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Let me start by saying I am not a web designer. I am an SEO consultant, and as such, I have been a part of many site redesigns. Recently, while working on a new launch for an existing site, the discussion of browser compatibility came up. Of course, the designers all weighed in with the Mac / Safari votes (no ill intent, just making the Mac / design connection) and the lead designer...
Recently this well known guy wrote this post. Its kinda like a very friendly outlook to what else you can use Google for. I must admit, in the past I have typed in telephone numbers into Google, if I received a dropped (missed) call and if they looked suspicious – saved me a few quid because some of them turned o...
Two weeks ago, Google took some severe action against a great number of general topic web directories. A post on Sphinn blamed me (which is hilariously awesome): All of these directories no longer rank for their trade mark names, Rand Fishkin...
Like many in the web-design field, I was a conscript as opposed to a volunteer.My html was limited, my javascripting was poor, and the concept of LAMP sent me running away from the light. Okay, I'll be honest. I had no idea what LAMP actually did or how it worked. I wasn't going to try to find out, either. The one ace-in-my-pocket was a basic Flash/Actionscripti...
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I'm pretty new to looking at SEO, having previously left it up to chance and the hope that search engine's would reward me for producing valid code. But I have found myself getting sucked deeper and deeper into it as time goes on.Why? Because I love the idea that good web content is holistic. Good writing, that is relevant and well structured delivered with a brevity of code that makes the...
Rather than trying to make this post go through all the tactics and specifics of Rebecca's already comprehensive KW Research article, I figured I'd instead provide a solid list of every which way you can look at a keyword to get an idea of metrics, value and potential from the engines themselves (rather than services like AdWords, YSM, Wortracker or KW Discovery). This is more of an "exper...
I have read much of the stuff that you write, and other SEO/SEM folks write, about how to build links, and grow in ranking on Google. One concept that I'm particularly interested in is linkbaiting. I have a problem, however.My blog is in the area of self development, and some other related topics. As you can probably guess, that means that most of my articles are se...
As Rand mentioned in his recent post: Big Changes at SEOmoz, I'm leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. It's been nearly 4 and a half years, which is a millennium in tech-industry time, and I feel that SEOmoz is at a point where I'm comfortable leaving. Previously, I was the only developer, designer, and systems administrator and our entire infrastructure depended on me. With Jeff, and more recently Mel, I can now leave knowing that SEOmoz is in good hands.
One of the daily tasks that either myself or Rebecca take care of is moderating YOUmoz submissions. Everyone who has ever submitted a YOUmoz entry will know the process: you compose your piece, hit submit, and wait around for an SEOmoz staff member to publish it. If a piece is original (that is, it doesn't show up in Google when we search for a snippet of its text), is coherent, on-topic and gener...
Before Google Reader came on the scene I visited SEOmoz daily. I was a voracious reader and an active commenter. I spent too much time here and kept returning multiple times a day to see if new comments had been posted. I was part of the conversation and it was grand. Then, Google Reader bit my neck like a Buffy rerun and transformed me into a lurker. Suddenly the posts were coming ...
This is a tough post to write. Not because I'm not excited and not because the news I want to share isn't positive, but simply because I feel like I've been keeping something from you for the past few weeks, and I hate doing that. Of course, it's nowhere near as tough as hiding my Super Bowl engagement from Mystery Guest...
Now now… don’t get me wrong. I do love facebook – and all its brilliant applications and gossip value (word of mouth for the posh ones…). But…How many of us join various groups? I know I do – quite a few. I flit in and out of quite a few and stick to the interesting ones, more often than not events groups. But I believe that FB would be an ex...
After nearly 4 weeks of running our landing page competition, we have a winner... Paul Robb of CredibleCopy.org, who put together this winning entry. Congratulations to Paul, who wins the grand prize of $1,000, a copy of the Offermatica sof...
While I've only been involved in web development and SEO for three years, I've been participating in online communities since 2001. Over the last six years, it's been my privilege to help build and moderate a few online communities. I've learned a lot about the way people think and behave online and picked up a few helpful bits of information--and fortunately, I like...