Many of our keen members observed that late last week, Linkscape's index updated (this is actually our 27th index update since starting the project in 2008). This means new link data in Open Site Explorer and Linkscape Classic, as well as new metric data via the mozbar and in ...
Sometimes, the page you're trying to rank - the one that visitors will find relevant and useful to their query - isn't the page the engines have chosen to place first. When this happens, it can be a frustrating experience trying to determine what course of action to take. In this blog post, I'll walk through five potential solutions, as well as talk about some of the root causes of this problem.
As some of you likely noticed, Linkscape's index updated today with fresh data crawled over the past 30 days. Rather than simply provide the usual index update statistics, we thought it would be fun to do some whiteboard diagrams of how we make a Linkscape update happen here at the mozplex. We also felt guilty because our camera ate tonight's WB Friday (but Scott's working hard to get it u...
As you may have heard, SEOmoz has moved offices (woo hoo!). So we thought it would be nice to take you on a tour of our new digs. We're quite proud that we outgrew the old space and needed a bigger place. Pleas follow along as I take you on a tour of the new office. First, as you first step out of the elevator you may think, "Wow, this really is a cool space." But then...
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Howdy mozzers. Since a lot of people in the search space are geeks, it naturally follows that there are plenty of single SEO guys and gals. Therefore this post is for you. (Note: there are actually some good SEO tips scattered in the post too so even if you're not single you might want to read on!). Disclaimer: I'm going to reference OKCupid through...
Rand’s whiteboard Friday post on flat architecture was both interesting and relevant as I recently launched a new web directory based on a flat architecture. I’ve always admired the simplicity of Craigslist and wondered why web directories predominately favor ca...
It's an exciting day at SEOmoz - Linkscape's index has updated with fresh data crawled in the past 30 days. This update also gives us a chance to show off lots of interesting data points around the web's usage of search-specific tags and directives. Let's dive in!
Maybe it is because here in Europe we are living the final of the most important football leagues and nothing is really decided about which team will win. Maybe because I a...
The good news is, we have an index update for you! And it's a couple of days sooner than previously announced. The bad news is, things were, as you might have noticed, a little rocky this morning. We had more traffic to the API than ever before, and, through the magic of being a scrappy startup, we all jumped into action. Fortunately through the magic of ...
I'm feeling a bit guilty. Over the past 10 weeks, I've been on the road almost constantly, and possibly neglecting the blog a bit more than usual. To atone, I'm hoping to gather some feedback from you - our readers and members - about what you'd like to see more/less of in the weeks and months to come. While we've certainly been inspired by our traffic and readership growth this year... ...
Last week we updated the Linkscape index, and we've been doing it again this week. As I've pointed out in the past, up-to-date data is critical. So we're pushing everyone around here just about as hard as we can to p...
I know, I promised a Linkscape update by last week. And I missed it. But there's an update today! Do you forgive me? No? Not enough? Well how about doubling the volume of data available in our free API? You might have gotten a totally awesome email last week announcing that the fr...
A site's organic traffic may drop because it is performing poorly compared to it's industry competitors, or the whole industry may be suffering from a slow down of consumer demand in that niche. In this post I recommend some metrics that can be tracked to benchmark your site against competitors (independent of market behaviour) and to check the health of the industry. I'll then make suggestions for finding opportunities to slow or reverse the trend of dropping traffic. For the benefit of the time-poor, the post ends with a three point checklist / summary.
I'm pleased to announce that we've updated the Linkcape index with crawl data that's between two and five weeks old—the freshest it's ever been.