We are constantly asked why we use one platform over another when creating new websites. A big part of our rationale is that blog sites seem to be indexed faster and crawled more frequently by Google. We have had some ridiculously fast results over the years, but only on certain platforms.

So we thought you’d be interested in what the gurus at Google have to say on the subject. This video is from their Official Blog. Please note the last comment: make great content, get well known and Google will probably crawl you more frequently.

Watch the video = 2 mins

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Several times each year Julian Cole ranks Australia’s marketing bloggers in a list he calls the Australian Marketing Pioneer Blogs. Julian’s list has been published in both Marketing Magazine and B&T and is an excellent appraisal of the Aussie marketing blog scene.

The Adspace Pioneers ranking is based on criteria such as Julian’s own “Pioneer ranking”, Google PageRank, Technorati Authority, Technorati reactions and Alexa rating.

These are some of the best content producers in Australia, generating some of the most stimulating and thought provoking content in the marketing community.

So we thought we’d run our NLYZR over the current Marketing Pioneers Top 20 to see how they stack up. NLYZR Scores appraise a site from a more business-like perspective including criteria such as On-page SEO, Off-page SEO, Keyword search results, Competitor scores, Social media and traffic conversion.

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Source: Seth Godin’s Blog

…in a digital world where everything can be measured, we all work on commission. And why not? If you do great work and it works, you should get rewarded. And if you don’t, it’s hard to see why a rational organization would keep you on.

This is so true….read more….