A few days ago I received a kind message from Rebecca, congratulating me on receiving a free additional month of SEOmoz Premium (Goodness) Membership, for the contributions I made to the community in the month of December.First of all, you have to love a place that actually rewards you for blabbing incessantly, as I seem to have a tendency to do at times. :)Secondly, with all sinc...
I'm sure that many of you will have seen the flurry of posts announcing the winners of Search Engine Journal's Search Industry Award (SEOmoz got an honourable mention in the Best SEO Blog category, which it won last year).Whilst this is obviously great news for all those named, ...
I love SearchEngineJournal's Annual Awards. I think it's terrific that even a small community like search marketing can have its own mini-version of the Oscars each year :) It's fun, it builds friendly competition and it inspires those of us who compete to work harder and earn our keep. Howev...
It's common for people to enter a new year with a resolution, but this year, I thought I'd try something entirely new (and probably overflowing with hubris) and assign New Year's resolutions to the big players in the search market. Thus, without further ado... Google should resolve to: Build more search demand with the money they've amassed. At 70-75% of market share,...
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There’s a war brewing. The ranks aren’t split, they are shattered. Its every SEOmozer for himself. 1 2 3 4 Let's have a thumbwar!Yep that’s right. Rumour has it (and yes its only a couple of us spreading the rumour) that the thumbs league in SEOmoz is about to see a flurry of...
The Attention Deficit Problem (That Isn't a Disorder)Michael Gray wrote recently that producing great content without pushing it to the community is like having Will Shakespeare writing alone in a closet. It's sad, but true: in blogging, it's not what you know, but who you know that makes a difference. In order to get that prized link from a major-league blog...
A conversation last week got me thinking about how knowledge spreads in the world of SEO. I noted on a panel that 90% of all SEO knowledge is "out there," floating on the web, mentioned in presentations, and generally findable by anyone who knows enough to ask the right questions or perform the right searches. The other 10% is behind the curtain - it's hidden knowledge that rarely eve...
Are we creating lazy searchers? The thought came up while reading a blog mentioning that RSS technology has resulted in readers waiting for blogs to come to them. Are searchers beginning to wait for the search to come to them? Google (toolbar), and recently Yahoo, will finish a search phrase for you. SEOrs and PPCrs think we know what words you want to use to find a site. Sea...
Next week's PubCon marks one year since I first discovered SEOmoz, and my meteoric rise to fame has wowed both fans and critics alike (or at least that's what the voices in my head tell me). Having finally broken into the coveted Top 10, I thought I'd give back to the community and share the secrets of my success before I'm cornered by Rand in Vegas and forced to take the Top 10 lo...
Pubcon attendees beware. There is a SEO poker event going down at the Venetian hotel poker room on Dec. 6th. It begins after the Microsoft party.This event will raise money for a variety of charities, yo...
I think this is one of the most enjoyable interviews we've featured here. Stoney DeGeyter is an SEO and Internet marketer from Reno, NV and the owner of Pole Position Marketing, an SEO/M firm with considerable talent and a roster of happy clients. In the interview, Stoney covers his view on the SEO issues of the day, along with a terrific stor...
Along with all the hot "technical" topics this year, like Universal Search and blended search in general, algo changes, social media, local and mobile search, and most recently Google's big crack down on paid text links, it also seems to have been a big year for background discussions... high on the list of topics over the last 12 months or so being employment. On one hand you h...
I've made a few offhand comments here on others' posts about my theory that English majors make good search marketers. I also recently commented on Lyndon's article which covers why companies need a social media consultant, that I believe certain personality types are pre...
The other day I mentioned I needed an attorney for a business matter. My mom asked why I didn't just call my cousin the attorney. I explained to my mom that while my cousin is an attorney, she was a medical malpractice attorney and probably knew very little about real estate transactions.The whole thing got me thinking about Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and where the fut...