Geez - I’m getting a ton of comment spam for a few blogs I run. ALL the links they’re trying to get have ‘nofollow’ attached to the link. Is someone testing if these types of links get indexed and ranked with appropriate anchor text?

If you are testing the “Do No Evil” tag, let me know how it goes.

I just wanted to say HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all the Dads out there in SEO Land. For those of you not in the US, today is Father’s day. It’s a day we celebrate “DADS” and everything they’ve done for us…and undoubtable, continue to do for us every day, month and year.

What did I do with my Dad today?
Well, my brother and Dad drove down to Huntington Beach with their bikes. I’m about a mile away from the beach, so we hoped on the bikes and went down to Main street for some lunch at HB Beer Co. After lunch, we had a nice bike ride to Newport Beach. Then we rode back to HB to catch the new Fanstastic 4 movie (which was awesome).

What did you do for your Father’s Day?

Starting this week, I’m going to have other staffers at SEM Inc. start posting there thoughts on SEO and their areas of expertise. I want everyone to start to meet the excellent people that make up SEM Inc. and hear what they have to say about this wonderful industry. Keep your eyes open for our new posters! I hear we’re going to have a couple of good interviews in the upcoming weeks.

I thought about writing search engine news and updates, but I thought I would be better to introduce myself, since this IS the first post and all. My name is Adam Maywald. I’m the COO of SEM Inc. You might know me as Voasi online. It’s been my “handle” for about 5 years now, which stands for Vision, Opportunity, Ambition, Success and Integrity.

I’ve been doing search engine marketing and various forms of online marketing for about 6 years now. I kind of fell into it, like most experts in the SEO field. I was working for an insurance company at the time and they didn’t have any web presence. Now, I was familiar with building websites, as I’d been doing that for the past 4 years prior to working there, so I felt I had a good idea of what they needed. As I build their site, I realized that a website is going to get them traffic, I needed to market the website. I researched different ways to market websites online. I first came across PPC advertising. I implemented PPC for their site and they started to garner 20-30 leads a day, which was excellent for a health insurance company. The costs then were a LOT lower then what they are today.

From, there I kept on learning and learning, pushing the envelope of what I could learn on forums and do with my own personal testing. I’ve worked with Fortune 1000 companies and have helped companies hundreds of thousands of dollars MORE a month with my experience.

My partner and myself started SEM, Inc to really focus on building a firm search engine marketing company that really stands behind its service and provides exceptional products to our clients, including metrics and analytics to help clients make educated decisions for their marketing budgets.

As for this blog, I’ll be updating it on a daily basis parsing industry news, our own case studies and other important develops in the search engine marketing world, as well as other marketing arenas that drive more customers to your website.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me anytime adam@seminc.com and I’ll be happy to answer!