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I use Google every day. Multiple times per day. I also use Gmail, Analytics, Adwords and Google Reader every single day. In fact there are plenty of Google products I use on a regular basis. For me, that's the advantage of Google...everything I need in one place with one login, and it all works extremely well. I expect most people reading this are the same.So when should you switch search engi...
Will and I have a recurring argument about what should and shouldn't be in a site review. My argument has been, and remains that before you can do a proper site review you need to do keyword research, in order to validate that the site architecture is correct. I have been doing a fair few site reviews recently and one thing has stuck out. Yes, almost every site I've ever loo...
This past week has been a particularly frustrating one for me, and I felt compelled to share more about the behind-the-scenes operations here at SEOmoz, particularly as it pertains to the blog and recent controversy surrounding Marty's YOUmoz post. I'm choosing to share this information via YOUmoz, rather than the m...
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In the physical world we meet people everyday who share their personal motivations (or not) on multiple levels. Some of them could be artists or even work for companies with a vested interest in our particular demographic segment. In the traditional publishing realm, authors release great works under pseudonyms and even have teams of associate writers compose large chunks or whole books. In man...
Mozzers and Mozzerettes! Today, for your Whiteboard Friday enjoyment, a battle of two heavyweights in the online information aggregation arena. In the blue corner, the reigning champion, User Generated Opinion!! And in the red corner, a long-standing brawler who some (such as Rand) view as the future of this niche, Aggregated Expert Opinion!! Let's get ready to Ruuuuuuuumble!...
Three star links: * Great news for Internet marketers and e-commerce: more shoppers are purchasing goods via the Internet because of the high gas costs. * The New Atlantis exposes the "myth of multitasking." Well, there goes my built-in excuse to Rand whenever he asks me why I'm browsing Etsy instead of doing site reviews. Crap. * Interesting opinions here: Paul Graham discusses pooled-risk company management, and 37signals disagrees with him, saying you don't need to sell your company in order to have financial freedom.
The site had orange headers, a three column layout with two vertical thin black lines, no content below the fold, top and bottom navigation and a logo in the upper left corner. I used this site early in the week, and several days later I only vaguely remembered what the site was about. The site did not rank well enough on a short-tailed keyword for a successful search. The week was research h...
SEOmoz member, Michael Janik wrote to me last week and asked about how to optimize for multiple word order search phrases. I think it's an excellent topic, and one that we haven't covered well in the past. The issue arises from keyword phrases that receive search queries in different formats, for example: Restaurant Reviews Seattle...
Final update from Rebecca: Upon various requests, Marty Weintraub's original post has been restored with offending parts redacted. A newer version of his post that focuses more centrally on avatars and persona marketing can be found here: Tiers of Transparency, The Ethical Brand Ambassad...
Pause your SEM spending money immediately. Why? Because there are two things you can do to get your website visitors even cheaper, and then start your spending again. Do these two fairly simple things:1: Optimize Your Site FirstChance are, as you read this, people are visiting your website, and leaving. Never to come back. So you are wasting your SEM eff...
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It's been a long day and I'd love a little break Let's try some Haiku Describe SEO With your finest 5-7-5 syllable poem SEOmoz shirt to the winner in comments Vote below with thumbs I'll start things off with my own stab at the topic and then it's your turn O...
Today I was reading my feeds and found interesting news talking about Twitter has acquired Summize. After I read the post, I thought to myself "Damn" , I’m sure a lot of people (includin...