2012 was an amazing year at SEOmoz. We grew tremendously in members, revenue, and employees; finally raised a second round of funding; added a number of great features to our product; and acquired three companies. Today, we're thrilled to officially announce our third acquisition and the opening of our Portland office, as well as release our 2012 financials and growth data!
Last week, we held our 1st Moz Chili Cook-off and, much to our delicious delight, had such a blast that we decided to make it an annual event! Check out the highlights and results of this fierce competition, along with recipes for the winning chilis.
Now that the year has come to a close, it's time to take a look back at the posts and people who rocked 2012. Check out the best of the Moz blog last year had to offer, along with some awesome extras along the way. Enjoy!
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It has been a tremendously exciting year here at SEOmoz. Today, we're excited to announce that we've taken a big step toward the future of Moz with the acquisition of GetListed, and the addition of David Mihm to the SEOmoz team!
Sometimes when you have to bite the bullet, it's not a clean bite; you've got to gnaw away at it until you finally break through. So it goes with our technical debt, but we've got a plan to erase the worst of it over the next 18 months.
The Moz team is joining the #Movember movement and are growing mustaches to raise awareness for men's health issues. Help us by donating!
For your afternoon Halloween pleasure, we're announcing the winners of our Draw Roger Contest! We received some amazing Roger-based art entries. Check them out!
Good things come to those who wait, and you've all been waiting patiently for our new Mozinar series. We're happy to announce that our Mozinars are back and better than ever. Best of all, they're now free for everyone!
We sat down with the SEOmoz Art Director, Derric Wise, and he unveiled the mechanics behind drawing everyone's favorite robot. Now it's your turn: learn how to draw Roger and enter our contest! All entries are due by Sunday, October 28th at 9pm PST.
This past Wednesday, October 3rd, Moz invaded Milwaukee for a Mozcation. Our gratious host, Kyle Faber from Regal Creative helped set us up at that Harley Davidson Musuem and show us the best beer.
As a respondent in the recent SEOmoz PEPS case study project, my team and I had the chance to evaluate our digital marketing strategies and practices. In this post, I share our experience as a participant in the study and highlight the strategies that moved us into the top five respondents.
Google announced an "upcoming" algorithm change targeting low-quality Exact-Match Domains on 9/28. Data from MozCast indicated the change did hit on 9/28 - I break down the data, along with some of the sites impacted.
The Google algorithm is too complicated to be understood in just one number, so we're happy to announce five new "top view" metrics on MozCast, including: Domain Diversity, SERP Count, EMD Influence, PMD Influence, and the "Big 10" domains.