One of my big pet peeves in the SEO world is those who claim to provide services that help get traffic from the search engines but don't - either through ignorance, greed or laziness. Regular readers of the blog should be intimately familiar with my fight against misinformation in the industry and it should come as no surprise that I was infuriated to see statistics like these when doing some r...
The Wall Street Journal is covering John Scott's V7ndotcom contest today on the front page of the Marketplace section. You can also see a link to the story on their technology page (but a membership is required to read). There's a screen capture here (via ...
UPDATE: I've updated this post on November 13, 2007 to add a link to this PC World story detailing additional reported complaints against Internet Advancement by their customers here in Washington State. The original post is below: I...
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I know it's late, but this post from Todd is inspiring - 21 Tips for Better Online Credibility. My favorite is #21: 21. Have a freakin’ sense of humor...Take time to laugh, poke fun at yourself, and make others laugh as well. Show people that y...
I noticed via my tracking this week that 15 people have found the SEOmoz blog by typing in $19 SEO at Google. I have to assume it's folks who've heard the pun and are curious about how this long running joke began, so I figured I'd provide an explanation (I've got another, cooler reason for bringing it up, but we'll save that for later on). The $19 joke began in this ...
I loved this post from Laura at High Rankings yesterday. Brilliant stuff: How to talk SEO to a CEOTalk numbers, money, traffic. Show pretty graphs. Steer clear of tech talk.Attire: suitSay: “Looking at last years’ numbers, if we implem...
Mike's conversation on push vs. pull SEO continues at Clickz today. He's specifically seeking input on how Mom & Pop sized businesses can utlilize the services of SEO with a very limi...
The v7n...etc. contest is in full swing, with Google and Yahoo! reporting respectable numbers of results in 5 figures. Sadly, the linkdomain searches to the new domains that are ranking aren't quite accurate (I hope). Either that or domain names really do carry a lot of weight in helping to rank. Note some of the leaders: www.watching-paint-dry.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem ...
Andy's hilarious post at SEJournal made me sit back and think. The SEO community, in my mind, centers around a few areas of mass congregation. In the offline world: ...
Todd (Stuntdubl) has a great post today on his views for what will be hot in 2006 vs. 2005. I can certainly get behind most of his picks, although I'd love a definition for some of the more obscure ones like: algorithm variable hedge betting? web-copy language synonymy substitution? Algorithm variable...
I'm finally back in Seattle after a very nice trip to Florida. On the plane, I was thinking more broadly about the SEO industry and how quickly demand is going to outstrip supply (note the high nu...
What a great year. Honestly - I could never have imagined a 12 month period in which so much growth and exposure has exploded on our small SEO firm, nestled snuggly in the far Northwest corner of the US. Spending some time away from work over the holidays has made me realize just how much I love my job and how lucky I am to be able to go into work every day feeling excited and hopeful a...
There's a lot in the SEO blogosphere worthy of reading today, and although I'm not usually one to post a roundup, it feels appropriate so, without further ado: Aaron's going crazy, posting like a madman this morning/afternoon on topics from political blog link-baiting to ...