There were some excellent potential solutions to duplicate content discussed at the Duplicate content summit at SMX Advanced. I also learned a couple important points: Duplicate content doesn't cause your site to be penalized. If duplicate pages … [Read more...]
Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 6
This dominant 7 pentatonic pattern spends more time in the "outside" key. Only the first full beat of each phrase is in the original key. Without looking at this pattern, can you play it? You should be getting more comfortable switching keys. Even if … [Read more...]
Where Do You Begin If You Think You’ve Been Penalized By Google?
Rand Fishkin has posted an excellent flow chart for determining how to handle a Google penalty. Speaking of Google penalties, Google webmaster tools just added a form to report paid links. … [Read more...]
How Google Universal Search Will Steal Your Top Listings
Google is beginning to grab a part of the top 10 search results for themselves. So far, they've been adding the following to page one of your search queries: … [Read more...]
Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 5
This dominant 7 pentatonic pattern gets tougher again. It has four notes in C and four notes in D flat but they are all spread throughout the bar. Again, this pattern helps you to get comfortable transposing quickly. And all of these patterns … [Read more...]
SEO Automation: How To Track Multiple Search Engine Keyword Rankings Instantly
With a little help from Dave Taylor, author of a number of cool tech books, including the book that inspired this time-saving tip, Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, I was able to save myself a tremendous amount of time and energy. Time that I used to spend … [Read more...]
Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 4
This pattern should be easier than the previous dominant 7 scale pattern. The transposition doesn't split the bar so you only have to think about transposing once during the full pattern. The rewarding function of this pattern is that you can use … [Read more...]
Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 3
This dominant 7 pentatonic pattern is similar to the previous pattern. It still moves up a half step for a total of 2 notes in an eight note pattern. But this time, the transposed notes are the fifth and eighth notes in the sequence. This means that … [Read more...]
Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 2
If Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 2 seemed easy to you, I guarantee you'll find this next one more challenging. Last time, we took a four-note pattern and transposed it up a half step for the second half of the bar. This time, we're using a … [Read more...]
Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 1
John Coltrane loved the Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale. During the 60s, Trane (and other avant-garde musicians like Ornette Coleman) created a unique and dissonant style of "playing outside" the chord changes. Often, they would play a half-step … [Read more...]