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So I have had a lot of people wondering where I have been for the past week and wondering if the SEO Baby was born or not. Well I am finally truly back in the saddle and wanted to let everyone know that Grace (Gracie) Pierson was born on May 21, 2008 at 7lbs 1oz and 20 inches long. Your SEO Mentor is now a proud daddy.

We are so happy and blessed to have little Gracie in our lives. Just to let you all know how it all went here is what happened:

On Tuesday night at 9:30 PM we went in to the hospital and at about 10:30 PM they started Lindsey on Pitocin to get her started. Family was there until about 12:30 AM and all went home to sleep and we tried but failed to sleep. At 6:30 AM that next morning the doctor broke Lindsey’s water and at 7:30 AM she received a Epidural for the pain. Family then started coming around 8:30-9:oo AM.

We then continued to wait, wait, and then wait some more. Then at about 2:30 PM the nurses had Lindsey start pushing and then 10 minutes later the doctor was there and Grace was born at 2:55 PM.

The next day at about 11:00 AM Grace’s pediatrician called and said that she had high CRP and Band Cell levels (whatever the heck that is) and was worried that she had an infection. At 12:00 PM the nurses took Grace to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). We then proceeded to go to the NICU and feed Grace every three hours for the next 3.5 days. Her levels continued to drop down to where they needed to be and we were able to bring her home at 11:00 Am on Sunday May 25, 2008.

Here is a little video of her birth that my wife put together, ENJOY:

The winner of the “SEO Baby Contest” has been announced and is Stephanie Sharp. Thanks to everyone that participated.

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This SEO Podcast I talk about some of the following news items:

Google Joins Venture for Mobile WiMAX Next-Gen Wireless Internet Access

Yahoo and McAfee Offer a Safer Way to Search with SearchScan

 Yahoo Shares Tumble After Microsoft Pulls Bid

The SEO Tip for this podcast I talked about Loren Baker‘s post about Subdomains or Subfolders : Which are Better for SEO?!

“Subdomains or Subfolders? What’s better for a blog/forum/etc: a subdomain (eg. http://jobs.searchenginejournal.com/) or subfolder (eg. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/)?

Subdomains and subfolders both have their advantages, especially when setting up blogs.

For blogs, I prefer a subfolder (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/) because the link juice which is sent to that blog is going to be naturally distributed to that main domain, and other subfolders under the domain.”

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Here it is my third SEO Mentor Podcast and this one is packed full of the latest SEO News and Tips. Here are some of the things that I talk about:

SEO News:

• Google Stock Up 18% to $533
• Yahoo Earnings : Q1 Increases Beat Market Expectations of Revenues that reached $1.818 billion for the first quarter of 2008
• Google Enters Utility Business : Invests in Solar Power Plant Technology
• Google Rolls Out Mobile Image Ads
• Microsoft Acquires Farecast : Travel Search & Airline Fare Search Engine
• Google Applies Copyright-ID Technology to Fight Child Porn Online

I also talked about “The SEO Baby Contest” and my last Jason Gambert post and added some great SEO tips with the help from Richard Burckhardt from Searchenginejournal.com. Here are some of those tips I thought were crucial to your search engine optimization:

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In this Episode I talk about some of my SEO Friends (well I call them my friends, they might think differently). I also talk about Jason Gambert trying to trademark the term “SEO”.

Here are the links that I talked about in the episode:

David Harry aka The Gypsy – Huomah.com

Kimberly Bock aka SpostareDuro - Learning SEO Basics

Jordan Kasteler aka Utah SEO Pro – Utah SEO Pro Blog

This episode brought to you by Trust-Guard.com

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clipped from www.ericward.com Aggressively Seeking Links: How Much Is Too Much? By Eric Ward August 27, 2007 When it comes to link building, how much is too much? How fast is too fast? Neither of these questions would have been asked in 1997, because their was no such thing as too fast or too much. But it isn’t 1997 anymore is it? And since link development now plays a prominent role in web success and failure, these questions deserve answers. Question:How much linking is too much linking? Answer: I could take the easy way out and say “it depends,” and I have done that for years, because it’s true. But, let’s dig a little deeper. First, the site is so useful to so many people that everyone naturally links to it. See this obvious example. Second, a site is dedicated to a topic that suddenly and without expectation generates massive amounts of natural news coverage, like Hurricane Katrina did. Third, someone is actively seeking links for a site far beyond what it would naturally be able to obtain .read the full column

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SEO Mentor Garrett Pierson here to give you my first podcast ever at YourSEOMentor.com! Get a glimpse of what my blogs and podcasts will be and how you can get the most out of visiting YourSEOMentor.com and also subscribe to the RSS Feed just Click Here.

Find out why I love SEO! As you can tell by my cartoon character, I am very down-to-earth and my love for my family is what motivates me to be the best I can at whatever I do, especially for an SEO Mentor. You will be able to see my quality of work in all I do. I am very dedicated to my passion of Search Engine Optimization, and once you fully understand it, you will understand this passion I have.

Being a SEO Mentor is not only my passion, but a hobby and that is why I love my job.

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