Yesterday I came across an interesting course called Growing Your Business with Google (aff link) that I’m really impressed with.
It’s by two guys – Dave Taylor (pictured) and Steven Van Yoder. I know Dave’s work pretty well and respect him as a blogger after both reading his stuff and listening to him on various podcasts and interviews over the last year. I’m not familiar with Steven’s work but he’s written a book called ‘Get Slightly Famous‘ (aff link) which looks like an interesting read.
It was Dave’s name however that hooked me into the course’s sales page. On the page is a free downloadable preview call for the course that goes for an hour. I’d highly recommend you listen to it if you’re just starting out with blogging and are looking to get more highly ranked in Google and establish an online presence.
The course is not designed for bloggers specifically (and it’s not just about blogging – although Dave can’t help but talk about it) – but rather for businesses wanting to get their brand or company name in front of customers using the web and Google. Having said it’s not designed specifically for bloggers if the preview call is anything to go by it seems like a course that could be helpful for beginners (or business people).
Darren,
Thank you for this valuable post and audio clip you pointed us to.
Could any of your readers, or you Darren, point us to information on the 185 variables that were referenced in the audio clip “Algorithm” Google search engine uses. What exacltly are the variables, and how, and why are they tweaked?
Sounds like a very interesting book.
Pete Hernandez
I’ve got Dave’s book, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Growing Your Business With Google, and it’s full of good information.
This course looks great.
Thanks for the head’s up.
Thanks for the positive words, Darren! Much appreciated, and I’m looking forward to your participation too. In fact, I expect you to answer questions too!
Pete, I assure you that it’ll be impossible to track down everything that Google takes into account for its search engine results placement (SERP) because that is really the crown jewels of the company. Kinda like Coke’s secret recipe. :-)
Hello, Dave
Thanks for explaining.
Great audio!
Pete Hernandez