Google SEO went into free fall from first week of April until middle of May for refinements. Lame SEO people called it Penguin to justify to clients why SEO had fallen. SEO, as relevant as MySpace and Google Buzz in the 2nd decade of the 21st Century mobile marketing era. Global Syndication Partners. Like Tweet. MORE >>

Are we comfortable taking on a new content syndication partner? How do we allocate marketing dollars to an SEO firm—or should we be doing that at all? SEO firm? To keep your start-up from dying of indecision, you have to give real authority to the members of your team. For many founders, that's not easy. Talk to our COO. MORE >>

Syndicates, groups, etc are competing for less economic pie than 10 years ago. Master of 500 Hats A blog about Geeks, Entrepreneurs, & Startups in Silicon Valley, by Dave McClure. The Internet Revolution, Act III. er, Underdogs) Facebook Big Pimpin: Using Social Networks & Platforms to Drive Distribution Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR! MORE >>

led the last two deals I've done in the sense that I put together the syndicate of the right angel investors, negotiated the terms for them, and made sure it all closed quickly, fairly and without incident. When raising money, startups sometimes ask me how I would add value as an investor. Relative to other investors. Technical stuff. Hiring. MORE >>

This is NOT the same as Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. For most, it sounds like a magical process or a scam, with the experts spewing so many acronyms. MORE >>