search Engine Optimization and the ability to rank for certain longtail keyword phrases. This post in the ironmarketer blog was merely an experiment to apply certain processes and methods to rank for the keyword terms “Internet’s Smartest Guy” or phrases similar to that.

For tips and advice on how to optimize your website to rank for essentially any longtail keyword term you are going after, subscribe to the ironmarketer newsletter below… Read more of The Internet's Smartest Guy

Is Tavis Yeung the Smartest Guy on the Web?   Who the heck is he and why is he ranked for this term? …

So with all the hoopla these days about search engine optimization and methods to rank your web pages in Google or Yahoo or MSN or on any of the other second tier search engines, is it merely a coincidence that you landed on my page when typing in “Smartest Guy On The Web” ?

My name is Tavis Yeung and although I *certainly* do not profess to be the “smartest guy” by any stretch of the imagination,  I can tell you without hesitation that I do know a thing or two about ranking on the search engines – or in internet jargon – SEO or SEM (search… Read more of The Smartest Guy On The Web - Tavis Yeung?