Persuasion 101: Ask Yes/Yes Questions
One thing I like to think I've learned over the years is the subtle art of persuasion. Here are some tips on how to ask Yes/Yes questions (and almost always get a "Yes").
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10 Unique Viral Blockbusters We Can All Learn From
There are many ways to "go viral" these days, with new and creative methods surfacing regularly. In my experience as an internet marketer, I've seen many impressive and ingenious techniques for generating traffic, buzz, and links. Although not all of these examples were created with specific goals (traffic, links, cash) they are notable for their creativity and effectiveness...
Linkfromdomain - A Linkbuilding Tip For Use at Bing.com
Linkfromdomain is a search operator that is unique to Bing. It returns the pages that are linked-to from a domain. And it's a great addition to a linkbuilder's arsenal. I'm going to walk through some theory and end with a worked example.
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The Job Landscape in Search, Design and Social Media
In late October Forum One Networks put out a white paper titled "Online Community and Social Media Compensation." I applaud their efforts, but, I think they create an unrealistic view of the job space in online media. One, I think the surveyed companies over-represent corporate ...
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Diagrams for Solving Crawl Priority & Indexation Issues
Yesterday night I stayed up way too late authoring a post on Google's Indexation Cap. Today, despite getting up way too early, I wanted to follow up and answer some of the questions from the comments, Twitter and my email. I think SEOs who read the post rightly asked for more direction in solving this problem - a fair request.
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Xenu's Link Sleuth - More Than Just A Broken Links Finder
There are literally a bazillion SEO tools on the internet (literally!), this post discusses just one such tool; Xenu's Link Sleuth. Many people in the SEO industry are already aware of this tool but many people I've spoken to only treat the tool as a broken link finder. It's so much more than that. This post is aimed at those who haven't heard of it before and those who do use it re...
SEOmoz's First Ever PRO Webinar Dec. 10th: We Need Your Feedback & Suggestions
First off, I hope everyone among our US (and expat) readers had a great holiday weekend, filled with tryptophan and football (I know mine was). Second, I'm very excited to announce that SEOmoz PRO is launching our first ever webinar on Thursday Dec. 10th at 11am Pacific (2pm Eastern, 7pm Lond...
This Week in Search for 11/26/09
A Thanksgiving edition of the weekly search roundup with all the fixings. From Google SERP changes to actionable analytics insights, this week's post is full of more stuffing than Grandma's turkey.
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Favorite Tidbits from PubCon 2009
PubCon does an amazing job of putting together a schedule that covers a multitude of tracks and topics. Unfortunately because of this I often end up with a case of "session envy." You know, when you're sitting in a session and you start to see tweets about how great another session is. It doesn't even mean that the one you're in is bad, it's just that you want to be in tw...
Illustrating the Long Tail
The long tail of search demand has been around since the dawn of web search and, since that time, search marketers have been attempting to tap into the powerful stream that high quantities of unique content can provide. I recently came across some great data from Hitwise (about 1 year old, but still highly relevant) showing off just how substantive the long tail can be. Bill Tancer's post ...
Google Link: Command - Busting the Myths
I'm a big Google fan - my wife often sleeps in their t-shirts, I speak on panels with Googlers all the time and I've even got a Google water bottle for working out (which happens all of once a month these days). However, I am NOT a fan of the Google link command, and I'm shocked by the number of folks who operate in and around the SEO and technology industries who haven't realized this. ...
SEO and Social Media Benchmarking
This post should help anyone who has to answer questions like "but what does 'mozRank 5' mean?" It carries SEO benchmark data with metrics for around half a dozen sites from ten different niches, followed by social media benchmarks to give an idea of the impact and influence of votes and people on three social media sites.
Whiteboard Friday - Content & Technology Licensing
Looking for a super-powerful tactic to build lots of high-quality links? Well we've got a winner for you! Licensing your content and/or data can be an immensely powerful, highly scalable strategy for building powerful links and brand awareness alike. It's incredibly effective for folks who have quality content or data and want to leverage that material into a great link building solution.&nb...
The NEW Advanced SEO Training Series: Tips, Tricks & Tactics now Available on DVD
Ready to upgrade your SEO skills, learn actionable new strategies, and get ready to make 2010 the year you totally rock online? Well, we've got just the thing to help you finish out the year with the latest tactics to take your SEO to the next level. That's right, the SEOmoz Advanced SEO Training Series is back with an all new DVD Series: ...