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Modern Business and Content Guidance from Bell Labs
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Modern Business and Content Guidance from Bell Labs

Content Marketing

I've been reading The Idea Factory, the history of the innovation that came out of Bell Labs around WWII. Innovation, invention and ideas are things that we don't get to talk much about in SEO. It's all about keywords, links, and content, but I want you to take some time today to think about ideas, inventions and innovations. Why? Because we all want to be millionaires (oh hush, yes you do), and while that might not happen to all of us, idea generation is central to our jobs in search marketing.

#SocialSuccess - An Inbound Marketing Case Study for B2B
Kieran Flanagan

#SocialSuccess - An Inbound Marketing Case Study for B2B

Content Marketing

There has been a lot of great discussion about the term “inbound marketing” of late and exactly what is covered by that phrase. For the purposes of this case study we are using the hubspot definition of inbound and outbound marketing. The following is a case study of how we (Salesforce.com) used inbound marketing along with social advertising and great retargeting to grow both our traffic and leads in the UK.

6 Changes Every SEO Should Make BEFORE the Over-Optimization Penalty Hits
Rand Fishkin

6 Changes Every SEO Should Make BEFORE the Over-Optimization Penalty Hits

Whiteboard Friday

Having overly optimized web pages could soon get your websites in some hot water with Google and their search results. It has recently been announced that Google will start to penalize websites that engage in over-optimization practices. In this week's Whiteboard Friday, we will be covering some changes that you should be making to your SEO practices in order to avoid this type o...

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ZOMG! Mozcon Agenda Now Live (and Early Bird Pricing Ends Friday)
Rand Fishkin

ZOMG! Mozcon Agenda Now Live (and Early Bird Pricing Ends Friday)

SEO Events

Every year, our annual summer customer conference, Mozcon, sells out to capacity, and this year is shaping up to be no different. In my opinion this is largely due to the speakers and the format. The content is among the best I see each year because the conference has developed a reputation as a forcing function for "upping one's game" on quality of tactics and presentation delivery.

9 Tangible Linkable Asset Ideas and How to Build Links to Them
Jason Acidre

9 Tangible Linkable Asset Ideas and How to Build Links to Them

Link Building

When I started to work as an SEO for an Australian-based SEO agency in early 2010, I never knew anything about the work (optimizing websites and building links to them) and definitely unsure of most of the things that I have worked on during that time. All I did was to follow all the instructions given to me, build links in volume and research/learn all the basics of SEO from scratch. I got the hang of it after a couple of months, and I thought that I was doing great. Then I got fired.

Overcoming Your Winter of Dis-Content
Rand Fishkin

Overcoming Your Winter of Dis-Content

Whiteboard Friday

Are you and your content suffering from the blues after this long Winter? Well have no fear, warmer weather is here and it's time to overcome that winter of dis-"content". Today we will be talking about 5 ways to overcome the content fatigue you may be experiencing. After watching the videos, please share the ways you help keep your content fresh, unique, and successful.

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5 Tips for Managing Your Community on Google+
Jennifer Sable Lopez

5 Tips for Managing Your Community on Google+

Social Media

The day Google+ opened up brand pages, I anxiously refreshed my Gmail inbox all day long until I finally got the email inviting me to create a company page. I knew that by creating the page under my personal account that I’d be the only one able to manage it for the near future. But I really didn’t care; I was just so giddy to get the page set up. Remember that feeling? I...

Agent SEO Reporting, Ma'am!
Rohan Ayyar

Agent SEO Reporting, Ma'am!

SEO Reporting

What do perfect SEO reports look like? I am not referring to the enticing (free) ones that a Google search for “SEO report” throws at you. Those are, in fact, what we call SEO site audits, right? Not many posts shed much light on what exactly to include in the monthly or quarterly reports that you prepare (I hope) for a site for which you’ve got a year-long (I hope again) contract. You may want to call these “interim SEO reports" for the sake of clarity.