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This past week I gave the keynote presentation at Searchfest in Portland and I hit on a few themes that seemed to resonate with the audience, and Rand. So I wanted to share them here. It’s what I have been passionate about trumpeting for some time now.
I love Ben Affleck's first scene in the movie "Boiler Room." I always felt that the quote above perfectly relates to companies and press coverage. The ones who don’t get coverage will quickly dismiss it as useless and a waste of time and money to pursue, while the ones who regularly get coverage just smile and hope that you keep thinking that way...
In September 2003, I took the plunge. I left the security of my job at a large corporation and jumped ship, moved city, and took up a new job and challenge with less pay working for a start-up business - it was to be the best decision I have made in my nine years within digital marketing. I wanted to share with you some of the key skills I learnt that have set me up in business and hope it provides some inspiration that working for a start up is sound career advice.
Building websites using AJAX to load content can make them fast, responsive and very user friendly. However, it's not always been possible to do this without introducing # or #! symbols into URLs - and breaking the way URLs are 'supposed' to work. The method outlined here will let you build fast AJAX-based websites that also work well for SEO.
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When I hear the word, “cookies,” I generally think of warm, gooey homemade chocolate chip cookies. But when it comes to passing the Google Analytics Individual Qualification (GAIQ) test, I had to put my cravings for Mrs. Fields’ Nibblers aside and learn about the differences between first-party and third-party cookies.
This week we are talking about math.... Don't worry it's not the tough kind that Isaac Newton used to do, but the math behind Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO). This week Rick Perreault from Unbounce joins us to show the value behind CRO and how you can show its value to your clients/bosses. After watching what Rick has to say, share a comment about your experience with CRO.
It's time to build bridges, this time between inbound marketing and research. In this post, you'll find research on participation patterns, how to spot high value users, seeding content in a new community, how to bring new life to old content, and a little bit gamification.
A while back, I went to a Distilled meetup here in NYC. SEER Interactive's Mark Lavoritano did some cool slides on the seasonality of keywords. Basically, his presentation made the point that you should not only think about which keywords you want to rank for but also WHEN they are most valuable.
There's been a lot of talk lately about whether user data from analytics is a ranking factor. I argue that Google and Bing don't need to tap into analytics - they have 2 powerful user metrics in their own log data: (1) CTR and (2) Dwell Time.
Conferences are always a great way to get out and meet the SEOmoz community. Luckily we have SMX West coming up next week and quite a few Mozzers will be attending, speaking, live blogging and tweeting. We want to get a chance to meet as many of you as possible so I forced everyone to decide on a schedule so you’ll know where to find us! Before I get into talkin...
There's always a great deal of interest on SEOmoz and other blogs around trying to pin down what the "going rate" is for SEO, Inbound marketing and other related agency services, and what most firms charge for those services.
I've been running an experiment with some dark-hatted links for several months, consistently hoping Google will catch them and remove their value. So far... Nothing. Well, except top 3 rankings for all the anchor text pointed at those pages. Google's webspam team has all the incentive, brainpower and money in the world, yet their bets seem to be centered firmly on Google+ and the...
The responsibilities of SEO practitioners have changed to include far more of the digital ecosystem, yet for so many, much of the SEO process remains the same. Currently there are several segments of SEO strategy seen as optional that are actually absolutely imperative to the success of an SEO campaign, as well as to the synergy of other initiatives within the marketing mix. In other words, SEO must adopt and adapt in order to be taken seriously and command the type of influence required to drive change. As it stands, SEO looks to disrupt the symphony (or cacophony) that is a brand’s marketing mix. Let’s discuss a new process that allows SEO to improve the effectiveness of all digital marketing channels – not just inbound.
I own and run ShirtsThatGo, which is a small ecommerce site running on the Volusion platform. I started the company about three years ago and have been learning everything myself. I have taken a particular interest in the marketing piece, especially search engine optimization. I have made all the usual mistakes and I am sure I have many more lessons to come.