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The “hack day” is a popular and effective practice used by developers and designers alike to quickly ship new products with minimal administrative overhead. In this post, I'll walk you through the steps we take at Distilled when hosting our hack days and help you apply them to your own business.
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.
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Properly using microformats is the best thing since sliced bread for an enhanced search display. There are SEO murmurs that sites without microformats will soon be left in the dust in the SERP display. Both Google and Bing have both introduced new tools in the Webmaster repertoire that help monitor and troubleshoot issues the microformats. I am not going to delve into the all the individual...
As an industry, SEO is constantly battling the bad rap of being tactless and unethical. We decided to take a true, calculated look at the quality of today's SEO consultants by going "undercover" and conducting a study to find out where all of this negative noise was coming from.
Blogging is tough these days. It's a crowded realm with a staggering amount of people in the game. With so many competitors, how will you get your blog to stand out from the crowd? Check out these tips for a solid foundation.
The Distilled Searchlove conferences are coming up in London and Boston in just over a month. Will Critchlow discusses the exciting new speaker lineup, PRO Perks for SEOmoz community members, and a special bonus video you can watch immediately to get you geared up for Searchlove!
If you're like me and you have your finger on Google’s pulse on a daily basis, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Author Rank. However, I honestly don’t think it’s received its due attention and if you were AFK for a few days or don’t have the option to be “jacked into the feed”, you may have missed it entirely.
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.
How to start managing a large e-commerce website: from infrastructure and seasonal products to working with an awesome team at the enterprise-level.
During my talk at MozCon 2012, attendees learned about the Structured Social Sharing Formula (SSSF): 10 steps to optimize and track social share snippets on Facebook, Google Plus, and Twitter. The formula includes use of microdata and best practices for controlling the snippet that displays on Facebook and Google+ as well as how to automatically tag URLs with...
Content Marketing is so much more than getting links. It's the glue that holds your funnel together. It's the reason a prospect visits your site, it's the reason they choose to move further down the purchase path, buy a product and return to your site time and again. Real content marketing is complex; it's not just building a great infographic and notifying some bloggers about it.
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