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Jason Cohen recently authored a post on A/B testing that deserves both broader awareness and a deeper dive. Most of us in the online marketing world are aware of the power A/B tests can bring through improved click-through, sign-up and conversion rates. Getting a higher percentage of visitors to a page to take a desired action is power...
We've had a lot of discussions recently about SEO as a Science. I'd like to step back for a few moments today and talk about the different kinds of SEO evidence.
At the end of May I took a 10 day vacation to Miami, it was amazing. Before that, things had gone great with our sites, communities around the German cardgames Skat and Doppelkopf: We had been climbing up the rankings steadily, b...
My friends, you’ve made it. You’ve sat through over 10,000 words I’ve shoveled into these SEO Strategy posts (so far), and for that you deserve a serenade. This serenade calls for a nice glass of wine (preferably a good Tokaji to go with the music) and a comfortable seat while we w...
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Wouldn't it be great if you could somehow spot those SEO opportunities on your site which were low effort and high value? Well this post gives you a few ways you can do that! Sweet. I'm going to be digging around in the recently released search queries report in Google Webmaster Tools:...
Like most in the SEO community, I’m always looking for ways to improve content for my clients. Whether it’s a website, blog, or a press release, there is always a way to make it rank better. Recently, I began optimizing profiles on LinkedIn, a social networking site for business professionals. Using my own...
This weeks Whiteboard Friday is a little bit different than normal but a lot more awesome. I took the lead this week and am sharing 5 tips that beginners can use to get links from bloggers. This educational video is full to the brim with helpful tips, odd tangents and one very poor impression of a news anchor. ...
Link building is always a hot topic because it is really what makes an SEO campaign work. Content is important, page and link structure are important, and the url is important, but for competitive search terms, great on-site optimization will only get you so far. I have had a bit of a love/hate relationship with link building over the years, and I have really started to be a lot mor...
Yabba Dabba Doooo! Ok, I have no idea what the Flintstones has to do with SEO training, but the point is... I'm excited. It's that time of year again when we open up registration for the PRO Training Series: Tips, Tricks and Tactics. See! Now do you get why I'm so giddy? As with every year, we have a killer lineup of speakers and topics. Plus we've brought back the highly acclaimed "Ice Cr...
These days, it's hard to find legitimate content that will really help your SEO campaign reach its potential. Most of the time, the content you can find really doesn't help you or is just explained badly. So today, I will be giving you 25 tips that used effectively, will skyrocket your search engine rankings. These tips don't fail to focus on every aspect of ethical and organic ...
I've been hearing from a lot of our PRO members that they feel both overwhelmed and confused by all the offerings in PRO. I know it's tough when there are 30+ pages on which unique types of PRO content exist and even the dashboard doesn't link to all of them (that's our fault for bad organization - I promise it's getting better by the end of summer). Hence, this post is all about what to do in your first 15 minutes inside PRO to get lots of value that can actually move the needle on your SEO actions and search traffic.
This is my first YOUmoz post, and I would greatly appreciate your feedback. I will be actively responding to comments, and I know that we will get a great discussion going. Please comment with any critique, questions, or random thoughts that you may have. If you would rather skip the statistics, feel free to jump ahead to the discussion section.
After last week's Whiteboard Friday on the penalties paid links can incur, I got several questions about whether paid/spammy links could be used as a weapon to potentially harm someone else's rankings. In this post, I'll walk through why this is rarely the case, how you can defend yourself from potential sc...
In this blog post I will explain the process and tools I used to analyze a niche online and then I will share the results of my research. I hope you find this both interesting and helpful. The tools I used included: Google.com SEOmoz.org SEO for Firefox Toolbar (Some of the data points are a result of my subjective...