Where Does Google Draw the Data Collection Line?
Google has always attempted to collect an extraordinary amount of data about users (and webmasters in particular) - a few recent ...
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British Vocabulary 101
Well, I'm back from England. After a weekend filled with television, giant cheeseburgers, and free refills, I returned to work today. Rand, Jeff, and Jane gave me the scoop on PubCon antics, Matt called me a nerd for wearing my glasses (I'm still trying to adjust back to Seattle time, and contacts = burning), and Scott kept reminding me to not call security because he isn't trespassing and actuall...
One of the Most Talked About Incidents at Pubcon
As always, it's the dramatic moments that get the most press. At Las Vegas' Pubcon this year, one of the most talked-about moments was Matt Cutts' introduction at the podium during the Super Session at the end of (day 3) Thursday. I got a few emails through the suggestion box asking if I'd make a post on the topic (and heard plenty of buzz at the conference itself). Let's hope my memory se...
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Revenge of the meta-tag!
Many people in SEO groan at the thought of meta-tags.After all, meta-tags for ranking is dead for SEO, isn’t it?Not quite.In fact, meta-tags have begun a startling revival.A couple of key points about why you should consider taking meta-tags more seriously:1. Google duplicate content filtersGoogle ...
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The Ultimate Analytics Comparison Project Needs Your Help
Last week I wrote a piece offering a free linkbait idea on web analytics. Incredibly, several folks responded, indicating they'd give it a go. Yesterday, I sat down with two of the frontrunners - Eric Enge from StoneTemple Consulting & Jonah Stein of ...
All The Female Bloggers Say Heyyyy!...Hello? Ladies?
Kim Krause Berg recently raised a stink on her Cr8pc blog, criticizing the utter absence of female bloggers interviewed for Google Blogoscoped's Popular Blog Posts entry. In her blog, she protested that female bloggers have a lot more to juggle than a couple unique blog entries ...
The Multiheader - A Huge Trend in Homepage Design
One of the biggest changes to homepages across the web, particularly with big brands, is the seemingly mandatory inclusion of the multiheader. Multiheaders allows multiple stories or features access to the primary visibility section of a homepage, and let visitors choose (through a click or hover) which featured piece they want to see. Let's take a walk through a few: ...
URL.com - Innovating Community Search
I ran into a kindred spirit at the SES conference in San Jose this summer - John Anderson. Smart, incredibly likable, motivated, and passionate about making the web a better place, I felt like I had known John for years after spending 10 minutes with him outside a session (this is one of my favorite parts of going to conferences). Over the past few months, John and a talented team of friends ha...
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Greetings True Believers! The new guy says 'Hi'...
Hey gang, Scott Willoughby here. As the latest addition to the SEOmoz team, Rand requested that I write a little introduction to let you all know who the new guy is lurking around the site.For those of you who've been astutely following the SEOmoz hiring saga over the last few months: I am indeed the silver-medalist from ...
Home Pages Disappearing from Google's UK Results
Team Fresh Egg has noticed a strange phenomenon, and it appears to be an ongoing issue from at least August 2006. It seems that home pages (and only home pages) of .com sites hosted in the UK are disappearing from Google's results when you do a site: search and filter the results to only show pages from the UK. I've played around with various sites, and while the home pages pop up under the normal...
LinkBucks - A Unique Way to Monetize Outbound Links
I have to say that I'm rarely impressed by new ideas in website monetization, but Linkbucks, as a concept, is fairly revolutionary. The idea is that Linkbucks will display ads on the websites and pages you link to - check out their site for more. ...
New Research in Form Creation
Via UXMatters, apparently, this is the best way to structure a form for usability: It includes: NOT using "bolded" labels Using labels on top o...
An American in London
Hello out there in Moz Land! Or, shall I say, "ello!" Now that I'm in Worthing with the legendary Ammon Johns and Co. (take that, SEO Fangirl!), I thought I'd take advantage of the free Internet access and update you all on the first part of my trip. Here's what I've been up to in the past five da...
Linkbait Success Rates & Digg's New, Tougher Algo
Last week, Neil Patel reported that Digg is making it harder to get Dugg. I can certainly vouch for that. An ex-client and friend of ours launched what was (at least in my opinion) a highly Digg-worthy article on the Ten Servers ...