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We've been hearing some requests lately for some really advanced, expert-level content, and this post is here to deliver. I've built up a short list of topics that deal with more cutting edge SEO, and if there's interest in this series, I'll try to make it a regular part of the blog. These tactics aren't black or gray hat (we're not advocates of that kind of thing), but they're very specific in...
Whew! The Spring conference season is in full swing, and the mozzers are coming soon to a city near you. You'll find us anywhere from Charlotte, NC to Barcelona to Singapore in the next couple months. The coolest part is that we're attending and speaking at some conferences for the very first time. It feels good to get out and stretch a bit! Plus, the developer in us will be attending conferenc...
Last week we updated the Linkscape index, and we've been doing it again this week. As I've pointed out in the past, up-to-date data is critical. So we're pushing everyone around here just about as hard as we can to p...
As you probably heard, Google announced last week that they are working on a browser plug-in to let users opt-out of Google Analytics tracking. But th...
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Lots of us keep hearing about how video is such a compelling medium and a great way to engage your customers. Not long ago Rand presented a Whiteboard Friday Video where he covers some of the basics around video SEO, like the trade offs between using a third party site, or hosting the video yourself. In the following post, I hope to add a little more to that topic and talk about some additional strategies that combine these ideas - starting with a 3 step process to help you get started with creating a video strategy for your website
The SEOmoz Advanced SEO Training Series is back with our latest installment, Tips, Tricks & Tactics 2! Picking up where Volume 1 (now in it's second printing) left off, Volume 2 is bigger, badder and loaded with 8 discs worth of training material to advance your SEO skills. Intended for those see...
This morning I gave a presentation at SES New York on a session entitled "How to Become a Link Magnet." Below, I've copied the presentation into this post and hope to create some context around it. In my opinion, the "link magnet" concept, however it's phrased, is one of the most powerful...
Whiteboard Friday this week covers faceted navigation and how to handle pages and results ordering that's good for users, but not search engines.
Google's "Suggest" feature is an interesting insight into popular searches - start typing a search phrase and Google will suggest popular phrases based on recent queries: (I find Number 4 in the list is particu...
First, let me make a quick introduction. Normally, I spend my time focused on new products at SEOmoz, working with a great team of people that design and build our new tools and features. Today I am excited to use my first blog post to announce our new SEO toolbar, and tell you about some of the powerful features we have added.
Late last week, Eric Enge of Stone Temple (and a co-author of mine on The Art of SEO) published a fascinating interview with Google's head of Webspam, Matt Cutts. I think the whole of the S...
In the past, I have tried several different ways to skip the first link that Google takes into account for a given URL (nofollowed links, links with 301 redirections, etc). However, all these attempts had little success (301 works but it's very suspect). Recently, I ran a test to see how Google handled the anchor links (links to different sections within the same page, eg: ...
May It Please the Mozzers, I haven't written on the blog in months, but I simply couldn't let today pass by without acknowledging the courage and perserverance shown by Rhea Drysdale in her pursuit of justice. She's my hero and I want to be just like her--A woman of action and humble fortitude. ...
Why is canonicalization important & how do you implement it on your site? Here are steps for creating 301 redirects in Apache, IIS, PHP, JSP, ASP and Coldfusion.