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OrangeSoda Job Openings

Alex — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:37:46 +0000

OrangeSoda is hiring. There are a variety of openings (in Orem, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada) including web design, search engine optimization, account management, sales and .net dev. If you have any questions about the company or the positions feel free to shoot me an email. It really is a fun and challenging place to work.

Utah SEO, Bryan Phelps and Paid Links

Alex — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:31:36 +0000

Bryan Phelps has ranked #1 for “utah seo” for the past few days. He recently posted about it and seems to be surprised by the results.
Obviously this isn’t some huge dent in the internet marketing world as the search phrase barely gets any traffic. And that limited traffic is most likely composed of others in the field, but it’s still interesting to discuss.

Bryan’s site was started early 2007. He posted about random topics early on. Then, about a month ago he changed his title to “utah seo specialist” and was able to acquire some links. Now for the past few days he’s been ranking over firms that have put much more time into their rankings. Some of these firms were ranking well because of content (blog posts, age, good internal linking/cross site linking, etc – the guys at MWI always do well in these areas, especially blogs), while others are using purchased links plus the other stuff (check out the sponsored links at SEORoundtable. Utah firms have a strong presence there.

Will Bryan stay on top?
I highly doubt it. (Bryan, can we still be friends?)
In the past year I’ve seen many in the top spot including Vizad, Chris Sandberg, 97th Floor,MWI and UtahWebServices. In the end, the firms will knock Bryan down.

Which practices will win in the end?
Some of the search engines have come out and said they don’t like the paid link route and have even provided ways for others to report them. I personally don’t buy links for my own sites, but I’ve never reported anyone and never will.

I’ve enjoyed following the competition for the key phrase “utah seo”. It will be fun to see what happens next. For now Bryan Phelps is the champ. (Don’t let it get to your head or you could find yourself the newest member of the OrangeSoda link building team ;-) )

Update – 8/10/2007 – BryanPhelps.com fell to #2
HA HA

Utah Business Blogs

Alex — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:46:37 +0000

I enjoy reading many local Utah business blogs. Here’s a list of the ones I’d recommend. Feel free to add yours in the comments and I’ll add it to the list when I find the time.

Paul Allen’s Blog – Actually, I’ve been reading this one for some time. Paul has a history of success and continues to start new ventures.
Cameron Moll – Marketing guru
Phil Windley – Former CIO of Utah
added 12/8/2005 UtahTechJobs.com – Utah tech recruiter blog.
added 12/20/2005 Jona’s Blog – Yeah, work from home John Jonas…that’s me.
added 12/23/2005 Smooth Harold – “Swing for the fences”
added 1/5/2006 Jimmy Zimmerman – Tech & biz blog
added 4/6/2006 Jeff Jordan – COO of FundingUniverse.com
added 4/6/2006 Jordan Gunderson – member of the Provo Labs team
added 4/6/2006 Ryan Money – Money talks
added 2/19/2007 Janet with Affiliate Flash
added 2/19/2007 Michael Eagar
added 2/19/2007 Joshua Steimle from MWI. Josh has another great blog on SEO called The Organic SEO

*If any of the above come across this site I’d be happy to allow a link to AlexMcArthur.com on your site. Really. Please!