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The Next Web: Amsterdam 2.0
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The Next Web: Amsterdam 2.0

It's been several months since we launched the 2006 Web 2.0 Awards, but the buzz is still going strong. Later tonight I'm meeting with one of the companies we reviewed. Then, next Wednesday I'm off to Amsterdam for The Next Web Conference, where speakers including Kevin Kelley (of Wired Magazine), Michael Arrington (of TechCrunch), and Kevin Rose (of Digg) will address the way Web 2.0 is changing the way people use the internet.

Discussion on Persuasion Architecture at Cre8asite
Rand Fishkin

Discussion on Persuasion Architecture at Cre8asite

Reading through the the thread - Persuasion Architecture and the Art of Agreement for Website Success - is inspiring. Although the discussion starts with a short review (by Kim) of the Eisenberg brothers' new book, it evolves into a stirring debate and exploration of how websites can influence user actions. From the t...

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My first true grey SEO technique...
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My first true grey SEO technique...

Ok... Here's my first grey technique that I attempted last week for one of our site (not to hard to guess which one). Our company was confronted with the following elements: -Dire need to start growing our community on a young domain and newly started blog-Virtually no money to spend on it, only precious planned time from actual employees-No knowledge of any kind for viral m...

Compelling Blogs I've Stumbled On Lately
Rand Fishkin

Compelling Blogs I've Stumbled On Lately

In case you're seeking some inspiration for writing on your own blog or in need of strong examples to point your executive team/marketing director/non-believer business partner to, I thought I'd share a few favorite blogs (outside the webdev/SEO sphere). I've just gone ahead and listed the titles, along with an excerpt: WaiterRant.net...

Bill Slawski - Interviewed
Rand Fishkin

Bill Slawski - Interviewed

Finally, someone did an interview with one of the best and brightest in the industry. Thanks to Mr. Pratt (he's fond of that moniker, apparently), Bill Slawski, one of my favorite people, is featured today on SEOBuzzBox. I do take issue with Pratt's first statement, though: ...

Top 10 Fastest Ways to Squash a Spider
Rand Fishkin

Top 10 Fastest Ways to Squash a Spider

Are those pesky search engine robots crawling your site too much? Does the sight of even one result from a "site:" command at the engines boil your blood? Are you tired of seeing visitor after visitor trickle into your website from referrers like "Google", "Yahoo" and "MSN". Well worry no more, because below, I've listed the top 10 ways to keep those...

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Thanks for Dinner, Vintage Tub & Bath!
Rand Fishkin

Thanks for Dinner, Vintage Tub & Bath!

I owe a big one to Allan Dick, who bought dinner tonight for myself, Danny Sullivan, Ammon Johns, Chris Sherman and about a dozen other SESers here in London. Unbelievably, I still have not slept since Sunday night, but managed to truly enjoy the wine, crab cakes and top-notch beef and Guiness pie. In return, I thought I'd take a quick dive over to Alan's site - a veritable haven for th...

The Great Curse of Insomnia
Rand Fishkin

The Great Curse of Insomnia

It's 7:45pm in Seattle and 3:45am here in London. Why am I up? The same reason I was up last night at this time, and, for that matter, the night before that. My body can't seem to adjust to Greenwich Mean Time. Of course, I've been far too busy to sleep during the day, which leaves me wondering how long a 26-year old male can actually go without any significant quantity of shut-eye. Luc...

Lord of Yahoo!'s Short Tail
Rand Fishkin

Lord of Yahoo!'s Short Tail

Someone has Yahoo!'s number down cold. Ranking on page one for thousands of the most popular search phrases in existence, the site isn't even offering content of its own - instead, they're aggregating content from others and serving what is, in essence, duplicated content that's been scraped and re-packaged. Their business model? Serving ads... What are they ranking for? phot...