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The book Don't Sweat the Small Stuff was smash hit as it appealed to peoples sensibilities with its premise that life was too short to worry about the unimportant items. I must admit I purchased a copy and the short pithy one page stories appealed to me. People like quick digestible fixes. Attention spans are down the toilet these days as people Tweet, Facebook and send SMS to...
You've heard about SEOmoz's study of Google ranking factors, but what about negative ranking factors? Sure, positive factors such the correlations between social media shares and higher rankings earn a lot of attention - and they ...
And now for a little departure from your regularly scheduled SEO posts - for a foray into hiring and recruiting. We have been doing a lot of hiring recently at SEOmoz and lots of people have inquired what we look for in candidates. The truth is, we really try to give everyone a chance, but this blog covers some of the tips and tricks we use to make the process as efficient as possible. If you are hiring, this blog will give you some ideas to add to your screening process, and if you are looking for a job, then you will also find some dos and don'ts to help you secure you next big opportunity. To infinity and beyond!
As SEOs, we sometimes come across situations that make us scratch our head and go “why is this ranking?” If we are lucky, it challenges our preconceived notions that force us to expand our SEO knowledge or to dive deeper and learn more about SEO. The curiosity about what is going on within the search engines' algorithm truly defines the difference between a mediocre SEO and an...
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By Olivia Isaacs and Dixon Jones. Knowing what a link is… that’s SEO 101 right? Think again! It’s one of the most fundamental parts of SEO, but when we really asked ourselves the question, we found there were many different ways of counting...
Recently Firefox automatically updated to version 5, and with that update came a nightmarish scenario: virtually every Firefox SEO add-on suddenly ceased to function. By now many of these add-ons have been repaired, but at the time I was rescued by a side project of mine – a portable SEO Browser designed to run from a thumbdrive, complete...
We Bing PPC campaign managers have coasted too long on broad-match keywords, but the new quality scores may change all of that. Narrower match types may even turn out to be a magic wand on performance.
I love ROI focused search engine optimisation – the kinds of SEO tactics where you know the end result is going to impact on the bottom line. We are constantly seeking to help our clients leverage Google Analytics in a way that helps them to make more money and create a better user experience through stronger SEO campaigns. Here are three of the ways we do it...
Utilizing XML sitemaps and sitemap indices is an advanced tactic that we recommend to all of our clients at Distilled. In fact, Rob wrote an exceptional how to post on this topic earlier this year, looking more at diagnosing indexation issues. This tactic is not just for large sites thoug...
I'm embarrassed to say that sometimes, I really don't do a good job of putting SEOmoz's best foot forward. Case-in-point: this past week, our SERPs Analysis Tool, one of the most requested, most exciting and most useful projects we've ever crafted had a new release that now includes social data in the report. ...
External linking doesn't sound like it's that difficult of a situation but for many SEOs there's an ongoing debate about how you should do external linking on your website. This week Cyrus, our web strategist, goes over two very different methods of handling external linking on your website. While there are benefits and problems with each strategy, we want to know what method you use and why! Feel free to leave you comments below and discuss what method you use.
PayWithaTweet (hereby known as PWaT) is a service that enables web publisherss to give visitors content in exchange for a Tweet or facebook share. In this post, I will share...
Just when you thought you had your social media addiction under control, along comes Google+. Here's how to manage it in 15 minutes a day.
OK, so I've worked-on or managed well over 100 SEO campaigns over the last few years and a common trend I've noticed is that many small business clients don't really understand how choosing the right keywords affects and defines an SEO campaign and what it takes to deliver results.