Does SEO Even Work for Small Businesses?
Clicks on paid search listings beat out organic listings by nearly a 2:1 margin for keywords with high commercial intent in the US. Is SEO still a viable marketing tactic for the average small business owner?
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One Size Fits All SEO!
I was in a meeting at Gap headquarters over a decade ago. The then CEO Mickey Drexler explained that “you cannot be everything to everybody” when asked about new clothing lines. This is excellent advice for just about any business but especially for SEOs.
Don't Like Snake Oil? Stop Buying It!
Every few months, the media likes to accuse SEOs of being nothing more than snake oil salesmen. I'll let you in on a secret - no one would sell snake oil if there was no one begging to buy it.
SEO Isn't Magic - So Stop Doing SEO Tricks
Hi everybody! My name is Ruth Burr and I’m the new Lead SEO here at SEOmoz. I'm super excited to be here! I'll be posting on SEO here regularly going forward, but for my first post I wanted to tell you guys that when it comes to SEO, this is how I roll:
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Is SEO the Answer for Start-up Marketing?
Lately I’ve seen that a tight relationship between SEO and startups has been something of a foregone conclusion within the SEO industry: “Of course startups should be engaged in SEO!” Perhaps, and perhaps not. In fact, some start-up communities have taken up a stance in direct opposition to this, stigmatizing SEO as manipulative. Personally I’m just a humble consu...
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6 Sure-fire Signs That Your SEO Company Sucks
How confident am I with my SEO company? Are they as good as they say they are? What have the results been? To help you make a decision with your current SEO company or your next SEO company, this post will go over some red flags that will tell you how good a SEO company really is.
Why It's So Easy to Get Marketing All Wrong
I got a couple emails this week I wanted to share in anonymized format. Here's the first one: It's me again <redacted>, just wondering I have been learning allot more about how to link build without software like ...
Please Help: Take + Share the 2012 SEOmoz Industry Survey
Today's an exciting day! We're thrilled to announce the launch of the 2012 SEOmoz Industry Survey. Take the survey, and help us with amazing insights on the growing fields of SEO, social media, content, and organic/inbound marketing.
The New SEO Process (Quit Being Kanye)
The responsibilities of SEO practitioners have changed to include far more of the digital ecosystem, yet for so many, much of the SEO process remains the same. Currently there are several segments of SEO strategy seen as optional that are actually absolutely imperative to the success of an SEO campaign, as well as to the synergy of other initiatives within the marketing mix. In other words, SEO must adopt and adapt in order to be taken seriously and command the type of influence required to drive change. As it stands, SEO looks to disrupt the symphony (or cacophony) that is a brand’s marketing mix. Let’s discuss a new process that allows SEO to improve the effectiveness of all digital marketing channels – not just inbound.
Lessons I Learned from My SEO Manager Position
During the last three years I have been the search engine optimisation (SEO) manager of a leading Ecommerce agency based in Paris. I had the opportunity to deal with top fashion brands and with a bunch of big pure-players due to my position and SEO knowledge. As you might know, SEO is not an exact science; and sometimes when you drive an SEO strategy, it's not always easy to explain how Google works to a marketing director or to someone else in the board of government.
The SEOmoz Help Team: How We Do Customer Service
Have you ever wondered how SEOmoz supports 15,000 PRO members and over 250,000 free members and blog readers? The six mozzers that make up the Help Team answer all of the emails, phone calls, and chat requests we get every day. This post is going to talk a little bit about them and give you a look at the way we've built the SEOmoz support channels to meet our overall goal: to provide the best customer service on the planet. It's a hard goal to reach, but I can't think of any more worthwhile endeavor.
Everyone in Web Marketing Should Be Against SOPA
If you've visited the Internet today, you know that SOPA and PIPA are being protested by companies like Google, Craigslist, Reddit and thousands of others. To them, we at Moz (and all of us in the web marketing world) say, "Thank You."...
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How Does Google's Search Plus Your World Impact Adwords and Other Forms of Online Marketing?
As you've probably heard, Google has done it again! Yes, they've done it again. They changed the game. With the unveiling of their latest attempt at providing more personal search results, Google plus Your World is causing a lot of "GASPS" in the SEO world.
SEO Pricing: 600+ Agencies Share Costs of Services & Pricing Models
Near the end of December 2011, we ran a survey on this blog asking consultants and agencies of all sizes and geographies to contribute their pricing models and cost structures. I'm pleased to share the results of that survey in the hopes that it will give everyone in the search industry a better idea of the range of fees and the services provided. Obviously, this data is imperfec...