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During the expo hall last Tuesday at SES San Jose, I sat down with Matt Cutts for a 5 minute, impromptu chat on the air. Foolishly, I issued a challenge that anyone who sumo-wrestled me at the WebMasterRadio party on Wednesday night (Jim's got great photos here) and won would earn the right to a free link from...
I'm back in Seattle and overwhelmed with email, new contacts and the need to post. But, while I collect my thoughts, I've asked Mystery Guest (yes, that Mystery Guest) to author a post on the subject of how and a viral campaign saved the TV program Veronica Mars. Rand, sadly, is overestimating how technical and ...
A new phrase seems to be catching fire at SES San Jose this year - "Spamming on the Square." First off, a bit of background is in order; the phrase "kidding on the square," popularized recently by Al Franken, refers to when an individual who pokes fun or makes jokes has a hint of seriousness b...
Poor Vanessa Fox, working late on a Friday night. I felt so bad for her, I just had to post this timely review of Google's new Webmaster Central, which is replacing sitemaps (and including its old functionality). There's a lot of material to cover, so let's ...
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Thanks to Ryan McCann, who pointed me to this article from MSN Careers - Four Jobs on the Cutting Edge...
I'm stealing this idea straight from these four guys (1, 2, 3 - and 4 - thanks Emil) and adapting it to the world of SEO/M....
A little bird passed me a rumor today that I can neither confirm or deny, but it's certainly worthy of discussion. The theory goes - when launching a new site, buying a significant quantity of AdWords/AdSense for the site is a good way to tell Google the site isn't spam and avoid long waits in the sandbox. Here's my take on this: There is some logic in the idea that a...
If this were America, surely security would haul off this man in a heartbeat. But it's not. This is Japan, land of the weird and wacky (I know, did I mention I lived there for 10 months?) and Japanese comedian Razor Ramon merely brushes them aside with a... thru...
Dear Mr. Cutts,I want to start off by saying thank you for taking time out of your undoubtedly busy life fielding SEO's most burning questions. That being said, I beg you to please stop answering questions via video. I've been chained to my desk for over a day now, and my skin has been rubbed raw from the cuff around my ankle (and from my unsuccessful attempts to gnaw off my own foot)....
Oilman pointed to this first, so he deserves the link credit. Bravo, Todd - your taste in entertainment makes me an even bigger fan than before. Like Todd, I watched this segment last night and couldn't help but think how plugged in Colbert's staff must be to the Web 2.0 world. Unlike so many parodies of Internet t...
Boy, what did I get myself into? Rand has chained me to my desk and ordered me to summarize the next set of videos released by Matt Cutts. This new batch of summaries is more verbatim than the last one, so enjoy.1. Does Google treat dynamic pages differently than static pages?...
Via Threadwatch, I came across some Google videos of Matt Cutts fielding questions that he had received through his blog comments. I was initially quite interested in seeing the videos, as I thought he would be including demonstrations or visuals to aid in answering the qu...
When dealing with client recommendations for design, usability, and accessibility, we always stress the importance of a custom 404 page. Why? Because I think everyone gets a little sick of seeing standard pages that do little to direct users toward a useful solution. These boring, default 404s are not friendly, they're hostile. And without the proper presentation they risk scaring away less savvy ...
I'm proud to say that as August 18th grows closer, I've had snakes on the brain. Why's that? Well, unless you have been actually living in a cave for the past year, you know that Snakes on a Plane hits theaters nationwide in mid-August. Why the excitement? Is it because I'm excited to see movie camp at its finest? Hell yes! Is it because the...