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As SEOs we've come to rely heavily on analytics packages - it's how we prove our value. We've always been told spiders don't execute Javascript. That means stats based on log files have bot traffic, while stats based on Javascript tagging don't include bots. Some see this ...
Despite some of the posts on SEOmoz, site optimization is NOT a science. Science requires accurate, contestable data. No metrics or analytics deliver empirical data so it ain’t no science. SEO pros don’t even agree on which weighting factors have the most impact on PR and TR. However, it doesn’t take rock solid numbers to identify dumb design decisions &nda...
May It Please the Mozzers, There has been a lot of buzz surrounding New York State's new law requiring online retailers to collect sales tax from their New York Customers if they engage affiliate marketers in that state....
There are over 200 million blogs online, thousands of review sites, sites specific to leaving feedback about companies and thousands of forums on any topic imaginable.People can talk about whatever they want, pretty much wherever they want, and with so many people "conversing online" a lot of that conversation is involving brands - their products, their services and their busin...
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I have received a lot of high quality information from seomoz, and now i think its time to give something back.This is my first blogpost on seomoz, and its gonna be short, but worth reading.You all now how fun it can be to create the perfect linkbait, and here is an easy way to do it. I made a post called "present game", (I'm not sure this is the right word in Englis...
This week, Rand discusses a few essential strategies to consider when adding a blog to your site. If you want your blog to be readable, enjoyable, and able to generate links and traffic, give this installment of Whiteboard Friday a look. ...
I've been getting a little tired of Windows Vista lately. It looks fantastic but I've always been disappointed by a somewhat lacklustre performance, especially at startup. Certain that my super quick PC could do much much more, and inspired by the likes of Matt Cutts's numerous Ubuntu posts, I decided to take the plunge and install the Linux based OS. ...
Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week: Two star links: * The Industry Standard provides us with the 25 top B to Z-list blogs. Why am I giving the link 2-star status? Because the stupid site spaces the list out over multiple pages. ARGHHHHH. Take your page views and ad impressions and shove 'em up your arse.
SEOmoz isn't perfect. We, like a lot of other websites, do occasionally experience down time. It's part of the the uglier side of running a server. A lot of your time is spent maintaining things that break, tool scripts that get too rowdy and nock over furniture and the sudden influx of traffic that happens with a Digging. The "is the site up?" question can fly ar...
talk about good and bad newsletters...
There’s a huge demographic bubble about to burst all over the web. The Boomers are coming! The Boomers are coming! Get ready or miss the herd as they pass by your site. Seniors Don’t Use the Web the Way We DoMy father is 82 and in the past 10 years he’s had 11 different computers. He blows them up like M-80s and proudly proclaims “That...
I don't often get indignant about websites. Even bad ones. Sometimes I complain about what passes for Web 2.0 genius, but never before have I been really horrified by an online service. Spock.com horrifies me. I have never before felt like a website should cease to exist, but I am appalled at my experience with Spock. I'm in the process of having my personal information removed from the site at th...
A true question:"How do you create a community/forum to start? I am in the mortgage business and wondering if I were to start something like that, how I would go about getting people there." That prompted a debate about how to get a community going. Buying the community, starting off in other communities and luring people over, making up ide...
Earlier I stated that Google was like the reviewer used to moderate the Blog posts on Youmoz. I also said that one way that you could write quality content was to write good content, and not keyword stuffed hype. However, this time I will give some more specific examples of how to write good, quality, content for the SEO efforts on your website. As I said last time, qu...